New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-10
Cy Falkenberg Finally
Wins Game, to Delight
of Bill Phillips.
CAMPBELL RECEIVERS
HIS BATTING EYE
Wickland, Of Chicago Team,
Makes First Home Run Of Sea.
son on Harrison Grounds.

Bill Phillips, manager Of the Newark
Feds. wore a Bill Donovan smile as he
walked Off the field at the end Of n.
game with the Chicago Whales at Har.
rison yesterday. The reason for
Phillips j., vas ;ha. CT Falkenberg,
the barrier nole pitcher, had finally
shaker of his hoodoo and twirled .
winning contest after three previous
futile starts.
However. Cy had a narrow escape, A.
his team mates did not tie the score
until the eighth inning. and only sue.
ceeded in driving home the winning
tally in the ninth frame. The score
was to3.
Falkenberg received considerable.
help from Vincent Campbell. the for.
mer Pirate outfelder, who seems 70
have reganed his batting eye. Vim
drove out double and three singles in
his five times az bat. He made two Of
his teams runs and also pulled Of sew.
eral good running catches in RICH.
field.
Eight hits were made by the Whales.
Falkcnberg found il hard 20 fool Wick.
land, who got four of the safeties
gathered By the visitors Wlckland
christened the grounds with its frs,
home run in the opening inning. while
he also made two singles and a double.
Splendid control was displayed by
Falkenberg, who issued only one pass
and famed five men.
Falkenberg was tormented through
out the game by Joe Tinker, who re-
peatedly protested to Mccormick, the
umpire, that Cy was applying emery, or
something else, before delivering the
ball. The sphere was inspected several
times. but Mccormick could ind moth.
ing wrong.
The Newark Feds pounded the offer.
ings of Claude Hendrix, the mainstsy
of the Whales pitching staff, for eleven
hits. Hendrix also was free with
passes. A brilliant play by Joe Farrell
on R0usch's drive behind second base
i'm the fourth inning, after Hendrix had
filled the bases with two bases on balls,
prevented several runs.
Wickland started the game with his
home run drive 70 the centre field fence,
but the next three batters were easy
outs Newark, in its half. jumped into
the lead by making two runs. Campbell
singled 70 right. but McKechnie was
thrown out by Fritz. Rousch followed
with a single 10 centre which scored
Campbell. HUM then drove 10 Flack In
right field. who dropped the ball, al
lowing Rousch 10 count.
With one down in the third Wickland
doubled to centre and scored when
, Falkenberg threw wild over first base.
Flack and Wilson attempted a double
steal. but LapOrte made a good catch
of Rariden's high throw and returned
the ball in time to nab Flack at the
plate.
Chicago took the lead in the sixth.
Wilson's Texas Lacquer fell between
/ four Newark players for a double, and
when Scheer made a poor return 70
second Wilson went 10 third. Heiders
sacrifice fly to Rousch scored him.
The tieing run for Newark came in
/ the eighth, when, after Rousch flied to
+ Flack and Laporte struck out, hugh
singled and stole second. Esmond was
passed and Scheer then met the first
ball pitched for single TO centre, seor-
ing HUM. but was caught at second
Newark won in the ninth, when Rari'
den beat out a hit TO Zeider and on
the latter's wild throw to Beck reached
second. Farrell threw out Falkenbers'
sending Rariden 70 third. On Camp,
bells single to right Rariden crossed
the plate with the winning run.
/ It will be George Stovall Day to-
morrow, when me st Louis Feds pay .
visit to the Harrison park. Ten thou
sand persons witnessed yesterdays
game. which was the third defeat in
row for Tinker's men.
Tho scOra follows.