New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-09
Worlds Champions Sur
prised by Defeat in Game
at EbbetS Field.
BLUE GRASS RECRUIT
CRACKS IN A CRISIS
Wildness of Burning Responsible
for Overthrow of Invaders
from Philadelphia.

Brooklyn has acquired the Al MOOV'
habit. Emulating the young hghter VINO
eliminated a title holder with a single
punch. the Superbas caught the Athletics
OF their guard at Ebbets Field yesterday
and won by a score of 8 TO ,. Up 10 q
late hour. however. the Squire of Fiat
hush had failed 20 claim the champion
snip for his men.
There is no gainsaying the fact that the
Superbas did in April what the Giants
could not do in September Yet II Is only
fair to add that when the announcer
names the batteries of the Giants and the
Athletics i'm the first game OF the series
next fall burning will not be prominently
mentioned as a pitching candidate Tor
Philadelphia.
Some dav the American Geographical
Society will give Connie Mack medal
for his scouts, in pursuit OF their prey
visit towns and hamlets never marked on
any map. Dick burning. who pitched In
the fatal closing innings Of YESTERDAY
game. was discovered in the Blue Grass
League. In spite of HIS home town nue.
the most noticeable color about burning
was green.
Seemingly he learned his trade by work
ing at hit the Niger" booth. NOT ior
nothing are the Superbas also known as
1.-THE Dodgers. They jumped and ducKeu
and threw themselves prone, so that III
snite of Durnings best efforts, he was
able 10 hit only one-batter.
The rib cracking curve was ounched
with three bases on balls in the elgh'h
inning and the assortment. combined
with a sacrifice fly. yielded two runs.
burning went back in the ninth, deter
mined 10 put the ball over the plate pu'
the Brooklyn batters would not let MN.
After Wheat had struck out Smith sihgieu
cleanlv TO left and stole second. Stengel
lust missed hit down the third base me
which went foul only by inches, but hnal-
d, chose centre field instead, and cracked
q hot one over second. base, which brought
Smith home.
II was not day for batting. The early
lead obtained by the Athletics was due
TO Brooklyn errors. Dick Egan strongly
resembles the little girl with the curI
right in the centre of her forehead. AS
every one knows. when she was gooo
she was very. very good, and wnen she
was bad she was horrd." Egan was oao
Yesterday. He made four errors.
j
known AT the Polo Grounds. started out
a. II he were going to pitch a no-hit' no
t.odv-reaches -frst-base game. The nrst
eleven Brooklyn batters went out in or
cor lint Daubert broke the string IN tne
foYrtb by bouncing a hit through ).
FRANKLIN Baker.
realizing that a record was no longer
,,ossible Bush pitched only one more
for the man 1lOHl
the Blue Grass League.
pat Ragon. who was Robinsons pitch-
INC selection. did not have anything ike
the speed displayed by Bush Out ms
curves broke well. and he lett no runs NC
hind him when he deserted the game az
t4r the fifth inning. Allen took up MS
burden. and the Athletics scored al ohce
an a base on balls TO Collins, passeu
ball. an infield out and a sacrihce ny pY
McInnis. IT,
F-rors allowed Kopf. understudy Tor
Baker to score in the seventh Roolhsoh
I'D "xia" Elberfeld led a roofing chorus
q the eighth. No one behaves that way
N the Blue Grass League, and Durhihs
neoan 10 grow wild He did not get oacA
20 normal until two runs had scored
pfefer. who pitched the last inning LOT
prooklyn. got out OF bad hole, hopi
hegan the inning by bunting safeiy.
vy,Id pitch put him on second anu thilu
=. s,ole Then Pfeffer struck out schlans
"a burning and Murphy pop-nleo 10
er,,,b Rain fell during the last two nm
ings. -,
The aav seemed TO have been set
aside for some sort Of celeoration' me
Prooklyn players marched across ''e
field before the game ana 'heh ma
hack again. a band played 40 Oi.'
seemed 20 know what 1t was all aOo''
but one man hazarded the guess 'hat i"
was holiday set aside in honor Oh cruz
fruits. according 20 a suggestion n"aus
some time ago by hiram Joh"so" anu
william Randolph Hearst
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