New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-21
Brooklyn Beats St. Louis
Nationals, but PhillieS
Take Two.
JAKE DAUBERT HAS
A BUSY AFTERNOON
First Baseman of Bridge
Jumpers Puts Out 10 of
the Visiting Runners.
By FRANK O'NEILL.

The Brooklyn koOlns iosI plV Va
ground in their drive toward Pennant-
Vile yesterday afternoon. They downed
the ST. Louis Cardinals at Ebbets Field
by score Of to ?, but the champion
Phillies hurled back the Pittsburgh
Pirates in both games of double
header over in the Quaker City and
advanced to within one and one-half
games Of the Robins. The menace Of
the Boston Braves was further re-
henchmen of Stallings in convincing
style.
OF to a two-run lead, the Robins
suffered the Mound City visitors to
draw up on even terms in the fourth
inning, and then drew ahead to manu-
facture the winning margin out Of two
hits, one by Mike Mowrey and the
other by lack Wheat, and two errors
by Miller, who covered shortstop, while
Roger Hornsby tried his hand at guard
ing the short field. As a matter Of
fact, there was not a single tally made
by the Robins in which an error of
one sort or another did not play its
part. However, the Robins were keen
enough TO grasp all their chances, and
drove ahead TO win.
To Brooklyn the battle meant much.
To the Cardinals il was merely ball
game, and a pleasant way of spending
the afternoon in the open air. There
were few incidents to stir the fans and
bring them leaping to their feet howl
ing applause. Casey StengePs catch of
wicked drive by Bob Bescher. which
he plucked down off the fence in char
acteristic style, and beautiful run
ming one-handed catch by Bescher,
which robbed Otto Miller Of triple,
were the defensive features of the
game.
Jake Busy Elan.
Jake Daubert had busy day, &C
cepting twenty chances in all. He
made nineteen put-outs and had one as
sist. Jake might have brought his put
out total TO twenty had Cutshaw
elected to toss hopper by Art Butler
to him in the ninth frame, but Cutshaw
made a force play on Bescher ut sec
ond instead. Daubert, Wheat. Stengel,
Cutshaw and Olson attended TO the
twenty-seven put-outs among them
, selves.
Sherrod VI. Smith pitched the Cardi-
mails into submission and performed his
duties in a thoroughgoing manner. He
had trying time in the fourth frame,
when the visitors hammered out both
their runs by punching three hits
around a base on balls. In this inning
Robbie hurried the reserve forces down
to the bull pen TO prepare for eventu-
slities. The necessity TO change pitch
ers never arose. Smith resented the
inference that he might not be able 70
weather the storm and proceeded 70
pitch shut-out ball for the remainder of
the game. Only five hits were made off
Smith all through the game, and Jocks
Miller got two of them. including
two-bagger off the right field wall.
Defence Is Ragged.
Leon X. Ames was Smiths rival on
the mound, but his defence refused to
stand up behind him. and. of course,
the famehaired knight could only &C
cept the inevitable. After working seven
innings Ames stepped down in favor
Of Beck, who tried to hit safely, but,
after the manner of the average pinch
hitter. failed. Steamboat Bill Williams
worked the last half of the eighth inn
ing and retired the side in order II
was off Steamboats, pitching that Otto
Miller furnished the raw material for
/ Bob Bescher's catch.
The Robins started about the task Of
gathering runs at an early hour In
these cool mornings the early bird
often catches a cold, but Robbie drove
his men right ahead. regardless OF CON
sequences. Mowrey coaxed pass from
Ames in the second frame, and Ivy
Olson raised weak Ay in back Of sec
end. Bethel. Long and Butler stood
around discussing the high cost OF llv-
ing while the ball dropped. At the
fifty-ninth second Bethel clutched at
the ball. but at the same time Long
grabbed for it, and the leather fell 20
earth. Mowrey dashed to second base.
Mike Gonzales tried to catch Mowrey
of second, and the latter pulled de-
layed steal, scoring when MIllers
throw got away from Hornsby.
Robins Fill Bases.
Daubert started the third frame by
going out. Ames to Snyder after he
had almost Knocked the pitcher down
With wicked line drive. Stengel beat
out a hit between first and second
bases, and following that Wheat almost
fclled Bethel with a sizzling grounder.
The bases were filled when this same
Bethel fumblcd a grounder by Cutshaw.
and Olson scored Stengel with sacri-
flee fly 10 short right field. Longs re-
turn Of the ball was yards wide Of the
plate.
In the fourth frame the Cardinals
took up the task of scoring runs.
Jocks Miller doubled off the right field
wall, beating Stengel's lightning re-
turn by a slight margin. Long then
peat out hit TO Mike Mowrey, advanc-
ing Miller to third and taking second
himself when Smith issued pass 10
Hornsby. 1t was no intentional pass
20 Hornsby. either. Bescher then came
up and singled TO centre. scoring Miller
and Long and tieing the score.
Ames held the Robins down in the
fourth and fifth innings, but in the