The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-12
HTTERY REDBIRDS
BEAT THEMSELVES
in WILD ELEVENTH
Important Game. Featur-
ed BY Arguments; Left
ty White Outpitched
Fitzsimmons
Especial to The Citizen,

Especial 20 The Citizen)
NEW YORK, Sept 12.-The
Buns of Brooklyn threw off
their rags yesterday afternoon
and walked into the throne
roorn'' of the National League
as kings at least for the day.
Bounding back from a double
defeat the day before. BrookIyn's
beloved Dodgers pattled the
ever threatening St. Louis Cards
eleven innings and then won
hands down, ga. In the end, it
was the Redbirds who defeated
themselves.
1t all started in the fourth in
ming. Until then Ernie Lefty
White had the Buns eating out
of his hands. The first three
men to face him Reese, Herman
and Reiser-went down swing
ing. He started out the same
way in the second. tanning Lava
getto and Camilli, and forcing
the third to ground out. In the
third round he retired the side
in order. But it was different
tale in the fourth.
Reese, first man up in that
stanza, got the first hit off White
Ia sharp single to right. Un-
nerved, the Cardinal southpaw
hit Reiser on the arm and he
went to first gratis. Herman,
Just before Reiser, was thrown
out at the initial sack. Medwick
hit TO short and was safe when
Marion errored. advancing both
runners and filling the bases.
Lavagetto lifted a fly to the out
field, scoring Reese, and camilIi
slammed one into right pavilion
stands to clear the bags. Four
runs and all were unearned.
From then until the wild
eleventh, White kept the Buns
under control
St. Louis opened its scoring
in the third with a pair of runs.
Four singles, with Padgett and
CTespi sending a mate apiece
across home plate, combined with
an error, accounted for the
markers.
The score was all-even after
the Cardinals had their turn at
bat in the seventh. Fat Freddy
opened the round by passing
Brown but the Redbird runner
was forced at second by Hopp
Padgett singled, sending Flash
Hopp to third. Mize hit into
what should have been an easy
double play but shortstop Reese
dropped the ball, allowing Hopp
to score and all other runners to
reach bag safely Crabtree
lined one into left for a single
scoring Padgett Oh a close play
at the plate. Crabtree's drive
was relayed to the plate ahead
of Padgett but catcher Owen
dropped the ball as the runner
tore into him on the slide.
The fatal eleventh was marked
by the collapse of Cardinal de-
tense. Former teammate Med
wick started the downfall when
he shot sizzling liner to third
sacker Brown, who dropped the
sphere and then threw wild to-
first. Lavagetto walked, his.
second base on balls Of the game,
Camilli, he Of the fourth inning
three-run homer, laid down a
bunt and Mize fell to the ground
in an attempt to field it. The
bases were drunk. Walker, hit.
less until now, slapped a single
to center, scoring two men as
Hopp furnbled the ball long
enough TO allow two instead of.
one cross home. N
The game was marked by num-
erous violent arguments and
sloppy defense. The clubs conn
mitted four errors apiece, two
by each Of the shortstops.
BUGS And Braves Split
The Pirates Of Pittsburgh scor-
ed early to defeat the Boston
Braves. rs. in a twin bill open
er but took a terrible beating in
the nightcap, 100. Heintzel-
man, who struck ont just two
and issued six bases on balls, won
the first game with effective
hurting in the pinches, except
for the fifth and sixth innings
when the Braves tailed all their
runs. Pittsburgh jumped on SaI-