The sun., 1919-05-07
DODGERS, RUNS IN
RUCK, WIN II TO 9
Pound Three Pitchers and
Overcome Philadelphia's
Big Early Lead.
Ky GEORGE II. UNDERWOOD.


The league leading Dodgers had a Sc
we're attack OF presentation fever at Eb-
bets Field yesterday. To begin with
they presented Colby Jack Coombs, their
erstwhile mate, now manager of the
Phillies, n splendid automatic shotgun.
Then they presented Jack with a beau
tiful silver tea set. With the spirit of
brotherly love and fraternal generosity
stu throbbing In their breasts the
Dodgers presented the Phillies with a
seven run lead. n sextet of counters in
the first and another tally in the second
for good measure.
Then the Dodgers started the reverse
English and presented them a fearful
lambnsting. The final obseques read,
Brooklyn II. Philadelphia 9.
After having Joe Oeschger turn them
back with the bases full in the first and
bowl 'em over three In n row In the
second, the Dodgers opened up with a
terrific bomhardment In the third and
shelled Joe off the peak with a barrage
of three singles. double and triple.
which with two passes and sacrifice
fly snatched six runs from the Phlllies
All pitchers looked alike to the Brook
lyns. Keeping up their terrific hitting,
the Dodgers hammered Mike Prender-
CAST all over Flatbush in the fourth,
fifth. sixth and seventh. and jolted Fair
cloth. recruit from the middle West.
for pair OF singles in the eighth. All
told fifteen bingles. including q brace Of
doubles and pair OF triples. bounced off
the Brooklyn bludgeons. Every man In
the Brooklyn lineup got one or more
hits. It was Some" batting spree.
Grimes Wins Game.
It took Burlelgh Grimes twenty-nine
innings TO down the Phillies but, by HEX,
he did II! Burleigh started last Wednes-
day in Philadelphia when he hooked up
In pitching duel with Oeschger that
went twenty innings TO draw. Joe and
Burleigh resumed their box battle yes
terday. with results convincingIy told by
the old box score.
Twelve thousand persons saw Burleigh
get away to a heartbreaking start. Four
Philly hits were mixed up with an orgy
or brooklyn errors. Olson and Magee
spilled boobies all over Ebbets Field, six
runs resulting. After Cy Williams lifted
homer high and dry over the right
field wall in the second Burleigh
frightened up and baffled the Phillies till
the eighth, when one more error by
Magee. who had a frantic day in the
field, let In another Phllly marker. Bur
leigh checked a Philadelphia rally In the
ninth after a run had been scored.
The soul stirring. old fashioned rough
and tumble Suggest took well with the
Brooklyn fans, who forgot the FIRST in
ming fielding breaches in the seething
joy OF the Brooklyn batting saturnalia
that followed.
Qunkers Obtain Big Lead.
The awful first frame will be passed
over as briefly and painlessly as pos
sible. Suffice It 10 say that an error
by Olson and pair by Magee were ac-
compan!ed by four hits. a pass and six
Philadelphia runs. Then Cy Williams.
first up In the second, pranced up to
the plate and smacked one right over
the garden wall II looked like a Wa
terloo for Brooklyn.
But the Dodgers absolutely refused to
stay down. Starting the third Olson
walked and Magee singled Griffith
doubled, scoring Ivy and putting Lee on
third. Wheat's sacrifice NY registered
Magee. Griffith took third when Pearce
threw out Myers. Then the Brooklyr
bombardment started all over again
Koretchy singled. scoring Griffith. Ma
lone's sharp liner took a wicked bound
away from Callahan for three bases.
konetchy scoring. Miller walked. The
wind carried Grimes's smash away from
Callahan for two bases. Malone and
Miller scoring. Oeschger tossed out
Olson, ending the agony.
Dodgers TIE Score in Fourth.
Two passes. Wheat's single and an
infield out gave tho Dodgers the tieing
run in the fourth. Olson and Magee
singled in the nth. and on double
steal Ivy came home with the run that
put the Dodgers In front Wheat singled
and stole in the sixth, and was tripled
home by Konetchy A sacrifice by
Grimes. Sickings almost excusable boot
Magees sacrifice and Griff'th's single
gave the Dodgers two runs in the sew
en,b Tha PhlIIiez threatened in tho