New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
With SherrOd Smith in the
Box They Send Cubs
Down TO Defeat.
CLAUDE HENDRIX IS
DRIVEN FROM MOUND
George Cutshaw Plays Spectae.
ular Game in Field-Wheat
Busy with His Bat.
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Chicago, May 49, The Broosly,
Robins refuse to crack under "A.
strain. Leading the league may B. A.
arduous task for some teams, but ID.
tribe Of Robinson thriyes on IT, No,
even the pressure Of the Boston Brave,
has had any effect other than 70 rou,,
the men 10 fight 20 the end.
With that spirit reigning the Robi-,
turned 10 and defeated the Chicsgo
Cubs by score Of 70 2 this ssts,.
noon. AS result Of the victory ,hsv
are in sole possession Of FIRST plsc:
for the Braves dipped their colors 10
the Reds in Cincinnati
Sherrod Smith pitched for the vi,i.
tors, and his performance was madden.
ing TO the fans. He was hit hard; \,
was pounded 10 all corners Of the lo,
yet he was 80 steady in the tight place,
and so clever was the work OF the ren
behind him that he issued from nj,
perls in wonderful style.
Homer Spells Things.
Had IL not been for Flacks homer.
Wallop over the right field fence the
Bruins might have taken a swim in N.
much to- be-avoided whiteyssh tub. In
every inning except the second ana
eighth the Bruins had men on bases. In
the fifth frame they got three GOOD
clean hits, but only in the fourth
stanza, when Flack hit the ball owe,
the fence, did a Chicago runner cross
the plate.
While Smith was holding the hon.
team at bay the Robins tore at the o.
ferings of Claude Hendrix and jim
Vaughn. They knocked the former on,
of the box in less than one inning. Then
they proceeded 10 hack two runs OF
the left-handed offerings OF Vaughn
The latter. however, offered stout re.
sistance, and while allowing hits herr
and there, found time to retire eight
men on strikes.
Brooklyn's runs in the fourth an:
ninth innings came as result Of vel
punched safeties, and Sherrod Smith
struck a blow in his own behalf in n.
ninth. His clean single scored Cut
shaw when two men were out. Buck
Wheat was a hustling individual He
scored half of the runs made by his
team, and gathered in two hits, one Of
them screaming triple 10 right field.
While IL was a good day for the
Brooklyn team as a whole, George Cut
shaw, the little second sacker, stood
out He was just all over the field il
accepting his seven chances. His $50,
of drive by Leslie Mann in me fourth
was a pippin. The ball came along
like a rife shot, but Cutshaw knock,.
II down and prevented Jimmy Archer
from scoring.
Double by Myers.
Myers greeted Hendrix in the frs
frame with a ringing double 10 rigt,
field. Daubert laid one down whie.
required some fast work by Heins
Zimmerman, and Myers ran 70 thin.
In fact, he overran third, and SsiG
tried 10 catch him off the bag with
quick throw to Zimmerman. The Bal.
was long in distance, but shy on q.
rection, and Myers got home safely.
Stengel died easily, but Wheat sent 4
three base drive 70 right, and Nike
Mowrey doubled TO the same iield. Thai
was an end of Hendrix. Vaughn fame.
Cutshaw and ended the inning.
In the fourth Wheat started run
pus on his own account. He singled
solidly TO right, and raced all the way
70 third when Cutshaw performed biz
part Of a hit and run play by hitting
into left centre for base after Mowrel
had sacrificed Buck 70 second. Whes
scored easily on Cutshaw's belt.
Then in the ninth Cutshaw cut looS
with a two Dagger, and he rounded third
when Chief Meyers grounded out
Sherrod Smith, however, sent the bal
on a line to left field, and Cutshsy
raced home in state.
Now all this time the Cubs wer.
hitting the offerings Of Smith. bU.
with no alarming degree of success, 50
far as runs were concerned. In the
fourth Mann was on first base, and
Flack hit over the right field wall foi
home run, and there the scoring
OF Chicago runs ceased.
The score follows: