New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-18
Drive Al Mamaux from
Box and Win First Game
with Pirates.
ZACH WHEAT SWINGS
BAT WITH EFFECT
Triple and Two Doubles
His TOtal-Pfeffer at His
Best on Mound.
By FRANK O'NEILL.

drive through the country Of the
enemy in most suspicious style. With
big jeff Pfeffer in the box and pitch
ing with all his customary skill.
Robbie's men downed the Pirates at
Forbes Field this afternoon, and in
doing it gained half a game on the
Boston Braves, VINO enjoyed a day Of
rest from major league ball. The score
was to 1.
A whirlwind attack. which smashed
down the cunning and speed OF AL
Mamaux, the fast ball king, won for
the Robins in the first four innings,
and in the fifth Jimmy Callahan gave
Msmaux his passports TO the shower
bath.
Bill Evans, who. totes a degree from
the North Carolina Agricultural and
Mechanical College, took the place Of
the Dumontville smoke wagon and
worked through four innings, permit
ting only one run, which traced its
origin to two wild throws Of wondrous
distance and height. Irving Kantleh-
ner finished the game.
Mamaux NO klddle.
Mamaux turned a complete form
somersault since last he met the
Robins on Ebbets Field. Then he had
a world of stuff; curves that broke all
over the lot, and fast ball that fairly
sizzled as it came up to the plate.
This afternoon his curve ball was al
most apathetic in its lazy bend and
the fast ball came up straight as a
string.
1t was no wonder, then, that the
Robins, attacking in massed forma-
ton, with Chief Meyers, JEFF Pfeffer
and Jimmie Johnston leading the
charge, hammered out three runs in
the first inning with a choice selection
of doubles and triples.
In the first frame the only Buck
Wheat headed a recommending party
and, satifying himself that Mamaux
was not at his best, sent back the glad
tidings to the main body. Buck en-
gagged in running fight with the
Pirates, after firing a shot in the first
inning. He ran all the way TO third
base, while Bill Hnchman chased his
drive to right and Casey Stengel
raced home from first.
Casey had previously keyed Wheat
up to the proper pitch by lacing a
single into left field. Buck was left
on third base, for although only one
man was down, neither McCarty nor
Cutshaw was up to the task of driving
him home.
The work so well begun at the out
set was continued in the fourth inning,
and with greater results. Mike
Mowrey started by drawing base on
balls, and then raced to second when
Doc Johnston dropped a throw from
the box that would have resulted in
put-out had it been held. Indeed.
Nal Eason had made his decision, but
changed it when the ball rolled loose.
Heavy Bombardment.
Olson fouled out. but Chief Meyers
made the longest two Dagger on
record on this field. He hit the lei.
field fence. and Mowrey scored. Jet
Pfeffer then made bold stroke IN MS
own defence His triple bumped on
the centre field wall, quite the longest
triple seen since George Gibson used
20 hit them to the same field. Meyers
rumbled home on Jef's wallop, and
then Jimmie Johnston clouted to
centre for another triple, scoring
PfeEer.
The crowd hailed the work of Bill
Evans, and we'll did the youngster
deserve the admiration of all. He
managed to keep out of trouble until
the eighth inning. Then Mowrey tore
a hit down the third base line which
Baird did we'll to stop. Olson ground
ed to Schultz, who, with an easy
double play in sight, threw into left
field, and Mowrey went to third;
Schultz threw to the plate. and
Fischer, by way of catching olson on
the way to the keystone sack, heaved
into centre field, and Mowrey scored.
Olson, in dashing back TO second. was
in violent collision with Mccarthy,
and the latter was knocked out. He
was revived and continued to play
after brief rest.
Mccarthy indeed accomplished some
thing after being hurt. II was his
single that whistled into right field
which scored the only run Pittsburgh
made in the afternoon. 1t came in the
eighth inning, when Pfeffer expert
enced his only difficulty.
Wild Fire Frank Schultz, who was
transformed from Cub to Pirate
over night, opened with a single, and
the crowd cheered. Hinchman walked,
and more cheering was in order.
Schultz and Doc Johnston died on flies
to short and centre field, respectively,
but Mccarthy, still bit dizzy as a re-
suit of humping into Ivory Olson's
head, laced single into right, sending
Schultz TO cover.
This same Mccarthy gave Pfeffer a
scare in the third frame. He lost a
hair line decision at the plate, racing
from second base against Jimmie John
ston's throw from centre field on a hit
by Mamaux. Seldom has a more per-
feet throw been seen on these grounds.
1t was dollars to the hole in a
doughnut that Mac would score, but
Johnston, racing in at top speed, cor
rallied the ball and threw in the same
motion. True as a bullet the ball sailed
into the NIT of Chief Meyers, who
spread himself all over the plate, and
when Mac slid in he was blocked off
and tagged out by two feet. 1t was the
outstanding play of the afternoon.
Buck Wheat was the batting hero of
the day. The big Indian got triple in
the first inning, which drove home the
first run of the game, and followed this
with two doubles. All his hits went 10