New-York tribune., 1919-05-27

Dodgers, the penSlVe PlttSburGh Fir;
Giants at the Polo Grounds yesterd
Pirates annoyed the Giants considera
only in the eighth inning, when Ru
prospects, allowed himself to be rapI
to heave the ball into the stands, lie
the pensive Pirates come within one
Mr. Bezdek s pensive pirates muster
several faces that looked familiar, hav
ing beamed above the uniforms of other
greater New York clubs. Cutshaw and
Stengel were popular across the Bridge
VIXEN they were members of the Dodger
team that won a pennant and tossed
worlds series. Big Ed Sweeney was
unpopular as an expensive ornament
Of n former Yankee team.
The trouble with Big Edward as a
Yankee was that he required too large
a retinuc when he played ball. With
some one to hit for him, some one else
to run for him and another player to
60 after all fouls landing more than
three feet from the plate, Edward was
able to get through a game. But the
low player limit made it impossible for
the Yankees to carry him and he went
to Toledo, at which place he was capt
urcd without a struggle by the Pi-
rates.
Lew McCarty started the serious
trouble for Wilbur Cooper with his
home run in the second. AS home
run it wasn't so much. 1t just lobbed
itself into the right field stands by
foot. If somebody could have moved
the stands back just about two feet
Casey Stengel would have been right
under the ball. But the right field
stands at the Polo Grounds were built
10 stay.
Inserts Timely Homer
The inning started with q swpe
through short by Heinie Zim, which was
followed by a drive to centre by Art
Fletcher Zimmerman tried to get all
the way to third, but was pegged yard
from the bag. This was the moment
chosen by McCarty for the home run
which scored himself and Fletcher
The pensive Pirates got their first
run in the third inning largely through
erratic conduct on the part of young
Al Baird, who is holding down second
during the convalescence of Larry
Doyle from the effects of collision
with baseball. Bigbee was safe when
Baird juggled his poke and Terry got
to the bag when Baird made a wild
heave TO Chase. Bigbee scored on a
single by Stengel.
In the piratical portion of this inn
ing, Mr. Wilbur Cooper went very wild
indeed He passed Burns and Young in
rapid succession. Then he juggled
light tap by Chase, filling the bases
with Giants and the Pirates with gloom.
He followed this by giving Baird
base on balls, forcing Burns home for
run.
At this stage of the pastime halt
was called, while all the pensive Pirates
clustered around the pitcher for con-
sultation. The result of the consulta-
tion was a unanimous agreement that
1t was dark and gloomy world any
how, and the general drab outlook
would not be lightened in any appreci-
able manner by the taking out of
Cooper. Young scored on Zimmerman's
Ay to centre.
Sub" Starts Rally
The Pirates looked so tame that
Ruoe Benton started to dream of his
farm in the Carolinas. He was worry
ing about how much his cotton crop
would bring when he was rudely
awakened by Barbara, pinch hitter,
who started batting rally of no small
dimensions. Barbara went in for Terry
and with one out clouted the ball to
centre. Casey Stengel got his Gus
tomary swipe to right field. Smith hit
to centre and scored Barbara.
The Rube began to look intensely
worried. What with his agricultural
problems and the vexing problems of
the diamond the spring day was being
absolutely spoiled for him. Cutshaw
forced Smith at second and life began
TO look more tolerable to the Rube.
Mollwitz bumped one right into his
hands. The Rube received it coolly
and was nonchalantly heavng it. to
first when the ball took a wild hop
and got away from Chase altogether.
started to follow him. But Chase re-
Stengel dashed home and Cutshaw
trleved the ball and pegged Cutshaw
ct the plate.
The dependency of the pensve
Pirates emphasized the speed of the
! Giants, who staged couple of rapid
hre double plays. The fastest of these
vas IN the seventh, when Big I'd
Sweeney poked twister to Chase with
boeckei or. Chase made d beautiful
STOP heaYed to second. mailing Boeckel,
an stepped back TO the bag in time to
receive the return throw from letcher.
henry Fabian seemed wroth over the
return OF Sweeney to the Polo Grounds.
IT seems that Big Edward marred
the contour of the well-kept grounds
b. shutting an unsightly path be-
tween the dugout and the home plate.
He seldom got out of this rut and he
Kept Henry constantly filling in the
ditch that he shufhed.