The sun., 1916-09-20
WHEAT"S TWO HITS
!. COUNT MORE THAN
70 CINCY BINGLES
Buck With Single and Homer
Scores Two Runs and
Drives In Another.
MATTY-'S MEN BEATEN
TO IN FAREWELL
NJ GEOn GE ". UNDERWOOD.

~ GEORGE W.. UNDERWOOD.
Out In Cincinnati, where the bandits
reside who stole our Matty away. all the
cars have two trolley poles. which nee
essarily call for two feed wires. Or
course the cars sometimes have to carry
awful ioads--there are more beer gar
ions IN saloons in Cincinnati than
there are bcancries In Boston--but no
one yet has been quite able to figure just
why they Use two trolley poles when one
would do the work quite as well. N
Cunnel Tom Rice, when once visiting tho
burg. said. These yeah cars don't seem
10 get nowhere. nohow."
over In Squire Ebbcts's ball yard III
lear old 1'iatbush yesterday tho GIN
oinnti Reds unloadcd II whole CARLOAD
Of hingles on JET pferer, but they didn't
seem to get the Reds nowhere. nolow.
The Cincinnati base hits seemed almost
as useless "a the extra trolley poles on
the Cincinnati trolley cars.
And 60 It is written In the chancellorics
that your Uncle Wilbcrt ,;cbinson's
league leaders routed the Old Masters
lost In the ruck Reds by n score Of 8 to
!. The victory enabled ia" Superbas to
cling safely to the irai! breaking posi-
ton IN the National League Derby.
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Besides the misspent power III the
Reds attack there were several reasons
why tho demon Dodgers ca me out on the
right end Of tho score. lettering TO the
minutes Of the meeting one must call
attention to:
Exhibit One--Zachar!ah D. Wheat,
,outfteld patrol and slugger extraordinary.
According to the ~stenugraphio reports If
The FRA " IF tho three Isvppliyp ,ltS Mr.
Wheat scored two and drove in the
other. Zach nearly shot Shulz's leg OF
with q smoking single in the fourth.
took second on C~utshaw's sacrifice and
rode home as,raddle OF Mowrey's timely
hump to centre. The Polo Peach camG
up with Merklc on ahead in the sixth
aud promptly and proniscuously dumped
n homer over the right field wall. maiu-
featuring two runs with the ouo fell
sweep Of his war club. With two wal
iops Wheat manufactured more runs
than the Reds did with twelve.
Exhibit Tvo-Jonr Tories Meyers.
Old chief Sauat-Tehind-thc. Ba, sure
WAC there with the eagle eye and the
tPusty peg. lie killed four Reds. VIII,
attempted to pilfcr lassocks. with his
fih1 bullet throws. lie might have
killed more. only after tie lnjun had
brought dow his fourth man the I:cds
decided II would be safer to give vi
their thieving ways.
MrrkIe's Gr~nt Throw.
Exhibit Three Frederick e. Nerkjr
Frederick the Great played ren,rc l..id
FOR Uncle Wilbert AMI cllokcd of n
least two Fed runs. His throw from
fAtt centre to third bas. in tho thirt
epistle dropped liuhn ut the ditnri,, cor
nAr and SnfLa.1 o.. Dad tnlI. 1...t ..--
heck toward The nagpolc and hrouv'r
down Tommy Grinith's bid for a homer
In the eighth.
Exhibit Fo~ur-Edwaid J. rgcffc~. Id
ward was not nearly as ear To hit
the twelve Cincinnati birgl"s would md
cate. TIL" big bond buxman was al
nerve In the pinchcs and Gil u : share r.
limiting tho Rods 10 "A louc run. Ec,lds
JeR-wo call pfcffcr JoT ntcaus. hi
name rs Cdward-d'dn't allow Hal chas.
a solitary hit. which caused u grsa
shrinkage In 'hildc ,iarold's bath.
average, and everybody blows .hc y,
tive Son Is mixed M in u di,Il ~ latil
for batting honors with Hacharla,
Wheat.
And while PfeYcr was turning Chas
back hitless Hats deadly batting rival
BUCK wheat. was compiling a hattini
average for the day If .G6,. Zachar
~oo ~ vot 'HA'' liI'ltt"~- NttillH Ns.ki,
him I'm the first. Zach then got n singi
and a homer. scoring two runs aud dr,y
ing In the otIov. Bucks only fa'lur
came In the eighth "UiStle, when wiz
Daubert on second and Merk,c Oh HRS
he smashed slam bang into a doubl
play.
Matty Yesterday tried out kopf, Il,
former Athletic. whom Cincinnati! bougi
from Baltimore. in the short field, AN
PRfil En1ifh aArtlrnt frr,, AI,,t .
LETT held. Twombly. the Baltimore out
fielder. also reported to Matty ycatcrda,
hut viewed the game from tho ber.rl
The lone Rec run came across III
platter In the eighth inning. Will, OF,
down Mcltschnic beat out II scratcs, II
to Olson. Nopf drove a singing line
into Mowrey's hands. After putting tw
strikes over on Hulin Pfener fed him
slow ono and tho former Fed slammed
TO the far left field corner OF the lot IL
three bases. scoring McKechnie. Huh
lsnguished when Bob Fisher. batting fo
echuls. popped to Olson.
wheat aud TITS Big Nat.
Cincinnati got eight hits Off Pfcffer
the nrst elk innings. but only had OF
left Meyers killed four Reds stealing
Nsrkie threw another out on "A prett
play at third. and a double play. Gu
shaw. Olson and Daubert, further he,pe
things along from a Brooklyn 'vicwpoln
How Wheat scored on his single. Gu
shaw's sacrifice and MoWrty's hi, in q
third already has been told, Eols
dropped Merkle's ny IN the sisth, givir
Fred a life, and then Whoa, follow0
with a lcmc run drive over the rlgl
field wall.
After Groh had mad. a sensation,
n hand reaching catch OF Johnston
Texas Lacquer in short right IN the FIR
inning Daubert walked. stole second a,
went to third on Huhn's bad throw, on
10 be caught Of third. IIuhn to Schu.a
Mckechnie, Johnston walked ard s'o
In the third. but was inaroonod VII,
Daubert famed and Mcrklc foul flied
Smith. The score
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