New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-06
Callahan's Men Fail 4
Convert Many Hits
Into Runs.
THIRTEEN BINGLES
REGISTER 2 TALIes
Ebbets's Boys Make Every ps.
Count-Pittsburghers Dro,
to Seventh Place.
BY FRANK O'NEnI.

The road to the cellar in -,
league baseball IS paved witb va
opportunities. Jimmy Callahan, p.
burgh Pirates went OF on a lit.ls 4.
toward the dismal swamp a. Es...I
Field yesterday afternoon, and a.,
step they stubbed their toe, A.,
chances which had beckoned the, !
to victory and the heights.
Memory fails to register any
Of the year, or several years Va.
chances were spurned with such NJ.
unconcern. /: vas no wonder a.
that Brooklyn won by a score Of,. II
increasing its lead over the Gis,.
one game and a half. while the g..
City bunch dove into seventh MA.
The cynical fan might have ta...s
game yesterday for his teYt
preached lengthy sermon on "A.
si5ility for crookedness in the -.
national pastime. The Pirates
no fewer than thirteen hits n,
Brooklyn felders contributed tbr,. !.
rors, which placed men on bases. !.
Brooklyn pitchers issued two bss,, ].
balls. Out Of this CON bination . g..
that might have run into doubl, !.
umns might have been mad. L.
thanks 10 game work in tae pi,,,.l
and sensational support az times .1
Pirates were held 20 that paltrv h..
Of runs, and no fewer than fourt,,, 4
their runners were stranded on ~
paths.
Chances in Every Inning.
In every inning Of the gam. 81
Pirates had at least one runner on ~
lines. In the course Of the aftsr~l
twenty gray clad runners got on b,.,
and the fans watched and waited I'd
fearful anticipation for the openin, 4
the foodgates that would le, loo,.
torrent of runs.
AT times when defeat looked darn.
on the horizon the Brooklyn team ~
lied. and a couple Of scintillant dous.
plays killed rallies. When dual al
lngs were not possible there were co.,
nifty force plays that came in tin, n
save the day, and 50 10 went. |, u
not the day for Brooklyn 70 los. I.
would seem.
Hiram II. Myers started ihe DOL.
play which crushed the fnal hop I.
the Pirates. IL came in the sixth ..
ing, when the Robins were groggy a..
about ready TO welcome a knociss
punch to end their misery. Jimmy III.
was on third base. arriving there y
grace Of his infield single. an erro. :
Wheat on Wilson's curving line Dr..
10 left and a force play on Wilso, !:
second on Miller's tap. Only one nli
was out. Max Carey flied 70 Myers
centre held. and after the catch yi,.
nit the trail for the plate.
Had Niox scored, the count sos.
have been squared. and. as said bet,n
the Robins were wabbling on their is,
Swiftly ran Viox, but more swiftly. u
the throw Of Myers 20 Chief Meyers q
the plate. II was a perfec, heave ia
thudded into the nit OF the Big lnci'
guarding the plate. and Yior VA
blocked off and touched out By an ire
That play was a crusher, and il proyt
to be the turning point in the CANT
In the seventh frame the Pittsburi
bunch rallied again and filed the base
but two were out when this happers:
and O'Mara ran back on the grass q,
raked in fly by Viox.
Smith Starts for Robins.
Sherrod NJ. Smith. the leit.hands'
started the game for the Robins, bv,
was not his day 10 shine. The shost
that broke over the Flatbush meacos
apparently dampened his srdor Il esi
tainly dampened the field in great s,yl'
and in the second inning. when Che
Meyers hit the left field fence w
his blow, he skidded around for VIII
and finally managed 10 make see'''
base after a thrilling journey. Ter
were times when the Chief threau','l
to fall into a bog. But that is BIG
irrelevant to the matter Of Sherrot y
Smith.
Smith started the game as a piteh'r
He finished as a spectator. After 'oul
innings. he retired with as much grsc
as pitcher may when he is e!uooe
off the mound. He was found fo' -
hits, and four of these we're bgnens
IN the third inning, when the Plrs"
got their two runs. Doubles by John'
ton and Wagner, along with singles
Bill Hinchman and Joe Schultz. IS
counted for these In the fourth VIZ VIZ
singled with one out. aad Robbie ea1'
Wheezer Dell into the game.