The New York herald., 1922-09-04
HUSTLING DODGERS
SHOW BRAVES HOW
Solve Troublesome Joe Oesch-
gers Slants and Whip Hub
bites in Brooklyn.

Fresh from winning four out Of five
games from the Giants. the Brooklyn
Dodgers continued their squirt yesterday
when they whipped the Boston Braves
by to In one game series at Eb-
bets Field before 10000 excited denizens
of Flatbush. who are beginning to evi-
dence hearty approval of the improve
ment in the Dodgers.
Burlelgh Grimes was in the box for
Brooklyn and. had all OF his old speed.
but the Braves showed great proficiency
in making their hits count. They got
eight hits off him and only one was
wasted. They punched their safe blows
for four runs that were earned and one
that was started by a wild throw by
Jimmy Johnston. which gave Horace
Ford two bases In the third inning
Johnston made up for the error. which
was the one mscue In the game. by
waking two singles and a double off
Ceschger and he started double steal
with Tom Griffith on first In the fourth
inning.
Oeschger. who usually is the hardest
of the Braves pitchers for the Dodgers
to solve. allowed no hits in the first
three innings. He had an explosion in
the fourth, when the Dodgers scored four
runs on five hitsAnd base on balls. A
triple, two singles and a wild pitch
added two more OFF Oeschger In the
sixth and lie was blown Off the mound
in the seventh by Johnstons double and
Tom Grffith's triple Gepee. a young
right handler who had never been heard
OF in the City of Churches. finished the
game for Oeschger.
Youngstcr Checks Dodgers.
He allowed a hit by Wheat. the first
man who faced him, but the next three
Dodgers were easy for Gepee. and Miller,
Grimes and Olson were retired without
struggle in the eighth.
Tom Griffith returned to the right
field for the Dodgers yesterday after an
absence of over a month. due to an In
jured knee NTom had helped to beat the
Giants with his tenth inning two baSger
as pinch hitter on Friday and he sim
gled as a pinch hitter in the double
header on Saturday. He was playing for
himself Yesterday and made triple and
a SINGLE drove in a run and scored two.
Griffith made a play in the third that
was the feature fielding event OF the
game. With Ford on third in the third
innings, Oeschger raised a fly TO short
right near the foul line. Griffith reached
it by great burst OF speed. stuck out
his glove and caught the ball in the open
pAlm. Grimes added to his batting aver
age by making two long singles and
drawing a base on balls In four visits
to the plate.
First blood was drawn by the Braves
in the third inning when Johnston'srer-
ror landed Ford at second. Mickey
O'Neill sacrificed and Griffith made his
sensational catch off Oeschger. Powell
singled to right, scoring Ford.
Four for Brooklyn.
After three happy rounds oeschser
was assaulted properly in the iourth-
Johnston and Griffith singled In order
and they stole third and second john
ston beating OiNeill's throw to Walter
Barbara. Wheat walked, filing the
bases. Myers singled Off Barbare's
glove, Johnston scoring. After Schmandt
had struck out, John Roser. newcomer
in left for the Braves. made a brilliant
running catch of Highs sacrifice fly. on
which Tom Griffith scored and the other
runners advanced. Otto Miller poled
single TO left. scoring Wheat and Myers.
Grimes singled to center. but he and
Miller were left when Olson flied to
Cruise.
Ford triplcd for the Braves in the
fifth and held third while Wheat made
a nice catch OF O'Neilrs short fly. but
scored on Oeschger's single over second
The Braves counted again in the sixth.
Cruise doubled to left center with one
out and Roser struck out 'Barbare sim
gled to center scoring Cruise.
The Braves runs in the nth and
sixth reduced the Dodgers lead 10 one
run. but they set 1t at three again by
slamming Oeschger for pair Of runs In
the sixth. Myers led Off with single
to right. but was forced by Schmandt
High got triple when Powell missed
a ball that took bad bound In trying
TO trap sharp liner to center. The
triple scored Schmandt. Miller was
thrown out by Ford. but while Miller
was at bat wild pitch put High over
the plate. Grimes singled TO right. but
he and Miller were left when Oeschger
threw out Olson. Johnston met Oeschger
in tho seventh for a two Dagger to left
and scored on Tom Grlffith's triple be-
tween Roser and Powell
a late rally for two runs was staged
by the Braves In the eighth. Powell
singled 10 right Grimes retired Kopf
without assistance. Cruise tripled over
the head of Myers scoring Powell. and
Roser lifted a sacrifice fly TO Wheat that
sent Cruise home.
The Dodgers play 2 double header IN
Philadelphia to-day and a double header
there tomorrow. They finish with the
Phillies IN Philadelphia with a single
game on Wednesday. The score:
BOSTON (ND BROOKLYN CN1
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Kopf.2b. 400 o 3 0lJ'aton,ss. 423 . a
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