New-York tribune., 1918-04-27

farce of the National League race
tainly, Brooklyn is not going to rer
Over at the Ebbets Field pastured
yesterday afternoon and before the
h;reest assemblage of She season New
York smeared Wilbert Robinson's nom
,.script aggregation by the ungentle
GORE Of II to 5. 1t was a double record
.o- the season. 1t marked the ninth
consecutive triumph for the Giants; it
,oelled the ninth consecutive defeat for
The Dodgers.
New York's behavior was little short
Of cruelty to animals. 1t was
case of an irresistible force meeting
very mobile body. Whenever the
Harlemites needed I few runs they
vent out and speared them: plucked
ly as city boy up in a grouch's cherry
tres picks cherries. They hit all man
mar Of pitching Uncle Wilbert Robin
,ou had TO offer and Robbie offered all
ne had.
Ii, was a sad day indeed for
Charles H. Ebbets and spoiled for him
the holiday setting of Flatbushers in
good, round numbers who had paid
general admission as we'll as war
tax. Sometimes this year Charlie has
been able to enthuse as long as three
sr four innings. Indeed, the day be-
fore he had q tremor or two of inter
day his whole afternoon was ruined
right at the start. From almost the
drst ball pitched by Mitchell it was a
daughter of the innOcentS
Dirigibles Wave Salute
Aside from the Giants celebration,
Liberty Day was observed with num-
them impromptu. A company of Naval
Militia, guests of the contending clubs,
gave drill on the playing field prior,
70 the game. Two military dirigible
balloons from Manhattan, in the first
inning few almost directly over the
field. The aerial crews waved greet
ing. Clarence Mitchell, highly re-
garded southpaw of the Dodgers, took
ihe greeting to heart He went right
along up there after the navigators.
Nor should he be ccnsured for this.
Mitchell was making his curtain bow
to the sport till Kaiser Bill has been
herded into his Berlin palace. He left
to join the colors Immediately after
the game.
Uncle Robbie couldn't be blamed for
trying to get an extra days work out
OF Mitchell. The army is calling his
trained athletes so fast these days that
Robinson, the Ebbetses and McKeevers
may all have to get into uniform before
the end Of next week. 1t is necessary
to keep nine men in uniform to protect
franchise. In this connection it seems
crying shame that team Of the nat
ural strength of the champions keeps
ldlIng on its bench wealth of substi-
sute material. Brooklyn will have lost
omething like fourteen players to war
service by tomorrow night. New York,
ateam stronger than a year ago, when
it spread-eagled the field. and which is
facing a new field depleted by losses,
has lost no one so far, and is likely to
lose no more.
Dave Robertson is lost from last
years championship lineup, it is true,
yet his was voluntary retirement. He
Is not in service, as has been intimated.
Anyhow. if Davy were on hand he
probably would be just one more Of
those bench warmers mentioned above.
Ross Young has arrived to stay.
Young Stars Again
If yesterdays game had been any
hing but debacle a good column and
half or so might be written of this
same youngster Young. His work with
the bat fell a Jrifie short of the execu-
son Of the previous day, but still was
thing Of beauty and joy forever.
aoss in five times at bat made two
singles and triple. His hits were all
clean. Two of them were registered off
sauthpaw offerings, which established
an alibi against the charge that pre-
esded Young here, to the effect that he
Sas short on southpaw twirling.
When Young reported to McGraw he
Sas batter of the shift type. That
y, he hit left handed against port
sanders and right handed against port
aders. McGraw saw in him the nat
sral hitter and told him to bat from
ne first base side of the plate on all
occasions, as Cobb and Speaker and
Baker and Jackson and Collins do.
foung will be vastly improved sticker
~ the new style if yesterdays frenzy
70 be taken seriously. The young
gentleman is the acme Of art in the
ned, though he did not show at his
Seas yesterday. Few patrols outside
sasey Stengel ever were able to handle
ne assignment of that treacherous sun
neia. Little Ross messed up a couple
ei ny balls that would have been very
Easy Tor him under ordinary circum-
stances.
With his bludgeon he more than
made up for the errors. He started the
s11ve that knocked Mitchell out of the
n so1 before a Giant had been retired.
nu contribution was pretty single to
syshsrs. Kauff hit TO the same spot,
n2ns doubled to left and Zimmerman
singled to centre. Three runs were in,
man ON first and none out when Bur-
sss'sn Grimes was rushed to the rescue;
zimmerman scored moment later on
0,yies single through Schmandt.
Tor the next four innings Grimes
aswed down the Giant batters with
s.soicaioas ease. Only once was he
.arcatened. Rariden doubled to left
sn,re, starting the second, bat he was
saassed off the midway when Daubert
hh.A1s iine one-handed clutch of
osmsree's bant fly.
re Giants cinchcd the game with
..M more runs in the sixth, which
gosed 70 Burleigh Crimes that it is
s.se ~ Hsight OF folly TO get TOO familiar
H1 . bizz. saw. Burleigh got off bad
walking Burns. Zim sacrificed
saa q Doyie drove in George with sim
- tSrough the box. Fletcher also
ss.1s's1. On pretty hit~and-run play
As ~ shot single between O'Mara
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