New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08
|Elliott's Wild
Throwing Puts
Leaders to Rout
Catcher Permits Pittsburgh
to Score at Will; Adams
Is Winner by Z to o

Harold "ROWdy" Elliott was In there
throwing the baseball around for the
Dodgers at Ebbcts Field yesterday, and
as result the pestiferous Pittsburgh
Pirates again defeated the leaders,
after day lay-oif, by score of
to 0. Little Mr.. Elliott threw the
ball just three times, and five runs
came trcklng across the plate.
"Rowdy" simply had to throw the
ball. as the Pirates were doing nothing
all afternoon but trying to put over
double steals. Naturally, there were
two men out on each occasion. The
first wild heavc came in the first in
ming and Melted only one run; the sec
ond misdirected toss sent over two
runs in the second. and the third
strong-arm shot added another pair in
the sixth. The last two Pittsburgh
runs in the seventh were legitimate.
While all this was going on Babe"
Adams, the hero of worlds series of
long ago--1909, to be eXact-was out
there throwing the baseball for Pitts
burgh. But the Babe was throwing
them across the plate and past the
Brooklyn batters. So effectively was
the old warhorse sizzling them over
that the Dodgers could get only six
hits off him, no two of which came in
one inning.
Few Chances for Losers
The Brooklyn chances for scoring
we're rare and far between, and on the
few opportunities that did present
themselves the paccmakers failed mis-
erably the usual procedure being to
hit into double plays. 1t was the
| Adams of yore who turned back Rob
bie's boys yesterday.
Sherrod Smith started to pitch for
the Dodgers, but it was a torrid after
noon (before it started to rain), and
the southpaw simply melted away after
what the Pirates did to his offerings as
what Elliott did with the baseball,
whenever he got it. that fastened
Smiths departure. True, the Buc-
cancers got several hits Off him, but it
was Elliott's unrestrained throwing
that aggravated the situation, and
Smith left the box with three runs
charged against him.
AL Mamaux, former inmate of
Pittsburgh, finished up for Brooklyn.
He held the visitors in check for two
innings, but in the sixth Elliott broke
loose again and presented Gibson's
gamboliers with two more runs. Then
the Pirates hit out pair of tallies in
the seventh.
Your Uncle Robbie is becoming dcs-
perate and may resort to desperate
measures to bring his team out of the
slump that is jostlng it out of the
lead. The victory yesterday elevated
the Pirates into third place, one point
ahead of the Giants.
Action Starts in First
Smith started encouragingly by dis
posing of the first two men to face him.
Then Southworth singled to left and
raced to third on Whttcd's one timer
to right. Whitfield started down on the
next pitch and Elliott started his exhi-
bition of wild throwing. He threw
into center and Southworth ambed
home, Whitfield reaching third Gut
shaw walked, and again the double
steal was set in motion. This time,
however, Elliott refused to make a
throw, and Cutshaw took second. 1t
proved good strategy, as Grimm flied
to Myers.
Cation singled to open the second.
Olson making no effort to try to pull
down the liner that was barely over his
head. Haetfner flied to Wheat A single
to center by Adams put Cation on sec
ond, but the pitcher was forced by
Bigbee, konetchy to Olson, Cation tax
ing third. Bigbee shot out for second
and Elliott, putting all his strength
into the throw, heaved the ball far
into center, permitting Bgbee to fol-
low Cation across the plate. Carey
then flied to Griffith.
Elliott singled to inaugurate the
Brooklyn half of the third and Clar-
ence Mitchell was sent in to strike out
for Smith, which he did with great
vehemence. Olson hit into double
play, Cation to Cutshaw to Grimm.
Repeats Stunt in Sixth
Elliott did not get much of chance
to show his whip for q few innings, and
I the 10000 customers sat back and
unused over what close game it would
have been but for "Rowdy's" show Of
might. In the sixth, however, it hap
pened again. Whitfield walked, Cut
shaw sacrificed and the former took
third while Kildutf was throwing out
Grimm. Cation was also the recipient
of a pass. This time Elliott thought
he could catch Whitfield mapping off
third, and he woke up the Pirate by
throwing into left field Whitfield
shambled home, while Cation raced
across the plate just behind him.
In the seventh Adams and Bigbee
singled. Carey then came through
with a triple to center that scored the
only two earned runs of the game.
The score:
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