New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-04
Robins Tie Up
Series by 18th
InningCarnage
Tally Eight Runs in Final
Attack, When Red Sox
Lose Their Wits

Peoria. H., April The Brooklyn
Robins ted up the spring world series
here to-day by defeating the Boston
Red Sox after a twclvc-inniug struggle.
Each team has now won four games
The score was g to ., the Robins tai
lying eight runs in their half Of the
twelfth through a heavy bombardment
Of Mays, who was in the box for Bos-
ION. and poor work in the field by Jam
yrin and Gill. All the Red SoX lost
their heads at this time. and the Gro d
took especial delight in jeering the
world champions.
The Robins gathered a total Of TWEEN
" hits during the contest but in only
two innings were they able to bunch
them 10 advantage. The Red Sox found
the BROOKLYN pitchers for ten hits. The
long drives Of the game were home
run over the left field fence by Title
Walker, Il hrce-oagger by HoblitzelI
and doubles By Walker, Gill and Lewis
for Boston. and by Stenge,, Hi Myers
and Cutshaw for Brooklyn.
Cheney, Coombs and Smith, while Shore
and Mays occupied the mound for the
Red Soy. Cheney worked four innings
and was found for four hits and three
runs. Errors iv Wheat, who lO2fed
badly or HoblitzePs thrce-bagger, al
lowing the Boston first baseman to
score. and by Olson on Mays's easy
grounder were largely responsible for
the TALES made off Cheney.
SOx Fail to Solve Smith
Coombs pitched the fifth. sixth and
seventh innings for Brooklyn He al
lowed a home run by Walker, two
doubles and two singles, which netted
the Red son two more runs. Smith did
The twirling for Rob0e's men from
the eighth to the twelfth inning, inclu-
sive, and permitted only one hit, a
scratch TO the infield by Gamer in the
, twelfth frame. Smith famed four Of
the opposing tatsmen.
Shore. the first pitcher for the Red
SoX, shut out the Robins, who made
only two hits in the three innings the
tall twirler was on the mound. The
burden OF the day as far as Boston was
concerned rested on the shoulders o.
underhanded Mays, VINO pitched from
the fourth TO the fatal twelfth.
The Red Sox scored two runs in the
third inning on a base on balls,
Hoblitzel'g triple and Lewis's double,
and added another IN the fourth on
Janvrin's single to left field wild
pitch BY Cheney and the error Of o.
son on Mays's roller to third.
Brooklyn tailed one run IN the
fourth. thanks TO Wheat's single to
right and Cutshaw's two-bagGer 20
left. The Robins took the lead in the
fifth. Smyth, batting for Cheney. SIN
gled. Gill fumbled Fabrique's ground
er: Daubert sacrificed. pitcher 10 first.
Myers was hit by pitched ball.
Wheat hit TO Mays, who threw out
Smytb at the plate. Then Casey
Stengel. who started his hrst eNhlDl-
ton game of the year, doubled 70 cen
tire field. clearing the bases.
+ Boston tied the score in tie sixth
as a result OF two singles and dou,
bic. The Robins went into he lead
again in the seventh, base or oalls 10
MYERS. an error by Gill and single
by Stengel turning the trek. boston
tied the count in its half Of the same
inning on Walkers terrific clout over
the fence. This is the second time a
- ball has Oeen driven out VI e"C D~'-"
here at this particular spot.
Slaughter by the Robins
No more scoring was done by either
team until the Robins led Mays TO
slaughter IN the twelfth. The emf ire
Brooklyn team went TO the bet in his
inning. Stengel. Cutshaw and GetZ
getting two chances to WELD the war
/ Club. Eight hits for eight runs was
the toll gathered by Uncle Vilbcrts
men.
Boston was unable to do anything
in its half and the crowd was satl.hed
that this was the case. The two teams
leave here tomorrow morning Tor La
fayette. Ind. whore the ninth game OF
The series is scheduled to be played
tomorrow afternoon.
The score follows: