New-York tribune., 1920-07-21

Wheat's Great
Play in Ninth
Saves Leaders
Makes Shoestring Catch and
Doubles Up Red; Grimes
Again Victor by 8 to 2

CINCINNATI, July 2o.,-zach Wheat's
shoestring catch of Ivy Wingo in the
ninth inning to-day, with one out, and
his throw TO second, doubling up
Charley See, clinched for the Dodgers
the deciding contest OF the fivegamc
series with the worlds champion Reds.
The double play halted batting rally
off Burleigh Grimes which had reached
three hits and one run, and left the
score to in favor of Brooklyn.
I The victory put the Dodgers three
games in the lead again, and they left
tonight for Pittsburgh, where they
complete their tour of the West with
four games, in four days. They open
three weeks stay at home in Brook
lyn next Sunday with the Pirates.
The Dodgers have won twelve out of
one of their last twenty-six. They
would have to lose four straight to the
Pirates and the Reds would have to
win all of their five games from the
Giants, who open here tomorrow, for
the Dodgers to yield first place before
they reach Ebbets Field Sunday.
Grimes in Fine Form
Burleigh Grimes beat the Reds in
the opening game here last Friday by
to a, allowing the champions twelve
hits. The Dodgers won also on Satur-
day, but lost Sunday and Monday.
Grimes to-day repeated his victory of
Friday, and was even better, allowing
nine hits and two runs.
"Hod" Eller was making his first ap-
pearance in the series for the Reds,
and was reached for nine hits. "Hod"
had hard luck. in that the first run off
him was scored in the fourth inning on
dropped ball by Eddie Sticking, which
was the only error by either side. A
batting outburst, consisting of Wheat's
third hit, Konetchy's triple and Kill
duff's single, netted two runs for the
Dodgers in she ninth. The Dodgers
were retired in this inning by double
play.
1t was queer coincidence that the
| last two hands out on each side in one
of the most bitterly contested and con-
tinuously exciting series of the sea-
son, and one which may decide the pen
nant, should have been brought about
by the only double play in the game:
Brooklyn's first run came in the
fourth inning, with two out, and was
due, to a slight collision between Eddie
Roush and Eddie Sticking on a pop fly
that either could have taken and re-
tired the side. Johnston opened with
single to left and Griffith flied to
Roush Wheat's single to left was the
Johnston to second Myers forced
Wheat, Johnston going to third.
Present Run to Dodgers
Konetchy popped a Texas League fly
to short center. Sticking had the ball
when Roush bumped him and caused
him to muff, after which Sticking and
Roush kicked the ball around. Johns
ton scored, Myers took third and
Honey reached second on the fatal err
ror. Kilduff flied to Duncan.
The Dodgers got one hit per inning
after that, but without results. until
they punched three hits and two runs
for the victory in the ninth. Wheat
singled to right and Myers sacrificed.
Charley See misjudged Konetchy's fly
in right because of the sun and it fell
safe for triple, scoring Wheat. Kill
duff laid against the first ball pitched
for a single to left, scoring Honey with
the winning run. Miller hit into a
double play, Kopf to Sticking to Daubert.
The Reds had made four hits off
Grimes in the first six innings and
two were out in the seventh before they
got action that produced run. See
was playing right for the Reds because
of the death of Earle Neale's sister,
and the Brooklyn boy with an alien
team was the most conspicuous figure
in the game. He made three of the
nine hits off Grimes.
See Starts Rally
See singled to left for the Reds in
the seventh, after Kilduff had thrown
out Duncan and Kopf had popped to
Olson. See stole second. Eddie Sick
ing, the Giant castoff, who is playing
second for the Reds until Morris Rath' s
injured knee is repaired, singled to
center, scoring See. Sticking took sec
ond on Myers's throw to the plate.
Wingo was purposely walked to bring
up Pitcher Eller. and that was a good
guess, as Eller famed
Duncan opened the ninth. when the
Reds were two runs behind. with a
single through Konetchv and took sec
ond on Kildutf's throw-out of Kopf. See
beat slow grounder to Kilduf, Dun
can taking third. Sticking smashed a
single off Johnston's glove, Duncan
scoring and See taking second.
Wingo knocked low line fly to left
on which Wheat made a circus catch.
See thought it was surely a safe hit
and ran for third. Wheat's throw to
Kilduff woke him up to find himself
doubled up
The score:
BROOKLYN q. IL CINCINNATI. q. I)
Olson. ss ...4o2 2 Groh. sb 30 Q 0
Johnston. Johnston. sbt ! olBsnbert. lb.. .4ol 20
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