The New York herald., 1921-06-26
HOME RUNS ASSIST
DODGERSTO WINI2-t
Wheat and Griffith Make Cir
cult Drives Off the Twirling
of John Watson.
TRIUMPH OVER BRAVES
Ferdie Schupp Makes Debut in
Brooklyn Uniform and
Pitches Good Ball.
TRIUMPH OVER BRAVES

Zack Wheat, Tommy Griffith and
Ferdie Schupp equally shared the glory
OF the Dodgers victory over the ag-
gressive Braves at Ebbets Field yes
terday afternoon. The final score was
to l, and home runs by Wheat and
Griffith accounted for the brace of
Brooklyn tallies.
Ferdie Schupp, who with Hal Jam
yrin recently came to the Dodgers
from the Cards for jeff Pfeffer. made
his debut in a Brooklyn uniform.
Ferdinand pitched we'll and made hit
with the Brooklyn fans. He allowed
the Braves eight hits. His control
however could have been better. Fail
ure to locate the plate was his chief
fault with the Cards, and since he
came to the Dodgers he has not mas
tered it. He issued five passes, but
fortunately none of them did any
damage. Sensational fielding by Wheat
and Griffith helped the southpaw out
of two tight spots.
Just before Griffith made his circuit
running shoestring catch of ball
hoisted to short centre John Watson
twirled for the Braves. and, like Schupp.
was found for eight blows.
Both teams went scoreless in the first
three innings, and in the fourth each
made it's initial tally. Nicholson
opened the fourth for Boston with u
single and was forced at second by
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stole second, and he scored on Fords
two bagger. ONein followed with a
single to left and Ford made an attempt
to score from the keystone bag. but
Wheat's rapid and accurate peg to Mil
Ter cut him down at the plate.
Applause and Homer for Wheat.
When Wheat. who was the first
Dodger TO hit in the fourth, stepped to
the plate he was applauded by the
crowd. and he responded by sending the
ball high and far over the right field
fence for the first circuit blow OF the
afternoon. Watson yielded one hit in
each of the three succeeding rounds. but
prevented further scoring.
In the eighth, after Olson and John
ston had been retired and the contest
gave promise Of going into extra In
nings. Tommy Griffith drove the ball
over the right field barrier and logged
around the base paths with the winning
tally. Griffith's blow was delivered
after he had prevented the Braves from
scoring in their half of the same inning.
Barbara. first up In the eighth for
Boston, was retired and Southworth
reached first on Olsons tumble. After
Nicholson famed Southworth stole sec
ond and Boeckel drew a pass. Holke
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The hit and run play was on and as
Southworth and Boeckel tore around the
bases Griffith dashed in and made a
spectacular shoestring catch.
In the ninth inning the Braves made a
desperate attempt TO score, but the clever
strategy of Acting Manager Dick Ru-
dolph went for naught. Ford led off
with an infield hit and Gigson. batting
for O'Neill, sacrificed. Gowdy batted
for Watson and was safe at first when
Janvrin fumbled his grounder. Ford
went to third and Christenbury ran for
Gowdy. Powell lifted a foul to John
ston and the game ended when Olson
tossed Barbares grounder to Schmandt.
Mitchell Banished.
Manager Mitchell was put off the field
by Umpire Hank O'Day for kicking on "a
decision in the second frame. After two
Braves were out in that inning O'Neill
drew a pass and Watson sent a long fly
TO left field The pellet dropped on foul
territory, according to O'Day. by an inch
or so. Mitchell, coaching at third.
claimed the ball landed fair and an argu-
ment followed at the plate. ODay
ordered the manager off the field and
the Braves were left in charge of Dick
Rudolph.
Before the contest Manager Robinson
benched Pete Kilduff because of his
weak stickwork in recent games and
Janvrin was at short and Olson was
shifted over to second. The score: