The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-10
FULLERTON THINKS.
DODGERS OUGHT TO.
WIN TODAY'S GAME.
Jack Coombs and Carl Mays
Should Be Hooked Up In
Series Third Clash.
Bv HUGH s. FULLERTON.

NASH otncT 10 u btdnubllu
Ruth pitched for Boston. and wal
saved by the fact that his defensiv.
support was superior to that of Brook.
Ign. For nve innings he was pounded
linked, and pounced upon at ever,
est and grandest of fielding. Then h,
steadied bit. and had that Brooklyn
club stopped
Sunday Wiibert Robinson announced
that he Intended to pitch Larry Cheney
(Which was suicide), and to the Other
70 per cent OF the correspondents he an,
nounced that he would pitch Jacl
Coombs, That being the case. one
might have guessed that he would pitch
Mr.. Smith is a left-handed hurier who
has been regarded as a rather a joke
ne was not even figured to pitch q
full game In the worlds series. and &C.
cording to today's dope we may ex.
pect Robinson to pitch wheezer Dell.
Anyhow, he sent Smith to the slab
and Smith. q second-rate pitcher In Q
one Of the srsndest games Of ball evel
seen. He went fourteen innings before
he made a mistake, and he went four.
teen innings of as fast and as brilliant
outguessed. outseneraied. and stopped
the Red Sox. He gave his team every
chance to win, and II must be admitted
that the Brooklyn team lodges when
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Babe Ruth because one terrific drive
by Hy Myers skipped through two out
fielders and went as home run.
Brooklyn had only one more logical
chance to score a run, and on that oc-
casion Mowrey was cut down at the
plate and the chance was ruined.
We win hear from Brooklyn that the
breaks OF the game all went against
the Dodgers. This Is true. and at the
same time untrue. On two occasions.
the ninth and tenth innings OF the bat
tie luck favored Boston. But; after y
had favored the Red Sox and allowed
them to get within reaching distance OF
the plate, II at once switched and fav-
ored Brooklyn In preventing scores.
In Keneralship and judgment Boston
had all the worst of the argument. In
the ninth inning Janvrin was coached
home to almost certain tan de inaEsd ss
IL the Red Sox would win certainly.
Scott rounded third base too Ear ana
was cut down and trapped or the
ed the bag, but in spite OF THAI we
must not detract from the credit to
Mike Mowry, who made the sniartest
and best inside play OF The series and
one that came near spii.ins all the
We Will hear for a number OF years
that Hy Myers was the hero OF TINS
game because Of his h niseed run me IN R ied
Sox on the defensive for two hours.
and because of his grand throw which
kept Janvrin from scoring In the
ninth.
They probably will erect statues 10
Sherrod Smith and Ruth and Del
Gamer and forget Iali about MIKE MIKE
Mowry. but 1t was Mike who made
the best and the smartest play OF
the game. The situation was this:
Scott. who was Boston's hero of the
day, had singled. Thomas had ad-
yanced him with sacrince, ana an S sinm
bounder toward third. There was not
a chance In the world for Mowrey to
handle the ball and throw out Hoop
: bluff toward frst base. and shot the
ball back to third. Olson had come up
the line with the runner and was
covering the bag. Olson grabbed the
himself trapped. tried to stop. slipped.
and was caught.
II was a magnificent game from
point. The day was dark and threat
sning, and just why Robbie refused
to pitch Coombs was uncertain. He
had decided that Coombs would not
Cheney in his stead. Now, Sherrod
Smith is a pretty poor pitcher. He
had been a sort of Joke In the Ma
yesterday he looked like a wonder.
He pitched one of the cleverest
games we ever saw. His judgment
seemed to us faultless up to the
fourteenth inning when he finally
blew.
The fact is, that he had been arm
weary for two innings while Ruth
was getting stronger. He was tired
and showed II by his change of de-
livery and the extra effort he put
behind each ball. From the ninth in
ming on 1t was a question of whether
the rain would fall In time to save
him. He was staving off defeat only
by outgessing his foes and they were
plainly puzzled. not by what he was
pitching, but the way he handed 1t
to them.
In the fourteenth there came one of
the undopeable events that go to make
BASEBALL Hobltzel has been carried on
the Boston for years because he can
hit 1t Is tradition that he cannot hit
eft-handed pitching. Yet Smith, a smart
left-hander. passed Hobby, who is re-
Tor the fourth time In the game. Lewis
at once sacrificed. II was a cnch that
the game would be called at the end OF
the inning because rain was coming
up and the darkness was gathering.
Boston had all to gain and nothing to
lose. SO Carrigan sent McNally a fast
man, to run for Hoblitzel from second
and ordered Del Gamer to bat for Card
Now study It a moment. Gamer IL "A
good ball player: he broke an arm, and
has a stiff arm which handicaps his
playing. He has held major league
job because he can hit left-handers
whereas Hoblitzel cannot. That Is the
dope. But, with the winning run on sec
opd base and Gamer up pinch-hitting,
Smith hooked one overIthc plate instead
OF passing him: Gamer hit the ball a
mile minute TO left field. A crooked
bound kept Wheat from handling the
bali as fast as he would have done un-
der ordinary circumstances, and Nc
Nally came scooting home with the
long delayed winning run.
Robinson Is at bay, and II looks bad
for tie Brooklyn boys. Coombs Will
= work the first game at Brooklyn today
against Mays-and II Brooklyn is to win
at all in this series II will be that one.
brooklyn ought to hit Mayo freely and
Coombs ought to be able to stop the
Sox. who have shown themselves capable
of being stopped.
II Smith can stop them Coombs ought
10 beat the life out OF them.
Copyright 1916, by John n. Wheeler, Inc