The sun., 1918-07-05
Vanguard and Coombs Pitch
Splendid Ball for Brook
Ign at Polo Grounds.
SCORES ARE 20 AND 40
In Spite of Seven Errors Jack
Stands Up and Wins With
Own Triple.
NJ FREDERICK G. LIEB.

held quite a celebration. and handed the
Giants double knockout.
Rube Marquard got up as fresh as a
daisy and blanked the Giants In the
after breakfast TIL by to o. Rube also
blanked the Giants last month. to o.
In the afternoon tussle the Dodgers did
their best to kick game from under Jack
Coombs, but the grand old veteran kept
pitching his head of Just the same. and
pulled out a winner In the tenth inning
by 1 to 8. He, too. deserved shutout.
The double victory gave Brooklyn an
even break in the four game series.
It wasn't an suspicious getaway for
the Giants as they left for their second
trip into the Western country. AS the
Cubs gave tho Cardinals two beatinge
the Giants fell back four full games. the
farthest they have been behind this sea-
son.
About $4,000 persons saw tho two
games. More than 1000 were out In the
morning. About one-third were soldiers
and sailors. guests Of tho club. Perfect
weather brought out q $4,000 throng IN
she afternoon. an unusually good Fourth
Of July crowd, as the nations birthday
IL not as lucrative a baseball holiday In
New York as Memorial Day or Labor
Day.
Rube strong in Pinches.
Narauard gave a remarkable exhibit
ton in the pinches and left ten Giants
stranded on the tow paths. Especially
in the last three innings did the Giants
press him hard. but he declined to yield.
in each OF these closing innings the
Giants Jumped two hits on him without
anything else happening. In the seventh
nd ha INF singles ODened
inning, and in the eighth. with two down.
Fletcher doubled and Thorpe singled, but
Zimm fouled to Miller.
George Smith, the lanky Columbia
graduate. recalled from Cincinnati. made
his reappearanc in a Giant uniform in
the morning game and pitched fine ball.
yielding only four hits in seven innings.
before he gave way to pinch hitter
with the score 1 to 0 against him.
And then Fred Anderson trotted out
to pitch for Manhattan. Like the old
cat. Fred came back. but perhaps he had
never gone astray. 1t now Is said that
Andy was i'll the last two days ano
neglected to call up the club to notify
It that he wasn't feeling as clipper as he
might.
With one run in, the bases full and
only one out in the ninth Fred became
sick and marched out of the pitchers
box. Not a Giant pitcher was warmed
up. SO Jack Ogden. the Swarthmore Col
lego pitcher. was sent in after tossing
up few pitches. 1t was a tough situa-
ton into which to stick a green kid. but
he got out Of it with three pitched balls,
retiring Johnston on a pop to Sticking
and Olson on a pop to Fletcher
superbas Score Early.
-. - ia
ing the first worm, Brooklyn got its
only run on Smith in the first inning.
and 1t was enough t. win. With two
out Daubert walked and stole second.
Wheat singled to right. scoring Jake
1t was the only hit the biting lack made
in nine times up. but 1t turned the trick.
The other Dodger run came In the
ninth Off Anderson. OMara singled and
stole second. Sheridan walked. and they
worked a double steal. Miller was pur-
posely passed and Marquard bounded an
infield single of Holke's feet, O'mara
scoring. 1t was at this stage that An
derson abruptly walked Off the field, and
after a short interval Ogden came in.
II ever a man deserved to win a game
II was Coombs in the second contest
Not hit was made of him until the
fifth inning. The Dodgers committed
every fielding sin behind Coombs, NUTS.
wild throws low throws and fumbles
but still Jack would not yield. Seven
errors were made behind him, with Mack
Wheat leading with three. One wild
throw by Mack gave New York it's first
run. A second crazy heave gave them
two more.
Coombs Gets q Triple.
However, Coombs hung on. and In the
tenth inning he opened with a long welt
over George Burns's head to the flower
beds in deepest centre field. Had Jack
cared to hustle 1t would have been a
homer. but he was content to jog around
the bases for triple II was Jack s
third hit. Johnston then spun a single
to centre, scoring Jack with the win
ming run. Jack held tight to that one
run edge In the second half, retiring
Young. Fletcher and Without in order.
Cecil Causey started tho afternoon
game for the Giants and the Dodgers
hit him hard enough to pile up a three
run lead before Doyle batted for him in
the sixth. Larry's batting average Is
going down. He has acted as a pinch
hitter four times within the last three
days without blowing himself to a hit.
Ogden pitched two clever innings, but
after the score became tie the game was
entrusted to Perritt. despite the fact
that he had pitched the day before. II
was one OF Polly's benders that Coombs
Strengthened out in the tenth for that
winning triple. and the defeat is charged
against the Louisianian- It was only
the third defeat suffered by Poll this
season in fifteen games pitched. Two of
OF his three defeats have been inflicted
on him by Brooklyn.
Hickman started Brooklyn on its scor-
ing In the afternoon engagement by
smacking a homer into the left field
bleachers in the second inning. They
got two more In the fourth inning.
Daubert started with q double to right
and took third on 2. Wheat's long fiy
TO Burns. Fletcher threw out Hickman,
holding Jake on third. O'Mara walked
and on a delayed double steal, Daubert
scored. 1t was the fourth steal of the
day for the kid from Kerry Patch.
Doolan then surprised Causey by knock
ing a single to right scoring O'Mara.
Giants Count In sixth.
The Giants got one run In the sixth.
With one out Burns beat out a bunt
and Young singled Fletcher was hit
to Coombs. whose toss to Mack Wheat
forced Burns at the plate. Wheat threw
wild trying to complete a double play at
first base and Young scored. thinner
man then grounded to O'Mara. Zimm
hit to O'Mara three times in the pinches
in the afternoon game and twice double
play- resulted.
New York tied in the eighth. Nc.