New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
PhillieS Make a Clean
Sweep NTH the Dodgers
Moran's Sluggers Raise
Havoc with Curves of
Smith and Coombs
BY W. J. MACBETH


season by hammering the daylghts out
Of the champion Dodgers at Ebbets
Field Yesterday afternoon. The score
was II to ,.
Brooklyn's case is not so afable as
the holiday crowd had hoped After
two games the club still trails and a
dark shadow looms ethwart the pen
rant pathway. The first four Gays Of
next week McGraw and his Giants will
helm entertain at Flatbush. Getting a
telated start at the expense OF New
York is lust about as pleasant an as
signment as a charge on a buzZ-saw. as
George Stallings and his Braves can
testify.
Team Shows Promise
BROOKLYN. however. is going 20 be IN
the cellar all season. Tho team looked
better in defeat yesterday than IL had
Looked IN occasional victory during
its successful campaign OF year ago.
+; tried hard 10 make the most OF ITS
opportunities. 1t gambled to the limit
without recklessncss on ITS few
chances. That nothing better came oil
the heartfelt effort was due 20 the eN-
cellence of the Phllics' defence and
the lack of form of Sherrod Smith and
Jack Coombs. the TWO DOdger pitchers.
Eppa RiXey. the long, lean and an
gular southpaw Of the Quaker5. dld not
pitch the high grade Of game that Alex
ander the Great showed on opening day
A. a matter of fact he didn't nave 20.
RiXey had all the luck IN the early
innings Later on he had such an adj
yantageous lead that II wasn't a case
OF gamble il was "a perfect cinch.
Three double plays during the trsl
four innings broke up Brooklyn BIDS
for place IN the procession.
Dode Paskert. George Whitfield ana
the ancient and honorable Cactus era
Vath made things generally miserable
for Sherrod Smith before the big blow
Off came in the eighth inning. Among
them these three accounted for as
many runs in the first seven innings
which brought the issue down TO the
eighth with the score to ., and there
fore better than a good fighting chance
for the Dodgers.
Smiths contempt for the swatting
ability OF his fork-handcd adversary IN
directly led 20 his uudoing. With two
on and two down i'm this eighth Sher-
rod Intentionally flled the bases by
passing Killfcr Eppa RiNey ruined
the Aarhing movement with % clean
single 20 centre. This scored two runs
and prccipitatcd a slaughter instead o.
what had been fairly interesting
struggle up TO that psychological
moment
Coombs Has Workout
With the game utterly ruined. Uncle
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a workout in the ninth inning. This
entailed a workout for all the others
Of the club. too. No matter what Colby
Jack offered. those Phillies lit upon
il with the greatest vim and viGor.
Even Rixey proved that his single OF
Smith was meant by aiding 10 the mas
sacrc Of Coomb, with q blow OF the
same brand.
Bur the swa: that Knocked G.. II. Eb-
bets right OF his high bench wa a
triple by Bancroft that cleared the
bases The Quakcrs batted all the way
round in this ninth. Four hits, two
passes, sacrifice and a sacrifice n.y.
not TO mention an error, helped along
IN the general complication.
There were several high lights IN the
Brooklyn game that promised an early
dissipation OF the general gloom That
pervades Flatbush. Not the least pro-
rounced Of these was Bunny Fabrique's
behavior ST the short field patrol. me
rival Bancroft did not show 10 better
advantage defcnsvcly. In four APP
pearauces az the plate Bunny contrib
utcd single. a double and sacuAcc
h.t 20 tho cause.
Fred MeIklc. who replaced ba~bct,
no first because Jake ls not at aH par