The New York herald., 1922-08-29
BROOKLYN BEATEN
In ELEVENTH INNING
Otto Miller's Wild Throw
Paves Way for 4 to 3 Pitts
burgh Victory.

Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 2S,-it took eleven
innings to decide the game between the
Pirates and the Dodgers to-day, a
hurting duel between Dazzy Vance and
Wilbur Cooper. And It was break
Of the game. wild and woody throw
by Otto Miller subbing for Deberry be-
hind the bat. that paved the way for
gent. incidentally. Vance's winning
streak was shattered. after 1t had
climbed to six.
Cooper was erratic at times, but with
the exception of the sixth. when the
Dodgers scored all their runs. was able
to take good care of himself In the
pinches
Vance was pretty good all the way.
but he couldn't keep apace Of errors
by his mates which accounts entirely
for his defeat His temporary wildness
in the first inning was the main factor
in the Pirates first run. but the second
\ and the fourth runs both were the
result OF errors.
with ten each. but in only two frames,
the eight. when the Pirates tied the
score. and the eleventh, when they won.
did Dazzy permit more than one safety.
Up till the sixth session Cooper had
allowed five singles. then he allowed
four more in the sixth, but after that
he yielded only one. a puny scratch in
the eleventh. However, his wildness
put him In a couple of holes, but he
pulled through each without damage.
Carey scored the winning run on Big
bees infield hit, after Max had pounded
out a single, stolen second and then
moved on to third when Miller's throw
missed second and went to center field.
Brilliant bits of fielding were turned
in by players on both sides. but
Schmandt. with six assists at first base,
and all OF them made in nine innings.
was the star. High at third saved
Vance's neck on two or three occasions.
while Wheat and Griffith helped him
out considerably with great catches I'm
the outfield.
Max Carey's great throw from center
field to the plate. killing off Bert Grif-
fifth. prevented the Dodgers from scor-
ing in the first Frame. when Griffith,
Wheat and Myers singled in sue
cession after two We're gone. 1t was on
Myers's blow that Griffith was knocked
off. The Pirates. however, were more
fortunate. and Maranville. ticketed TO
first on four balls. meandered around to
third on Carey's single TO center and
scored as Johnston threw out Bigbee.
Pirates Get n Laugh and Run.
What was comedy for the fans and
the Pirates In the third was tragedy for
the Dodgers Cooper doubled past third
and the comedy came when High. at
tempting to throw to second. let the
ball slip and 1t rolled toward center
field whereupon the tragedy was in
jected. for Cooper ran all the way home
on the foozle.
However. all this was wiped out
when Brooklyn went to work in the
sixth. Successive singles by Johnson
Griffith and Wheat resulted i'm one run.
then on Myers's roller to Tierney. Grif-
fifth was nailed at the plate, but
Schmandt was purposely passed filling
the sacks. Highs roller forced Whea,
at the plate after which Deberry clouted
one to center and the score was tied as
Myers and Schmandt Tailed.
There was no more excitement until
the Pirates half Of the eighth. Schmidt
led off with a single to left and got a
stolen base when he slid into second
safely as the hit and run failed
Cooper. who fell down on his half OF the
play, made up for the failure by drop
ping one over short for a single that
sent Schmidt In with the tying run.
Good fielding helped Vance in the
tenth. and the big finger had a hard
time of 1t. He DETECTED Grimms hard
drive so that Olson could throw him
out then High contributed pair OF
sterling stops on blows by Schmidt and
Cooper. High got a scratch single 10
Grimm In the eleventh. the first hit of
Cooper since the sixth inning, but Il
went for naught. Then came MiIler's
terrific heave to catch Carey stealing.
and after that Bigbee's blow, and the
game was done. The score: