New-York tribune., 1919-09-08
'Phillies Make
Robins Travel
For Even Break
Big Crowd Sees Teams Bat
tie to Draw in Final Ex-
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By Raw Mccarthy

About the largest crowd that has
filed through the turnstiles Of Ebbets
Field this year saw the Dodgers break
even in their first Sunday double
header ever staged on the Flatbush lot.
The Flatbushers were beaten in the
first, after battling for eleven innings,
by S-to-2 score. They managed to
get the decision in the second game,
to 1. 1t was the last chance Brook
lynites had to see their prides in
action for the 1919 season. They saw
them play two snappy contests with
the much abused Phillies.
Wild heering-boisterous we might
say, -,handcclapping and all the gala
stuff, despite the heat was spread over
the entire park, making the day seem
twice as warm as it was. The Phillies
themselves were dazed They hadn't
expected this kind of reception, espe-
| cially in the last contest here of the
year. Thinking they were replaying
the world series, they went out and
played a mile beyond their stride. It
took the very best efforts Of the locals
70 hold them to an even break.
First Game Lively
The first struggle was the jazziest
1t was spicily played, it contained nu-
merous hair-raising stunts, and it was
anybody's game clear out to the eleventh
inning.
A wild throw by Hi Myers helped
prolong the issue. Hi otherwise was a
tower of strength on the local defence
during the whole afternoons entertain
ment.
The most stupendous stunt was a
kor k-bc nd <ol1 III
field scoceboard by Callahan of Krue-
gers drive, which snutfed out q prob
able homer and saved his team from
defeat in the first contest. This grab
was made in the seventh inning Hi
Myers made very spectacular one
hand stab Of loft from Paulette's bat
in the sixth period of the second which
prevented run. He nailed the sphere
knee high from the ground after Hick-
man had backed away to let him grab it,
Brooklyn got a flying start in the
opening session. Two we're out and
Griffith Was on first, having singled.
Zach Wheat then snote the ball far
and high over the right field fence, Civ
ing the Robins ii two-run lead. After
that the Ebbots crew were helpless be-
fore the fling of the eyeglass tw;rler,
Lee Meadows. After the fourth Lee al
owed rot the least semblance of a
safe blow. During the eleven innings
he was nickcd for but four Pretty
good Ecaving that.
I.ieutenant Leon Cadnre was pretty
good himself, al hough not nearly so
mncn so as his opponent. Neverthe-
less. Icon kept out OF trouble fairly
well unti the final period. He Was
CIR rather one of his pitches was
spanked into the rocks in certrcheld
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earned three bases on tha. wallop and
scored while Williams and Meusel were
being retired. In the fifth Bancroft
doubled and Tailed on Pauiettc's sin
gle to centre, Myers aided the Philly
in his flight by throwing over Krueger's
head.
Williams Beats Bunt
Things remained IA her quiet from
this time until the eleventh. Williams
then beat out perfect bunt and
scored on Meuseps vicious slash to
right, which went as a triple. Meusel
was nailed at the plate on Luderus's
tap to Olson.
The teams came and went for six
innings in the second game before any
runs were produced. Johnston startled
the gathering with belt on the seam
for a single in the sixth. While
Myers was at bat tall Eppa Rixey un-
corked a wild pitch that would have
cut the legs off of the Brooklyn batter
had he not hoped into the air just
in time. The ball shot to the stand
and Johnston shot to third.
Myers then flied out. and when Zach
Wheat hit to Paulettc and Johnston
was run down between third and home
it looked as if the Dodgers had passed
up fine scoring chance. But Wheat
had gotten to second on the play on
Johnston. and Konetchv came to the
rescue with ponderous blow to far
left that brought Zach home. Kildutf
followed with another hard drive to
left, and Honey came in.
Pfefer continued his alright pitch
ing and was never in any great danger
The score:
FIRST GAME
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