New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-21
Old Jack Coombs Just
Misses Holding Chicago
Team HitleSS.
SECOND BASEMAN is
A VERY LONELY MAN
Not One of Weeghman'S
Hired Men Gets Past
First Base.
Nv FRANK O'NEILL.

Chicago. Aug. 20.-Jaek Coomos
missed the greatest glory in the posi-
bTity Of a pitcher here this afternoon
bv a margin Of inches, He shut the
Chicago Cubs out in the opening of the
series and pitched one Of the great
cames Of his career in doing so. Had
Lew MeCarty been just bit swifter
Of foot. the famous Kennebunk tx
press would have stepped into the hall
OF baseball fame along with Matty
and Cy Young and the others who nave
pitched no-hit games. but Lew 1aileu
10 make a play on Max Flack's drive,
which. although difficult, was not with
out the realm Of possibility. Inc
score was l 10 0.
The fame of Coombs needs no en-
belishment. His place in the hearts
of the fans is secure, but. as ne
turred back man after man, the crowd
began TO root for him to prevent ali
hitting. In the seventh frame Flack
sliced a fast ball down the right field
foul line that rolled past the stab OF
McCarty and went for single. The
only other men who saw first base IN
course Of the afternoon were Rollle
Zeider. who was safe on an error by
Mike Mowrey in the third. and Heine
Zimmerman. who drew pass.
Second Base Deserted.
Not one Of these bold athletes ever
cot near second. Zimmerman was dou-
bled ID. Movers to Olson, trying TO
steal as Rowdy Elliott took three in
effective swipcs at the ball, and
Zeider died the death when Mann lined
10 Nowrey on a hit-and-run play.
Flack played on his luck in the sew
enth and tried to pilfer second. but
the arm of Meyers was in working or
der. and his rife-like hurl TO Cut
shaw cut down the right-felder four
feet of second. As for Mike Now
rev, well. Mike took TO arguing over
the remnant race with Joe Tinker as
n means Of fighting off lonesomeness.
Coombs won the plaudits OF the
crowd, and after the game Bill KLEIN,
that case-hardened handler of the indl-
Gator. felt il incumbent upon himself
20 grasp the hand Of the Colby veteran
I'm congratulation. He also caused a
few anxious moments in the first in
ming. In pitching the first ball Jacks
foot caught in the rubber and he
wrenched his side slightly. He sank
TO the ground in pain and the players
surrounded him. II was in just this
same manner that the great hurler in
iured himself in the worlds series five
long years ago.
After a brief rest he resumed his
task. and what a wonderful game he
pitched Three men TO the inning
throughout the game faced him, with
never a break TO the sequence.
Hendrix Tries Hard.
Claude Hendrix, who labored in the
smoke Of Pittsburgh before lesping to
the Feds and landing in Chicago, op-
posed the Colby Carbine, and gave him
a bitter fight. The work of Hendrix
was by no means as finished as that Of
his rival, but he kept right on working
all the same. The nine hits he allowed
included the triple by Wheat which
practically decided the game, and
doubles by Jimmie Johnston, Lew Nc
Carly and Mike Mowrey.
Life was just one runner on the lines
after another, but Hendrix kept his
head up and fought with grim courage.
He cursed his luck when his wild pitch
permitted Wheat TO score, but Now
rey's double followed the crazy heave
and of course Wheat would have count
ed anyhow.
The Robins passed up two fine