New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26
SUPERBAS ROUT
PIRATES, WITH
JEFF ON MOUND
Hans Wagner Pleases the
Fans by Striking Out His
First Time Up.
CUTSHAW MAKES
A BRILLIANT PLAY
Silent John Hummel Takes Place
of O'Mara at Short and
PLAYS Fast Game.

The Pirates scored one run and
Hans Wagner struck out in the hrst
inning of the game between flttsDurgh
and the Brooklyn Superbas at tooets
Field Yesterday afternoon j. ls ,'c
sary 10 announce this Immediately LOT
after that first frame some o.u"" or
more spectators sat back and watched
Jeff Pfcfer toy with the Smoky jlty
batters.
From time 70 time jeff permitted the
visitors TO get 10 him for hits OF vary
inr distances, and then. just when they
we're about TO make break for the
plate. he would rise in his might and
hollow no" OF course, his negative
was couched in curves and drops rather
than in words, but il was none the less
emphatic. The score was TO !.
Incidental 10 the clever pitching or
PfcFer. the Superbas rose into third
place. with a percentage of 900. ne
bovs like the new quarters, and having
stretched IN the new found home have
sworn q vow 10 know the old no more.
The rise of the team came right on
the heels of statement from Charles
II Fbbets that Brooklyn had a good
chance to win the National League
remnant. Perhaps the capuous may
saw that the team being in third place
il Of greater importance than Ptener 5
victory. but TO Robbie the return OF
the big fellow TO winning form Is OF
greater moment He may be depnded
upon in the fight to hold the position.
Pfecer made no effort 10 tear lga-
ment in stopping the batting OF 'he
Pirates. The only point on when ne
was at all arbitrary was that no oaj,
ting bees were INDUCED IN. how wen
he succeeded may be CLEANED from 'he
summary of the game No fewer than
eleven Pirates fingered on the mes
craving a run producing MT.
Johnston. Hinchman and Gerber gave
him some trouble, the three getuhg
TWO hits each, but JEFF turned ms
thumbs down on Hans Wagner ne
veteran Teuton, acclaimed by the
crowd on his several turns to the plate
was content with a liner 70 Stengel
and another 70 Cutshaw. These were
his closest approaches to hits.
But Brooklyn had not only PREFER;
Buck Wheat and George Cutshaw stood
in behind him in famous style. wheat ;
catch of Bob Schang's foul lin the sec
ond inning was Of the hair-raislng or
dor Then came his effort on Bill
Hinchman in the fifth. which while not
sensational was a piece of work well
Cutshaw demanded his share Of no
tice with some daring daylight, our-
qlarv He made a nifty catch on
WcOuillan in the fourth frame and
turned il into a double play by touch
ing second base. Bob Schang was the
second victim Gus Getz, at third IN
the absence Of Schultz, was effective
He made clever capture Of foul by
Schang. c.,
Robbie shook up his lineup. Stengel
was moved up TO lead of, and WIN
O'Nara on the sicklist, John Hummel
broke into the game. The more one
watches John work the more the won
der grows that Robbie does not keep
him in the game. The oldtimer was all
over the field yesterday, and in add
ton TO the other things, laced out TWO
good hits. Lew Mccarthy was catch
Ing. and a couple of afternoons more
like il and Lew will be in there all sea-
son. He handled Pfeffer to perfection
and got two hits as well.
The Superbas knocked George Nc
OuiIlan out of the box in four innings.
Bob Harmon replaced him. Eleven hits
we're made Oft this pair Of stars, and
they we're we'll punched. McQuillan's
wild throw figured in the scoring OF
run, but the others were earned.
The score follows: