New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-14
HOMER BY WHEAT
STARTS SUPERBAS
ON RIGHT ROAD
O'Mara Completes Task III
Hand and Cubs Drop
One More Game.
SMITH IN PITCHING
TILT WITH VAUGHN
Stengle Makes Some Spectacular
Catches in Contest That
Bristles with Action.

Buck Wheat led the Brooklyn SUI
perbas 10 victory over the Cubs at
Ebbets Field yesterday afternoon Inc
Cherokee hoy picked out a perfectly
good looking curve and swung on II
with all his might ard main The ball
stopped rolling when the centre field
fence got in its way. but Buck never
stopped running until he had com
pleted the circuit Of the bases TINS
happened in the first inning, with two
men out and Charley Stengel on sec
ond base. there by grace Of double
to left Bucks drive sounded the note,
and later in the game Ollie OMara in
serted the hit that completed the work
so we'll begun by Wheat. The score
was 9 to 2.
This.timely hitting brought about the
defeat of Jim Vaughn. who used TO
twirl for the New York Yankees once
upon a time Jim allowed only seven
hits. but five were grouped IN the TWO
productive innings. There was only
one chance TO score that the SuperDas
passed up.
In the fourth inning Cutshaw got
triple when Frank Schultz lost his
drive in the sun. There were two men
down at the time. however, 50 when
Myers slammed one down to the rlght
field fence, which Schultz captured, the
inning was over. The other hit was
Niller's driblet in the seventh frame.
which was hardly worth the effort, but,
as Otto would say, at all counts IN the
averages"
When Wheat made his drive in the
first frame Ollie OMara Immediately
became Jealous. He fretted around the
bench, just longing 10 come up win
some one on second. In the tfth his
chance came. After Getz had fouled
out Otto Miller singled. He took sec
ond on Smiths out at first base and
OMara came up 70 the plate. BET
two h.ta | get hit" he chirped 10
Casey Stengel, but his bet was not
taken. Just the same Ollie slapped one
out to centre field so far that even
Miller could get home, all the way from
second base. This was the last BROOK
lyn run. and it was enough.
The fans were treated to a duel or
southpaws. with Sherrod Smith work
ing for the Superbas Sherry allowed
eight hits, but might have sent the
Cubs off the field wearing string OF
horse collars. The first run that fell
TO the lot Of the Cubs was a gift, as
the wind blew Archer's fly into triple,
and a single by Phelan followed. The
second run came rs n result of Knisely's
double and an error by OMara and a
long fly by Schultz. There was one
out when Knisely hit, and perfect play
would have retired the side.
Smith had no cause for complaint.
Ofensively he had Stengcl and Wheat,
Miller and O'Mara. Defensively he had
nine men working as one behind him,
with Charley Stengel leading. Stengel
played fine game in right field. His
most spectacular catch was of foul by
Vaughn in the fourth inning. He ran
away in from the fence to get it, mar
rOwly avoiding a collision with Dau-
bert and Stengle. One of his best
catches was liner off the bat of Will
Jams.
Not only did the Cubs lose the game,
but the services of Wilbur Good as
we'll. In the first inning Ollie O'Mara
lined one into right field which Good
raced in after and made a shoestring.
Such was his momentum that he rolled
over and over. He tore the ligamcnts in
a shoulder, and will be out of the
game for several days at least.
Gus Getz, who is playing third dur
ing the enforced absence Of Joe Schultz,
is putting up a good game. Yesterday
he neglected TO get hit, but flashed
some pretty nifty defensive work.
Tho fp1lnuo.