New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-06
Anderson Pitches Well for
Six Innings and Then
Goes to Pieces.
RALLY IN SEVENTH
WINS FOR FLATBUSH
Benny Kauff Gets Home
Run - Heinie "Zim'
Makes His Bow.
Bv FRANK O'NEILL.

Tho Robins came back Developing
some Of the old offensive power 'ha'
made them feared throughout the sea
son. Robbie's boys rallied in the sew
enth inning, drove Fred Anderson OH
tho rubber and beat the Giants by
score cf s to 2 at the Polo GroundS
yesterday afternoon.
Brooklyn ran up four runs on the
Carolina medico in the lucky frame,
and as a safety measure added another
to is string in the ninth inning, with
Ferdie Schupp pitching BY winning
the Robins dashed past the Boston
Braves and snare the topmost round OF
the ladder with the champion Phillles'
who won over Stallings and his tribe
in the Hub.
Jack Coombs guided Brooklyn back
to its old haunts. vacated only once
since Nav %, and then only for
space Of twenty-four hours. Jack was
hit safely ten times. including home
run by Benny KaufF, but he held the
scoring down. He was IN danger sew,
eral times. but those situations served
only to bring out his best.
Break in Luck.
break in the luck was coming TO
Jack. In his last three games he had
allowed his opponents only three
earned runs. but the Robins were able
TO gather him only one, earned or
otherwise
The Giants made demonstrations
time and again In seven of the nine
innings they got the first man on, and
only in the eighth frame were two
down when a runner arrived safely at
the initial sack
New York hopes ran high in the ninth
inning. when Kauff opened with a drive
to centre, and Walter Hoke, the
Rochester recruit, duplicated the feat.
Rariden popped to Stengel, Nelly
poppcd to Jimmie Johnston, and
George Burns. after fouling into the
left field stands, lofted a puny fly to
wv Olson. This was the end of the
game.
Benny Kauf stood forth in the glare
Of the calcium which he so abjures
bv driving a home run into the right
field stands. COombs had the Federal
fence finder in the two and two hole
and tried 10 cross him with a slow ball:
Unfortunately for Jack. he slid the ball
right through the groove, and smiled
Guizzically as he watched 1t slide INTO
tnc centre OF a bunch of frenzied fans.
That was in the fourth inning. The
other New York run came in the hrst
on a base on balls, two inheld outs
and couple Of hits.
Lesson for Anderson.
Fred Anderson is absorbing much
knowledge these days. Among other
things, he is learning that ball games
are played through nine full innings
except in those cases when the Grants
arc ahead at the end of the hrst nall
OF the ninth. If some kindly influence
had been exerted in Fred's behalf, and
the game curtailed 70 SIX innings the
Giants would have won.
In the first six frames the Robins
could do nothing with him. They man
aged TO squeak five hits through the
defence. but Stengel alone hit 70 the
outfeld The others bounced off Fred's
glove into the hands of some OF the
infieldcrs. with a marked preference
for Heinie Zimmerman.
Anderson made the Robins look bad
for FIVE innings. He had them dislo-
eating their spinal columns going al
ter bad balls, and struck George Gut
shaw out in the third inning. when
three men were on base with three
balls that actually bounced into Bill
Rariden's glove of the ground. lie
performed the same Office for Otto
Miller in the second, with runners
on second and third, but IL may be
said that Moonie did not bite at such
bad deliveries as did Cutshaw.
Before Brooklyn started its real Of
fensive. there were some brilliant
plays made that called forth the ap-
plause of the appreciative. Davey
Robertson made a catch on Jack
Coombs which stood out above any
other play made in the afternoon. The
Colby veteran lined one into right
field which Robertson partly mis-
Judged. and started in on. Then he
doubled back. and, leaping into the
air. struck the ball with his gloved
hand. checking il. and then caught it
with his bare hand. So was triple
cut down.
jimmie Johnston made two great
running catches, one of Holke, and
another off Robertson, while StengePs
capture Of Burns's drive left nothing
20 be desired.
when the time arrives in Brooklyn
baseball aNalrs iOr nero 70 hthnu
in with a telling smash. page Buck
Wheat. II was Wheat's two-bagger, a
cunningly placed drive that fell at
the feet OF Bonnie Kauf, and then,
bouncing through. rolled 10 other
parts which produced the winning
margin for Brooklyn in the rollick-
ing seventh. Bucks was the telling
stroke in a cluster OF FIVE drives. that
brought joy 20 Flatbush, and lifted
the Robins back into the lead.
Jimmie Johnston started the inning
with a tap % left. and Jake Daubert.
back in the game i'm the hour OF need
Of his team, singled Casey Stengel