The sun., 1914-09-27
DODGERS CHANCE TO
BREAK RECORD GONE
Victory in First Ties 1914 Mark
Of Eleven Straight. but
Then Team Falls.
BUNTS KILL ALIENS HOPE


BROOKLYN divided Yesterdays double
header with the Cardinals and IN doing
It tied the seasons record of eleven
straight victories Robinson's men stopped
BIZ Doak, VINO had been saved up
especially for them, by score of to
in the first contest. There was quite some
luck connected with this surprise, but II
was more than evened IN the closing en-
gageinent. IN dropping which, 10y score
Of : to q. the home team lost an Oppor-
| tunitv to draw some real distinction from
Disappointing season.
Wlbert Robinson foilcd Bill poak with
/ big in Pfeffer. This star of tho Dodger
stable never dropped into softer spot
| in all his life Doak outp'tchcd l'fefer.
I He allowed only five hits A. against eight
and was by far the steadier. l'ict'r
, passed four batsinen and hit another.
/ pfefTer was guilty Of two Wild pitches.
Dcak's record fOr aim was beyond re-
proach.
But Brooklyn overihrrw Doak 10y a well
appliad system Of bunting. thrown un-
oxpectedly into the scrap In tie hfth IN
ming. This buntation upset not onlN
Doak hut tn" whole ST. Louis inneld ms
we'll 1t precipitated a medley Of errors
among a cluster OF base hits and resulted
in "A grand total NJ Ave runs. These re-
deemed q cause that appeared somewhat
gloomy after the first two innings.
! But in the second game Miller liugglns
q took a leaf out NJ Robinsops book The
/ policy that had overthrowr Doak va"
applied with the vc~y best results 10 Allen.
I All three Of 81. Louiss runs that came N
B the sixth inning wcr" directly the result
( Of we'll placed bunts. These were MT
: felded clcanly. hut they would have been
! hits in any event.
The Cardinals got two runs r"r bolk
! IN the very irst inning HugEins and
| Magec singled. both getting an extra bare
I when Myers fumhlcd tho second bloN.
/ \ wild pitch let In Iiuggius and put Magce
on third lack Miller famed, but Wingo
singled for another run after Wilson
walked.
Brooklyn got one OF these runs back in
IT. half y cks wild throw gay" a l'e
to Myers IIummel grounded to iluggins,
but Stengrl and wheat followed up win
singles. Cutshaw spoiled fine chance
when h" ht into double play. RICK
singled 20 start the second. putks sacri-
hc. was followed by passed ball Dnlan's
long ny TO centre tailed Beck from thir h.
There wasn't much action from this
stage until the second half uf tn. Afth.
Here GtN and Egan singled In sue
ccssIon. McCary laid down = pretty
hunt. which Doak threw Wildly, allowing
Gctz to count. piefer's siuEl" brought
in EGan. Myers also hunted and every
body was safe when Jack Miller throw
gave a run to McCarty. Hummel famed
bu. rfeffer came across ou Stcugcrs slow
roller to Butler. The latter played 10
Beck for Mycrs but In an attempted runUp
Huggins threw wide and Myers reached
third ~ made good on Zach Wheat
fiy to Wilson.
This comedy of errors seemed tone
to both sides. for after it the rivals
played sndppy bail. 81 Louis ,wrV' =.
could no, penetrate III, guard or rfeffar
once he got out in front. Doak was lifted
for a pinch hitter In the .ghth inning all
in vain. Niehsus finished the last TWO
innings we'll
Periitt deserved the second game but
scarcely a shutout. He was favored on
many II break. SIN h. lc' the Dodgers
down with four scattered hiti and that
j. m"ritOrious IN any event, Allen was
! hit NOR" frequently. and on top Of II was
wild. Ye; he never would have been
scored upon but for three somewhat ful<y
hits that stared tho sixth and iillod the
bases with none out.
Allen had HuEg.ns's hunt covered in
time and would have had an easy play
had his spikes held as he stopped for the
bal! otto Miller was in 100 much Of
, a hurry to make n throw to second
! when Magee hunted The ball took a
, false skip. and the catcher missed II
} Jack Miller then drove wiCkedly iowa "a
. Geta, who was forced to come i'm for the
first hound. Nine times In ten he would
have had an easy force play unassisted
hut this time the horSehide Rugged the
! ground for another fuke hit This filed
|, the bases. Wilson's fly to- Wheat was 90
y long that not only az EIuggins score
easily but the other two runners were
Rhl" 10 advance after the catch SNYDER
then filled To- Myers IN deep centre The
: la'ter's throw for Magee hit a hard spot
ami bounded over Otto Miller's head 10
the stands. Jack Miller scored easily
, behind MaFec
/ Allen pitched himself out OF n hole
t in the second by tanning Beck and Per.
ritt with the bases nllcd. G. Miller and
Wilson had singled and Butler drew n
pass after Snyder sacrificed. Jack Miller
opened the fourth with long hi, and
Wilson sacrificed. Allen famed Butler
after tossing out Snsder. Nash beat a
blrt in the seventh. advanced on Per
ritts sacrifice and reached third on A
passed ball Getz showed wonderful
8 one handed catch Of HugEinss wicked
I liner after polan fouled to o. Miller
= Wheat opened the second with a sim
gle but Cutshaw forced him. The latter
stole but two easy inhcld outs followed
= @, Miller safe on Beck's error in the
third, advanced on Aliens sacrifice NV.
ers however, famed while Stengel forced
Hu;nmel who walked Buffers error or
Allen and Myers's single put two on
with two out In the NTH IIummel hit
square NJ Higgins Stengel beat "A bunt
10 start the sixth. only to be forced h,
p Cutshaw after Wheat popped weakly
Jack Miller's one handed catch in the
seventh took an extra base hit from
(. Myers Egan. who walked, was on firs,
q at the time, with two out. The scores:
9 FIRST GAME