New-York tribune., 1915-09-24
SUPERBAS BEAT
REDS, REGAnVDVe
SECOND PLACE
Jeff Pfeffer Unsteady N
First Inning, but Their
Settles Down.
Twice
by Telegraph % ras T-ioup.

Cincinnati. Sept. % When Hun,,,
Dumpty fell OF the wall he stayed m,
Mother Goose is our authority a.
that, and IL Is fair TO assum. a.,
Humpty Dump,y later found hi, pl,,.
on the royal bill Of fare as an om,ls,
or in a salad dressing. But the Broo..
lyn Superbss are in no way like Hunn.,
Dumpty. II is true that they hsv,
scrambled around more or les, An,
this much is certain: When the B,ss..
lyn Superbas tumbled OF second ul.,.
they strsightway scrambled back .zs,
They beat the Cincinnati Reds tod,
By a score Of 3 to 2. and regsiu.s
their old position, for the Bo,,s,
Braves lost 20 the Pirates.
Averages and all other evidenc. ,o,.
withstanding, Brooklyn fans h,v.
grounds for asserting that Grina
the righ: fielder Of the Reds, Is n.
kngpin. lie nigh. even obtain III.
freedom Of the city of Brooklyn II h.
could find any use for IT, In any ever.
II was his muH OF Ollie ONarss A,
in the sixth inning that started Brooi.
lyn along the path TO victory. 0Nau
eventually made the circuit Of As
bases, and hard sequential hittirs
drove home another tally. which proved
sufficient to sway the balance.
The Reds got OF 20 a nice stan
making run in the Arst inning, thanh
TO the wildness Of JEFF Pfefer. II vouIi
seem that JEFF carries his personal
grudges on the ball ground, for after
he had hit Charley Herzog with tie
ball, he likewise walloped little 10,
I Rodgers. Since the bases were fllsi
/ when ne made his uncalled for asssul,
i on Rodgers, run was scored.
In the last half Of the sixth JEFF had
another slight lapse. and a base On
balls. a base hit, and the other incl.
dentals OF ball game resulted IN q
run. In between those frames, nov.
ever, Pfeffer was effective. He had q
lot Of speed and a good break on tie
ball. Rodgers declares JEFF almost
broke his leg.
In climbing back into second plao
again the Superbas checked the mad
career Of Fred Toney. Toney has been
booming along all season, stopping eli
comers. He was effective to-day, In q
measure, but Griffith gummed up the
whole works. Nine hits fell to the 10.
Of the Superbas.
Charles Lincoln Herzog is one Of III.
leading candidates for All-AmeYica
shortstop. His work to-day was clever
in the extreme. He was all over h.
field, and nothing got by him. He mad.
stop Of grounder by Hy MyerS
away in behind second base, that Us
classic. George Cutshaw also vas
in the thick Of the fray.
Killifer started the first inning ~
lacing a single into centre field, snc
Heinie Groh offered up little sacrifr,
bunt. Herzog was In collision with
a pitched ball, and the bases were
filed moment later when Csz
dropped O'Mara's throw on Grifitht
hopper. Pfefer seemed to lose bis
head when that error occurred, so be
hit Rodgers with the ball. forcing XII.
lifer home. Leach hit into a double
play, however, and the scoring ceased
for the time being.
Brooklyn tied the count in the sec.
ond inning. Myers doubled, snd
crossed the plate on q single By Nc.
Carty. In the sixth 0'Msra got 10 see.
ond on Grifith's muff, and took third
on Daubert's sacrifice. Ollie scored on
Stengel's sacrifice fly. Wheat, Cutshsv
and Myers singled in rapid FIRE success.
sion, and Wheat crossed the piats On
Myers's hit.
The score follows.