New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-08
Superbas Beat Braves,
Then Play to a Tie
Douglas Holds the Boston
Team Runless for Sixteen
Innings-Davis Also
Pitches Well.

Phil Douglas, formerly OF the Gin
cinnati Reds, but row with the Brook
Ign Superbas, won his spurs at Ebbets
Field yesterday afternoon. He held
the Boston Braves TO a scoreless tie II
the final game of double header,
which closed the series against the
Boston men, and which was called
after sixteen innings on account of
darkness. Brooklyn won the first
game by a score of TO 3.
Winning the first game and tieing
in the second sent the Superbas into
the first division. They are tied for
fourth place with the Pittsburgh Pr
rates. Brooklyn has won eight Of the
last ten games, with one tie game
Douglas has pitched some clever
games in his life, but never did he
show to better advantage than yester-
day. In those sixteen sizzling innings
lie was touched for just four hits, and
Of these Whaling's triple TO the CEN
tire field fence was the only one that
was really convincing.
He doled out three passes, and one
Of these was an intentional gift TO
Bert Whaling. The fielding errors Of
his mates put him in several embar-
RAISING positions, but he was equal to
all occasions.
And Douglas we'll deserved to win
his game. Indeed, there were many
who charged Billy Zimmerman with a
grave blunder ir sending Hy Myers
unto certain death in the eighth inn
ing, when only one was out and Buck
Wheat coming up TO the bat Hy
started the eighth with a single to
centre, and after O'Mara had struck
ont, Daubert dropped a double into
left field. 1t was a short hit over near
the foul line. Myers made the far
turn easily enough, but Connolly had
the ball when Zimmerman told Myers
TO 90 in. Hy obeyed orders, was put
out at the plate and Brooklyn lost its
chance. Several times later in the
took it out in that.
Sharing the glory of the closing
game with Douglas was George Davis,
who pitched the last eleven innings
for the Braves Bill James started,
but resigned after five innings. Bill
said his arm did not feel just right
and that he did not wish to run any
unnecessary risks. Davis was hit nine
times safely, but after the eighth Inn
ing seemed TO improve as the game
progressed, and prevented the Super
bas from making any appreciate
gains. His felders aided him in spec
tacular style, but he set a great eX-
ample.
Ollie O'Nara made spectacular
play and saved the day for Brooklyn
in the tenth inning by shooting Red
Smiths drive to deep short over in
time to make il the third out Nagee
was on third at the time. and the wal
lor bore every earmark of a single
In the sixteenth Gus Getz made a
clever catch of Gilbert's grounder and
turned il into a double play. choking
off possible trouble
The first game also was interesting.
The Braves got after Sherrod Smith
in the first inning and nicked him for
three runs, scored on hit by Joe
shannon, youngster from Seton Hall.
a double by Fitzpatrick and a glaring
error by O'Mars, coupled with Egan's
single and Smiths long fly The SUI
perbas tied the count in the fourth.
Daubert hit TO the centre field fence
for homo run, following which Wheat
was safe on an error by Smith. Cut
shaw dropped a single in centre, which
Shannon misplaced, and it rolled back
70 the wood pile in centre for four
bases. The winning run was scored
IN the sixth on a pass 20 Cutshaw,
Zimmerman's out and single by Getz.
The Chicago Cubs will open their
series with the Superbas this after
noon, and JEFF PfeFer probably will
pitch for BROOKLYN.