New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-26
Chief Meyers
Leads Robins
In Massacre
Brooklyn Dodgers Take Re-
venge on Red Sox in
Exhibition Game
By CHARLES A. TAYLOR

Hot Springs. Ark, March Z9'-I ne
Brooklyn Robins, champions OF the Ma
tional League, and the Boston Red Sox'
champions Of the universe, played a
real ball game here this afternoon for
six innings, and then Chief Meyers put
on his war paint and started mas
sacre. Eleven scalps were lifted by the
Chief and his Flatbush palefaces be-
fore Silk OLoughlin put an end to the
slaughter. Two scalps only fell to the
lot Of Jack Barry's warriors during
the melee.
Charles II. Ebbets and Harry Frazee
stood side by side on knoll back OF
third base and quaffed deep drafts OF
spring water from the same cup wnile
the conflict was on.
Babe Ruth and Larry Cheney were
the opposing pitchers when the game
began. and both. save for little wild
ness. were at their best. Fred Merkle
was the only Robin to get safe hit OIL
Babe in the four innings the southpaw
worked, and Brooklyn never had
chance TO score.
The Red Sox made three hits oil
Cheney in four innings. Larry also gave
four bases on balls and made wild
pitch. but still held his opponents run
less by Tightening up in the pinches.
Shore Succeeds Ruth
Ruth was succeeded in the fifth by
Ernie Shore. and Cheney gave way to
Sherrod Smith. Shore kept up the good
work of his predecessor in this inning
and the next. but the seventh was a
different story. The hits which had
been so few and far between for the
Robins came now in a big bunch and
six runs crossed the plate.
Zach Wheat started the inning when
saw Shores downfall most lnausplclous-
" by hitting an easy grounder TO Jan
win at second and being tossed out at
first. Cutshaw drew a base on 0alls'
Hi Myers singled to left field and olson
hit safely to right, filling the Dags.
Enter the Chief. And how the fans
did yell!
Shore served two wide ones to the
Indian, but he paid no attention TO
them and took a firmer grip on his
club. The next ball was right over.
and as il turned out the game was
right over about then. too. The Chlei
made one of those mighty swings that
used TO set the Polo Grounds fanatics
in a frenzy. The ball shot on line
over Janvrin's head. gathered more
speed as il travelled on between centre
ard right, and finally ended its course
with 2 resounding crash against the
fence. Needless 10 say. by the time the
Chief had numbered down to second
base Cutshaw. Myers and Olson we're
doing a fox trot in front OF the Robins
bench.
Smiths Homer Scores Meyers
But the end was not yet. as Shore
soon learned. Sherrod Smith took pity
on the Chief. who was gazing toward
the home plate lonGingly from his an
chorage at second base. Sherrod knew
that it would take considerable effort
on his part to bring the Chief to the
desired goal, so he governed himself
accordingly. lie hit the ball so hard
and far that it sailed over a barbed
wire fence about a hundred feet back
of where Duffy Lewis was playing in
left field. Duffy never made an at
tempt TO 90 after the ball, and Sherrod
and the Chief walked in TO the accom-
paniment furnished by the delirious
spectators.
The Robins got busy again in the
ninth and made life miserable for Pen
mock, who had replaced Shore on the
mound. Four runs resulted from this
batting spree.
The score follows: