Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-11

relief standard. as Brooklyn bats had him
IN rickety attitude more than once. These
same brooklyn bats are likely TO bother the
veg son defense lot before the series
enus this week. In the first two games
Brooklyn had the stronger attack and Bos-
ton the stouter defense
But in the third grapple of the series
brooklyn not only maintained q more eav.
are attack. but in addition backed up her
pltensrs with defense far stronger than
There In still another element for Brook.
| lyn cheer. In the first two games Boston
pltohers had Jake Daubert. the clubs star
hitter, striking out or shooting duck Jake
couldn't hit seven cents worth those frst
games, and the slump was reaching costly
and depressing proportions. with Daubert
sewed up In gunnysack, Brooklyn's as.
saulting power was badly weakened.
Daubert Receivers Batting Eve
But yesterday Jake crashed back into the
box score with the unkempt slump blown
| 10 atomic aust In the first inning he out
ran bewldering bunt which Mays also
tumbled trying both the single and double
grips In the third inning Jake cracked
out clean single, scoring later on singles
| by Stengsl and Cutshaw In the sixth he
planted his longest blow TO deep left for
three and one-half bases. the only hit OF it's
sort ever known. This must be scored
| a. hree-and drive through
|
Hank first called the runner safe. and Il
Is still matter OF burning debate as to
whether the toe fell short or whether Ches-
| ter Thomas eased In with the push that
| carried the toe an inch away. Under these
conditions the final score should have been
| officially
Brooklyn's defense was easily on a par
| with her attack. Fine infield plays by
Mike Mowrsy and Ivan Olson blocked two
Boston rushes and fine running catch by
| Zach Wheat foiled another. Brooklyn's de-
| Tense for this game was built upon conf
| dent lines There was none of the fiutter-
| ing. duck-fit stuff which characterized
her play in Boston, and II this defense
| ia continued, with the attack maintained
HBoston is far from being beyond defeat
| Boston's attack has been spotty all through
the series, and only her wonderful defense
has held her up
Another peculiar feature which has
developed is the upset in pitching. Red
Sox pitching was supposed to be peerless,
outclassing all competition Yet TO date
| Shore, Ruth, Mays and Foster have all
| been outpitched by Marquard. Smith.
| Coombs and Pfeffer, and IL Brooklyn had
only played sound ball in the field she
might have easily had two II not three
games under her. belt, as the sprightly
| saying is
There are any number who believed that
| Carl Mays. with his freak delivery. would
stop Brooklyn cold. Brooklyn may have
been cold. but she wasn't stopped She
came near dismanting Mays in the first
| inning when Myers was hit and Daubert
| outran a bunt down the line. When Stengel
| sacrinoed and Wheat was passed, filling
the bases. with none out. the contest look
| ed 20 be already in But Boston's defense
saved the day again when Hobby scooped
up a mean bounder and nipped Myers
| at the plate. The bases were still full
when Mike Mowrey came up. but Sir
Michael stood in trance as the third strike
sailed over. and the impending rally re-
turned to- seed and weeds
Olson Bags the Game
The entry who bagged the game for
Brooklyn was Ivan Olson, rated one of the
clubs weak coss. Olson scored a run In
the third when he outlegged a bunt to
Gardner and took second on Larry's bad
throw, Coombs driving his mate home
with a single TO right.
In the sixth Wheat and Mowrey walked
With two out. a cave-in by Olson would
have left Boston in possession of three
| straight but Ivan the Terrible poled a Ions
triple to left center, which scored both mer
4 and gave Brooklyn all the lead she needed
TO stop her rivals confident march dowr
the One-way Street.
The second factor. next TO her defense
that has built up the bulk of Red Sox fame
came after the sixth, This was an amaz
ing ability TO rally under the gray shadow
| OF 0efeat ana Keep nknNinE.
with the score 4 to 0 against her anC
Coombs at his best. Boston showed no desr,
to curl up and desist. as the saying isn't II
was just here that the astounded Red Sox
who had no thought Of defeat came lurch
ing and lunging back into the thick OF tn,
| jubilee.
with one out in the sixth. Henrksen
batting for Mays drew pass This brought
Harry Hooper up. ball player who ism
| any more dangerous in a world series thar
guncotton is around an open stove. Tn,
only thing that Harry Hooper can't do with
a baseball in n world series pinch Is e
make Il fry an egg. He followed HenrikseI
with a long triple TO right center, and wheI
shorten struck of his third blow the Nativ,
Son of Swat counted himself.
only two runs behind now. Boston weni
| back after Colby Jack In the seventh After
| Lewis popped out, Larry Gardner drove on,
far over the right field wall and Brooklyni
. four-run lead had been cut In less thar
two innings TO a pallld tally that looked
| about as big as a gnat. IL was here tha
lack Coombs decided that the appointed
moment had arrived to call upon another
man. And when Jen Pfeffer stepped IL
Bostoh's ralying assault suddenly became
futile again.
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