New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Flatbush Scores vicsur:
Over the Phillies and
Suburb Is 'sHet Up
BY w. I. Macbeth

OF Flatbush. Steve, the architect of
the McKeever millions and silent part.
ner of the Dodgers ever since the I'd
championship year-1916, no less--ha.
been living largely on Chubbie Char.
lies promises and representations "a,
that normal" year.
And Steve, who summoned up cour.
age enough to pay his first visit Of
two years to the Flatbush meadow YES
terday afternoon is now convinced
that that long heralded "normaln wear
for the Dodgers is we'll on the wing
He saw Uncle Robbis's lads take =
red hot game of ball from ,Jack
Coombs's Phillies by a score of to
1.-The fifth consecutive triumph. hv
the way, for the smashing, splashing.
rearing, tearing, dashing, daring bod.
gers.
Steve didn't have much to say when
it was all over. Indeed he was lust
about knocked speechless by the trans.
fguration of the band whose checks
he has helped pay since last he saw
them in the drab, bleak days of the
sible, too, that Steve's mind for the
moment was bent on architectural
play. His more vociferous partner
the c. H. Ebbets in question-is con-
fronted by a dilemma of how to crowd
$4,000 people into $4,000 seats.
Mad Rush Due Sunday
Seems everybody in Flatbush and
ten miles around is anxious to reserve
accommodations for Saturdays and
Sundays games at Ebbets Field. The
answer? Well, about half of it is the
grand baseball Brooklyn is playing at
the moment; the other half. McGraw
and his Giants. They have a sneaking
feeling in the borough at the wrong
end of the bridge that the hated
Giants, in the series which opens over
there this afternoon, are about to be
offered up as sacrifice.
A victory over the Giants to a
Brooklynite is quite as successful a
feat as a worlds series victory to most
any other town. Why the bugs even
rave and dote often over a mere pos
.sibility.
The business Office at Ebhets Field is
quite as sadly dilapidated as the rolling
stock of Kaiser Bill's railways the
closing weeks of the war, because OF
the early rush for holiday reserva-
tions. 1t recalls the October days of
1916, when the boys were warming up
for the worlds series. Looks as if
lot of folks are going to be disap-
pointed. Mr.. Ebbets is sorry now his
great favor if the city fathers would
permit him to throw out monster
bleachers across the confning streets
behind the left and right field walls.
AS to yesterdays sad blow to Colby
Jack Coombsa blow that carried
deeper to the poignant heart of Will
lam F. Baker, as the crowd. did not
measure quite up to holiday proper
it on the general ag-
sfessiveness of Uncle Robbie's tribe,
not forgetting the excellence of big
jeff Pfeffer's brawny right arm, nor
the deadly truncheon of little Tommy
Griffith. Said Griff broke out into
heavy, hitting rash that provided
enough runs for the occasion. Big jeff
saw to it that, once on Easy Street,
the enemy did not circumvent him.
AS to Mr.. Griffith. now. He was the
kick in the Dodger carbu-
rotor. One of the runs necessary he
furnished by driving the ball over the
fence. He helped with another, that
knocked the "P" out of the Piedmont
OF clearing for another circuit smash
by bare inches.
''Mule" Most Lucky
Well say the Mule" was lucky in
that first inning Olson scratched
safety down the third base line, but
was forced when Magee kit sharply to
the box after couple of buntation
failures. Griffith's terrific drive high
off the right field wall, which bounded
directly to Williams, would have been
good for three bases, sure, had Gala
han, backed up against the wall, not
acted very much as if he intended to
make a catch. He took a big gamble
on the carrom, which happened to 60
to Williams, and prevented possible
homer, the way Cal played it. Griffith
reached second, but Magee had to pull
up at third
Lee scored while Pearce was throw
ing out Zack Wheat. Myers hit one
like rife shot, but Watson stuck out
his paw, knocked it down and got HI
at first, shutting off another apparently
sure run.
But that luck wasn't a circumstance
to the horseshoes that pulled the
Mule" through the second. Konetchy
and Malone, the first two batters, botn
singled sharply to centre field On
a hit and run play Kruger connected
fairly and with great force. But Baird
made wonderful pickup on a blind
stab, tagged Honey on the line and
threw to Pearce in plenty of time to
double Malone. Pfeffer ended the in
ming with line drive to Williams.
There were two gone in the third
when Griffiths pulled curve in a long
oop over the right field wall. There
after the Dodgers chances were few
and far between.
Pfeffer looked just about ten million
dollars worth the first five rounds. In
the third he struck out the side in
order-Pearce, Adams and Watson.
Adams's fuky Texas Lacquer to right
put the first Phillie on with fone gone
IN the sixth. Hi Myers made pretty
running catch of Watson's wicked low
liner. Then Callahan walked. Williams
dropped a single into short right.
seams, who evidently intended to try
for the plate, fell after rounding
third. Williams ran on down to second,
where Callahan had pulled up when he
saw Adams slip. The Dodger infield
then went about retrieving the threat
sned disaster, as no two good bali
players can hold one base The upshot
was that Adams was finally killed off
when he made break for the plate to
protect Williams.
Pfeffer was finally taken for run
in the seventh. Whitted singled and