New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-13
INST REMNANTS
' If The ATHLETICS
v BEAT SUPERBAS
grange Names and Faces
''n Make for Wonder
by the Fans.
o,,NOND WET AND
coGGY FOR THE FRAY
..., Hits and Eleven Runs by
gou,e of Mack Too Much
for Brooklyn Team.

for Brooklyn Iedili'
s,rsrbas and the remnants OF
-. famous Athletics played an
" baseball game at Ebbets Field
l .,..-ssy afternoon. and the remnants
The score as gathered at dusk
y. II, Tons were severity criticised
NV fans for the time they con-
"a in opening the real season last
,.-r5sy. But it must be remembered
rsrs fghtinc with definite goal
s,v and should 'be pardoned for
=, time on a job worth while.
-. ;. no abb for the farcical per-
-,,,e IN Flatbush yesterday, unless
:, that an exhibition game is an
.,...;,;on." which by right Of name
-,,, multitude OF sidoshows.
y.g 10 blame for this condition can
.,,,s8 on Charles II. Ebbets. In the
!. olaee. he recognized that after
,si, Of Sunday strenuous work
1 "a have 70 be done on the diamond
..ssr 20 have 10 IN state conducive
W. -sou,rcmentS Of a ball field. He
Two instructed his grOundkeepCr
4 .,,re no effort or expense IN com
80 The devastation wrought by
4 ssnents. But the best endeavors
4 -, when nature ls the antagonist
i s-,lo The field was so soGGy and
4 tbst no matter how hard the bat
/ ! swung, the ball just couldn't
~. fac. adds another abb to both
- In Yesterdays performance.
1 y, TbbetS again showed his keen in
:, and this leads directly up to the
/ ,T Of the game. by sending one Of
II, assistant secretaries Of the club IN
-,-t Of the grandstand Immediately
5.i,re the gong sounded to announce
l., lineup OF the MacGmen. The Flat
H. narnate recognized at once that
l., Athletics on the field could not be
-sgriled even by the dyed-in-the-
s.rs is the revised lineup, as
! .,-.sd 10 the stands. Of a team which
IN the American League pennant five
res and the worlds championship
Ygrphy plays third" began the an
I,.-tsr, and the fans got their think
4 r ears at work. why" was the COM
III that fellow played ont in the
- last year-what is he doing on
- And of course the vision Of
its. DAYS came TO mind, when Home
II Baker. vino forSook the worlds
rs share for the ploughshare, COW
lsl the far corner.
1 -0.3rug, left field" was the next
/ rs and the fans gave sigh Of relief:
fig,sps after all. some OF the old
1,li we're going 20 appear as in the
4 s DAYS. "Lajoie, second base
4 m one would think that Napoleon
4 ,'l.i have received q welcoming hand
i'u bis long years of labor on the
4 ,nond. and owing TO the fact that
/ .ybody knew he was to cavort
L., the stretch Of ground where
Il Eide Collins once gamboled. But
rrs vas not & handicap. In fact
/ ay S,enge was the only player to
.se the fans 10 cheers. Casey has
r pretty sick.
l Nclnns first base" That sounded
I'.ral but then came, Thompson,
stre field" Nobody had ever heard
i him. walsh, right field" He used
| travel between New York and Phil
i.sphia.' explained one enthusiast,
tu Frank Chance and Connie Mack
Is uncertain as 10 who had been
tuck in the trade they put over.
Crane. shortstoD.' He looked it;
here again the fans were all at
h Where pray. was Barry Some
IL informed person vouchsafed the
'msiion that Barry was conserving
energy in Quakertown for the open
clash with the Red SOX. "McAvoy,
r,ter" No Schang or even an Ira
,'nss, but the same explanation went
/, the case Of Barry.
1 Volt. pitcher" Again the blank
son the part Of the assembled. But
one seemed 10 know in what league
Il os'htom Volt did his preparatory
'-i the game is the thing. Neither
an scored in the first inning, al
Il gh Eddie Murphy, the transplanted
-s.cer, started things with a single.
Superbas, for their part, did moth
except draw a base on balls. Ac
ga began in the scond, when each
IL Jailed once, two two-baggers
- iae right field foul line turning
n mex for the visitors and singles
alnmel and Stengel retaliating for
tome nine.
ne Athletics took the lead in the
-'Fng frame, tallying one run on
errors and hit by Oldring. The
4'ioas tied the count in the fourth,
.," 10 d double by Wheat, follow
mlsplay Of NoltZ on Cutshaw'
I The fifth saw an old-fashioned
Ashing on the part Of the Athletics,
1 incidentally Don Patrick Carlos
wv who was twirling for Brooklyn,
4 uyen TO the shelter of the bench.
AIphy doubled -or a starter, and
~ 70 third on Oldring's sacrifice.
wv was an easy out, and then the
G"ss. Mclnnis and Thompson sin
49, VAara erred on Walsh's tap,
Nisne hit safely. The total Of the
l.se amounted to four runs. The
4 s"'s followed this with two runs
as he1t inning, and then Brooklyn
l., OF life IN the crowd by cross
ne plate five times.
G Stranger Noltz was responsible
~s Tally. The man who may some
NJ, De an Eddie Plank gave three
- IN balls, hit a batter and al
~, ~lee hits. That was the end Of
- Snd one Hopper went to the
u.s.. ' SuPerbas made two runs off
a. ~ :. ~ the eighth by reason of two
~, " balls and a single Jy Schulz,
- much as the Athletics gath
Iti,Se more runs from the ,fferings
rho succeeded Raglan and
u ,'; VINO. replaced Galore, Robbio's
ss,s,ssu' as well have remained
NSms played loosely in the
H. $50 as the result Of the slip
sag' and the base running Of
'1e same reason was way be-
ass,., Inc Athletics, despite their
jsg.u array, showed much proves
asr'ss, SICK, and will cause the other
Iah League teams much trouble