New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
Home Run Dnue BY Cactus Crauath
Puts the Dodgers TO Rout in QuakertoDn
Alexander Scores His Second
Victory of Season Over
League Champions

Philadelphia, April 20.-Just as long
as Cactus Cravsth can see the ball and
retains the power to swing bat he
will come pretty close to holding his
place in the lineup Of the Phillies. 1t
was his crashing drive into the left
field bleaehers, a drive that carried far
beyond the mad pursuit of the great
Buck Wheat, which defeated the Brook
Ign Robins here this afternoon in the
opening game of the National League
season in this city. The score was
TO 3.
Cravath accomplished the downfall
of the Robins almost single handed.
His home run was the decisive stroke
in the engagement. His two-bsse hit
TO the centre field fence In the third
inning drove home two runs and en-
abled his team 10 overcome lead OF
one run which Brooklyn made in the
second stanza. No fielding chances
presented themselves, so Cactus stood
out in right field, sometimes thinking
and sometimes just standing.
Only Five Hits
and scored his second victory over
them in as many attempts. Alex wishes
that life was just one Brooklyn game
after another, and he'd grab of the
extra thousand dollars promised IL no
wins thirty-one or more victories this
season. The great one limited the
visitors to five hits, two Of which rang
off the hickory of the inimitable and
irrepressible Casey Stengel. The Teus
tons wallops were non-productive, how
ever.
1t fell to the lot Of Lawrence Cheney
to face Alexander. Larry flung them
damp and dry. fast and slow at the
Phillies, but could not bring about the
contamination he so devoutly wished.
Cravath seemed to happen along every
time a run was needed, and IL was JUST
one OF those days when Crsvsth was
hitting curves. fast ones, spitters ana
all the rest of the pet deliveries, ana
hitting them right on the nose.
Errors were incidental to the runs
Of the teams, and added to the woes
of the pitchers. The two errors
charged to the Quaker City host fg-
ured in Brooklyn's tallies, while Fab
riuue's omission to hang fast to the
bail when he tagged George Whitfield
at second place gave Cravath the
proper incentive to drive out MS
double.
Two-base hits were quite the thing,
for no fewer than five were made In
the course of the afternoons activi-
ties. Wheat, Bancroft, Cravath, Pas
kert and Stengel got the doubles.
When fielding thrills are to be Of
fared naoe Buck Wheat. The big
Cherokee made one of the grandest
catches ever seen on this field in the
fourth inning when he crashed into
the left field stands, dragging down
Bill Killifer's bid for home run.
Buck hurt his knee pretty badly, but
after a minutes rest resumed activities
as if nothing had happened. Bancroft
played a clever game, and was IN the
iimelight with several unusual stops.
Marines in Drill
Prior to the game a battalion OF
United States Marines went through
the various military man9uvres. The
, crowd applauded while the men went
through the usual squads left and
squads right, and left front into line,
and then the merry sailors performed
in double time.
brooklyn got us Hist run =" '"S oeN
ond frame. Wheat doubled to start
and went to third on Stengeps sacri-
flee bunt. Cutshaw famed, but Now
rey, playing his first game Of the year
at third base, walked and then stole
second. Killifer threw blindly and
Wheat scored. In the fifth Brooklyn
tailed two runs. Mowrey was safe on
low throw by Stock, and Miller got
an infield hit. Cheney forced Mowrey,
but Fabrioue's out moved up the WIS.,
itors' battery, and both scored on Dau-
bert's single.
The Phillies got two in the third on
a double by Bancroft, single by Whit
ted. the latter's subsequent safe arri-
val ~ second when Fsbrique dropped
the Kes0w, and Cravath's two-bagger.
In z! fifth Paskert and Luderus
douN.d for one run.
Mike Mowrey broke into the game
this afternoon for the first time since
he signed his contract. Although both
, cred by sore arm, the Chambers
! burgh veteran played a stylish game
: and added stability to the Dodgers. He
made four neat plays in his own In
imitsble style.