New-York tribune., 1915-08-05
Beaten by Reds and Now
Share Second Place with
Boston Braves.
APPLETON PROVES
DISMAL FAILURE
Dell Falters in Rescue Role, Al.
lowing Brace of Runs in
Seventh Inning.
tBy Telegraph to The Tnbun. J

Cincinnati, Aug. 4.-Now is the win.
ter of Brooklyn fandom's discomfort
The Superbas are in the throes Of an.
other SLUMP. The pit yawns hungrily.
and the Braves have closed in. n.
Superbas at present share second place
with the Boston men, for they we're
beaten again by the Cincinnati Reds
here this afternoon.
This time the score vas 4 to /, and
two pitchers were used up. Robbie
has Just about abandoned all hope Of
reaching the top on this tour Of the
West, and will rest content il he drops
no lower than third.
Ed Appleton, whose promise a.
pitcher is high, but who is rather de.
/ iinauent in fulfilment, held forth on
with the truth, IL must be added that
he held forth for a short while only
He was there until the fourth inning.
when numerous hits produced two runs.
Then he watched Joe Schultz 20 up and
pinch hit for him. Joe got hit, bu.
nothing resulted. Wheezer Dell fol.
lowed the Texan. He got along swim.
mingly until the seventh inning when
four hits swamped him and washed up
! another brace Of runs. Jack Coombs
finished the game.
Consider next the Cincinnati fans
When the weather is blister;ng hot
and the team is losing, perhaps five
hundred fans will turn out TO see an
ordinary ball game. When il is cool
and the team is winning. six hundred
rush pellmell through the turnstiles,
shouting betimes: This is the life. A
winning team, yea bo," This after.
noon about six hundred fans were on
hand. and the Reds, 10 show their ap-
probation, played fine baseball.
Jake Daubert has one way Of an
swering all questions as 20 who may
be the best first baSeman. He goes
out and plays baseball every minute Of
the game This afternoon he rose to
greater heights. and the fans kept him
busy doffing his cap after innings The
way the Brooklyn captain dug low
throws out OF the dirt. leaped a mile
for high ones. and stretched all the
way out to meet a throw when he
sensed a close play was far above the
average. Gu Naw was another active
worker for - Superbas. Charley
Herzog had good time in the field,
despite his cro error. He had a dozen
chances TO .,how his skill. and put
eleven of them through.
Dale spent pleasant afternoon pre-
venting Brooklyn runs. The eight hits
that he allowed were pretty well sepa-
rated. except two. which came in the
fourth inning. One of these was Jake
Daubert's single, the other was Charley
Stengel's triple Daubert, OF course
scored on the chin strap. Stergel. in
deed, was the leading slugger OF the
afternoon. He got a single. a doubls
and a triple in three times up. Kilhter
of the Reds. also gathered double
and a three Dagger.
Two runs fell 70 the lot OF the Reds
in the fourth frame. Wagner walker
and took second on Killifer's sacrifice
Griffith singled TO left field, Wagna'
taking third. Wingo scored Wagner
with a drive 10 left. Williams singled
to left, filling the bases. Griffith scored
on a passed ball.
In the seventh frame the Reds got
two more runs off Dell. Groh doubled
to start the trouble, and took third on
Herzog's safety Herzog made second
on the throw-in. Tommy Clarke bstted
for Wagner and laced out single:
scoring Groh and Herzog That ended
the run making for the afternoon