Evening star., 1915-11-21

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MS score was to l.
| ~ A min een-in-
ming struggle be-
tween Brooklyn
and Chicago also
= was the extra
= inning tur e
event of the National League race. A
misplay on the part of a Brooklyn in
fielder allowed Chicago to score the WIN
ming run. making a rather unsatisfac-
tory finish to so great a game. Big
Jeff' Pfeffer worked the entire contest
fer Brooklyn. and pitched a mastery
game. He allowed only eleven hits. but
was rather wild. passing eight men.
Humphries started the game for Chi
cago. He was forced to retire after
two. were out in the opening inning.
when a line drive from Wheat's bat
split his pitching hand The accident
gave young label chance to jump into
the limeIight. He pitched a most eff
fective game, allowing thirteen hits,
walking only one man and striking out
six.
The Chicago White Sox also took a
prominent part in the second longest
game of the season in the American
League. AS in the understanding af-
fair, Comiskey's club also came out on
top in the seventeen-inning contest.
Boston was the victim this time. the
score being 3 to ,. A pinch hitter in the
person of Tommy DAILY decided this
game in favor of Chicago. DAILY is the
young man who swatted home run
before his "highness the King Of Eng
land" When Tommy came through
with a single before a packed house Of
wildly excited South Side fans it is a
cinch he felt lot better than when he
made that circuit walloD in dear old
London.
Faber Hurting Hero.
1t is a rather, interesting fact that
Red Faber was the hurting hero Of
both these contests. Singularly Faber
didn't start either Of them. but was
sent in as relief twirler. Each time
he carried his team into extra innings
enough to be returned the victor in
both games. In the Understanding
struggle at Cleveland, Jim Scott start
ed for Chicago. At the close of the
TO o, and with Mitchell pitching su-
perbly those two runs seemed enough
to win. The unexpected happened in
the first of the eighth. Chicago making
single by Blackburn, a double by
Felsch, single by Weaver and Il
mighty triple by Eddie Collins netted
three runs, enough to give the Sox
one-run margin. Cicotte replaced Scott,
and at his expense Cleveland made two
runs. and went back. into the lead. on
a double by Chapman and singles by
Graney and Jackson. In the ninth
single, a base on balls and tumble
by Mitchell filled the bases, with no one
out Guy Morton was sent in to re-
Heve the southpaw. He passed Felsch.
forcing over the run that tied the
count. then settled down and managed
to pitch himself out of the hole with
out any further scoring.
Manager Rowland. with the score a
tie. put the burden up to Faber. For
eleven innings he held Cleveland rum
less. In that time he allowed only
struck out nine 1t was a magnificent
piece of work. and surely deserved the
win that finally came his way.
Faber Soes Strong.
Russell started the seventeen -inning
game with Boston, while Shore was
Manager Carrigan's selection. At the
close of the seventh inning the score
stood to = Russell had been taken
out to let some one hit for him In
the seventh. and Shore was derricked
for the same reason in the first OF
the eighth. Faber was the choice OF
Rowland to finish. while Mays of the
underhand delivery took up the game
for Boston. For a regulation game
of nine innings the two relief twiriers
pitched shut-out ball. In the seven
teenth session Mays weakened. and
Chicago put over the winning run with
no one out. In ten innings Faber al
lowed only six hits. gave but one base
ON balls and struck out six men. Some
pitching.
The second longest game of the year
IN the National League went sixteen
innings. Brooklyn and Boston were the
contending teams 1t developed into
one of the greatest pitching battles of
the year When darkness forced the
unlpires to suspend play, the teams
were in a scoreless tie; neither had
been able to put over the much desired
run Had rot the game been the sec
ond contest of a double-header there
is no telling how many innings the
two teams might have played without
either being able to break the tie.
Brooklyn had taken the first game, to
3. in nine innings.
TIE feature of the game was the
work of Pitcher Douglas. The Brook
lyn club had secured him only a short
time >fore from Cincinnati. Douglas
worked the entire game, and was found
for only four hits in the sixteen ses-
sions. He also struck out eight men.
Only once was Boston real dangerous.
and tL-t was when Whaling tripled.
of the 1914 world series, opposed Doug
las at the start. He worked five in
nings. Brooklyn getting only two hits
during that tims- His arm. which final
" forced his retirement from the game.
began TO give him trouble. and he was
relieved by Davis. While touched for
nine hits in the eleven innings he work
ed, Davis pitched fine ball, showing his
best form in the pinches. and when he
appeared 10 falter his fielding saved
him.
Dodgers Play Long Games.
The Brooklyn club. by the way.
seemed to delight in extra inning af-
fairs. The Dodgers took part In a
fourteen. fifteen. sixteen and seventeen
inning game lost the seventeen and ff-
teen inning affairs. got draw in the
fourteen and sixteen inning struggles.
In fact, the best Brooklyn could do in
the way Of winning extra Inning
games was In capturing the ten and
eleven inning AFFAIRS. Three twelve-in-
ming games were also lost by the Dodg-
ers.
The Chicago club of the American
League. aside from winning the two
longest games of the year in the John
soniaH organization, also put over an
other extra-inning stunt that was out
of the ordinary. In six days, COM
.rnencing August 81 and ending with
August &c. the White Sox played eighty
nine innings Of base ball. counting
double-headers and extra innings. When
The club wasn't scheduled to take part
in a double-teader Ii tried its very
best to stretch the single games out
that long. Here is just what happened
in those six days of overtime base ball: