New-York tribune., 1921-05-22
Rabbit ClirlcEles
Game i'm Eighth
With a Triple
Grimes Knocked Off Mound
and Mitchell Is Powerless
to Check the Onslaught
By r. ]. Kelly

been travelling at a dizzy pace since
the start of the season, overwhelmed
the downtrodden Dodgers yesterday af
ternoon in one of the worst exhibitions
ever staged at Ebbets Field. The vic
tory gave the Pittsburgh outfit a clean
sweep of the four-game series and they
are now leading the league with
margin of three and a half games over
the Giants Since the outset of the
Western invasion of FIatbush the
Brooklynites have won four out Of
twelve contests. The final score yes
terday was Is TO 6.
The game was mad mixture Of in
effective pitching, heavy hitting and
wretched fielding. The visitors used
three pitchers-Glazner, zinn and
Carlson-while the home team en-
ployed two-Burleigh Grimes and Clar-
ence Mitchell. The work of the Brook
lyn inielders, particularly of Kilduf
and Konetchy, was slow and very
ragged. Kilduff was guilty of two cost
ly errors and Konetchy committed one
glaring misplay
Each team took turns at holding the
lead, but in the eighth the Pirates
chased Grimes to cover and then
opened terrific bombardment on
Mitchell, who succeeded him. The
Dodgers were two runs to the good at
the start of the eighth, but two singles
and errors enabled the visitors to tie
the score. rabbit" Maranville stepped
to the bat with the bases filled and
clinched the game by driving out a
threebagger.
Pirates Score Early
The Pirates started to hump Grimes
in the second inning, and they got
off to q two-run lead. Whitted led off
with single to center and then
reached second on Tierney's sacrifice.
Grimm shot three-bagger along the
left field foul line, scoring Whitted.
Skiff bounced single over Grimes's
head and Grimm tailed. Glazner
famed and Skiff was caught stealing.
Some great fielding, particularly on
the part Of Maranville, saved Glazner
lot of trouble in the first two innings,
but the Dodgers broke through and
went their opponents one better. Tay-
lor opened the inning with a single to
past the box. Olson forced Grimes at
second on grounder to Cutshaw, and
Taylor reached third on the play.
The visitors contended that Grimes
interfered with Maranville at second
and prevented the rabbit" from max
ing double play, but their claim was
not allowed. Johnston shot one to
right field, and when Whitted stumbled,
it went for triple, scoring Taylor and
Olson. Griffith raised short fly to
Whitted and Johnston Tailed after the
catch, when the Pirates right fielder
made a wide throw to the plate.
Grimm made great stop of Wheat's
sharp grounder, but it went for a sin
gle, when Glazner failed to cover the
bag. Carey made a wonderful run
ming catch of Myers's line drive and
retired the side.
Dodgers Tally In Fifth
Glazner was found for two more hits
in the fifth, and these, combined with
sacrifice, gave the Brooklynites an
other run. Grimes shot a single to
him to second on bunt to the box.
Johnston connected for his third sue
cessive hit, a single to left, which
scored Grimes. Johnston took second
on Bigbee's vain throw to the plate
and reached third on Grifith's ground
er to Maranville, but Wheat went cut
on a fly to Whitted.
Aided by base on balls and sac
rifice fly, the Pirates showed two runs
across in the sixth. After Maranville
walked, Cutshaw singled to right
Whitted followed with another single
to left, scoring the Rabbit" Tierney
forced Whitted at second on ground
er to Olson, Cutshaw taking third
Grimes lifted fly to Griffith and Cut
shaw came home with the tying run
after the catch. Skiff flied to Griffith
for the third out.
locked very long, however, as the Dodg-
ers scored two more runs in their half
of the sixth with the help of two
errors by Glazner. Myers was hit by
a pitched ball and Konetchy bunted
safely. The Pirates claimed that the
ball had rolled foul, and in the midst
of the argument Myers made a dash
toward third, but was cut down by
Skiff's throw to Tierney.
, Konetchy took second on wild
pitch and Kilduff singled to left, scor-
ing the big first baseman. Clazne1
tossed the ball over Skff's head on the
throw to the plate. The visitors pitcher
recovered the ball and heaved it te
left field in an attempt to nail Kilduff
at third. This error enabled Kilduff
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oned up, and the next two batters went
out in order.
Big Crash in Eighth
Whitted started the excitement ir
the eighth with a single to left and
Tierney followed with one~to the same
Eiace. Mitchell replaced Grimes, and
Grimm reached first when I.ildufl
faied to touch the bag on Johnston's
throw. Whitted scored on Kilduff's
wild heave to second base on Skiff's
erounder, and Tierney tailed with tn
tying run when Konetchy made low
throw to the plate on grounder BY
Mokan, batting for zinn. Grimm ant
SKIN were rallied at the plate or
grounders by Bigbee and Carey. Ma
ranvllle then came through with &
three-bagger along the left field fou
line, scoring Mokan, Bibgee and Carey
The rabbit" tailed on a triple By
Cutshaw.
The Pirates added three more in tn,
ninth on base on balls, single b,
Grimm and doubles by Skiff and Carl
son.