New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
MAYER AND PREFER
SHINE ON MOUND
Casey Stengel Fielding Hero OF
Game. with Four Catches in
a Binding Sun.
Bv FRANK O'NElLL

=. vbbets Fields yesterday afternoon
vsne $4,000 fans roared themselves
,osrse. Il was his home run over the
-isb, field fence. a freak in hits Of its
t,,s that settled the issue in the elev-
- inning and kept the Robins IN
s-st plsce. The score was 3 10 2.
'Cytshaw vas the first man 20 face
V,Skine MAYER IN the final frame WIN
r. count two and two on him he
;asbeS out AT q curved ball and lofted
!. ss no right field. Il evaded the grasp
~ Cavyy Cravath and looked good for
'' IT, bojl dropped 20 earth right on
,bs right field foul line. not foot
, ~ the fence. and. hitting the con
,-s.e which supports d drain pipe at
~ point. literally climbed up the
..sW With a strong top spin, and, hop
~ along the ton Of the barrier, finally
Sropped out into Bedford Avenue.
Crowd in Quandary.
Few Of the crowd realized what had
bsnnened. and Cutshaw, making the
..'.I Tor second base. slowed down a
-. ~ see what had become of the bail.
So.;,, that Cravath was gazing hope
isssir AZ the right field wall, he made
Jssb for second. Wilbert Robinson,
Soscbirg on the first base line, saw
vLst had occurred and ran leaping 10
he nlate 10 welcome Cutshaw home.
nil Bvron. waving Cutshaw around
the bases. met him az the plate ana
ssid 10 him. Twas consummatloh
~ he deyoutlv wished. Sire Cutshaw,
sihsit thee Vert a bit fortunate.
Wiibert Robinson Is not d student OF
Shakespeare. He met his henehman at
tbs plate and gave him a bearlike hug
ana ssid: "Kid, you sure can bust
that apple" and he expressed the SEN
timent Of the entire Brooklyn team
and every loyal rooter in the stands.
Cutshsw's odd clout was the culmi-
,sting incident in a game which bris-
lied with action from start 10 hnIsh.
The Phillies worked out into the leaG
at the start. and held it so grimly and
with such determination that the rams
we're beginning 10 wonder II 1t could
be overcome.
That wonderment ceased in the sew
enth inning when Brooklyn broke
through the defence, led by George W.
Cutshaw, and tied the score. Then
began a stubborn fight, in which ster-
ling defensive play by both sides and
wonderful pitching by Pfetfer overeame
any offensive offered.
Erskine MAYER had the Robins at his
mercy for the first six innings. lie
allowed never a run, although in dire
straits in the first inning. when three
hits and a hit batsman failed TO pro-
duce anything except groans of an
guish from the crowd. But Erskine
cracked under the well known strain
in the seventh. and the Score was tied.
In the tenth he was forced right
back 70 the wall. when Buck Wheat IS
double, his second in the afternoon, put
Casey Stengel on third with two out
Bat he got Mike Mowrey on a grounder
to third base.
JEFF WAKES Stronger.
Je9 PfefFer began the game in none
700 suspicious a manner, but JEFF
wsxed stronger as the shadows grew
longer, and at the end he was moving
along with a free swing and q blind
ing speed that nullified the efforts OF
the Philies to hit.
From the fifth inning until Paskert
vas thrown out at first in the eleventh
he allowed just one hit, a sizzling sin
gle TO right field by George Whitfield
which Casey Stengel played well, and
prevented extra bases. The only other
visitor 70 get on the lines in that time
was Milton Stock. who walked in the
tenth frame and took second on Dave
Bancroft's sacrifice bunt.
There were defensive thrills in that
light TO please the most exacting, and
10 pick out any individual hero might
Be TO slight an equally deserving mate.
however, there were few 10 pick flaws
N the play Of Casey Stengel. He han
oled four chances out in the binding
sun, and handled them so neatly that
none really looked at all hard. His
catch Ct BanerUft's drive in the eighth
was a CLASSIC
Dawes wallop was on the line right
INTO the sun, but Casey grabbed il
all right. Ivan Olson made a wonder
i9l one-handed stab Of a possible dou-
Die by Luderus and turned il into an
out at frst, while Pfeffer handled seven
chances neatly. Dode Paskert seems
70 improve as the seasons advance, and
robbed Olson Of a double by a running
catch that required a leap in the air
10 nail the bail.
The eternal question of the grand
ss,and managers was asked in the
iVurth inning, when the Phillies got
tsneir second run. They wanted 10
KNOW just why Lew McCarty threw 70
second base 70 break up what turned
WI 10 be a successful double steal.
n, Two men were out at the time and
mayer was az the bat. Niehof was on
,,hlrd and Eddie Burns on first. The
,tter broke away for second. and Nc
Oafty shot a throw which was both low
she VIDE TO Olson, Burns arriving in
safety. Olson's throw TO the plate was
equally Inaccurate. and Niehof scored
Easily Mayer then grounded weakly
70 ffeter. II wa that run which car
''ea the struggle into extra innings.
phillies Get Coed Start.
The Philhes took up the task Of
scoring runs right in the first frame
,HLton Stock shot a single over Dan
sell mead 20 start the game and he
dashed TO second base when Dave Ban
Stoit died on a sacrifcial bunt. Nc
Sary 70 Daubert. Whitfield laced a
eouole into centre field, sending Stock
over the plate.
brooklyn greeted Mayer like long
Vs' brother. Myers hit the first ball
RNehet into left field for a single.
ptaubert, however. banged into a dou-
oie play when he rolled a nice. easy
s,ounder TO Niehof The fans cheered
men Stengel and Wheat smashed sin
yes INTO the outfeld and Mike Mowrey
~ss Int by d pitched ball. Cutshaw,
10 Niehof.
me Phillies put over their second
'an In the fourth inning. Pasker'