New-York tribune., 1919-06-26
'McCraw Uses 1
Four Pitchers, /
|. But Loses, 9-4
Causey Batted Out in First
Inning, When Brooklyn
Team Piles Up Six Runs

Having heard, since their return from
the West. that the Yankees are winning
ball games by the wholesale py gettinr
bunch Of hits and batch of runs ;r
the early stages of the game ths
Dodgers have decided to try the sams
tactics. The scheme worked out so we'll
Tuesday in the second game that Man.
ager Robinson put it into execution in
the very first inning of yesterday
clash with the Giants at Ebbet's Field
with the result that the BROOKLYN out.
mt won an easy game by 3 to 4.
Zero hour ng1 no sooner arrived rs.
the barrage was laid down. Cecil
Causey, who started the pitching for
the Giants, was greeted with a slam
to left by Olson. Johnston then belted
one that hugged the left field foul line
all the way past third and headed for
the fence. George Burns stationed him.
self for the rebound from the grand.
stand, but no rebound came.
The ball skinned along the wall.
with George in mad pursuit, and by the
time he got his hands on it in ths
remotest corner. Johnston and Olson
had Tailed. When Tommy Griffith, who
had another field day at bat with three
wallops, crashed into right for a double.
Causey was beckoned to the showers.
Schupp Fails as Rescuer
Ferdie Schupp took his place on the
mound, and the first move Ferdie made
after throwing couple to Gonzales
was tc duck a shot from Wheet's bat.
which sped like a bullet into centre
field. His composure ruffled, Ferdie
moved to the back part of the mound
to start his throw. Myers hit to Doyle.
whose throw hit Fletcher on the leg
as he fitted over to the bag to receive
and double. A pass to Konetchy filed
the bases:
lull ensued while Fitzsimmons
whitfield. On the third strike the
Brooklyn player breezed just across
the rubber, and Umpire Byron called
it ball. it being the fourth Loud
protests from the Harlem tribe evoked
an appeal to Harrison. who said no"
and Byron reversed his decision.
Brooklyn players then clustered about
to effect sanother change, but Byron
remained obdurate.
The bonn mbardment was resumed when
Miller hit to left centre Benny Kauff
galloped after the ball and made a
desperate lunge after it with his
gloved mitt. The ball stuck, but by
the time Benny had recovered his bal
ance Wheat had counted The Giants
were indeed desperate now, and when
Cheney chopped over Chase's head, in
short right, Hal made a wild lean
backward after a short run.
The ball struck his outstretched
hand. rolled down his arm and dropped
to earth before he could grasp it. II
was wonderful but futile try. Olson,
on his second appearance, gave the Nc
Graw clan breathing spell by lifting
to Chase.
Frisch at Third Base
Schupp was replaced by Pat Ragan
in the fifth after two more runs had
been scored off him in the fourth
and Ragan was later benched in favor
of Jess Winters.
Frank Frisch, the Fordham star, was
given a chance in the fifth inning,
taking Zim's place at third. The young
ster is exceptionally fast and shapes
up like hitter. He failed to hit safely,
but raped the ball hard.
The only inning in which the Polo
grounc~ s threatened TO any extent
was the eighth. In this frame they
obtained three runs. Burns doubled
to right and Young followed with a
blow to left. Fletcher's high bounder
got away from Fitzsimmons, Burns
scoring. Doyle's fly to centre allowed
Young to move to third, and Kauff
brought him home with a nit Chases
drive to centre sent Fletcher in
The score: