New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-22
Cards Need Only One
Inning with Robins
Bunched Hits Of Cheney
and Errors in Second
Win for St. Louis
BY CHARLES A. TAYLOR

Two heads are better than one. Four
eyes are better than two. And Specs
Meadows, the Cardinal pitcher, added
another string to the old adagc yes
terday afternoon at Ebbets Field by
proving most eonclusively that four
eyes were much to be preferred even
10 six eyes, always providing that the
only specialized pitcher in major league
baseball wears the extra eyes. The
Dodgers used three pitchers.
The eyes of ST. Louis defeated the
shortsightedness Of Flatbush by a score
OF to ?, and the winning streak of
the National League leaders, which mad
amounted 10 the magnificent total of
four games. was abruptly smashed be-
fore three thousand fans, who. mayhap.
needed a little of the Flatbush ozone
as result Of their weekend festiyi-
ties.
Larry Cheney. the spitball finger,
needed an extra eye or two. II he could
have borrowed specs" Neadows's spec
tacles in the second inning the game
might have lasted until supper time in
Brooklyn or dinner time in Manhattan.
whenever is correct.
Second Inning Enough
The second inning settled the con-
fict, for in this particular spasm the
Cardinals tailed four runs. Cruise
the centre fielder of the visitors, proved
that Larry Cheney had a poor eye for
the corners by polling a double to right
field. Long singled to the same terri
tory, and Cruise eruised to third. and
then on TO the plate as Casey Stengel
fesitated and fumbled and put the FIN
ishing touch on the play by making a
poor throw TO the plate.
Here is where Larry Cheney lost his
eyesight. He nabbed grounder Of Con-
zales in Perfect fashion, and with most
majestic strut marched across the in
field to cut off Long. who was trapped
off second. Larry proved to be a good
runner. He ran Long so far back TO
the keystone sack that the outfielder
would have made the bag anyhow, and
then threw so far over Cutshaw's dome
that Long reached third and Gonzales
second. or surety, Larry needed
specs" at this juncture. and Meadows
was holding his in his hand most use
less on the bench.
Olson threw out "Fredera" League
Smith, while Long crossed the rubber
and Gonzales sped to third. Specs
Meadows put on his specs" and
tripped to the plate with his usual
indifference, that tells everybody that
he is a pitcher. not hitter. Larry
Cheney chuckled when he saw the
specs" He soon realized. however.
that his own sight was poor. for he
grooved the ball for the weak hitting
Specs" and single right under
Larry's own feet tailed the Cuban
catcher of the Cardinals.
The end was not yet, for after Gut
shaw had thrown out "Pretze" Bet
eel, J. Smith, leader of the National
League in batting. doubled TO left.
scoring "Specs." Olson threw out },
Miller, but the damage was done and
Larry was done.
Rube Meets Trouble
RUDE Marquard took up the task
which Cheney had made most difficult,
and he, too, was forced TO realize be-
fore his quota of five innings was I'm
ished that Miller Huggins's men were
all wearing specs" in so far as bat
ting was concerned. Their lamps were
trimmed and yearning for base hits to
such an extent that even +. Smith.
who is easily distinguished from ].
Smith by his weakness at the bat,
drove out a home run to centre hcld
off the ex-Sll 900 beauty.
Wheeler Dell was sent to the box
by Robbie for the last two innings,
while pinch hitters labored in vain to
start rally. Wheeler gave hit and
a base on balls, but escaped without
a run being scored on him. The Wis
itors. it would seem, had called il A
days work and were merely awaiting
the o'clock whistle.
The Dodgers must OF necessity be
referred to in the run making line,
for they made two and were always
threatening. The fact that Casey
Stengel gave his old war club a rest
is perhaps the only reason that the
champions did not make the game
closer. Stengel had chance enough 10
spoil the day for "Specs" Meadows,
but the goggles he wears in the sun.
field were of too weak calibrc TO
Judge accurately the slants of
Meadows.
George Cutshaw was the only live
wire in the clubbing line that Robbie
had to offer George made q home
run and triple. Credit should also
be given to Jimmy Hickman, who gath
cred in a triple and single. Az
for the rest of the Dodgers, it sufices
to say that specs" had them mead
owed" They often hit far. but al
mos. invariably into the clutches Of
the opposing outfielders.
II was a game Of eyes, and the St.
Louis "ayes" had them.