Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-11
BROOKLYN FANS SEE THEIR
TEAM BEAT THE RED SOX WITH
|4 JOHN COOMBS IN THE BOX
pfeffer Relieves Veteran Mate and Holds Cham
pions Hitless- Robins Now in Hunt for
d Worlds Baseball Title
BY GRANTLANp RICE
NEW YORK. DOT. ~.


AZ O'CLOCK yesterday. shlvering In the
"A biting october gale that ro'stered
1000 the Brooklyn heid. Professor BIZ
r.rrlsan was softly humming we'll
,,own requiem OF nursery days;
~ob the north wind doth blow.
Ana we shall have snow.
And what viii the Robins do then, poor
boobs.
vuh their Ivans and Jakes
Ara their other mistakes.
with their Sherrods and barrys ana
port-sided Rubesf"
3 Almost precisely at this moment the
xsnnebunk Express crashed headlong into
a. Red sox Special, and when the scat
ssrsd debris had been removed the kenne.
ss,t EXPRESS was q triie dented, but stln
Al top Score, 4 to 8. and Boston didn't
The Kennebunk Express was none other
mar John Wesley Coombs. Old Ironsides
nom the ancient days when Connie MACK
80 Aknoond OF Swat and ruler OF an en-
r,re greater than that once patrolled by
Crus IN the NJ. and p. League, meaning
Modes and Psrsians.
,ohn Wesley failed to last out the after
poon's assignment, but before he had re-
sired IN the seventh his mates were leading.
70 O. so he gets credit, with Pfener's
for the game that put the reeling Robins
hack In the night at moment when defeat
meant utter annihilation.
psubert and Olson Lead Attack
BROOKLYN. cheered. on by the friendly
sauawk. or the hometown fan and by the
.steran presence OF Coombs. who has yet
10 lose his first world series game. drove
carr Mays and his underhand delivery from
the field within FIVE rounds. This fierce
assault was led by Jake Daubert and Ivan
Olson. who. between them. ran up three
singles and a brace of triples. But the de-
cIsIve wallop OF the chilly combat was OIL
sons triple in the nth, a sonorous smash
ttat came with two on and two out. that
gave Brooklyn the exact margin she needed
Tor a winning drive.
Dauberts triple came within less than
en- inch OF being a home run. Jake struck
shis blow from the pitching arm of George
Foster, who suppanted Mays in the sixth.
The drive sailed far into left field. and as
paubert turned third, with his legs work.
ins like the piston rods OF an engine, n
home run looked as sure and certain as
death and the grave. Fifteen feet from
the plate, with Scott relaying the throw,
Jake slid for the rubber with Thomas on
guard.
But Jake, instead of shooting along to
certain safety, pulled up with a backspin
a. he hit the ground with most of the inn
Itt0e IOst AS " was, RANK ODhy
called him safe and then reversed the de-
clsion when Thomas claimed that Jakes
quiverlng toe was still an inch outside of
pert. This deoision-reversal stirred up a
storm. as .Daubert claimed that Thomas
had pushed his foot away. but Hank re-
fused to switch for the second time on one
call
The two big mistakes made on this play.
that might have been wrecker. were
made by Daubert and o'Day Daubert
made the first mistake in not leaping
promptly to his feet the second that O'Day
called him safe AS it was, Jake lay there
as II he had fallen on the field of battle
In giving his decision before he saw the
play completed, for there was time enough
later on for Thomas to push away Jake s
foot and thereby upset the evidence.
No Bearing on Result
But as Brooklyn won anyway no harm
resulted, where otherwise there might have
BEEN healthy young riot II this had been
the deciding tally of the bleak afternoon.
When the third battle swung under way
q 2 o'clock there were two distinct chills,
One came from a nipping autumn wind and
tne other came from long rows of vacant
seats In the upper tier, the vacancies being
due 10 the IS tag attached, the $b being ng-
ured exactly ~ too much by the horny
handed sons OF Fandom, who refused 10
stand the tax. ~
But those who favored Brooklyn's cause
warmed up Immediately when II was seen
mat Bill Carrigan had sent in Carl Mays
10 face John Wesley Coombs Dutch Leon.
ards presence might have increased the
chih but the presence of Mays against
: COMBS was strictly another klnk, Mays
was an unknown quantitySwhile Coombi
had behind him a long tradition OF world
series triumphs. He had begun his post
season career In 1910 with three victories
over the waning Cubs. He had beaten ths
Giants In 1911, with still another victor,
IN 1912, when he wrenched his side and wal
forced to quit In the ninth.
So out OF i've previous starts Coombs hac
never known defeat. No wonder with tbi:
past record and his known courage. GOODNESS
and brains, Brooklyn went TO war with new
confidence In rush 10 maui that underhant
ammunition Of Mays out Of the lot
For ive innings coombs pitched with al
his ancient lore. Through this spell he helC
the Red Sox to four singles and scoreiesi
frame. shorten alone had his range. Blu
after brooklyn had driven Mays to covel
with fusillade Of swsts and Colby Jacl
drift.
Two Runs in the Sixth
pass TO Henriksen, Hooper's triple ant
nhorten's third single scored two runs II
the sixth. When Larry Gardner drove ont
over the right field fence in the seventh
COMBS called his inield around him, an,
AFTER brief parley waved Jeff Pfeffer Ii
from center field 20 fnish the game. coomb
was game enough and wise enough TO know
Nnen younger arm was needed an,
nls Judgment more than made good whei
ffener retired the last eight men In order
stopping the revived Red Sox attack witt
An abrupt halt
Pfeffer had the American League cham
plons spellbound during his brief reign
nlockading first base without a slip. Georg
roster, who followed Mays in the sixth. hel,
hfooklyn runless. but tho man who bea
me Phillies twice last fall arrived too late