The New York herald., 1921-05-19
PIRATES HAMMER
DODGER PITCHERS
Bat Ruether From Box and
Win First Game Of Series
IL TO 2.
ny SAMUEL J. BRoOKMAN.

Those league leading Pirates invaded
this season and convinced lot of Brook
lyn folk that they are Just where they
belong-at the top OF the heap. Air
tight pitching by Wilbur Cooper, and
peppery fielding. as well as timely and
prolific hitting by the supporting cast.
gave the Pittsburgh band an overwhelm-
ing victory over the Dodgers, IL to 2. 1t
was question, however, whether the
merit of the Pirates play contributed
any more to the overwhelming victory
than the lack OF IT in the Dodgers game.
The home team played lifeless ball.
Rival teams have been fattening their
batting averages OF late at the expense
OF the Brooklyn twirlers and the Pirates
showed they did not intend to be an
exception. They began pounding the ball
early. drove Dutch Ruether from the
box In one and one-third innings. dur
ing which they scored four runs and six
hits, treated Abraham Lincoln Bailey
rather unkindly by bringing their run
total up to nine during his stay in the
box. and scored twice on MOZART In the
last three innings. Every man on the
Pirate squad registered a hit, four Of
them earned two and one, and Left
Fielder Bigbee treated himself to. three
The Pirate batsmen worked on tffe the
ory that fans enjoy hitting, and since
the home team couldn't hit, they might
as well furnish the wallop themselves
What could be fairer?
The Pirates had three runs to their
credit before hundreds of fans had set
tied In their seats. Bigbee opened with
q single and Carey's hit to left sent him
IN NtrsI ~
Maranville grounded out to short Carey
reached third and scored on a squeeze
play. beating Olsons throw home of Cut
shaw's grounder. Tierney doubled over
Kilduffs head and Cutshaw crossed the
plate.
Only one man had been retired and
Cooper Bigbee and Carey had hit safely
In succession when Ruether was relieved
in the second inning. Bailey turned
back the next two batsmen and did very
well until che fifth. when the Pirate as
sault was resumed. This time Grimm.
first baseman Skiff. a newly acquired
catcher whose habitat is New Rochelle,
and Cooper poled out hits in succession,
that of Cooper being good for three
bases. The sum total Of this drive. aid
ed and abetted by a passed ball. was
three runs. Another Pirate tally came
in the sixth in Cutshaw's single. his
steal OF second base and Whitted's time
ly rap TO left.
Bailey was relieved to permit Hood TO
bat for him and MOZART took up the
pitching for Brooklyn In the seventh.
At that stage II didn't matter much who
did the pitching, for the Pirates were so
far ahead that the Dodgers could not
even see their dust.
Krueger's three pase clout IN the sixth
4I,atr FtrpN Oh a
to enthuse. krueger scored on john
ston's long fly to centre field and that
ended the rally. In the eighth 1t was
Krueger again who bobbed I'D with a
hit. this time single to centre. On a
wild pitch he advanced TO second and
he scored on Mohart's unexpected single
over second.
Cows. ID. w. Davis OF Idaho, l.. T..
Hart OF Washington. G. T.. Mabey or
Utah md u. ID. Boyle Of Nevada were
among the $4,000 in the stands. The
score: