New-York tribune., 1917-09-04
Dodgers Shut Out in First
Game and Badly Beaten
in Second
By Charles A. Taylor


Alexander the Great appeared greater
than ever yesterday afternoon when he
pitched and won a double-hender at
Ebbets Field. Twenty thousand fans
were on hand TO bear witness to the
greatness of Alex. Both games were
rather easy for the Phillies, their first
triumph over the Dodgers being shut
out, TO 0, and their second being
placed on the right side OF the ledger
by the margin OF 8 to s.
II appeared as though Alex felt bit
sorry for his opponents in the second
game, or perhaps he wished to tantalize
them bit by giving them few hits
orce in a while and allowing them to
gather n run whenever his men had
forged ahead sufficiently to make his
gifts not the least bit dangerous. 1t
was indeed great day for Alexander
the Great.
-Four Brooklyn Pitchers
Uncle Wilbert used four pitchers
during the afternoon in vain en-
de.vor to overflow the marvellous
tNyirler Of the Phillies. Rube Marquard
was the first called TO the sacrifice. He
lasted eight innings OF the trst game
end then gave IN the impossible task.
Johnston went in 70 pinch hit Tor the
Rube and Lefty Russell assumed the
mound duties.
The second game found Old Jack
Coom5s i'm the box against the IRE
pressible Alexander. Jack remained IN
The centre Of the diamond until the
sixth inning, when Sncrrod Smith was
offered up as a sacrifice to the Phlllie
slugEcrs.
The Phlllies seemed TO work on the
perfectly logica! theory that If they
supplied Alexander with big clusters
Of runs early in each game his task
would be much easier. Anyhow Alex
didn't have to wait very long in either
contest for good margin to work on.
The second inning of the final game
was the one chosen by the Moran men
TO give their pitcher his working mar
gin. George Whitted opened the bat
ting ard scoring spasm with a double
"a right field. Niehof bunted for a
sacrifice and was safe when III Myers
who covered first, dropped Coombs =
throw. Killifer was hit by pItchcd
bali and the bases were filled. =,
Paskert, after having two strikes ana
three balls served TO him, landed on the
ball for q triple 10 centre teld, wnlch
naturally cleared the bags Of runners.
The Phillies added another IN the loi-
lowing inning. when Luderus was mt
and Whitted drove out a three-bagger
70 left field. The former Brave was
caught at the plate rs he tried 70
stretch his blow into home run: Inc
visitors picked up another run IN the
fifth and still another in the seventh,
closing the proceedings by sendlnG
three more tallies across the plate IN
the ninth
Bancroft Starts Trouble
The last four runs gathered by the
Phillies were al the expense OF Sher-
rod Smith, Old Colby Jack having
walked out Of the box entirely satisfied
he was getting nowhere but getting 1t
everywhere. In the seventh Bancroft
doubled to left and scored on Luderus's
single to centre. In the ninth Paskert
singled TO left, Bancroft sacrificed,
Stock walked and Cravath and Whitted
singled for the three unnecessary tai
lies.
The Dodgers scored one run in the
fourth on q double by Hi Myers and
single by Zach Wheat. They added an
other counter in the sixth as the re-
suit Of Hickman's inheld hit, Wheats
single to centre and O'Rourke's inheld
scratch. Robbie's men scored their
last run in the seventh by reason OF
Daubert's single to centre field and III
Myers's double to right field, Cravath
losing the ball in the sun.
Alexander the Great allowed only
four scattered hits in the flst game,
the Dodgers being helpless before his
fast-breaking shoots. Rube Marquard
had one bad inning, the fourth, in
which the home team scored four Of its
five runs.
The big inning which brought dis
may 70 the Rube and Uncle Wilbert was
opened by old Cactus Cravath with
single 70 left field. Luderus continued
the attack on Marquard with safe
drive 10 right field, the cumbersome
Cravath pulling up at second.
Whitted's Timely Hit
George Whitted, the versatile, came
to time with a single to centre on
which Cravath crossed the plate, Whit
ted going 10 second on the LhIo"-Ih'
The Rube's misery was not TO end
vet, for Niehoff made 1t four hits in
row off the tall southpaw by lining a
safety TO left, Luderus tallying..
Killifer was purposely passed, but hi
Myers, the outfelding second baseman,
upset the Rube's strategy by allowing
Alexander's easy grounder TO roll
through his legs out into right field.
Both Whltted and Niehoff tailed on
the miscue, and away went the ball
game.
The Phillies made another run In the
seventh. when stock hit homer TO left
field. Wheat was too lame to keep the
blow down 10 a homer.
The Dodgers best chance came in
the sixth, when Olson led OF with a
doubIe TO left field. Daubert famed
the air and Niehoff threw out both
Nyors and StenCel, leaving Ivan still