New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-09
CUBS WAIVER AND FALL
Errors by the Only Evers Bring
Joy to Brooklyn.
RUCKER A POWERFUL CURB
Once Superbas Get Two-Run
Lead He Holds Chicago at
Arms Length.


Of the Chicago Cubs. sat in box in the
grandstand at Ebbets Field yesterday and
watched his team so down to defeat be-
fore the hustlng Brooklyn Superbas by
score of to l.
Mr. Murphy, loquacious as usual, was
! the last word in sartorial art His brill
| liant green hat contrasted with dark
/ brown overcoat, which concealed many OF
/ the best points of a black and white
! striped suit. 4 green waistcoat that
needed no press agent, an equally TAX
alive green spotted tie. white silk hose
tan shoes and chamois gloves completed
the festive rament Of the Windy CITY
"rnagnate" In the seventh inning ne
moved into a SUMMER box. but why ne
should have felt cold. all things considered
was not made clear.
The deeds or. 10 be more explicit, inc
misdeeds Of Johnny Evers whom MURPHY
has called "the king Of second basement
was the underlying cause OF the defeat OF
the Cubs The jury is still out debating
on the feelings Of the aforementioned &.
Webb Murphy when he saw the little
Trojan make three ridiculous errors which
were responsible in no small degree for the
loss Of the game.
No Jury was needed on Evers for nc
voiced his opinion on fumbles in general
and his own in particular BY and large,
the small score Notwithstanding. the game
was poorly PLAYED and two Of the three
rms counted were traceable 10 faulty de-
fence.
That the score was so close was due TO
the remarkable pitching of Jimmy Laven-
der the spitball artist of Montezuma. Ga.
and his fellow statesman, q. Napoleon
Rucker. mightlest Of the southpaws. Each
pitched ball we'll worthy Of a shutout vic
tory. and although Lavender was beaten
he had none the worst OF the battle.
The official score shows that Lavender
allowed three hits, Wheat, Smith and
Fisher being credited with getting one
single apiece. Smiths and Fishers wal
lops, however. were of the flukiest descrip-
ton. Many. i'm fact. charged Bridwell
with an error for allowing Fisher weak
bouncer TO get away from him. Smith
hit carromed off Lavender's glove. Evers
could not hold Wheats single but he
knocked it down back II second base.
struck out two men and passed four Sin
giles BY Leach in the first inning. Bres-
nahan In the eighth and Phelan in the
ninth tell the story II the effectiveness
of the Cubs against Rucker. Nap famed
three men and passed four
In the face of such pitching the men
might have been playing until moon
beams danced on Romans Rlll but II
would appear as If some Of the players
had pressing engagements. The Cubs. In
particular, were not keen for an overtime
session, and began at an early date TO
avoid one. So it happened that in the
third inning Evers fumbled a grounder by
Moran. giving the latter life. Lavender
broke up an intended sacrifice by throw
ing Cutshaw's bunt TO Bridwcll, forcing
Moran. Cutshaw reached first on the
choice. and stole second easily lie
reached third on Stcngers out. Eycrs to
Archer and scored on Wheats hit
In the next inning the Superbas got
tally without waste of ammunition Dau-
bert was safe on another error by tvcrS,
stole second and took third while Bird
well booted Fishers offerings all over the
landscape Daubert should have scored
but he waited. and finally came over on a
long ny by Miller to Leach.
That wound up the scoring Of the Su-
perbas. but with Rucker in the box those
two runs looked as big as the Wooworth
Building. Now, all this time otto Miller
had been thinking. lie knew how miser-
able Evcrs felt, and he knew that mis-
cry loves company What could he more
natural than for the Soft-hcarted catcher
10 throw the ball all the way To Stengel
when Schultz was on third base. in the
sixth inning, and Phelan trying 10 steal
second. Schultz scored easily. and Phclan
dashed for the plate. but was cut down,
Stengel TO Rucker to Miller.
Miller, however, brought the game TO "A
close in a blaze of glory by dashing back
10 the grandstand TO catch Archers foul
fv. He then threw to Fisher, doubling
up Phelan, who tried to advance 10 sec
ond after the catch.
Wheat made a brilliant catch on Phelan
i'm the first inning and Archer's stop Of
Moran's grounder In the seventh was a
beauty Moran was robbed Of a hit In the
fifth frame on weird decision by Bob
Emslie on "A grounder to Bridwell. Moran
seemed to have It beaten a full step. but
the umpire ruled otherwise.
The score follows:
! RROOKLYN CHICAGO
ali RI poae abrh poa Q
Moran.rf... 400 OO Leach. cf..... sol 2 90
a., A Schultz. 0