New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
Dodgers Climb
By Splitting
Even ihReds
Robbie's Team Now Tied
With Phillies for Fourth
Place

Brooklyn took another step up the
ladder when it jumped into a tie for
fourth place with Philadelphia by
breaking even in a double header with
Cincinnati at Ebbets Field yesterday.
The Dodgers sustained humiliating
defeat by score of 10 to / in the first
game, but the second contest saw the
Brooklyn men at their best. With Don
Grimes an enigma. the Dodgers man
aged to break even on the day by 3
to 1 victory.
The Pkillies lost ground In their fight
for fourth place when they dropped
both games of a double header to ST.
Louis on their home field.
A crowd of ten thousand fans
watched the Dodgers and Reds play.
Jake Daubert and Zach Wheat. the
sluggers of the Dodgers, were i'm
portant factors in each contest Wheat
collected hit in each game. He has
now hit safely in twenty three con-
secutive games. This exhibition of con-
sistency equals the present season
record held by Ross Young, of the
Giants However, Zach holds the Ma
tionai League record of twenty-nine
games and Ty Cobb the American
League record of forty games.
In gathering his twenty-third hit
Zach drove home the third run in the
second game. Grimes gave Brooklyn
its first run in the third by stealing
home after Sherwood Magee's single
! and Cueto's double had Tailed a run
Tor Cincinnati in the second inning.
Grimes at dis Best
Grimes pitched magnificent ball
against Cincinnati in the closing game,
holding them to four scattered hits.
He allowed only one base on balls and
only twenty-nine batsmen officially
faced him.
Eller started against the Dodgers,
but failed to keep the nine Superba
! hits scattered. Ring replaced him in
! the eighth. Daubert led the Brooklyn
batting brigade with three hits.
Inc Reds effectively pasted the
slants of both RUDE Vanguard and
George Smith in the opening encounter
Tor total of fourteen hits. Two OF
these went to Heinie Groh, the third
baseman, and materially aided him in
retaining the league batting lead.
Errors also assisted the Rediegs in
scoring runs
Marquard experienced six tempestu-
Gus innings on the mound During
this time the Cincinnati batsmen took
kindly to his offerings, particularly in
the third and fifth innings, when they
helped themselves to six runs. George
Smith took up the pitching burden for
brooklyn in the seventh and before he
had become warmed up to his task the
Reds pe,ted him for four runs. How
ever, the final Two innings found Smith
pitching at his best.
Several Dodger runs were prevented
from crossing the plate in the ninth
by an unassisted double play by Groh
With one down and the bases full Groh
caught O'Maras line drive and stepped
on second, forcing out Myers, who had
been hit by pitched ball.
Wheat Gets Lucky Hit
Zach Wheat got lucky hit in this
inning. He hit slow grounder to the
pitchers box and Schneider threw
wildly 20 first However, the official
scorers credited Wheat with hit, as
! he declared that the player had the
throw beaten to first base
Brooklyn found Schneider for seven
hits, but the Red hurer kept them
scattered. The only Dodger run cam.
IN the first on a single and a double.
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