The sun., 1916-09-12
Raglan, IN BOX AND
AT BAT, HELPS TO
HUMBLE DODGERS
Pat Gets Three Hits and Out.
pitches Vanguard, Braves
Winning by 5 to I.
SUPERBAS OPEN LONG
HOME STAND TO-DAY

BosToN. Sept. 1i.-To-day was a red
letter day in the annals Of our great
national frolic. In the annals OF the
Rasan family. especially II will 60 down
as the day Of days.
For not only did Patrick Don Carlos
Ragan. the esteemed Mexican toreador.
make one hit but he piled two other
binGles on top of IL! Pat an
nually harvests n crop Of about
two blngles and when he accom-
plished the extraordinary feat Of manu-
facturing ~three-count EN-. one "
three-hits on the one and same after
noon It was no wonder that seven per-
son In the grand stand tainted and q
bleacherite threw a At.
In addition to polling out n trio Of
thumps Patrick Don Carlos pitched a
oangup game in the box, outtwirling the
eminent Reuben de MarQuard de Mar
Quis and enabling Boston to achieve a
8 to l victory over the Dodgers.
The Dodger defeat prevented the
Superbas from making n clean sweep OF
the present series, but with the scalps Of
three out of four games with the Braves
ltI8 " tlclT oCttS liz uRN tohS
left here this evening for lear old Ebbets
Field a highly elated crew.
Last Game on the Road.
To-day's game not only signal,ed the
last appearance of the Dodgers this
season In Boston-unless the Superbas
and the Reu Sox should get into the
worlds series-but also was ~Brooklyn's
last road game OF the year. Tomorrow
at Ebbets Field. Brooklyn. the Superbas
will clash with the Pirates in the first Of
twenty-five home games. In which all
loyal Brooklyn rooters hope to see their
pets draw away n clinch the National
League pennant.
Only for the Boston battery Mar
guard might W. got away with to-
days game. Hankorious Gowdy went
his boxman one better and added four
hits, including two doubles. to Pats
three singles. the Boston battery manu-
featuring seven of their teams total OF
eleven hits. Raglan pitched glitterins
ball and Gowdy caught him to perfec-
ton. And Hankorious was there with
the eagle eye n the good right arm
when 1t came TO throwing to bases. no:
n single Dodger being allowed to steal n
base.
Raglan only allowed Ave scattered hits.
He issued three passes. Brooklyn saved
itself from being BANKED in the seventh
when Olson laced a liner to centre and
rode home astraddle OF Chief Meyers's
vale Of a wallop to left. The Chief
who Is about as speedy as a slow freight
with the asthma. made two bases on the
blow. SO all hands can imagine that the
thump was q regular man size one.
wheat Still Belting Ball.
Que Of the Ave hits the Dodgers har-
vested OF Ragan was n single to centre
by Buck Wheat In the sixth inning. 1t
kept up Bucks run of consecutive game
hitting. Wheat now has injected one
or more bingles into twenty-three
straight games.
Up to the eighth inning the game was
a thrilling pitchers battle between Mar
guard and Raglan. The Braves got a
run In the third and the Superbas tied
II up In the seventh, only to have Bos-
ton bag a bird in their half Of that
frame and get back their one run lead.
The Braves lit on Marauard like a par
Gel OF wildcats in the eighth and put the
game on ice.
The eighth opistle opened with Red
Smith getting a life on Mowrey's tumble.
Marquard ak Magee. Egan drove To
Marquard. who threw to Mowrey. forcing
Smith. Gowdy chose the moment as on.
perfume to insert a double TO left, scoring
Magee and Egan. Rasan beat out a bad
bounder to Olson. putting Hank on third.
Snodgrass slammed a single TO left. send
ing In Gowdy. Ragan stopping at Sec
ond. Fitzpatrick flied to Stengei, Raglan
racing to third after the catch. On an
attempted double steal Pat was killed at
the plate, Meyers to Olson to Meyers.
Pat and Hank Open Up.
1t was Raglan and Gowdy that played
the most prominent part in the Boston
run which broke the scoring Ice in the
third inning. With one down In that
frame Gowdy larruped a double into
Buck Wheat's beat in the port pasture.
Thereupon Ragan dumfounded all hands
by getting his ~semi-annual hit. a .slashing
single over second, which pushed Gowdy
across the platter. Raglan held second
when Snodgrass pushed Q one timer to
centre. Fitzpatrick mashe into a
pretty double play. Olson. Cutshaw and
Daubert.
Brooklyn tied the score on Olson's
single and Chief Meyers's long double In
the first part Of the seventh only to have
the Braves break the deadlock in their
half of the inning. Egan singled. So
did Gowdy. So also did Ragan. adding
insult to injury. The runners held their
bags when Johnston got S~nodgrass's fly
IN short centre. Fitzpatrick drove to
Daubert and Jake threw out Egan at the
plate. Blackburn. batting for Without.
singled to left. scoring Gowdy. Raglan
and Fitzpatrick languished when Ko-
netchy forced Blackburn at second. The
score:
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