The sun., 1919-07-07
DODGERS UNABLE TO |
OVERTAKE BRAVES
Boston Bags Six Runs on
Grimes in First and Beats
Brooklyn 6 to A..
n, GEORGE n. UNDERWOOD.

with the help OF a first inning upris-
Ing by the Braves that Melted six runs
Albertus Demaree. who draws cartoons
when he isn't toling on the hurting hill
for George Stallinss, sketched 70
. victory over the Dodgers at Eobets
FIELD yesterday.
After the fatal first Boston runs were
scarcer than bartenders at meeting
OF the women's Tenpsrance Union, tor
Al Mamspx STOOD the Boston pstsmen
on their educated domes for the next
SIX innings and sherry Smith kept the
Braves away from the plate in the last
two frames. But the six runs BurlelSh
Grimes Kpotted the hired men Of George
Graut in the first inning, spilled the
beans and left too big a gap Tor the
Dodgers to cut down.
II the hound hadn't stopped to chase
the rabbit he might have holed the toN'
and IL Uncle Wllbert Robinson hadn't
tarted the game with Burieigh Grimes
and had opened with Al Mamaux IN.
stead. he might have shared the DAN
game. But after trying out Bprleigh
in the last two innings OF Friday
game the stocky right handler apparent
" seemed entirely recovered from his
recent toHsil carving operation and
ready for active mound duty. SO Rob-
bic "siccsd'' him on the Braves yester-
day.
The Braves promptly got their tona-
hawks out of hook and proceeded TO
belt Burleigh something shamefutly.
They jolted him with Ave singles and
o double, coaxed two passes from him
and thumped six runs across the plate
before Robbie woke UP TO the fact u
wasn't Burleighs day and rushed Ma
maux to the rescue.
Mamaux Is Baming.
Al was injected into the fray with
two out, two on and Rawlings up. The
former Pirate spiked the rally by cars-
ing Johnny to carve three huge slices out
of the ambient atmosphere.
Then for six innings MamaYx bo~ied
the Boston batsmen over three in row.
With rifle bullet speed, Alice the beauu-
full cloak model curves, fine change OF
pace and superb control, Mamaux had
the Braves swinging Ike the proHeroial
gate He famed six, yielded only three
scratch hits. and from pitching view
point acted something seandalous. Only
nineteen men faced him in the six ana
| one-third innings he toiled, The four
Braves who did succeed in getting on
| base all were csuSh mapping OF stsSH'is,
Mitchell bstted for Mamanx IN the sew
enth and Smith went in the bex In the
eighth and turned the Braves back score
| less in the last two frames.
After Boston's six run avalanche IN
| the first the Dodgers slowly stirred out
Of their letharsy and tried manfully to
cut down the big gap. A three sack soak
by Jimmy Johnston and Griffith's sac
rifce ~ bagged one Brooklyn run IN
the first and a savage Brooklyn rally
| in the sixth, in which the Dodgers
| punched three singles and a home run
Melted three more tallies. Then Demaree
| stiffened and turned the Dodgers back.
Brooklyn played sluggish baseball In
the early innings. but gradually woke up
and put some snap and ginger into their
work Olson and Wheat in the frst
frame failed to run out hits, and Ward
| in the second just logged from frst to
second on Millers drive TO centre that
Riggert corrslled only after a sensa
| tional shoestring catch. Two were down
OF the time. Had the ball eluded Riggert
| Wards somnolence would have cost
| Brooklyn dearly