The evening world., 1917-05-03
New YOrk's Old Cub link Proves
His MettIe In 14-lnning Tie
When He Keeps Team From
Scoring In Twelfth After Burns
Had Opened Session With
Three-Bagger.
BV BOzenldn BuIgeT.

NUR Mr., Ferdinand Schupp
~ pitched quite a ball game, GOLD
weather, long distance and
everything considered. but the real
rlngtooter OF that opening brush be-
tween Giants and Dodgers was mono
other than Ole Larry Cheney, whose
enmity for New York dates far back
into tho days of tho Cube. Tho same
Larry.
Though furrowOd In the brow ana
withered In the branches, ole Larry
sprayed that spitball about the com
Ing champs for fourteen full, rounu
innings II darkness and Hank O'Day
had not tntervened chances are that
the Giants would be still fioundering
around in the mist. Larry had them
whlpsawed two ways from the ace
and to all intcnts and purposes nc Is
Just as good u pitcher to-day as In
the good old days OF riots and pop
bottles. lie allowed less hits than
did the younger MIR. Schupp, but II
was In the pinches when the old boy
really displayed his art. For IN
stance.
In the twelfth inning. with the score
tied In a hard knot and both sides
walked right up to the plato and
spanked a three-ba ggcr into deep
left. With George on third and no
body out, Just recall who followed
him-Kauff. Robertson and the groat
lieinie Zim. Didn't that look like a
Clnch? II did. Now see what hap
pened: Benny was made 10 lift an
easy foul, dying hard. There was
stlll hope when Robbie came up, hut
1,I N hnNlpnnR .
Heinle Zim swung at the first thing
offered and popped out. That was
genuine pitching and the crowd dld
not fail 10 appreciate II,
Again, in the eleventh. Fletcher led
on with clean single, only to be
doubled Off first when Kilduff popped
up IN trying TO s1criiico. From then
on Cheney got better, and now we've
got TO play the whole thing over In
some future double header.
? II is not our purpose 20 take
anything away from Schupp. but the
hero uf that pastimC was Ole Larry
! Two newcomers in tho pastime at
tractod wide attention by their activi-
ties and also confirmed early reports
, from the South. Thcy were Paddy
liilduff and bunny Fabrlque. kidun
I Is stlll second baslng for Charley Her
. GOg, while BunnN ~ permanently
|s.urtstupping for himself. IL was the
first time New York fans hRd seer
. either. and. verify We got our money!
u worth, In the first four times III
- this Fabrique got two bases on balls
D % single ana a home run TO SAY
ID nothing OF some inficld stops tina
thrilled. In fact IL was Buuny's hom,
run smash that made it possible fol
Z Brooklyn TO get a tie, Ills only bat
% luck was In having no runners to rid
20 I'm ahead Of him. Bunny is one OF tn
% best looking youngsters that has boeI
VI around here for several years.
kllduff didn't have quito as mucl
u luck at the bat, but ms folding a
second saved the game on three dis
" tnct occasions, HerzOg was not sc
. Iluusly missed,
u The Giants have played four game
n at home now and two or them hay
" gone fourteen innings. The first cNtr
, inning affair was with the Braves an
a wound up in a defeat for McGraw.
An old timer to get giRd hand o
"a greeting was Mike Mowrey. Wit
ID Mike and Fahriquu protecting tina
,. Lsiie ot tho diamond RObbio's clu
al has improved 100 per cent
4. But there Is Soldce after al IN
that the Yankees tOOk another tan
our Of walter Johnson Beating
1 thai bird Is getting 10 be a hdbi,,