The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-30
E TWENTY HITS AND CRUSH BRAVES BY SCORE OF IS TO
MYERS SAVES DAY
FOR THE DODGERS
His Sensational Catch Breaks
Up Dangerous Batting
Rally.
BY CHARLES F. MArHIsoN.


II any laurel wreaths were passed
around at the close of yesterdays game
at Ebbets Field. which the Dodgers
won by to 2. one of them should have
been fitted TO the dome Of Mr.. Henry
Fl. Myers. p. 0. Box ~. Kensington.
Ohio. This stout young person saved
the game for his team in the third in
ming OF contest In which victory hung
in the balance till the closing innings.
There is good reason to believe that
had Williams's terrific smash to the
concrete wall in left center got away
from Myers the Quakers would have
padlocked the game then and there.
Walker was the first man up in the
third inning. and the score was 4 tie
at one each. Walkers liner was shared
by Wheat. and then Williams stepped
to the plate and smote the ball with
tremendous force. The spheroid sailed
high and far. and it seemed 1t would
clear the wall. Myers had started to
sprint with the crack OF the bat. and
he seemed to know instinctively that
the horsehide was headed for the wall.
The flying fielder and the soaring ball
reached the wall simultaneously. but It
did not seem that he could reach the
leather.
He was seen to leap into the air and
crash into the concrete. His hands were
raised. and as he bounded away from
the wall it was seen he had the ball in
his grasp. 1t was a great catch and the
fielder received unstinted applause.
That catch made the second out. and
that Is where Myers saved the game.
Parkinson and ]. Smith, who was play
ing short while Fletcher is nursing q
charleyhorse. followed williams with
two clean singles. Had Willfams's drive
escaped Myers's clutches, 1t would have
been good for a triple, and there would
doubtless have been two runs in before
the side was out Henlirfe would have
gone to bat in the third, and might have
hit the homer that he contributed in the
fourth. Thus 1t can be seen that Myers
broke up q batting rally that might
have spelled defeat for the Dodgers.
Ruether Does Good Work.
To be sure, Schmandt, Olson and High
are entitled to credit for batting in the
winning run in the seventh, and Ruether
did some good pitching in the ninth with
one out and walker on second as the
result Of q double. The southpaw hurler
got both williams and Parkinson out
on pop flies.
Just before time to take the field
Uncle Robbie called his athletes aside
and said to them: specs Meadows is
going to pitch to-day. Now you boys
being all college graduates no doubt re-
member that pretty little thing that
runs this way: Maud Muller on sum-
mer day raked the Meadows fresh with
hay Now l want every one Of you
guys to be q Maud Muller to-day Rake
the Meadows with singles, doubles.
triples and homers. Get me?''
The Dodgers tried to rake the Mead
ows, but it was hard task. They got
exactly six hits off him in eight ses-
sions and had he received support equal
to that Of Ruether's, who was hit ten
times and hard, the Quakers would have
won. Brooklyn's first run was due to
wild throw by Rapp. which was fol-
lowed by a triple by Tommy Griffith.
The Dodgers got their second run on
a pass to High and singles by Johnston
and Griffith.
The Quakers scored one in the first
on walkers pass and Willians's triple
and got their second and last run on
Henline's smash to left, the ball hop
ping into the bleachers and then jump
ing out.
Lee was sent in to bat for Meadows
in the eighth. but struck out. The
score: