The New York herald., 1922-06-19
PIRATES CAPTURE
DODGERS IN STORM
Rainfall Drenches Ebbets
Field at Time When Visi-
tors Were i'm the Lead.
BY CHARLES F. MATHIsoN.

I Burdened by the recollection of four
the Giants. Walter Maranville. basebalfs
chief harlequin. accompanied by the
somewhat discouraged band of buc-
cancers representing Pittsburgh. yester-
| day afternoon trained their piratical
guns on Ebbets Field and captured the
Dodger stronghold by to in six
! innings.
The Pirates were by no means conf
dent OF victory, but they hid their
chagrin under an air of assumed gayety
and played with all possible energy.
They had gathered their two runs in the
third inning and Wilbur Cooper's south
ern exposure slants were apparently too
elusive for the Flatbush heroes.
Thunder. lightning and rain became
disagreeably conspicuous during the
fourth inning and the Pirates were torn
by the fear that the game might be
called before the Broollyns had been
squelched in their half or the fifth in
ming. But Rigler and Sentell were not
to be frightened by a gentle shower
and stood their muddy ground. Again
there was the question of rain checks,
which would be cancelled with the play
ing or the NTH inning
Therefore it came to pass that the
fifth inning was played and the score
still stood 2 to 0 in favor of the Pirates.
When the sixth inning started the rain
was coming down in such profusion
that all those wearing Palm Beach
raiment invaded the back rows In a
hurry and the bleachers were soon de-
populated.
At this point the Pirates were again
torn by fear, this time that the UNI
pires would keep them playing till
yacht race could be sailed in the en-
closure
The sixth inning was completed. with
the score still 2 to In favor of the
Pirates.
The seventh was about to begin. and
Umpire Rigler stopped over to sweep
the mud off the plate when a gust of
wind carried stream of water down
the back of his neck After ascertain
ing that IL was nature and not the
Rabbit playing trick on him. Rigler
called time.
Eighteen thousand fans sat in the
stands for the allotted half hour dis
cussing the numerous easy chances the
Dodgers had to win and then went to
the various exits and watched the rain.
The Pirates defeated the Dodgers in
six innings, but it took the fans six
teen innings to get out of the grounds.
The manner In which the Pirates got
their two runs in the third did not at
tract much attention at the time, for
it was fully expected the Dodgers would
collect more than two before the game
ended. Possibly they might nave done
so, but the exasperating speed, control
and elusiveness of Cooper's delivery.
coupled with the fielding of Bigbee and
Others made the accumulation of runs
impossible
The Dodgers missed their golden op-
portunity in the first inning when they
| had three men on the hassocks and
but one out. Still not run was scored.
| High opened with LONG drive that
Bigbee captured, and Johnston pushed
! a single to center. Griffith followed
iisuit. and then Wheat hit 70 short. Tray
| nor fielded the ball and threw to Maran-
vile IN time to retire Griffith. but the
Rabbit dropped the throw and all hands
were safe.
With three men on the bags eager
to score Myers and Schmandt both
| famed.
The Dodgers had another chance to
score in the fourth. With Myers and
Schmandt disposed of, Olson (who by
the way hit a single each Of the three
times he was at bat) and De Berry
singled Ruether then forced Olson.
Wheat was hit by a pitched ball at
the opening of the sixth inning. after
which Myers and Schmandt hit long
flies to Bigbee. De Berry sent a liner
crashing to left center. and 1t looked
to be good for three bases. The ubiqui-
tous Bigbee shared 1t. No one could
understand how he managed to do so,
but he did.
Cooper singled at the beginning Of
the Pirates third inning, but was
forced by Maranville. The Rabbit
stole second and went to third on
Carey's single. Bigbee padded a
grounder to Schmandt, and Maranville
scudded for the plate. Schmandt had
plenty of time to land the Rabbit, but
made throw that pulled De Berry off
the plate and Maranville scored. Carey
advanced to third on Barnharts fly
to Grifith and scored on Traynor's s
single. The score:
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