The sun., 1916-09-26

As OIL Bill Shakespeare. who used to
lead the league. once remarked.
The evil tina men do lives after them,
The GOOD 10 Oft inferred with their bones.
II II n Of our human failinss to chose
to WELD the hammer when we might Just
as well toot the horn.
Which all touches on and appertains
to the fact when the riatbush fang and
fannics were vending their way home
ward DER the lea after seeing the SUI
perbas again split even with the Cubs at
Ebbets Field yesterday. losing the first
game in the tenth, : to I. and taking the
second. 4 TO .. Jimmy Johnston was
being roasted to q fraszls for losing the
opener. while the great rally Brooklyn
made to pull the brand from the burning
was almost forgotten.
4. lamentable tumble BY Johnston gave
the Cubs a run n allowed Chicago 10
tie the score in the eighth inning. John
ston's mlsjudsing Of q ball of the bat Of
workman In the tenth inning gave
Chuck" an undeserved homer and
launched the Cub of on a victorious
rally. Before the inning was over three
more Cub counts had trickled across the
platter and the game was hopelessly lost.
Dodgers Die F~ighNng.
The posers died fighting. though. They
had their boots on when they fell. The
Brooklyn heads were bloody but unbowed.
Nooiy. bravely. ~courageously did the Su-
perbas battle to retrieve a lost cause.
But there in the sunset session Of the
tenth Fortune only frowned when she
should have smiled. The break went
TO Chicago. and Chief Meyers's terrific
thuHp toward the centre field exit gate,
which. with the bas es full az they were.
ninety-rine times out OF a hundred would
have cleaned up the paths. was turned
into an "out" by a wonderful running
catch by Joe Kelly. Kelly's Offering
grab spiked the rally and showed the
Superbas from the heights of hope back
into the depths OF despair.
With the score to 8 against Thorn
when tho Dodgers came 10 la. In the
'enth inning. ba1ibert started or with u
single To- centre. Stcngel followed with
a savage slam TO the box. blu the bal
caromcd on the NIT OF Packard and
bounded over 70 Yerkes. forcing Daubert
at second. Merkle walked. Cutshaw
drove to Pechous. whose throw TO Yerkeg
forced Merkle ut second, Stengel taking
third. After knocking several fouls
down the lef, field line Mowrcy succeed
in drawing his fourth bail of Packari.
filling the bases. Olson beat out a hit
TO Fechous. scoring Stengcl and again
loading the hassocks.
With the bases ful!ar'n an old fash
Toned sailor on shore leave and ChiAf
Meyers up Tinker derr.csed Packard
and rushed Jim Vaughn to The rescue.
\aughn put one s,-ikc over on the Chief.
The clou,ins Iedsk'n leaned In To the
next ono and caught t',s hall s.nur,f,.
IN the trade mark.
Chief Leans Into One!
Out. out toward the centre field exit
cate IL tipped as II shot from n siege
gun. II looked Ike a sure homer. An
eXu.tinrs . - doomed from grand stand
and bleacheys, But at the c-acI OF the
hickory on the horseiide Kelly had
lcaped into his stride. The N fielder
streakcd across the greensward and. just
when +, seemed tho ball was going 90
pass over him. reached high IN tho air
and corriilsd 4. ~BrQoklyn-good night
Ma-uuard's great pi,cNiHg turned tho
CUBS bach IN the second game. RUDE
famed nine men and only allowed one
earned run. Choney also pitched grano
ball Ia the opener, Larry stTck gu;
eight Cubs. boosting his seasons strlkeoui
record 20 1854. six more than MarauS.
who stands second with liS. and eleven
more than Alexander. who is third w.tn
l5:.
The Dodger. got away To a summing
starr In the second ming @: she opener
chasing Jimmy Lavender 10 cover and
scoring three runs. Mowrey opened the
inning by st,olling, Olson fouied on. to
Wilson. Chief Meyers singled to left.
sending Mowrey to third. ON the squeeze
play Cheney hunted. Mowrey beating
L%avender's peg to Wilson at the plate.
ON L.avender's w!ndup Meyers and
Cheney started to steal and got away
with the double pil:er with the help Of
Wilson'S short passed ball.
JOhnstOn's W.T. Counts.
Jimmy Johnston smashed tho first bnll
Lavender pitched to him into centre for
a clean single. scoring Meyers and
Cheney. Tinker derricked Lavender and
planted Packard on the peak. Dauhert
go, n life on Wor:man's error hut was
,ef. with Johnston when S,sngel flied
GU, TO Manu.. and Merkle, batting for
Wheat, was thrown out by Pcctous
starting the seventh Cheney hit Safer
and passed Williams. Wilson forced
Williams. Olson 20 Cutshaw. SAFER tnk-
ing third. lerkcs forced Wilson. CUT
shaw to Olson. Safer scoring. Pechous,
who had famed on his FIRST two times
up, thumped n triple to left, scoring
Yerkes. Workman ended the agony by
dying, Daubert TO Cheney.
Cheney walked Packard At the start
OF the eighth and a wild pitch put Pack-
ard on second. Larry then frightened up
and famed both Flack md Mann.
Safer lined into Johnston's hands. but
Jimmy dropped the ball and let Packard
in with the tying run Williams fouled
out to Meyers.
Starting the tenth Workman drove to
centre, @ohnston first m%isjudged the
ball. starting To run In on IL and then
turning back and losing 1t in the sun. the
ball going clear To The f!agpolc for a
home run. Cheney famed Packard hut