New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-16
Mowrey's Eleventh Inning
Wallop Eludes Miller
and Two Score.
CARDINALS BEATEN
BY CORPORAL JINX
lack Wheat Saves the Game for
the Superbas with Two
Sizzling Catches.
lBy Telegraph 70 n. r-,,-,

who have been born batters; Other,
acquire the knack Of busting the elp.
sive curve ball, and some are favored
By pitchers never discovering ths,I
weaknesses. Nike Mowrey would no,
swap his luck for all the natural ability
in the world, for luck will often carry
man to the heights faster than
ability.
Consider Mowrey's hit in the elsv.
epth inning of the game to-day. n, |
clinched the contest for the Brookly,
Robins over the Cardinals. Il should
have been an easy out, but the bail
took lucky bound and two rpr,l
scored. SO It happened that the final
score was 4 10 2. in favor Of Brookly-. |
The bases were full and Two mes
were out when Mowrey cane I'd I'll
the eleventh inning. Myers was o,
third, Jake Daubert on second anal
Wheat on first. The score was locked
at two runs each, and a good sslool
was necessary 10 the welfare Of Broo..
Ign.
Mike hit at a fast ball on the outsis.
and sliced the ball down the first bsss
! line. Miller swooped over 20 make N.
easy play IN sight, but those baseball
will act as though possessed az times.
Instead of cuddling into the inyitin,I
pocket Of Miller's glove the ball s,ruesI
| a little inequality in the ground snil
went into right field. Il must hs7,
laughed a silent little laugh as MyenI
and Daubert raced home.
Mowrey contributed much 20 the DOS.
tive good of the Robins. The victoryI
enabled Robbie's men 20 strengthen
their lead over the Boston Braves. Ys,l
the one and only Buck Wheat plsye!
his part, too. Wheat's wonderful ca,ei |
OF Bob Bescher's terrific drive in ,h,
sixth inning robbed the erstwhile Gian. |
of home run, with man on third |
and two out. Wheat ran all the way 70 |
the left field fence and brought u,
against the barrier with crash. Ia
the following frame he robbed Hornsby
of at least triple by running into tha.
same left field fence TO make a captured
of a hard hit ball Certain il is that
Wheat saved the game, even II hsl
club did not strike the final blow |
Wheat got triple for himself, too, and |
altogether was quite a busy party
Sherrod Smith started the game fo9I
the league-leading visitors He stue,
around on the hill through seven inr.l
ings, but was taken out in the eight
inning, after he had singled in crisil
10 allow Gus Getz 10 run for him. Thsl
/ move was rather extraordinary. sil
Smith is much Aeeter OF foot than the
utility third sacker. Moreover, he Ia!
| pitched a right clever game In all bgiI
one inning. Larry Cheney finished I'll
and did we'll after a wabby star, II
the eighth. In that inning the Gard
nails filed the bases with one out but!
stupid base running rushed 20 aid Il
! Brooklyn. and ST. Louis was prevented
from scoring.
Hard Luck for Meadows.
! Ford Meadows, the only bespectaclei
! pitcher in the major leagues, worse.
for the Cardinals and earned az least
an even break until Mowrey's little
fetch worked the charm in the
eleventh and turned a puny roller into
a perfectly good hit. With any Other
man but Buck Wheat in Brooklyn's LEI, |
/ field Meadows might have won The
game, but you can't nit them past that
fellow. Buck seems to be better righ.I
now than he has been for seye7l
years.
Ollie O'Mara ives in 81. Louis, ard
he always does his little best here. BE
did well in the field, and, getting tiI
hit at bat, also pilfered base on n.
strong armed Frank Snyder Gael
Meyers broke into harness again. he
got into the game in the eighth innirsl
! along with Larry Cheney. and, despite
mis- injured hand, worked well
II was in the second inning that 20
Robins gathered their first run. VITA
two out, Cutshaw doubled 10 right sni
Otto Miller took up the work with
will. He banged a single into cen,rs
, field. which scored Cutshaw. Issl
Robins wasted a run in the four,'
Wheat hit TO left field for three bases
but was coached 20 try for a home Tg''
and was nipped at the plate by an ey''l
lash. A second after that Mowrefl
scratched fuke hit through the boLI
The Cardinals scored twice IN t'l
sixth. Corhan singled, and went III
second when Miller threw low and wio'
trying to nip him off first base. Snyl
der singled TO centre, scoring Corfsi
and moving down 20 second on III
throw. He counted on Betzels single
in the ninth the Robins tied the coln-
and then won out in the eleventh.
The score follows;