The sun., 1917-09-30
DODGERS WIN TWO
FROM PITTSBURG
Brooklyn End Last Road Trip
With Twin Victory Over
Bezdek's Pirates.
SCORES-3 TO 2 AND Z TO 3
Special Despotch TO TaE sux.

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I PirTsBUEo, September ea.-After tax.
Ing lots Of knocks lately. the Dodgers
showed little life here to-day and
downed the struggling young Pirates in
! both halves Of double header. The
Brooklyns won by scores Of 8 to 2 and
to 3. The double victory enabled the
Dodgers to tie the Boston Braves for
sixth place.
The youngster. Leon Cadore. and the
veteran. Rube Marquard. turned in the
victories for Robbys former champions.
The Pirates pressed Leon rather hard
during the latter part Of the first game.
but he snuffed out a ninth inning Pirate
rally after one run came in on him.
Elmer Jacobs started of for Pitts
burg. but he was treated rather roughly
by the Dodgers in the second inning,
when he was cuffed up for a pair Of
runs. Burleigh Grimes finished after
Jacobs had blown the game. Grimes
stopped the Dodger hitting.
Stengel led of Brooklyns busy Sec
ond with a single to centre and stole
second base. Wheat drew a base on
balls and the bags became laden with
Brooklyn men when Cutshaw out
sprinted an infield hit.
Winning Run IL scored.
O'Rourke then spun a timely single
over second base. scoring Stengel and
Wheat. Miller followed with another
useful bingle. scoring Cntshaw with
what proved to be the winning run.
After that Jacobs settled and got the
next three men without further scoring.
The Pirates scored their first run in
the NTH inning. when Roeckle, King and
Blackwell punched singles, and put over
another IN the ninth when Bigbee tripled
and scored on Boeckle's single.
In the second game Rube Marquard
retained his usual superiority-over Pitts
burg. Marquard's percentage against
Pittsburg II almost as high as that OF
Cincinnati over Mathewson when Matty
was in his prime The Dodgers backed
up the Rube with some hard and timely
hitting and his task became easier as
the game progressed.
Bullet Ball Miller started to pitch for
the Pirates but was knocked out In the
fifth inning. He was succeeded by
Ponder, the youngster who shut out the
Giants with two hits a week ago. The
Dodgers did not ponder over the young
mans wares as much as the Giants did,
ana ne, TOO, TOOK tldy peatihe'
Dodgers score Early.
The Dodgers started of with run In
the flrst inning. Daubert singled to
centre, and Myers would have forced
him had not Cation muffed Pitlers toss
at second. Stengel then doubled to CEN
tire. scoring Daubert.
Pittsburg tied the score for the mo-
ment in the second inning. but Brooklyn
regained the lead in tho third. scoring
run on Oison's single, a sacrifice by
Daubert and apother single by Myers.
After that the Dodgers never lost the
lead. scoring one run in each the NTH.
sixth and seventh and two In the eighth
The Pirates closed their 1917 season
to-day. They are the first tailenders that
Pittsburg has had since 1891. though the
Buccaneers have been pointed In that
direction for several years. Brooklyn
returns home for one moro series on
Ebbets Field with the Braves They Will
night for the occupation Of sixth place, a
doubtful honor for two clubs which were
struggling .or the pennant year ago.