New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-16
Vaughn Fails
To Check Men
From Flatbush
Final Battle With Cubs Goes
Ten Innings; Hitting of
Olson Features Contest
From a Special Correspondent


CHICAGO, July 15.--Although Uncle
Robbie's Dodgers did nc: realize their
ambition to win game from Hippo
! Vaughn, they forced him to retire IN
favor Of pinch batter to-day In the
eighth inning, with the score to U
against him. The game was eventually
won by Brooklyn from Abraham Bailey
by a score of to in ten innings.
RUDE Marquard's sudden weakening
in the last third of the game gave thu
Dodgers a close call. RUDE had al
| lowed two hits up to the seventh, in
which round the Cubs found him for
three hits and a run. They collected
| two more hits and run in the ninth
and were on the way to flock of runs
in the tenth, when Sherrod Smith
dashed to the rescue and saved RUDE.
| The Dodgers scored two runs off
Bailey in the tenth, after the Cubs had
tied the count in the ninth. Ivan Olson
made his third hit for the day. which
same was slashing single to right
Clarence Twombly, the Lehigh Uni
versty outfelder, booted the ball and
Olson pulled up on second.
| Johnston's hit to left was fumbled a
little by Barney Friberg, who was play
ing out there at the time, but it was
called dagger and sent Olson
home.
Tom Griffith batted for Bernie Neis
Bernie had batted against the southpaw
delivery of Vaughn and had driven in a
run with a single, but Bailey was
right-handed pitcher and Tommy, who
is fork handler, was given a chance.
Tommy laid down a perfect sacrifice to
Deal, Johnston taking second. lack
Wheat had not made hit and was DUE
lack doubled to right, scoring John
ston. Myers and Honey were easy
outs.
Friberg opened the tenth for the
Cubs with hard single to right. Bill
Killefer laid against the first pitch for
two Dagger over third, Friberg taking
third. Vanguard had looked so bad in
the ninth that the fans were surprised
when Uncle Robbie allowed RUDE to
continue in the tenth Those two hits,
which put men on third and second,
exhausted Uncle Robbe's waning con-
fdence in the RUDE and he derricked
one southpaw in favor of another,
sending Sherrod Smith to the hill
Sherrod had tough job. He found
men on second and third, with none
out and Manager Mitchell in a position
to use his pinch hitters. Hendrix was
selected to pinch for Bailey and was
counted out on fy to Honey. Clar-
ence Twombly's hitting had been a fea-
! CuiC VI IHc StIicS ana ne was viewed
with alarm by Squire Ebbets and the
handful of other Brooklyn rooters in
the crowd of 5000. Clarence did not
get hit, but he knocked a sacrifice
fly to Myers which scored Friberg,
making the score to 3.
Myers quick fielding held Killefer
at second. Terry drew a pass. Merkle
had made two doubles and single off
Marquard's southpaw delivery and had
scored both of the Cubs's runs in the
previous innings, but Smith tanned him
Merkle sent slow grounder to Olson
who threw him out, causing the Cub
hopes to collapse.
Marouard helped his own winning in
an indirect way in the fifth. when he
forced Rowdy Elicot, who had opened
the inning with clean single to CEN
ter. Olson's single to left sent Rube
to second and RUDE plodded to third
when Johnston forced Olson. Neis
cracked a single to left and Rube
YEARLY staggered home. Wheat was
: safe on Friberg's tumble at second.
filling the bases, but Hi Myers was not
equal to the occasion and was thrown
out by Vaughn, leaving the bases full
The Dodgers won five out of six in
Chicago and four out Of five in St.
Louis. They left tonight for Gin
clnnatl, where they play five games in
flVe days. They finish their invasion
of the West with four Games in four
days in Pittsburgh. They have won
eighteen of their last twenty-one games
and strengthened their hold on first
place by winning yesterday, while Gin
cinnati was dropping a game to the
Phillies.
The score.