New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-03
Jack COOmbS Too Good
for McGraW'S Men
Fifth Victory.
BY FRANK O'NElLL.

The Robins defeated the Giants at
Ebbets Field yesterday afternoon.
More than that, Robbie's men hurled
their rivals back a pace in face Of
Ferdie Schupp's fire, and drove ahead
to gain ground on the Phillies, who
managed to do no better than break
even against the Boston Braves in
double-header. The score was TO D.
Winning that game when every point
counts, the Robins sprang clear of their
most dangerous rivals, and now mold
the lead by margin of one full game
and points in the percentage column.
This margin may be wiped out over
night, for the Braves and Phillies meet
in another double-header to-day. A
double victory for the Quaker City host
would send them into the lead, provided
Brooklyn lost to the Giants. On the
other hand, a double victory for Boston
and victory also for Brooklyn would
nail the pennant to the Flatbush nag
pole.
Had any fan found fault with the
STYLE Of play Of the teams yesterday he
indeed would have been more than
cautious. The Giants used every last
one of their bag Of tricks to bring
about the downfall of their transpon-
tine neighbors, but to no purpose JACK
Coombs stood in the path, while at ms
sides and behind him were men VINO
fought with grim courage and VINO won
on sheer merit. The Giants played
pretty much the same game that car
r;ed them through their wonderful win
ming streak of twenty-six games, except
that they lacked the punch and drive IN
their attack.
Five Victories for COombs.
Ferdie Schupp and Jack Coombs
fought out their battle of the mound,
4 the Colby Master being just bit too
good for the Louisville left hander.
I Jack has been just little too good
/ for the Giants all season. lie has
( faced them five times and each time
he has come off victorious.
Yet Schupp, who won six games dur
I ing the winning streak Of the Giants,
/ lost nothing but the game. Oihcially
/ the Robins were credited with four
! hits. OF that quartet, two might nave
been scored as errors, and, indeed,
| should have been. Fletcher tripped
/ up on fielding a little grounder by
Jake paubort in the fourth inning, and
/ this opportunity was improved until a
/ run resulted, for Jake dashed to sec
/ ond base, and arrived in safety when
/ Herzog dropped the ball Wheat's
/ single, q clean drive this, sent Daubert
over the plate. Schupp made mess
/ of Cutshaw's rap, which was called a
| hit.
In the eighth inning, with the Giants
| a run behind McGraw made the logl-
cal move. He took the sbilant south
paw out Of the game and sent John
! Lobert up 10 hit in his place. Lobert's
| best was long fly to left field, which
the feet footed Buck Wheat caught
/ after a short run. When Schupp left
the game Fred Anderson came into
/ the box, but the Carolina dentist has
| failed TO live up to expectations, and
/ the one inning he pitched was rather
: Characteristic. The Robins filled the
bases on him, and he sent run over
! by making a wild pitch.
The fans might have complained
perhaps that the errors of the Giants
paved the way for the Brooklyn vic
I
the same time there was power sufh
cient in the game of the Robins to
make those opportunities count for
something. II cannot be said truthfully
that the Giants did not have the same
/ chance TO break into the run column.
They did, but failed utterly TO develop
Il scoring punch. Kauif, for instance,
! had chance in the first inning, but he
struck out with the bases full and
| brought the inning to a close. In the
seventh inning Holke singled and got
| TO third on an error by Hi Myers, but
! Bill Rariden flied out, and the inning
was at an end
No praise can be too high for the
work Of Coombs. The arm Of the Colby
veteran may creak now and then, but
his cunning has advanced with his years
in the box. Surely there was no creak
in his arm yesterday, nor did his cum
ming play him false. He worked the
corner Of the plate on every pitch. and
il may be said that not once did he
offer up good ball for the inspection
Of the New York hitters. Yes, there
was one ball that split the groove Of
the plate in the afternoon. That was
the third strike called on Walter Holke,