New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
SUPERBAS SLAM BALL
TO THE FAR CORNERS
Celebrate EbbetS Day by a
Rousing Victory Over Joe
Tinker'S Reds.
RAGON A MASTER IN BOX
Brooklyn Players, Flushed with
Success, Bat and Field in
a Way to Stamp
Them Sterling.

1t was Ebbets Day in Brooklyn yesier-
day. and the owner in chief OF the BroOR-
Ign Superbas celebrated the thirteth an
niversary OF his advent into professional
baseball, and some fifteen THOUSAND loyal
Brooklyn fans" and not d few who r.
side on this side of the big bridge were
on hand 10 honor the most auspicIous &C
caslon. Shannons band was there to heip
while away the time with martial and
ragtime music. Nothing was lacking-ail
went merry as wedding bell. ID was
suggested that perhaps the three victo-
ries over the Chicago cubs had a little
10 90 with tine crowd, but Colonel Eboets
secuted the theory.
In order that there might be no flaw In
the amber no crack In the jade, the Sd
perbas fell on the hApess Reds tooth and
nail. and trounced them by score OF 3
To ,. As the score would Indicate, the
game was Of the Wild and wOolly order.
The Superbas. simply on fire with the
battle lust and confidence born of con-
tlnued successes. smashed the ball Ia all
corners OF the Enclosure. They made
Harter. who faced Them In tIe order
named and included in the bolnbardment
six doubles. three three-bagsers and Il
home run.
Given such a number Of hits. with such
distance an enterprising team might well
slug out victory. Allow the hits to DO
Of a timely nature. and backed uy team
play that left nothing to he desired, the
end was easy 10 foresec.
Consorting with first division teams.
fghting for first place, from which the
Superbas are separated by only one
game. has imbued the men with brand
of confidence that will neither be broken
nor downed.
The Superoas were favored 1t must be
admitted. In several Instances by the eie-
ments The wind blew half gale. and
it was a matter OF luck as much as skill
20 rightly fudge the balls that were hit
up in the air. At least four OF Brook
lyn's extra base hits would have resulted
in outs on an ordinary day. for the out
helders were set to make catch when
the ball was swept out OF reach on the
wings Of the bowling winds.
Smiths homo run in the fourth inning
and Miller's double In the same frame
were windfalls. for on calm day they
would certainly have been caught. Mil
ler's double. In ~fact, was the greatest
ruka OF the season. Iis popped one In
front OF tho plate. which Clarke chased
all tho way TO the inner edge OF the base
lines. when the ball fell safely. Miller,
running Il out. reached second easily
The Reds had the same chances. but
they simply could not LIT the ball hard
enough. Ragon pitched for the Superoas'
and was IN fine fettle lie held tho Rhine
landets 10 seven hits. and had II not
been for a throw OF heroic proportions by
Otto Miller. who tossed ball to centre
field. with two on base. both men scoring
when Stengel let the ball get through
him. runs would have been fewer.
The team supported Ragon In sensa-
tional style and made three double plays
i'm the course OF the game. Fisher cut
shaw and Daubert engineered two, while
Fisher and Daubert played the other.
Fisher was especially active, making ten
plays OF merit In the course OF the after
noon. while Cutshaw accepted six out OF
seven chances.
After conceding the Reds their natural
handicap, the Superbas went right after
the game. Packard, the young southpa",
was the first TO face them. lie IL the colt
who held tho Giants 10 one hit In seven
innings, and Joe Tinker believed that he
was the man TO put an end TO the win
~ No Iarfa
The colt received a dressing down that
he will not soon forget. He faced only
four men In the first lnning-StengeL
Cutshsw, Hummel and Wheat This Is
what happened: Stengel singled to CEN
tre and scored on Cutshaw's double to
left. Hummel tripled 10 LETT field, scor-
ing Cutshaw, and counted himself when
Wheat tripled to the same spot. That
ended Packard. and he left In favor OF
Suggs. The latter found Wheat on third
and Dauoert at the bat. lie got Daubert
all right. but Smith drove hy 10 Bates
and Wheat scored easily.
Suggs was pounded some more in tho
fourth, the Superbas scoring three more
runs Smiths fly was blown away from
Marsans and rolled to the fence for a
home run. Fisher was retired, but MIL
Ter got his fuke double, only to be run
out when Ragon hit to the box. Stengel
walked. and both he and Ragon counted
on Cutshaw's double 10 left field.
Suggs was knocked out Of the box in
the sixth inning when the Superbas
scored their final two runs. Miller tripled
to centre and scored on balk by Suggs
Then Ragon struck out but Stengel dou-
bled to centre, stole third. and scored
when Johnny King threw the ball into
left field. After Cutshaw was retired
Hummel singled and took third on Wheat,
crashing double. which hit the bull, but
Harter. who then entered the box, made
Jake Daubert pop out.