The New York herald., 1921-05-02
TENTH STRAIGHT
FOR THE DODGERS
Grimes Pitches Shutout Ball
and BroOklyns Beat the
Phillies 3 to @.
BY SAMUEL y. BRoOKMAN.

| Still they win. With the assistance of
effective pitching on the part of Burleigh
Grimes, the Dodgers ran their string OF
consecutive victories up to ten at Ebbete
! Field yesterday. defeating the Phillies
3 to 0, while a shivering throng of $4,000
looked on from the stands. The size OF
the crowd in weather that made the av-
erage citizen blink twice at the calendar
TO make sure that 1t was May 1 and not
February /, furnished evidence that the
recent efforts OF the Dodgers are being
appreciated. Many an overcoat that had
baen packed away for the summer was
unceremoniously jerked out of the moth
balls.
1t was the second start of the season
for Grimes. who. 1t will be remembered,
was the leading pitcher OF the league
last season. BY posing as a holdout
Grimes managed to escape the arduous
training season down South, and many
there were who feared 1t would take him
long time to get into his winning stride.
He started about ten days ago against
the Braves. and managed to win, but he
was a little shalSy toward the end and
had batting rally TO thank for his VIC
tory. Yesterday. however, Grimes's pitch
ing left little to be desired. His control
was well nigh perfect, and his splitter
fusion OF the rival batsmen.
Widely Scattered Hits.
The Phillies managed to get seven hits
off his delivery, but they were so widely
scattered as to be useless. The presence
of visiting runner on the bases gave
Grimes little or no concern. In fact he
seemed to delight in giving the Phillies a
slight opening and then tantalizingly
showing thesn how easily he could turn
them back. Neale opened the game with
a hit, but got no further than second on
sacrifice. In the second r. Miller
singled to right and was left stranded on
first. Rawlings walked and Williams
singled In the third after two were out.
and then Grimes forced Meusel. the Phil
lies cleanup hitter, to foul out.
So II went In the fourth, by way OF
opening a rally, Wrightstone beat out a
hit to deep short and r. Miller singled
to centre, but Grimes settled down inn
mediately and retired the side on a force
out and double play. Another double
play choked Off another threat in the
fifth inning after Neale had singled.
After that Grimes was well nigh unhit-
table and the visitors nearly wrenched
their backs in vain attempts to get the
ball out to safe territory. Just to dem
onstrate how far he could carry his
effectiveness If necessary, the Dodgers
pitching ace famed Meusel, Wright
stone ard Miller in succession In the
ninth after Williams had started the
inning with hit
Wheat Ouf Mt Plate.
Jimmy Ring. VINO twirled for the
Phillies, had his own lack Of control to
blame for the defeat. Before he could
locate the plate in the first inning Olson
and Johnston had walked. Griftith's
sacrifice advanced them a base and
then Ring let loose a wild pitch on
which Olson scampered home with the
first run. Wheat hit to Lee, and
Johnston by some great sprinting beat
the throw home. Those two runs loomed
larger and larger as the game advanced,
with the Phillies more or less helpless
at bat Ring pitched good ball after
that, but the damage had been done.
In the third Wheat's double to right
after two out almost resulted In run,
Ronetchy following with an inheld hit
that sent Wheat to third. On an at-
tempted double steal, Mack Wheat, who
was catching for the Phillies blocked
the path OF his brother Zach Wheat as
the latter slid into the plate and got the
return from second in time to dig the
ball into Zach's ribs for the third out.
Double plays choked off two Dodger
rallies IN the fourth and fifth. In the
eighth. however. the Brooklyns added
another run to their total when Ring hit
Olson with a pitched ball and passed
Griffith Along came Wheat with his
second double OF the game, and the
Dodgers third run was recorded on the
score board.