Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-28
Bv BLEECHER

PHILADELPHIA BALL PARK, June
2s.-Fat wllbert Robinson tried to pull a
wheezer Dell on not so fat Pat Moran
today by sending young Sherrod Smith,
Of the widely known family of that name,
in to pitch. sherrod ia a recruit. SO was
Dell the last time the trolley dodgers
from the city across the river from New
York came to Philly park but Dell got
out of that class by winning his game
easily
Byrne, the first man up, threw away
n perfectly good hit by going into o sound
sleep off first base In the first inning. and
Bancroft, who got to first on a wild throw,
died stealing, SO that Sherrod had moth
Ing against him in the first.
out in the bleachers today the sun
shone with blisterlng severity and the
fans all shed their coats, Undoubtedly
1t was ideal baseball weather for the men
who sell pop bottles and lemonade, also
the ice cream butchers. But It was so
hot on the roof of the big Ford plant
that the fans who watched the game from
that lofty perch got in the shadow of the
smokestack and stayed there
Rixey pushed In a ruff for Brooklyn in
the second inning by being six feet six
inches tall. man was on third at the
time, and McCarty bounced the pill off
Rixey glove. If he hadn't been SO tall
the ball would have gone over his head
and Niehoff could have helded 1t for
the third out, but RiXey just touched 1t,
detecting its natural course and run
ssb ed.
the old habit of advising the pitcher is
still strong In the Brooklyn lnfleld. In
between his pitches today Smiths shellac
ears were filed by each of the infield.
lf he does all he's told to do he'll be a
wonder. Jake Daubert is the most gar
rulous of the whole Brooklyn team, but
the others get Jealous when they see
him whispering words of wisdom to the
moundsman and all follow suit
Byron, the umpire with the name of a
poet. paid little visit to Rixey in the
third inning, trotting all the way down
to the pitchers box to see If Eppa was
standing on the slab while he was pitch
Ing to O'Mara. He was loudly cheered-
meaning Byron-by the fans
Bancroft was chased out of the game
by Umpire Eason in the third because he
got mad at his glove. The reason why he
got mad at the inoffendlng bit Of leather
was that when he tagged Wheat out as
the latter was stealing second Eason
said Wheat was safe, Accordingly, 1t be-
ing against the rules and regulations to
throw the umpire to the ground and step
With fine chivalry. Eason came to the
defense of the glove. He glared at Ban
croft, who picked up the utensil and
threw II down again. At this Eason's
blood boiled. He could not stand by idly
and see the glove suffer, so out of the
game went Bancroft, Stock taking his
place
For some time things looked promising
for a mlx-up, because Bancroft refused
10 get off the field, but at length he went
Stock came to bat in the Phllies' half of |
the same inning and beat out an infield
hit, Byrne, who had walked, taking sec |
ond, but nothing happened In the way of |
n score, as Niehoff forced Stock
When the score stood four to nothing |
in favor of the Trolleydodgers in the fifth, |
the fans gave RiXey a great hand when
he came to bat. most of the runs having
registered because of sloppy support
rather than poor pitching. Moran sent
Demaree out to warm up when the runs
were counting, but did not call on him
at that time.