The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-30
BROOKLYN BARRAGE
DEFEATS PHILLIES
Konetchy, With Four Singles
and Triple, Bats Dodgers to
Victory, 3 to 4.
ny GEORGE b. UNDERWOOD.

With Ed Konetchy. the Big Siege Gun,
leading tho bombsrdment, the Flatbush
Fusileers unlimbered the heavy artillery
at Ebbets Field yesterday, submitted
two of Jack Coombs's pet hurlers TO n
terrific barrage Of fifteen roaring hits
and buried the Phillies in the debris Of
a 3 to 4 defeat.
While not quite equalllng last weeks
feat of Humping Tommy Griffith. who
made three singles. double and n homer
in five times up. Konetchy committed as
sault and battery on Southpaw. Packard
and Right Handler Woodward. With
four singles and a triple, Ed compiled
the fat batting percentage of 1000 for
the afternoon. The Big Bohemian scored
twice himself and drove three of his
mates across the plate. Konetchy sin
gled each of the three times he faced
Packard. He greeted Woodward with
another single in the seventh and In his
last effort in the eighth struck the dead
Hest blow of all. three base wallop to
right centre that scored Zachariah Wheat
from first.
The Phillies took somewhat kindly to
the southside slants Of Sherrod Smith,
nicking his delivery for ten lusty swats
including the lone hit Cactus Cravath.
leading batsman OF the league, has made
during the series. 1t was n triple to the
centre field exit gate that brought home
Pearce and Meusel and tied the score In
the seventh inning. with the Dodgers
fairly killing the offerings of Packard
and Woodward. Smith could afford to
go along under double wraps. He was
hit hard. but never let the Philles get
out OF his grasp.
Clean Sweep for Dodgers.
The triumph gave the Dodgers a clean
sweep on the three game series. 1t was
the NTH victory In six tries since the re-
turn from the West. 1t boosted Brook
lyn's percentage in the National League
standing UP to the 500 notch and pulled
the Dodgers peg nearer the coveted
berth in the Arst division. The Dodgers
have day OF rest to-day before going
to the Polo Grounds Tomorrow for q
three game series with the Giants. They
will return to Ebbets Field on July for
morning and afternoon games with the
Braves. which open a long home stand.
The combination of hard hitting and
sharp and brilliant fielding furnished
just the right food for the $1,000 fans
that gathered In the Flatbush ball yard
Singles by Baird and Sticking, fol-
lowed by Packard's timely hit after
Myers had made his aforementioned cor
raj OF Cady's fly, sent the Phillies away
to one run lead in the second. The
Dodgers. however. tied the score in their
half OF tho frame when Wheat doubled
to left. went to third on Pearces toss
out Of Myers and registered on Ko-
netchy's hot bounder over second,
Smiths wlnging OF Luderus. two
base wild throw by Johnston and Cadys
sacrifice fly sent the Phillies out in
front again in the fourth. Brooklyn
bagged two runs In the fifth and forged
to the fore. Olson singled and stole
second. Ivy held the bag on Johnstons
single to centre. thinking Meusel might
make n shoe string catch. Griffths
we'll planted rap to right registered
Olson and put Johnston on third, from
whence he scored on Wheat's single
to starboard.' Packard glued on TO
Myers low liner. and Wheat was
doubled up.
The Dodgers added another In the
sixth on Konetchy's single and Mil
ler!s smoking hit that bounded past
Whitfield to the fence. Otto completed
the circuit. but failed to touch second
and was thrown out, Whitfield to
Pearce to Cady &c Sticking
Teams Tied in seventh.
whitted's single, Grinith's muff, a
forceout at third and Cravath's triple
in the seventh tied things up again
In the last half of the inning a savage
rally on Woodward, who had been
rushed to the rescue OF Packard In the
sixth. netted three runs and the lead
for Brooklyn. A pass to Wheat, singles
by Myers and Konetchy, wild pitch,
Wards sacrifice. Baird's wild throw and
Smiths sacrifice fly turned the trick.
The Dodgers fattened their score with
two more runs in the eighth on singles
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