New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
Wheat Shining Light
in Superbas' Triumph
Outielder Makes Two
Wonderful Catches and
Knocks Homer.
REDS TWICE TASTE
DREGS OF DEFEAT
Prefer Makes Strong Bid for
No.Hit Game, but Yingling
Spells II All.

SpohS II All.
Jeff Pfeher and Zach Wheat sat in
the seats Of the mighty whine the
Brooklyn Superbes we're downing the
Cincinnati Reds in a double-header at
Ebbets Field yesterday afternoon.
PfeEer fiirted desperately with glory
attendant upon q Ro-hit game IN the
opening battle. only 10 have his shield
sulIied by Earl Yinglipg in the eighth
inning. Wheat demonstrated Just WHY
: the BROOKLYN fans declare MIN the
/. greatest fielder in the National League.
The score in the opening game was o
70 Q. The final game was thrilling,
gripping contest. in which the Superohs
came from behind and won by score
OF to G.
pfefer set the seal Of greatncs5 on
his good right arm in no uucert2in
manner He was trihe unsteady IN
spots, but made instant Teparatiun Tor
any momentary weakness. For seven
long innings he plunged along, allowing
never the sign of safety, and the
crowd rooted with might and main that
he might attain the goal OF every
pitchef's ambition and pitch noSlt
game.
Then, in the eighth inning. Earl Wing
ling, who relieved Leon Ames, scratched
weak roller which just trickled out
of Jake Daubert's reach. Before Wing
ling bssked in the sunlight Of Dame
Fortunes smile the only incidents
which broke the march to and from the
visitors bench we're three bases On
balls, a hit batsmsn and an error by
Getz. Five men reached first base.
Three penetrated the 5ungles to second.
All Acclaim Wonderful Wheat.
If the captious were inclined 20 pick
= flaw in Pfefers work, they Joined III
the glad chorus acclaiming the wonder
full Wheat. Exhibitions Of superb out
fielding often have been seen in Brook
lyn. but none has ever surpassed the
showing of the mighty Cherokee boy.
Had two of his catches been made in
worlds series game the fans might be
talking of them for years to come. Ger
tain il is that his capture of Bert Me
hoff's smash in the seventh inning will
lingeF long in the minds OF those who
saw it. And, by the same token, so
will his catch on Bert Daniels in the
first frame of the second game.
With two out Niehof smote the ball
with all his power and sent it on a
line for the centre field fence. 1t
seemed beyond all human skill to cut
that drive down, and the fans believed
that only desperate running and Won
derful throwing would hold il TO
three Dagger. But Wheat never gave
up hope. Running on the wings Of the
wind. he flew along, and then, at the
last fraction Of a second, thrust out his
hand. The ball struck and stuck fast.
Such was his speed and so forCeful the
impact that il was full twenty yards
before he could check his career. The
crowd thought he had missed, but
when he turned and trOtted for the
diamond. the ball tightly clutched in
his glove, a roar went up that fairly
made the welkin ring.
OF equal merit almost was mis- catch
on Daniels in the first inning. Bert
sent one right for the score card. but
Wheat made a back-hand stab for this
and raked it in. In the second inning
of the same game he raced from mid
die left field back of third to catch
Lear's seeming Texas Lacquer.
It was not alone in the field that
Wheat distinguished himself. He
played a prominent part in the run
getting. In the first game he put the
ball over the right field fence for
home run, and in the second game he
scored the run which put his team in
final possession Of the lead
Stengel Shines at Bat.
That second game was one Of Ho-
meTic deeds. and Charley Stengel won
the applause Of the crowd by his work
At the bat. lie made three hits. in
Guiding Q triple and home run. Jake
Daubert also made a three Dagger, as
did Lear and killifer of the Reds.
I.ear's drive was Texas Lacquer which
went for extra bases because Wheat
eslipped and fell in fielding it. The
runner got home when the wind car
ried Zach's throw wide.
Red Ames pitched for a while against
Pfefer in the first game. He retired
in the sixth inning to allow Yingling
70 hit for him. Red was pounded for
half dozen hits, which included
home run by Cutshaw
Pitchers came and went like shad-
ows Of the sun in the second game
Ragan started for the Superbas, but
WAS knocked out Of the box. Schmutz
took his place, later to retire in favor
of Bill Steele, while Allen finished in
a blaze of glory. Lear and Douglass
worked for the Reds
Hart, the umpire, had his troubles
with the players and the crowd alike.
Things finally came 10 such a pass that
he had to dismiss Charley Herzog.
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