New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31
,hirty-fve Thousand Fans
welcome Brooklyn Nine
at EbbetS Field.
nrIL DRIVEN FROM
BOX IN OPENER
s.srrod Smith Shuts Out Stall
Gugs's Men in Second Game,
Thanks to Wheat.
Bv FRANK O'NEILL.

n
.., Welcomed the Robins home from
! ~ FIRST trip through the West AZ
inAs,, Field yesterday and watched
/ - mingled feelings while the team
/ .is,s the honors In the holiday dou-
I l,hsadsr with the Boston Braves.
r,;,lye thousand Of the faithful were
-. hand in the morning 70 see Lefty
r,l,r suppress the home cult while
4. Braves knocked Wheeler Dell out
N. box IN SIX innings and won by
-. well rounded score Of 5 20 3. Al
-,s. double that number saw Chief
p,yers. Bucr Wheat and Sherrod
smith eollsborate in capturing the sec
,,d game by a score Of 20 0.
There may have been lacking in the
e~.- game that which the critics term
.,e,tifc baseball Certain II is there
,,s no lack Of the play which thrills
n, heart and sears the soul with
,,ory By turn. There were sharp, de-
~sys hitting. spectacular fielding and
f0We .0ONt4. -hNIk haAA a. NNAas
Rally in Vein.
Tn. errors Of the Rsbins. those Of
,s hand and mind as WI, were mixed
r with the ringing drives of the Bos-
,or men. and 10 was small wonder that
no game went the way IL did. Brook
RI, rallied in the ninth inning, il Is
me. scoring three runs, but 1t was
APPARENT through all the hitting that
TYLER was coasting along. willing to
rest his arm while he might.
No fault could be found with the
,,sy In the second game. Sherrod
smith. the big left-hander OF the
Robins. held the Braves in the hollow
Tbis hand throughout. He parcelled
%, bis hits grudgingly, and saw TO 1t
hat only two men got 70 third base.
This hardy explorer was none other
han I'd Konetchy. Ed singled to the
ssr in the seventh frame and went 10
second on Smiths wild throw. He
.ook third on J. Smiths fuky hit 70
.,or;stop. ,.,,
Only one man was out. and II looked
20 II Boston would surely score. but
Cgishau scooped up Fitzpatrick s
rlounder, threw 10 Olson, forcing
7. Smith. and Olson got the hitter at
,rst So IL was that Smith was res
.ged from one perilous situation IN
shicn he found himself.
Rrooklvn won its victory in the sew
nth frame. George Cutshaw whacked
single into left field. and advanced
q second on a sacrifice bunt by Olson.
eief Movers advanced 10 the plate
,ssn and. while the born humorists
N the crowd whooped with a vim, the
Mission warrior slashed one into LETT
centre field for a single. Cutshaw DID
come mighty good leg work and
.-o.sed the plate with the only run OF
Tho game. Meyers went TO second on
smiths out. and Myers walked. Dau
hort. however. flied 10 Magee
smith owes a deep debt of gratitude
q, ,be American Indians. II was Chiei
MEYERS who won the game win q
sls,binr hit at a timely moment bueh
Wheat. the Cherokee brave. saved tn'
rsms with one Of the greatest OF hi'
aonderful running catches.
4 Wonderful Catch.
IN was IN the eighth inning tha'
George S.allngs decided 20 allow DICE
rsso lo hit i'm place Of Tom Hughes
DIe. smashed a terrific blow right ou'
'or left centre. aimed at the tempo
rary stands IN left centre held' LINZ
meteor. the ball sailed on and on
End 10 was beyond human speed 20 &c!
10 20 IL. IL seemed. But Buck Whea,
borrowed the wings Of the WIND ano
rave chase. He got there in time TOO
and caught the ball as IT dropped over
his shoulder with one hand:
The crowd cheered him for fully
riryte and renewed their shouts when
10 returned to the bench at the emo
n the inning. Had the ball ever ial-
len safely. Egan would have had
home run.
Wheat was the victim OF rough treat
~,nt in the last half OF the elgntn'
Hs was ssfe on an error by MaranVlIle,
but moment later was thrown out
stealing. Meanwhile slammed the Dali
On Zach with perhaps unnecessary
iorce and then kicked Wheat IN the
s.ins. For a moment u looked as II
Zach was going 20 mix things Up, pu.
he kept his head and hostiilues were
avoided.
Inc crowd hOOle0 anu UVVeN VIZ -
Ton player, who responded by raising
hrs cap and making bows TO the croWo'
Shsrrod Smith pitched one OF ms
best games and well deserved the
.hut.out victory he won. OF the i've
his the Braves made. four were OF the
.afield variety. and three of them were
detected bv smith. who was unable 70
make a play. Smiths hit IN the sew
'nth might have been scored either
way. Olson got up 90 it, but he hsd
'ln hard and got his hands on the ball.
only 10 lose II.
Smith, moreover. was supported IN
sensational style. His teammates
never wavered for moment when any
situation arose that required SWIFT and
efficient work Cutshaw made one
bobble, but 10 was OF no consequence
Olson made a sensational play on Mar
snylle's smash IN the eighth inning
and Mowrey's stop Of Magee's drive iI
The seventh frame left nothing 70 De
desired. Jake Daubert was his usual
seli az first base.
Hughes Does Well.
Tom Hughes pitched clever game
'or he Braves lie was bit more often
ana hasder than his rival, but 1t looked