The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
SHERROD SMITH TOO
CAPABLE FOR CARDS
Beats Sallrc I to o in First
Game. but CooJnbs Is Easy
Mark i'm Second.
NO DELUGE IN BROOKLYN

htOuklNn ana ~. LOUIS ttNldeu yes
terday's double header at Ebbets Field
The Dodgers scored q brilliant | to q
shutout in tie curtain raiser. but we"
slaughtered, II to I. in the closing
game. Greater New Works. BASEBALL FAIRS
undouht dly would have packed the
grounds had they known wha was going
IN in Flathuch. Hut evidently they
didn't know that c. n. Ebhets stood so
Vel in the good rraces Of the weather
bureau Wtilc Manhattan was swim
MINIS through torrents OF rain the sun
was working overtime at Ebbsts Field.
Mt a drop OF rain fell upon the well
known institution OF Ebbets and the
Mckeeyers.
Perhaps It was this unusual pheuom-
enon that helped mystify Miller Hug
gins ard his band for half tie after
noon. The Cardinals could not believe
their ears when notified by telephone
just before noontime that the games
would be pllycd. AZ the Ansonia Hotel.
whore they stop. rubber boots were in
great demand.
Into the two games At t.bbets Field
was crowded a succession OF mysteries
that would require a week OF %eNplana-
; ton. First OF all young Sherrod SmItn
took the measure Of slim Sallee in q
pitching duel Next Jack Coombs was
svatted harder thar he ever had been
since he came pack. Appleton met much
the same fate rs COMBS. In dcspera-
zion Nilbc-t Robinson nnally cent IN
Douglas to see II anything could stop
the card sluggers. Douglas struck out
he side with tie greatest ease in TIE
eighth. He was comhcd for six hits
and four runs in the ninth. And thei"
you are.
f. didn't look ~ Il anything could
stop hose cards Ia III. second game
after they got { . Of 'oomns. BON
Applet u and Douglas appeared 10 ave
something Coombs didn't respond WIN
his customary snap and vlgor more
ever his suppor; was anything hut en-
couraglug Between games BROOKLYN
took one OF those u"ulCcourtoble Tops IN
form. The Dodgers looked Ike world
heaters dga,nst Stllee Ike schooloo! :
in front - Hub Perdue.
The frs, game VAS a thins of beauty
from first to last. The h.ldinG on oo'l
sides was of high order. Sallee was nv
more frequently than Sherrod Sm''.'
hut was not in serious trouble so oI'e''
To star, the NTH po.an and long oea'
out, bunis - the first base sue OF 'nc
hox Re,zel sacrificed. JAZZ DaubeTt
howeyer. came In fast tor Sallees chop
ming hunt and nipped the fleet polan al
tn plate. ~ ,.,h
lack Miller and Snyder singled win
none ont in the ninth. This time bu'Ier
sacrificed. when Dolan MT 10 a'ra
Miller was trapped between thlfu ,hu
home. Gonzales. running Tor ShSue,,'
slid into third Just before j. Miller raced
back TO that station ahead OF ~ h''e
The latter tagged botn Of the men anu
then threw to second TO cut on loan
Very fortunately the Cardinal base rum
rers were confused as To which runner
was out. because Gonzales III out Tor
tho Mat. and beat the poor return 10
smith who was covering home. Inc
uupir.s could not allow the run OF
course That was the closest -. Louis
came to escaping n shutout.
Brooklyn punched four or us hlne
hits for the only run OF the game IN me
eighth inning, McCariN s'hg!eh 10 lt'
with one out and chultz ran for MIN
smith ronped TO HuCgins Myers came
through with a clean single to centre
OMAR, did the same, scoring schultz
- 49,
and putting MYERS or third. paubeft
beat /, bunt to Bethel. but Myers dd
no, start for home until he saw Bette
s,ar, his throw. The hesitation was
fatal. as J. Miller picked him or ~
tine plate,
Hub Perdue enjoyed one OF his best
DAYS and would have scored n shutoui
but for a bad mum on the part OF Long
This muff gave Cutshaw third with
none out in the second. Cutsha~ scored
on a double 10y Get2.
Two bases on balls. two sacrifice hts
and a low throw TO tnlrd by bauberi
enabled 1t. Louis to tie the score IN the
fourth. Coombs lost his grip completely
i'm the hfth. He took himself out after
the Cards had clouted him for five solid
singles and four runs. Three singles. a
base or balls. a sacrifice fly and an
error all contributed to the brace OF
counts off Appleton IN the sixth, SOLID
hitting proved the undoing of Douglas
i'm the ninth. The FIRST four men up, the
ton OF the batting order. all hit safely,
! Miller. third on the list. for three
bases. Six hits assured the -four runs.
The scores