New-York tribune., 1920-05-04

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affair in which Brooklyn had figur
a heartbreaking setback for the Do
It took Brooklyn and Boston forty
five innings, or five full ball games of
regulation route, to decide one contest.
These teams played twenty-siM innings
Saturday at Braves Field to ! to
tie. They had to go nineteen innings
this afternoon before an advantage
could be established. On Sunday
Brooklyn took the count at Ebbets
Field from the Phillies by to- IN
thirteen innings, after Zach wheat 8
homer. with two out in the ninth, put
the Dodgers in the fight again.
In a word, then, Brooklyn has played
no less than fifty-eight innings in the
last three days for nothing better than
81 lot of notoriety and two pastlngs.
Though beaten the Dodgers were Tar
from dsgraced. There never was a
more glorious defeat than that to which
Sherrod Smith and his cast were forced
to bow to-day. Tooth and nail all the
way the rivals battled behind pltehl1s
of the most sensational nature. Early
in the fray it became a question OF
sheer endurance. Uncle Robbie's burly
portsider.. Smith, weakened first. That's
the answer.
Three Singles End Game
Smith held the Braves to ten hits,
which were fairly we'll scattered until
the fatal nineteenth. Then, after Mann
rolled weakly to Olson, Sullivan, Holke
and Boeckel punched three singles IN
a row for the necessary run.
But Smith should never have had to
go beyond nine innings. Fillingim was
. somewhat wild and anything but eff
fective at the start. In the first six
innings the local pitcher presented
untold opportunities to Brooklyn, and
time and again was saved only by field
ing of the most sensational nature.
Then, too, the Dodgers messed things
up a bit on bases. Once Zach Wheat
was trapped off second by O'Neill, just
when it seemed Brooklyn had organ
ICED for run or more that would have
ended the fray in regulation time.
To-day's game was almost dupli-
cate of the twenty -six-inning game of
Saturday, except as to distance and to
the fact that winner was returned
AS on Saturday, Brooklyn again tailed
q run in the fifth inning and Boston
tied the score in the sixth.
Seldom has such brilliant fielding
been seen in Boston as was displayed
by both sides throughout. Catcher
O'Neill was guilty of the only two
bobbles perpetrated by the Braves, and
one of these gave Brooklyn its run
In the fifth, with one out, Smith and
Olson singled. Neis tapped in front
of the plate trying to sacrifice. O'Neill
had the easiest sort of a force play at
third, but he threw wild to Boeckel,
my Johnston then dropped a fukey
Texas Lacquer safely behind first.
Smith galloped home on the hit. Ivy
Olson attempted TO carry over the win
ming run behind him, but a quick re-
covery by Holke and even a more
meritorious throw by him snuffed out
the run by an eye-wnker.
On the other hand. as it developed
Passes Proves Costly
eventually, Smith lost the game shortly
afterward by slight carelessness. He
tried too hard for the corners and
as result walked both Powell and
Pick with none out in the sixth. Mann
singled. to left, filling the bases
Wheat made Speaker play on this hit
coming in fast for clean pickup and
cutting loose a throw that turned
Powell back TO third. Sullivan hit to
plate for force out of Powell. But
Holke was good for long fly to Myers
that allowed Pick to tie the score
For five innings Smiths terrific speed
and sharp breaking curve had the
Braves handcuffed. Mean~hile the
Dodgers were belaboring Fillingim
But when Boston put him back to an
even footing with Smith, Fillingim
seemed to take heart. Thereafter his
get better the futher he went.
Nothing but detailed description
could do full justice to the merit OF
play generally. But few illustrations
may not be out of place. Olson and
Johnston punched singles around a
force play in the first. Kilduff doubled
with only. one gone in the second
Wheat and Myers were on with none
out in the fourth. This is where Zach
second. Honey famed and Kildufi
hoisted to Powell
Smith Delays Disaster
Turning to the other side Of the pic
ture, Maranville doubled to start Bos-
catch of ONeilps pop bunt and doubled
the rabbit" off the midway. Pick
doubled and Mann walked with one out
in the eighth. Pick was doubled at the
plate when he attempted to score or
Sullivans out via Johnston.
Olson saved Smiths bacon in the
seventh with a wonderful catch OF
Holke's Texas Lacquer. Holke was the
first batter. Immediately afterware
Boeckel walked and Maranvile singled
O'Neil forced Maranville, then stole
second. Boeckel was out attempting to
steal home.
Hoke opened the ninth with a single
Fillingim followed suit in the tenth
Mann beat an infeld hit to start the
,eleventh, while the Rabbit" first up
singled cleanly in the twelfth. The
."Rabbit," by the way, was caught nap
ping off first on this occasion.
The score:
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