New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-30
BUCK WHEAT
BRINGS VICTORY
TO THE ROBINS
Outfelder's Throw and
His Hit Factors in
Downing Phillies.
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Philadelphia. May %. Buck W..
the Cherokee, was the principal f,,.,,
in Brooklyn's victory over IN, ,h,-
pion Phillies here this afternoon u.
far-fung double 10 centre field. a S,;v.
that dehed the speed Of Dode pa,..,,
scored Hi Myers from third bs,. Wiz.
the run that won the game. I. -,
Bucks great throw from deep lef, 81
in the first inning which caught Nil,o.
Stock at the plate and prevented n.
game from going into extra innino, :.
least. The score was 3 20 . AM !,
winning the Robins held their lea :,
one and one-half games oye N. -.
ord-bresking New York Clans
Hi Myers started the eighth in,i,,
by getting a safe blow 70 night s,1
and he cavorted 70 second or a sacriSe.
bunt by Daubert. Jimmy Johns,or',
out at first put him on third. and the,
came Wheat. Eppa Rixey was In N,
box for the champions, and there w.r.
times this season when Robbie used !,
keep Wheat on the bench when A len.
handler was in the box. That time "a,
passed long since. Buck is hitting All
kinds Of pitching. He had little seor,
70 pay of with Rixey and chose 6ou.
bic as his means Of paying the d.b,.
Myers scored and that settled the i,sus
Brooklyn held the lead Throughout.
the game. but the margin was never
comfortable. Some good, clean. hard
hitting produced two runs in the frs.
inning. but the Phillies came back IN
their half and, sduandering two Of h,
four hits they made OF Larry Chen.y,
they pushed one run over. Then in II.
ninth the Phillies got together for
run. but il was not enough, FOR jus,
before that Wheat had done his htayy
clubbing and knocked home the decd.
ing tally.
Beating Moran's men is one Of n,
best little things the Robins do. Tn.
teams have met nine times this year
and the Robins have won eight time.
They made il three out Of four in this
series. Before leaving here for HON,
tonight Robbie expressed the wish TIA,
his schedule included $50 games VITA
the champions.
Larry Cheney pitched for the Robi,i
and he was effective. Only four hts
were made of him. He was guilty of
few lapses, however. He gave a coupl.
of bases on balls. hit batter and th,i
made a wild pitch. which aided re
Phillies in scoring in the first franz
These offences Offset his four strike.
outs. Eppa Rixcy was hit fairly hsr.
and his support was not Of the best.yc
he managed to keep the scoring down.
Indeed. with perfect support. the score
might have been 2 20 0. Brooklyn mef'
:ted two runs, while errors paved ne
way for both those Of the Quakers.
In the first inning Myers beat on,
hunt and was safe at second when Me.
hoff dropped Killifer's throw 70 Gu.
him down stealing. Dsubert Popped
out, but Johnson tripled, scoring Myers.
Johnston was run down on Wheat: rap
10 Bancroft, Wheat taking second, 70
score on Mowrey's single. In the l,I
half Of the same inning Niehof singled
and reached second when CutshaT
dropped Cheney's throw OF Stocks ts3.
A Wild pitch advanced both runners,
and after Cravath famed Wh'ts'
walked. filing the bases. Cooper sih'
rled. scoring Niehof.
Whitfield got to second on 0Nsrst
wild throw in the ninth. took third q
Cooper's out and scored on PasAen'
double.
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