The Washington times., 1916-10-11
FULLERTON THINKS.
DODGERS CERTAIN
TO LOSE OUT TODAY
Furthermore, Times Expert
Predicts They win Be
Beaten Tomorrow.
SCOTT SHOWS REAL CLASS
Jake Daubert "PuIIs Bone"
When He Fails to Get Up
After Reaching Plate.
SCOTT SHOWS REAL CLASS
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON.

n,
doped to win yesterday by a score OF 7
to 3. with Jack Coombs pitching against
Carl Mays. Brooklyn won 4 to 8. with
the same pitchers and with neither
pitching. which served to prove three
things: viz, and to wit: that Boston has
ball club which lie practically unbeat-
able by the present day aggregations.
and. second. that the dope In right, and.
third. that you cannot dope the mind OF
a ball player. ga
Brooklyn should have won yesterday
game by score of about Q to 3. The
Boston got everything that Il was en-
titled to get. and held Brooklyn three.
perhaps four runs behind what should
have been scored.
There are two points in this game that
upset the dope. First. Jack Coombs was
scheduled to make a grand comeback.
He was on his way. and his arrival time
already was posted on all the bulletin
ball clear over the right field fence in
the seventh Inning, and scared the
Brooklyn fans. Coombs was withdrawn
and Pfeffer was sent to the rescue. No
Holiday Ebbets feel about 5000 better,
prolonged the series one day, and gave
the Brooklyn fans one more day or
hope.
Don't forget that they will be licked.
and licked good, today. and that they
will get licked tomorrow. but yesterday
they saved the National League from
being branded as a semi-professional or
ganization, and In the guessing match
your Uncle Wilbert Robinson was there.
He guessed just when to pull stun. and
he guessed Just when Coombs had
ceased to come back and was on the
return route.
Yesterday in the first inning Brooklyn
started to swarm upon Mr.. Carl Mays.
In the first place Mr.. Mays Ia rather a
joke as a pitcher. He has a swift"
one. which he pitches somewhere from
his shoetop. and he has a curve. He
also has a catcher. In fact, 1t looked
II lot Of us that Carrigan pitched
Mays because he did not like to work
that he had no right handler left. We
figured that the Dodgers would swarm
upon his underhand ball a mile min
ute, and they did. But just about the
something stopped them. In the nrst
inning they cloRged the bases. Mays
balled UP two hunts and fielded one
Of them by accident. and was saved
the plate. With Mowry at bat, the
bases filled. and two out. Mr.. O'Day
called two balls. each Of which looked
like strikes from the grandatand. Then
Mike stood still and watched ball
II was a game that was played and
pitched just as true to dope as dope
CSombs exactly as they figured to hit
HIN; high IN and far away. But Robby
has some fielding outfield. and they
showed a lot OF ability to catch flies
and throw balls that did not go safe
where the Red Sox demonstrated
their superior ability was at short
arrange as II may seem. At every poin
of.the game where they were about te
make a flock OF runs, some one hit
baIi at Everett Scott. It is bad iudg
ment to hit a ball at Scott when there
"a n pinch. For Scott holds his job b,
ability TO field. and yesterday he fieldet
Bostonl was hitting the ball high ant
far, but in the air. BROOKLYN was hit
ting IL hard and solid and besides tina
was outguessing Mays or allowing HIN
to- outguess himself. The Dodgers neve
were getting what they were entitled
Of the pernicious activity Of Everett
scott, who insisted upon making grant
plays just when they ended innings
and second because Brooklyn nevel
gets the percentage II Is entitled M to ,. &c,
from the start. The done indicated
that a team that had hit Fred Toney'
"swift'' and had mauled Pat Ragan'
ur,derhand ball. and had hit Alexan
der's side arm with fair erect woui'
Because they did not take full ad
vantage OF their opportunities the
scored many fewer runs than the
should have done, but, as they score
enough TO win, what Is the dinerence'
lake Daubert pulled the star bone y
the series. All he had to do was to ae
up dust his trousers. ana make IN
score to . instead OF 70 .. AS
with Hooper. Lewis, and those fellow
coming to bat II does not sound INK
safety FIRST. Jake's fail to- call for
porter or some one else 10 prush hir
of. came In the sixth when the nna
result dir not seem as certain as Il di
last night He hit vicious drive dow
the left field line. which got past Levi
and went out toward the bleachers II
sprinted wildly around the bags, slid
the late seconds ahead OF the throw
and remained there, All he had to d
wa sto jump to his feet and go to til
bench,
Thomas had made a grand play and ha
blocked him away from th eplate, bu
to the hoi polloi II seemed as IL he ha
scored. Instead OF busting his breecht
aud letting It go he remained Their
and the plate. While o'Day secured
tame measure, n rheostat, a thermosts
and several other instruments, inspecte
the leg position OF the players. and d.
cided that Jake was out by one an on
ninth inches. While 1t made no di
ference in the final result, II knocke
our dope out by two points and II keI
him from being n hero In Flatbush, o'
cause It prevented II being recorded thu
he made home run.
From the days development It al
peared that the only result has bee
10 add a few thousand dollars to II
golfers OF Ebbets and make us woI
another day. In defeat the Boston tea
looked better than In victory. II caiI
near winning a game which ought
have been lost to 1, and that Ii Il
answer.
In spite OF this Brooklyn is wildly e.
cited, and don't forget. that today Is
feast day. and that tomorrow Is Colun
bus Day In Boston. Which may be Il
reply as to why Mays pitched yes.e
day.