New-York tribune., 1917-06-12

In Cincinnati
Beats Dodgers
Neale Knocks Home Run
Through Aperture and
Decides Conflict

Cincinnati. Jure ll.-If the gate Of
the local ball park had been closed in
the fifth inning Brooklyn might have
won a ball game here to-day. But the
gate was wide open, and Nesle knocked
hcme run through the aperture. scor-
ing himself and Jim Thorpe. the san
culinary Sac and Fox Indian.
With the help of this freakish swat
the Auttering Robins were once more
Kicked upon their bruised and palpitat
ing stats. The final score was: Gin
cinnati, 3; Brooklyn, ..
Young Eller. who took a swing at a
Home Guard while patroling Broadway
for the first time in his youthful ex-
istence during the last visit of the
Robins here, started and finished for
the Reds. He worked successfully, al
lowing just four swats. Cheney. who
was on the mound for the Robins. was
maced for about seven fair swipes, one
of them being the home run by Neale.
Thorpe Starts Trouble
Neither side had scored up to the
fifth. Wingo started that frame by
bounding out to Cutshaw. Jim Thorpe,
tn, canny redskin. who is learning not
to swing at the bad ones. drew base
or balls.
II was then that somebody opened
gate in the feld-whether by prear-
ranged signal or by accident it is i'm
possible to say. Neale slouched up TO
the plate, and. seeing the opening,
made bee line for it. The ball rolled
through and Thorpe started to tear
round the bags.
Neale was half way between third
ard home when the ball came in on the
relay, but the umpires decided that AZ
long as the ball had been out of the lot
once the hit was technical home run.
Manager Robinson made an eloquent
protest, but finally subsided. He will
apply to have that back gate padlocked
in future, however.
The Reds began TO peck at Cheney
little further in the sixth. With one
out. Kopf singled. Rousch knocked
double to centre, but kopf was held at
third
1t was at thi. juncture that Kopf
decided to pull Ty Cobb. Taking a
long lay-off from third, he waited until
Cheney was taking a semi-wind-up and
made a dash and slide for the plate.
Cheney whipped the ball to Miller, and
Kopf was nailed yard or two from
home.
Chase lobbed one to Oscar Ivory
Olson. the Robin shortstop. Olson got
hold of the ball, but he tossed in the
direction Of the setting sun. Rousch
came all the way home, and Chase
loped down to second on the peg.
Shake Their Feathers
The Robins shook their feathers and
gave an imitation of a ninth inning
rally. but they Topped again before
they could tie the score. After John
ston, pinch hitting for Cheney, had
taken his formal Moriarity, Olson
singled to left. He took second when
Shean fumbled a grounder by jake
Daubert.
At this point young Eller showed
few slight symptoms of cracking under
the strain. He passed Hickman, and
the bases were filled. with Casey Stem
gel at the bat.
Casey swung with vim and accuracy,
driving a clean swipe to centre. Olson
and Daubert had plenty Of time TO
score. but Casey in tit of ambition
tried to take second on the throw-in
Rousch had relayed to Groh, who
whipped the ball back TO Kopf, mailing
Casey in his tracks.
Buck Wheat, the last hope of the
Dodgers, took most vehement swing
at the ball, but the best that he could
do was shoot up a high foul for Wingo.
Wheat made a pretty play i'm the third
when he caught liner from Groh and
whipped to second, doubling Ellcr.
.cspite his fielding error, Olson
played a good game for the Robins.
He was the only Brooklynite who
seemed to have no difficulty in fathom-
ing the offerings of Eller.
The score: