The New York herald., 1922-08-10
FEEBLE ALEXANDER
DEFEATS DODGERS
Drives In Two Runs and
Checks Rally in Ninth
Cubs Win by 6 to 5.
BY DANIEL.

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Just as a few humane citizens we're
rushing to call whole flock of officers
from the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty TO the Aged In the ninth in
ming ct Ebbets Field yesterday after
noon the Dodgers stopped padding the
gray headed. faltering and feeble Grover
Cleveland Alexander. While we are
strong for respect TO the aged and all
that sort of thing, 1t Is our opinion that
the Brooklyns would have been pardoned
X they had taken just one more solid
soak at the palsied relic in the uniform
os the Cubs.
The Dodgers had made Ave hits and
three runs in that final inning and Jimmy
Johnston was on first and Ivan Olson on
second, with two gone. One more swing
OF the old paddle would have hurt the
veteran Aleck just little bit more but
II would have tied the game into a knot,
and probably would have won for the
sinking disciples Of your Uncle Robbie.
But Bert Griffith. moved to tears at the
sight OF the weak, trembling veteran In
faded gray out there on the mound,
forced Johnston and left Chicago with a
8 to victory In which three run
homer by Clifton Heathcote in a Ave
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tant factor.
The first outcry from the humane sym
pathizers. who are suspected of having
been New Workers in the guise of Flat
bush fans, came in the sixth inning when
tie Dodgers suddenly reused themselves
from an altogether too highly developed
reverence for gray hairs and scored two
runs with the help Of three hits and a
wild pitch. For shame!" cried the
aforementioned humane sympathizers-
and the Brooklyns checked their brutal
propensities until the ninth, only TO
check them again and bring your Uncle
Robbie far below the 200 pound mark.
II the Dodgers keepson playing the
kind of ball they have shown in the two
games against the Cubs there is grave
danger that Robbie will be eligible to
wear the uniform left behind by the
departed Janvrin. Robbie has lost prac-
tically all his hair in the last month.
There still is a faint fringe but it looks
like the scared scraggy grass on the
ragged edge of the Flatbush infield.
When the season opened Robbie scaled
lat $40 and wore a smile. Now he is
simmering down to welter and his
smile has been sent TO his home in Bal
timore.
To return TO the feeble and doddering
Alexander. For five innings he just
about got that ball up to the plate.
holding the Dodgers to four hits, two of
which were infield accidents. The old
boy staggered all over the box. but he
vas game. In the eighth inning the tot.
I, ring Aleck had TO pitch four balls to
get rid of the most brutal section of the
Brooklyn batting order. one sling apiece
sufficing for Johnston and Griffith while
two fings took care of Wheat. Some
thing ought to be done about the clubs
which insist on using faded souvenirs of
bygone era.
Bill Killefer not only insisted on
Alexander's pitching but demanded that
he do some hitting too. Hundreds of
the agonized fans regarded this as in
famous. and they could not be blamed.
They were particularly indignant after
what happened In the sixth inning when
Alexander crossed Leon Cadore and
Ia shed out a single which drove in two
runs and spilled the beans for Leon.
Robbie and Flatbush. Something ought
to be done about designing hurlers who
toss away their Pitchers Union cards
like that and knock perfectly good bah
games into cooked hat.
Five Runs I'm the Sixth.
The trouble in the sixth. which pro-
duced five runs for the Cubs on an equal
number OF hits. started with one gone.
Friberg singled to Schmandt. Hack
Miller. the ponderous mauler from be-
yond the Sierras. made a sweet one
whistle right through Olson's legs and It
went for double. Krug flied 10 Grif-
fifth for the second out and then came
the word from Robbie 10 pass the dan
gerous' O'Farrell to get at the innocuous
Alexander.
This move was the break in the game.
Cadore pitched two bad ones and then
got one over. The fourth pitch was just
to the liking of the veteran sidewheeler
and he prodded II for base 10 left.
scoring F'riberg and Miller This de-
velopment upset Cadore so much that he
grooved one for Heathcote. who golfed
IL over the right field wall. scoring
O'Farrell and Aleck in front Of him.
Hollocher continued the attack with a
rap to center, but was npped trying 10
make II double.
The Brooklyn rally in the ninth
featured triple by Andy High and
four infield hits which bounced over
Krug and Hollocher There never we're
four such bounding baseballs. Myers
started with hit which caromed
away from Krug and Schmandt singled
gymna stically TO Holly. High tripled
and two were in. with the rally in fun
cry. De Berry's infield out sent High
home.
Ruether was rushed into the fight as
= hitter for Cadore and flied 70 Friberg.
Then came bounding singles BY olson
and Johnston. and that bit Of humane
forcing by Griffith which took five
moro mounds off Robbie's avordupois.