New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-03
Big Pitcher Holds Rivals
Helpless Until His Team
Gets Good Lead.
MARQUARD STALE IN
MEN AND ACTION
McGraW Allows "Rube" to
Work Five Innings, Then Calls
on Schauer and Schupp.
By HAYWOOD BROUN.


"Et tn Robbie" was what McGraw
said lust before he fell. Yet Wilbert
Robinson and the Superbas fulfilled no
more than poetic justice yesterday
when they defeated the Giants at Eb-
bets Field by score Of to and
ousted the New York team from the
leadership of the National League. 1t
was on May 80 of this very year that
the Giants climbed to the top Of the
ladder, and on that day the Brooklyn
team twice played the part of rungs.
And so the nine which enabled the
Giants to climb caused them to fall,
and since the National League abhors
a vacuum the Braves, who won two
games from the Phillies, moved into
first place.
Brooklyn, as everybody knows, is the
buffer state of baseball. The SuperDas
are kept in the National League solely
to soften the fall of teams which tum-
BILE. Yet these hired mercenaries,
fighting for nothing but fifth place,
displayed far more fire than the
Giants, who were defending the honor
of their city, their lrearthstones and
their chance for a cut in the worlds
series. -,
1t is true that Wilbert Robinson did
have a specific interest in the outcome
of the contest. Some weeks ago, when
Pfeffer won his second victory of the
season from the Giants. John McGrsw
remarked that the Superba star was a
very fair pitcher, but that he would
never win from the Giants again. One
word led TO another, until a stake
holder was found and burdened with
5000. 1t was agreed that the money
should hang upon the next game
pitched by Pfeffer against the Giants.
Well, Wilbert Robinson doesn't know
yet what he will do with the money,
but he is perfectly willing to let 1t all
ride" until such time as Pfeffer shall
face the Giants again.
There was no questioning the mas
terry of the Brooklyn pitcher yesterday.
Robinson's 500 was never in danger.
The Giants made eight hits, but the
bulk of their batting was done late in
the game, when Brooklyn had built up
a commanding lead and when 1t is fair
to assume Pfeffer was taking things
easily.
Marquard, decidedly stale both in
appearance and IN action, was hNOChcu
out Of the box. McGraw was lenient
with the pitcher and allowed him TO
remain five innings before he called
upon his sibiliant ubstitutes-Schauer
and Schupp. Like the other Germans
Schauer and Schupp should demand
their place in the sun, for they never
pitch without giving good results, yet
their only assignments are the tag
ends of spent and broken ball games.
From Marqusrd in five innings the
Superbas made eleven hits, and they
were drives as much above suspicion
as Caesars wife should have been.
Some were liners, some were ground
skimmers, with now and then a bunt,
but they were all clean hits. Schauer
allowed no hits in one inning and
Schupp was equally closefsted in two
rounds. In fact, no one got to base
while the relief men were pitching.
There was no jockeyirg or dilly-
dallying about the attack on Mar
guard. Dalton, the first man up, skied
the ball, but Daubert followed and
sent a clean, low drive 70 left centre
field for two bases. Myers put ball
lust out of Fletcher's reach for a SIN
Gle TO centre field and Daubert came
home. Myers was caught mapping of
first base, but Merkle muffed Mar