New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-28
Tinker Plays His Bio A..
in Vaughn, but Smith
Scores Shut-Out.
BROOKLYN PITCHED
STARS IN FIELDING
Triples by Myers and n,
bert in First Inning
Bring Victory.
By FRANK O'NEILI

D's Hce u tue 'h'easo Cubs nb.
bets Field yesterday afternoo, :,
are ready to receive the pbim..
day. Joe Tinker hurled Jim y,,,..
his star southpaw, against Po,.,,
men, in a final effort to driy. ~
back, but to no purpose. Nv,,,
Daubert welcomed the lef..b.,.
with a brace Of triples in IN. g..
inning. and Brooklyn scored on, =.
which subsequent events proved xo0g
have been sufficient. Then, later a.,
made another tally, and won the r.s,
by score Of , TO 0.
Seven games remain unpls,.s A.,
the Brooklyn schedule. and IA. a.,
leads in the dash for the penr.p, !,
a margin Of one and one-hslt s,r..
Three games will be played .r,I,,,
the Phillies. and Brooklyn ha, an, !,
win one TO remain in the lead Nv a.,
half q game when the seemiprIv !.
vincible Giants arrive in Flaths.i
Monday. II the Phillies svs,, -.
series they will be in the H. 4.
one-half a game. and then Win ~
out their schedule against IA. A.!
Braves. Moran's men enjoyeS n,
of rest yesterday, and so lost liz,
ground during their inactivity.
uncanny Fielding
Sherrod Smith crushed the bo,, =,
Chicago. His pitching was III ~,
could DE desired, and, if the oly
men on the team do as well for n,
remainder of the season. there r,,i
be little fear for the ultimate r,wn
But 1t was not alone in propelU,,|
the ball on its twisting, curyipg val
to the nit of Otto Miller that Smtn
excelled. His fielding was littl. skor
OF uncanny in its excellence. He I'LL
four chances to handle. and every n,
gle one OF them was difficult
He made a wonderful play on lpI
smash, knocking the ball down AZ.
forcing a runner at the plate. al
shortly after that lelded Mann, kirI
bouncing drive TO first for the thak
out just in time 10 prevent Wor,rr
from crossing the plate with xbi
would have been the tieing run. Ii
quired a fine catch by Dsubeft to COZ
plete the play, for Smith was forced
hurry his throw.
The batting averages Of N, CUB
shrank under the treatment Of Saith
He parcelled out five hits, and jus
once was he in difficulty. He plougtd
out ditch for himself in the Eth IN.
ing by issuing two bases o, balls. !,
was in this same frame that he made
his two sensational plays on Fi,k and
Mann, and came forth from BIS t1'
culties with colors flying
Victor Safer was Of assistant, %
Smith in the fourth frame. II, ff'i
sacker of the Bruins singled and W,
second on a single by Joe Kelly. hT
he made an i'll advised attempt 70 81,
third, but Otto Mller's excellent itr,
and Mike Mowrey's equally hne ng q
the sliding runner completed the ps'
out.
Smith set the style in fielding, snds
had several followers. Ivan Ol.'i
made a beautiful play on a smashitl
grounder by Kelly in the ninth Innli.
and got the runner at FIRST, use
dashed in on the ball and. Judging .
bound 20 a nicely. made a me thro'
Then by taking the same sollel'o.
care of Wilson's offering he oroys
the game to a close in blaze Of giO'
by making a leaping catch Of vle,e.'
liner by Steve Yerkes. This e1e'
killed triple in its infancy
Cutshaw Wins Fans.
The fans hailed the work Of w
shaw when he fairly climbed mo y
air TO take care Of sizzling dlIN
Fritz Mollwitz. And while naming y.
heroes. some mention must be mace
Mike Mowrey. who played bang =
game and handled everything 'nS' ''
along. ~ p,,,,,
AS matter % 49, .,-,s
played real baseball. They nsd .l'.
chances to push runs over the =.
and availed themselves OF Two, ,,,,.
is a fair average, ss averages "t 49,
oned. The defence stood iss' y..T
Smiths clever pitching II -,
thought 70 strike terror oy -.
back into the fray, ne ~ ~.
oned without his host. Rather ),
causing any cardiac murmUf'ns
presence of the sometimes ~
Texan only fired the boys WIZ
spirit TO perform great deeo'i AZ.
Vaughn allowed only I'VE NV \,
four of these were grouped - i,r
two scoring innings. and DIS ,,i
was accomplished right ,ns ~.
there. Credit is his for not ~. ., ~.
more than one run in the ~" n,..
ING when Hi Myers and JAKE -. -
bert hit the first balls pitched y hi
for triples. and drew the Fans ~
feet. laundering their spp!sust i. !,
Vaughn squirmed out OF ~. MS
the fourth frame. too, when ed
TO Daubert. Cutshaw's hrs' ~ IT, n,
Wortman's error on Mo~rey h' ~ 4.
bases. but two hands were OUT -
scoring was done. ...s ~,
The fans settled back 10 vs. Il
Texan nov the Robins down va ,.,,t
strobe into the box in the irst - I
Jim curled up and sped one .su,t
Myers. who waited not on. al
The ball shot 20 right centre Ne
and Myers brought up AZ ,nii' .,r,,,
The cheer that greeted thIs ~
swelled to a great. sponianeoIs', N .
when Daubert laced the next ~
the left field fence, also ioF Es
and Myers dashed home. stens .s 81
AZ first. Daubert holding mr. nv. ,l,s
lake was then thrown out a. y.
on Wheat's grounder 20 en- err 80.
In the seventh inning Cu',, n. u,s.
yled 70 shortstop. took second ?. d,
rey's sacrific. bunt. and erossss s,i
plate on Olson's drive 70 een ,,.',s !,
for base. SO ended the 'A'''"
runs.
The score follows: Il
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