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Superior Field Tactics.

displayed in the other title contests was
missing.
Superior Field Tactics.
The field tactics also were In favor OF
Wilbert Robinson. He hit and run and
he sacrificed. And the times when he
failed were few.
History doesn't show any teams with
the undaunted spirit OF the Dodgers:
not even excepting the wonderful
Braves OF 1914. The Braves got the
jump in their plunge to victory over
the Athletics, while the Dodgers have
had to tight from a corner wheer they
were partly submerged by two defeats.
The forceful. rushing tactics which
have nailed the hide OF many Ma
tional League finger to the gates of
Ebbets Field got into full action yes
terday. Led by Jack Coombs and Ivan
Olson, they took the scalp OF Carl Mays
and are ready to. repeat today against
Dutch Leonard or Ernie Shore, or any
other slab artist Bill Carrigan may
elect.
The Dodgers had the backing OF a
| crowd which howled and cheered Itself
blue In the face all through the con-
fict. Although only half the size Of
the Boston crowds. the Brooklyn root
ers made twice as much noise and
went through all the motions OF an en-
! thusiastic party. Even after the game
was ended they kept at It by peppering
the Boston Royal Rioters with cush,
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the field to the strains OF "Tesse."
| The two kings OF nerve, Coombs and
, Olson, have put the Dodgers back In
| the running. Coombs' clever box work
| and the batting OF Olson, derided In
| fielder who virtually lost the first game
single-handed by his errors, have put II
| right up to RUDE Marquard and the
| other Dodgers to come through today.
| IL Robinson's terrors can turn In the
same kind OF fielding they gave Jack
4 Coombs and Jeff Pfeffer. they have a
chance to even matters up by the time
| the sun sets.
the pitching assignment this afternoon
for the last plunge Of the Dodgers be-
fore they again open nre In Braves
To Coombs must be given most OF the
credit for the victory the Dodgers turn
ed in yesterday. II wah his presence
which inspired the Dodgers with con-
fdence, that fired them with the un'
eran that he is. and cold as the day
was, Colby Jack turned himself loose
| His fast ball whizzed over the plate
with all Its old time speed. and he hao
| slow breaking curve at times tina
stood the Boston champions on theil
| heads.
II was evident when Coombs called Il
Jen Pfeffer from center field to finisl
the. game that a definite plan OF defens
had been agreed upon by the Dodge
strategists. They all knew what Coomb
.. was capable OF doing IL he went at toI
speed They knew, also, that he coul'
not work at top speed for nine innings
warming up almost from the start o
the game. and he was ready when tn
, break came.
Combs Got Good Start.
Up to the time Larry Gardner lite
the ball over the right field wall for
) home run in the seventh inning. Coon,b
had geen going fine. He had Above
only six hits. That the slip was comm
was forecast In the sixth. when tn
! Red Sox got to Coombs for two hit
3 in a row and two runs.
Coombs name today stands alongsid
those OF Christy Mathewson and Chic
Bender, the winner OF the five world
series conflicts. In fact. history show
e that Colby Jack has never lost a world
= title game.
Ivan Olson 10 only less in the glar
OF the calcium than Coombs as a 10
suit OF the las. game. The terrib
Swede was credited with pair {
r base knocks as his contribution to IN
afternoons entertainment. and one {
them was mighty three-base clol
" which damned up against the Temporal
J left field bleachers and put the winnin
runs over for Squire Ebbets.
Dutch Leonard is being POPULAR
favored to go against the Dodgers
v today's tilt. Left-hander that he In,
Il should worry the Brooklyn sticker
I for the heaviest Dodger hitters vie
their clubs from the south side OF u
:. plate. However. southpaw heavir
z has not always stopped the Dodger
= and II Marauard Is as good as he hi
shown lately, run or so may spe
the difference between defeat al
= victory.
"a The Dodgers victory has had HIT
n effect on the betting. Odds still star
IT at 10 TO 8 and 10 TO that the r,
sSox will take the series.