New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-15
Brooklyn Pitcher Makes
Double in Ninth That
Beats Pirates.
STENCIL HAS BIG
DAY WITH STICK
Flatbush Nine Increases
Its Lead as PhillieS
Lose to Cards.
By FRANK O'NEILL.

lead over the Phlliles and braves ~
Ebbets Field yesterday afternoon. MS
clever pitching held the hitting OF the
Pirates down, and in the ninth inning
he smashed double into centre held'
far beyond the reach of even the fleet
footed Max Carey, sending home the
winning run.
The st. Louis Cardinals beat the fad
ing Phillies again, and the Chicago
Cubs attended TO the case of the Bos-
ton Braves. Brooklyn is now one and
one-half games ahead of the cham
pions and two and one-half games in
advance of the Braves. The score was
3 TO 2.
Cheney came to the front in the
ninth inning with two men down, Ivy
Olson on second base and the score
tied at two runs all. For a moment
Wilbert Robinson debated the advisa-
bility of sending some pinch hitter up
TO clout in place of the big pitcher,
but Larry argued his case, and won
it. too He rather felt that he could
hit the offerings of Grimes. who held
forth in the centre of the diamond for
the Pirates, and he surely did. His
wallop fell beyond the range of Max
Carey, who specializes in making i'm
possible catches look easy, and Olson
ran home from second with the final
run of the game.
Anxious Moments.
Before Cheney struck the deciding
blow the five thousand fans had some
anxious moments. The Robins went
out into the lead all well and good,
scoring two runs by four well punched
hits in the sixth inning. They were
unable 10 hold their advantage, how
ever, and in the seventh single by
Bill Hinchman, a double by Frank
Schultz, a blow which Casey Stengel
lost in the sun, and drive by Bill
Wagner, which went for three bases
when Jimmy Johnston dropped the ball
after a hard run, scored two runs.
Hinchman started the ARRAY with his
single, and then, after the venerable
Hans Wagner had lifted to Stengel,
Schultz got his two-base hit, sending
Hinchman TO third A wild pitch
scored Hlnchman and put Schultz on
third. from which point he scored when
Bill Wagner sent the ball 10 Johnston.
Doc Johnston had been retired on
strikes before Wagner's wallop, and
Cheney tossed out Grimes.
The Robins lead the National League
in team hitting, and well indeed have
they won their position. For free and
straightaway clouting they outmatch
any team in the league, but it might
be we'll for the boys TO brush up on
efficiency in batting and how to make
the most of their many hits. They
made Just one fewer than dozen hits
off Bill Grimes, and the Pirate defence
was none too staple, yet only three
runs were fashioned out of all those
wallops.
Casey Stengel led the Brooklyn at
tack. The rays of that sun which beats
down into right field. dazzling and
binding the fielder. might we'll dull
the batting eye of many fielder. II
only serves, apparently 70 make keener
the vision of Stengel. He gathered
himself three healthy wallops in the
afternoon. and scored a run himself,
besides putting Daubert in a position
to tally on Buck Wheat's single.
Another for Wheat.
II is becoming a matter of course
to relate the fact that Wheat made
another hit. He made two yesterday,
and so celebrated the twenty-seventh
consecutive game in which he has
made safe hit. Buck got his first
hit off Grimes in the second inning.
His second came in the sixth and drove
home a run.
The Grimes who worked on the rub
Der of the Pirates is one of the young
crop of pitchers harvested by Gala
han this season. He came up from
Birmingham, in the Southern Associa-
ton. and, while beaten, looks like a
most promising young man. In the
first five innings he set the Robins
down with three hits, but then he felt
the strain of the hot pace, and was
maced freely thereafter. A combina-
tion of luck and that lack of judgment
in making hits count for something
worth while prevented Brooklyn from
piling up the count. In the seventh
inning Grimes retired the side via the
Strike-Out route.
During the last several days a fan
who occupied one of the first row boxes
has had much fun hurting remarks at
the Pittsburgh players, and he has
paid special attention 70 Honus Wag- I
ner Just why he picked out the vet
eran Dutchman is beyond the ken of
all real baseball enthusiasts, but he I
wilted yesterday. Wagner walked over
to him and delivered few short but |
pointed words and the noisy nuisance /
subsidized
Robins Take Lead.
Brooklyn took the lead in the sixth /
frame. With one hand down Jake .
Daubert sliced a single through Hooks
Warner, and Casey Stengel poked a
base wallop beyond Wagner. moving
Daubert TO second. single by Wheat.
his second for the game, scored Dau-
bert and put Stengel on third. Buck .
was thrown out trying TO stretch his
blow into a wo-bagger, the play being
Carey to Wagner. Cutshaw ripped a
three-bagger into left field, scoring