The Washington herald., 1918-09-07

One round-the seCond-upset Bullet
Joe Bush. Three tallies arrived on
foCT hits and one pass, ard il Bullet
JCS suffered from shell shock II was
EOt apparent in the subsequent
TUunCs. He pitched great ball In the
fourth and sixth, the only times the
CUBS threatened him. Tyler was a
tight Uad. all right. Four singles
marked the progress of the visitors
With the bat until the ninth, when.
with no reason at all. Strunk and
Whitcman busted triples in rapid sue
CCs-iOn.
y tv.o-base blow by Bill Eillefer In
the sccOGd UPSET Bush. and Bill is
terribly proclaimed the conquering
hero.
No wonder Bill smote that two
bacECT. He had just had his eye
cleaned cut by old Doc Merkle. In
tho first half Of the second Stuffy
MCInnis hunted along the first base
line Quite a mob of Cubs assembled
to field the pill and some party un-
knorgn kicked a quantity of dirt in
Eill's left lamp. Several athletes tried
to diy stuff out. Mc-kle finally bOr-
rovcd 9 handkerchief. treated a cor
ncr OF the fabric Cs Though he in
tended to throry Il 5pit-ball, and what
ever il vas in the eye, the eye yielded
to this novel treatment. Doc Merkle
held his clinic at the home plate 80
that all might see how it was done.
The applause was deafcning.
Those three tallies in the second
aToU-ed the ire of Coach Wagner,
opering third base. He and F. Otto
Knabc, official barker for the Cubs.
had been squcwl:inS at each other
Stree the start of the gentle pastime.
At the close Of the second, Knabe
invited Wagner under the stand.
Wagner not only went; he grabbed
Otto by the arm and dragged him
along through the dugout A guy
might as well try to wrestle a depth
bomb. The chunky Knabe upset
Wagner ard mopped up considerable
: dirt with the broad back of the
Boston coach. Cub reserves dragged
the scrapp apart just as a patrol
of four CT five Red Sox dashed across
No Mans Land to the rescue.
The umpire5 paid no attention to
the frlcas. What's the use? Let the
boys fight. That is what they have
got to do, or work. as soon as the
series ends. Being ball players Knabe
and Wagner indulged in bit Of pre-
liminary practice. More power to
them il they really intend to fight.
Knabe does his barking at first base
opposite the visitors kennel. For an
inning or two the Red Sox non-es-
sentials in the dugout made faces at
Otto but none offered to bite.
Some inside baseball was intro
ducsd by both sides in the first
inning. Hooper walked and Shean
struck out as Hooper started to
steal. Shean stuck up his bat and
Killifer's throw caromcd of the
stick and fell dead in the middle of
the arena. For that Hooper was
called out and the Cubs got credit
for a double pIny. though Hooper
reached second on the interference.
In the home half Amos Strunk job
bed HollOCher with a trick play.
The latter was on first when Mann
sEiCd to center. Strunk caught the
ball, dropped it purpOseIy. and
forced HOllochcr ct second. This
stunt put the fastest runner in the
Cub stable on first. but Paskert did
nothing for the major. Dode skied
to left.
The fatal humping Of Bullet Joe
In the second opened softly with a
pass to Merkle. That wasn't much
of a bump. Pick bunted toward
third base and Able Seaman Thom-
as came in to do his duty. but the
pill duckeG into the trough of the
sea and rolled on toward the bag.
Deal tried to sacrifice, changed his
mind and popped to Shean. Next
came Bill KfIlifer with his recent
", scraped and cleaned eyeball He
clouted the first pitch for two
bases. Merkle scoring. Tyler polk
cd a single to center on which Pick
and killifcr counted. Agnew walk
ed out to meet the peg home and
relayed Tyler out going to second.
Flack beat hopper to McInnis
and was nipped stealing.
In the fourth Merkle reached
second on Whiteman's mum Of a
fly. Picks bunt to Eush killed
Merkle at third. Deal skied to right
and Agnew stopped Pick stealing.
Hollocher led with a triple in the
sixth. Scott threw Mann out. hold
ing HollOcher at third. Paskert
hit to Scott and his throw stopped
HoIlocher at the plate. Merkle then
singled, sending Paskert to third.
Markle was nippcd in the attempt
ed double steal. !.
The triples of Strunk and White
man in the ninth created an up
roar. One run in. a man at third
and none out. Tyler tossed McInnis
out at first. Scott walked Dubuc
went on for Thomas and famed.
schang who had relieved Agnew in
'he eighth. flied to Hollocher.