The New York herald., 1921-07-11
GRIMES'S PITCHING
STOPS THE PIRATES
Dodgers Use Their Bats With
Good Effect and Beat
Pittsburgh z to 8.

1t remained for Burleigh Grimes, the
Dodgers one best bet in the matter of
pitcher, to stop the pace setting Pirates.
Manager Robinson's great spitball artist
turned the trick yesterday afternoon at
Ebbets Field after the Dodgers had
dropped two straight to George Glib
sons leaders. The score was to
and 1t was Burleigh's eighth consecutive
victory. He has now tied the record of
Wilbur Cooper. who won his first eight
games this season.
Burleigh had one bad inning, the
second, and In ii the Pirates made two
of their five hits and scored all their
runs. After that Grimes settled down
and when he became effective his mates
started to bat and 1t was not long be-
fore the Pirates were overtaken. John
Morrison. young right handler who re-
Gently graduated to the big show from
Birmingham, was pitted against Grimes
at the outset. and as the Pirate hurler
had won three contests in row 1t was
certain that somebody's winning streak
must. be shattered. The. young pitcher
lasted until the fifth session, when
Jimmy Johnston drove him to cooling
showers with a three base blow Zinn
replaced Morrison and finished the game,
but not without being hit freely. The
Dodgers gathered fourteen hits Off their
combined hurting and Tommy Griffith,
with triple, double and single was the
leading Dodger clouter.
Pirates Start Well.
Both teams failed to score in the first
inning. but Cutshaw started the Pirates
off in the second with a single and
Barnhart drew a pass. Rohwer, at
tempting to sacrifice. bunted to Grimes,
whose throw to Johnston was too late
to force Cutshaw and the bases were
filled. Grimm sent short fly to Wheat
and Cutshaw remained on third.
Schmidt followed with lusty three bag
ger to deep left field and Cutshaw, Barn
hart and Rohwer scored. Schmidt
stayed on third while Olson was tossing
out Morrison and the inning closed
when Griffith made a spectacular run
ming catch of Bigbee's long drive to
right.
In the fourth inning the Dodgers
forged to the front. never to be caught.
Griffith led off with a two Dagger off the
right field wall and went to third on
Wheat's single. Griffith scored and
Wheat advanced to second on a single by
Myers Schmandt kept up the lombard
ment with a single to centre which
chased Wheat over the plate and put
AhyeTS OIL SeCOHQ. IhOTTlSOn tnen I'M
corked two base wild pitch, the ball
going to the Brooklyn dugout, and Myers
scored and Schmandt walked to third.
from where he scored on Kilduff's sacri-
flee fly to Bigbee, who made leaping
catch and robbed Pete OF an. extra base
hit. Miller singled. but Grimes famed
and Olson raised fly to Bigbee.
Three More for Dodgers.
The Dodgers did not let up In the next
inning and by vigorous clouting scored
three more times. Johnston, first up hit
to the Bedford avenue exit gate. The
blow opened the door for Morrison and
he passed out of the game Zinn sue
ceeded him and Griffith greeted him
with triple to the left field corner of
the lot and Johnston crossed the plate.
Wheat followed with the third extra
base hit of the frame. a two bagger to
right which sent Griffith home Myers
sacrificed and Schmandt pushed Wheat
over the plate with a single to centre.
Kilduff flied To Rohwer and Miller hoist
ed to Bigbee.
After the second frame Grimes was
invincible and only three singles were
made off his moist delivery in the last
seven rounds and two of them went TO
Cutshaw, who in the second inning
cracked out the first of his three hits.
In the seventh frame Grimm singled, but
Schmidt took him off the paths by hit
ting into double play ag tua