New-York tribune., 1919-04-22

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A few thousand faithful denizens Of
Flatbush turned out to look over the
athletes that will represent this thriv-
ing young suburb for the season. They
were extremely critical, so much so
that the face of the good old Squire
Ebbets was clouded with grief. The
grief was intensified when the good
old Squire counted up the gate re-
oeipts. They were not what he had
expected in view of the fact that this
has been heralded as a "rat baseball
year. However, there W another
exhibition to-day unless merciful
rain intervenes.
1t may be consoling to the residents
of Flatbush to know that their team
is not really as bad as it looked yes
terday. Disaster kicked the Flatbush
Fusilliers in the Stats right at the
start. Ivan Ivory Olson, the terrible
Scandinavian who operates at short,
was responsible for the flock of mis-
fortune and after the first inning the
Dodgers. like the girl on the screen,
never had a chance.
Yanks Use Three Pitchers
The outlook for the Yanks was par
ticularly clipper. Three of the hurl-
key shut the Dodgers out, while Thor
mahlen held what slugging material
Robbie may have to one scratchy hit
and one real wallop. The fielding (f
the 1anks was smooth and beautiful
to watch. Home Run Baker was nail
ing everything that come near third
and whipping them over to Pipp. Old
Roger Peckinpaugh made one beaut-
tul stop and threw to first after he
had Topped to the dirt in d dive to
spear the ball.
The American Leaguers smothered
the Dodgers in the first when they got
groggy. Samuel Wick began it with a
single to left. Peckinpaugh sacrificed
and Mamaux made a wild heave to
first which let the Yank shortstop ar
rive in safety. A passed ball sent both
runners along. Pipp beat out an in
field hit, scoring Wick and putting
Peckinpaugh on third. Baker got a
base on balls. With Pratt out on
pop fly Lewis drove one to Magee, who
iielded beautifully and threw to force
Baker at second. Ivan Ivory Olson
dropped the ball and Peckinpaugh
scored.
After Lamar had struck out Truck
Hannah sent slow roller in the di-
rection of the vulnerable Ivan Ivory
Olson. The terrible Scandinavian
booted the ball and Hannah was safe
while Pipp came bounding in across
the pan.
lie oIher TWO runs came to the
Yanks in the seventh. O'Doul cot on
when Grimes made bad throw to first
Wick forced the st. Patrick's Day ac-
QUESTION of the Yankees. 1t was then
that Old Reliable Roger Peckinpaugh.
who wallops when wallop is needed.
drove two-bagger to left, sending
Nick to third.
When Walter Pipp stepped up to the
plate young man with couple of
p1 <to
French Ambulance Service on his
shoulder remarked: "It would be worth
the trip across to come home lust in
time to see Walter make hit" The
soldier was Walter Pipp's younger
brother, who had been across since the
beginning of the war and who had lust
returned in time to set the train to
Fiatbush.
Triple for Pipp
The wish hardly had been spoken
when the crack of the Pipp bat woke
the echoes in that particular section
OF Flatbush The ball ambled out
through right centre, closely pursued
by couple Of outfielders, and before
1t could be retrieved Walter Pipp was
on third and the soldier brother was in
ecstasies.
The Dodgers got their lone run off
Thormahlen. Myers beat out hit that
reohlnpaugh almost proke MS neck to
nail. He went to second on the throw
in of Olson's long fly, which was beau
tifully fielded by Duffy Lewis With
O'Mara out, Mack Wheat drove the first
clean hit scored against Yankee
pitcher that afternoon and Myers
scored.
The exhibition demonstrated for the
most part the undesirablity of exhibi.
tIons. The crowd was sparse and crit.
ical, especially of the Brooklyn Dodg-