New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-24
Tries
Vainly to Win
For theDodgers
Fleet Outhelder Shines at Bat
and in Field-Meadows
Bombarded
By Charles A. Taylor


record twenty two-inning game between
/ the Dodgers and Pirates Wednesday,
tried his best to put the st. Louis
Cardinals to rout yesterday, but failed
Z The rest of the Dodgers apparently he's,
that tired feeling, and gave Jimmy
little help. The final tally was: Car
dinals, z; Dodgers, 8.
The teaspoonful of fans In the stands
and bleachers was amazed when the
/ game ended in the regulation nine inn
ings. All through the week, until yes
terday, extra inning contests had been
I the rule.
! Even when Sherrod Smith struck out
to open the ninth. and with the home
tribe two runs behind the hope that
springs eternal within the man who
would attend a ball game In such
weather as DR.. Moore afforded yester-
| day, and backed up with the memory
, Of three overtime games, could not be
/ quenched. The weather was too much
/ for the Giants and Cubs, but Charley
/ Ebbets insisted that he was not re-
Z sponsible for the dark clouds and rain
/ and that he had hired his men to play
/ ball under any adverse circumstances.
Game Starts Late
So the game started half-hour later
/ than the scheduled time, because of
I the downpour that left the field in a
sodden condition. Weird bounds the
/ ball took as IL sped along the infeld,
and 1t is 70 the credit of the players,
forced to labor on such a diamond, that
only two errors were chalked up by the
official scorer.
The Cardinals got OFF to a good start
In the opening inning. Long tripled to
left and scored on a ielder's choice
4 20 0'Rourke. Jack Miller laid down a
bunt which the same O'Rourke han
died poorly, Bethel dashing TO second.
/ Hornsby beat bunt. clogging the
( bases. Cruise. the sugger forced lit
( tie pretzel Bethel at the plate. Daubert
/ hurting the ball in time TO Kruger.
/ Paulette, the one-time Giant. singled
/ TO left, bringing Miller across the
plate, but Hornsby was out at the
home station on a perfect line throw
by Jimmy Hickman.
Cruise took third on the hit. and
/ Paulette dashed to second on the long
/ toss of Jimmy. Baird put the finish
| ing touches on the inning by singing
/ to left, scoring Cruise and Paulette
Baird persisted stealing. Kruger TO
/ Myers.
/ With these four runs as a starter
/ il looked bad indeed for the heroes OF
/ the record game. The Dodgers, never
| thelcss. got busy in their half of the
opening stanza and .cut the lead
against them to two runs.
Hickman on Job
Olson was easy for Baird. Daubert
! walked and sped to second when Baird
/ tossed out Hi Myers. Casey Stengel
I also got a pass from the specialized
/ Meadows. who was in the box for the
! Cards The efficient Jimmy Hickman
! then responded to the appeals OF the
/ teaspoonful of fans by singing to left.
scoring Daubert and Stengel.
/ In the second inning the league
/ champions tied the count, JEFF
/ Pfeffer, who was subbing in right
I field for the Dodgers. singled over
I Jack Miller's head. Kruger. who was
/ a Giant for few months. smashed the
ball to deep left for triple. scoring
/ the pitcher-outfelder At this stage
of the game Spectacles Meadows was
! yanked from the box and Gene Pack
. ara, lOIUltI Itu. d5Etuufh VIC uONhNs
Sherrod Smith, the first man to face
/ Gene, hit to Baird and was an easy out.
! Olsen sent a grounder 10 Hornsby, who
/ tossed out the batter, while Kruger
crossed the plate with the tieing run.
/ The Cardinals did their big, deciding
/ biz in the fifth, although the extra
! inning fanatics at the time thought
/ three runs amounted to nothing. Two
men were out when things began to
/ happen which made old Miller Higgins,
! on the coaching line, attempt some
acrobatics. The only pity is Miller did
not have so large an audience as his
/ efforts merited.
Another Triple by Long
Long tripled once more TO left and
scored on a passed ball. Bethel singled
to right and crossed the platter when
Jack Miller drove the ball over JEFF
I PfefTer's head for another triple.
/ Hornsby hit to O'Rourke, scoring Mil
Ter. Smith ended the spasm By tossing
| out Cruise.
! The Dodgers made a valiant attempt
/ 70 even matters in the seventh, but the
best harvest they could gather was
one run. Sherrod Smith tripled TO right
/ centre and Olson beat out a hit TO
Packard, Smith being held at third.
Jake Daubert drove fly. 70 Bette, in
centre, which Tailed Smith Myers flied
/ to Bethel.
/ Stengel singled to centre, Olson 60
/ ing TO third, but Jimmy Hickman was
/ deprived of possible home run, which
would have settled the game, by ohoe-
string catch of his liner by Bethel.
The extra-inning age in Flatbush was
at an end.
/ The score follows:
ST. LOUIS N. IL BROOKLYN Is. IL