New-York tribune., 1920-08-06
Grimes Wealxens and Pirates
Triumph i'm Extra INNINGS
Homer by Bigbee and Sim
gle by Cutshaw Big Fac
tors in Battle at FIatbusE1
By Charles A. Taylor

Uncle Wilbert Robinson lost ten
pounds yesterday afternoon in vain
endeavor to shake off the hoodoo cast
over his Dodgers this season by George
Gibsons Pirates. The series between
the two teams was a tie, at seven to
seven, until Yesterdays battle royal,
which went ten innings and resulted in
a victory for the visitors by a score
of to 5.
Burleigh Grimes, who is the leading
twirer on Robbie's staff and who has
with one exception this season, was
subjected to just about the worst
pounding he has received this year.
And old Fate saw to it that a former
Flatbusher, in the person of George
Cutshaw, should deliver the hit IN the
fatal tenth that brought defeat to his
old nine Perhaps George hated to 40
il, but the smile he wore as he legged
it to the dugout after the fray was
ended indicated nothing of the sort.
The entire affair was of the see
saw variety, the score being tied up
into knots on three occasions before
the Pirates broke through with the
winning punch There was many q
thrill afforded the 5000 fanatics who
were present to cheer Robbie's men on
to Pennant Town, but, as is the custom
with all baseball rabids, they were just
as prone to jeer when excusable
blunders fell to the lot of the home
players.
The Pirates scored one run in the
opening inning, when the veteran MAX
Carey tripled to right center with one OF,
out, and crossed the plate on South
worth's dribbler to the infield. The
Dodgers got this tally back in the
second through three-bagger by
Myers and a sacrifice fly from the bat
of Peterkin Kilduf.
The fifth was the big inning for
scoring, each team making three runs
to bring about another deadlock, The
Pirates got their opening when ko-
netchy fumbled Grimms mean ground
err. The diminutive Cation singled to
right and Grimm sped to third. HaeH-
ner, the recruit catcher, was tossed out
by KilduF, but Grimm scored On the
play. Carlson obligiugly famed and
then Bigbee drove the ball to extreme
right center for a homer, tallyine
Cation ahead Of him.
The Dodgers came back with vim
in their half. With one out Kildut,
drew pass and shot to third on MIL
ler's single to center. Mr.. Bureigh
GrimeS was the man lof lhe emergency
He banged the ball over second for
what looked liko single but was con
verted into triple by An uncanny
bound which sent the ball over Carey's
head. Burleigh finished his journey or
Olson's hot smash to short.
In the seventh the Dodgers tool
tho lead as the result Of singles by
Miller, Olson and Johnston, but the
Pirates knotted things again in the
eighth. when Big'bee singled, stole seq
ond and Tailed on Southworth's drive
to confer-
Nothing Of moment happened from
tNis time on until the tenth, a1beil
the Pirates filed the bases ID the Dfntt
with two men out. The last and de-
cisive frame saw Bigbea tossed @ut &s
kilduf, and then trobule ooreG fnoiF
the warclub OF Max Carey, who ban SIC
the ball to center for L single Maa
promptly stole second and wenS &c
third, aided by weird throw of Elliott
who had supplanted Miller as the
Brooklyn catcher. Southwortn walked
and Whjtted hit measly grounde: tc
Grimes. who made bluff throw to f rat
only to find that Johnston had left
third uneuarded. spelling the strategy