The sun., 1919-07-20
DODGERS ROUT REDS
, IN TWELFTH INNING
Cincinnati Scores in Final
Frame, but Johnston's
Hit Decides Issue.
CAD0RE IS BATTLING
Leon Pitches Alright Ball in
Pinches-Thrilling Stops
Feature.
CADORE IS BATTLING
BY GEORGE n. UNDERWOOD.

BY GEORGE II. UNDEh"V
The Hindenburg Line. as the baseball
fans have nicknamed the Cincinnati In
feld-not through any unkindly allus'on
TO the Teutonic ancestry OF Dauoert'
Rath, Kopf and Groh. who compose II.
but in true American and sportsmanly
acknowledgment Of the strength OF the
German front that only the Yankees
could smash--held for eleven long, pal
plating innings at Ebbets Field yester-
day. only to be ripped asunder by
fierce Brooklyn bombardment In the
twelfth. Through the gap charged the
Dodgers and snatched a to 1 victory
j, from the very jaws of defeat.
For eleven heartbreaking innings. clus"
tered with crises. tense with thrills that
had the Brooklyn fans tumblng from
the heights of hope to the depths of
despair, only to bound up to the pin
nacled peaks again. Leon Galore and
Dutch Reuther crossed shoots In as keen
a pitchers duel as ever tried the heart
OF man.
Reuther pitched splendid ball: Galore
even better. But the mound wizardry
OF Cadore repeatedly was jeopardized by
threatened cracking of his defence. a
cracking that was all the more immi-
nent through the soggy field and the wet
ball, conditions that bred fumbles and
parented wild throws. For eleven fiercely
contested frames, however. Reuther and
his stonewall defence and Cadore and his
mastery pitching kept the plate from
being sullied with the foot of a hostile
fceman.
The Palpitating Twelfth.
r. Came the twclfth-with Defeats leer
suddenly being replaced by Victorys
'vinsome smile.
With two down in the twelfth and the
teams still deadlocked in a scoreless tie.
Jake Daubert, erstwhile Dodger. sent a
long triple booming to the right centre
field fence. 1t was the first real healthy
rap registered by the Reds of Cadores'
battling shoots. With Daubert on third
and two down Brooklyn fans were ner-
vous, but hopeful, for three times pre-
viously in the fray-first in the second.
then In the seventh and still again in the
tenth-had Cincinnati worked a runner
. around to third only to have Galore bar
the scoring way.
With the They shall not pass spirit
of the French at Verdun. Galore for
eleven innings had blocked the way;
Brooklyn fans looked for him to hold
tho bridge again. Leon undoubtedly
would have done so had not fate and the
wet ball interfered.
Groh sent an easy roller to Olson. The
wet ball slipped in Ivy's grasp and he
threw low to first. konetchy, however.
coolly picked the ball out of the dirt, and
then Just as Umpire McCormack's arm
was Jerking up in the gesture that meant
out" and no Cincinnati score-Big Ed
dropped the ball!
= On the error charged to Olson Daubert
crossed the plate with the run that at
the time appeared to have nullified all
of Cadore's mastery pitching. Brooklyn
hopes dropped lower than the dropping
plumes on the rain dsmpened hats Of
the Brooklyn bellies.
A Fighting Chance.
To be sure Brooklyn had a fighting
chance. but what slim one. thought
the fans, with Reuther's grand pitching
and the stonewall defence of baseball's
aforementioned Hindenburg line. 1t
looked all the more there would be no
changing OF the score, Cincinnati l..
Brooklyn o." when Ward. first up in
Brooklyn's half OF the twelfth, went out
on beautiful running catch by Roush.
But
Crash! Kruger launched the Flat
bush Fusileers off on drive through the
Hindenburg line with a sizzling smash
through Groh. Quick to sense the dying
: OPPORTUNITY, Field Marshal Robinson
sent Grimes In to run for Kruger and
ordered little Pete Kilduff in to bat for
Galore. The midget pinch hitter's policy
Of watchful waiting gained him four
balls and his base.
-Bleachers and grand stand beloved
loyal defiance at the Reds and urged
Olson 10 strike one more blow for
Brooklyn. The tow matched Swede re-
sponded with a Texas Lacquer. back of
short, to far out for Kopf or Rath.
100 far In for Roush or Bressler. 1t
filled the bases.
Last half OF twelfth. bases full one
run needed to tie and two TO win.
Johnston up,
Take a hold OF It. Jimmy, take a
hold of IT," wildly exhorted rotund
Robbie as he tried to do a war dance
in the coaching box. Take hold of
1t, Jimmy echoed the stands
Jimmy "Takes a HoId:"
Did Jimmy take a hold of it,? The
little old box score. two parasangs on
the starboard bow. will show Jimmy
did!
Crack! Sounded the ash on horse
hide Through the box went the
bounding ball in between Kopf and
Rath! Over the plate shot Grimes
with the tying run! Swooplng third
and down the home trail like a hunted
b. jackrabbit scooted little Kilduff with the
= triumphant tally! Wow! Brooklyn 2.
: Cincinnati 1T was all over!
% Gorgeous stops and throws by Groh.
RAth, Daubert, Olson and Johnston.
; glittering catches by Myers, Wheat
Roush and Bressler, a recovery from
. fail on the slippery turf and a swift
reg from a sitting up position by Ward
Z are some OF the things engraved in
the minds of the fortunate fans who saw
the game. but over everything. overshad-
owing all. was the mastery twirling OF
+ Galore.
Leon set the ramping Reds down witt,
/, seven scattered hits and only issued
\ two passes. His pitching in the pinches
Z was worthy OF the peerless Matty at
>, the crest OF his career. The box score
, will have to tell the rest. The score;
! CINCINNATI M BROOKLYN (NO
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