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Colby John Saved Game for Dodgers by Retiring
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BrtOOKL-YN, N. Y.. Oct 11.
JACK COOMM'S action In taking hlnwelf out of yesterday's game after tarry
Oftrtaw fc4 smashed a terrific drlva over the right-field fence for a home run
w Mver 4m In a world'" eerie game before and wa reipomlble for the flrit
triumph of the National league champion, na It waa apparent that the former
Machman wa weakening. If Coomba had remained In the game, It la likely that
Carrlgan'a team would have taken Ita third straight victory, which would have
virtually clinched the championship.
Inatead of being eliminated the Dodgers are very much In the running nnd
really look every bit aa good na the Ited Box. There are not many pltchera In
i Baseball who would have exercised aucfc Judgment, aa the natural tendency la
for a hurler to try to cover up Ma weak rices, with the result that he la allowed to
remain In the game until It l too lato. ,
Yesterday Coomb waa watching Ed Pfeffer warm up and several times
glanced back over hla shoulder In the direction of the center-Hold fence, In front
erf which several hurlera were worming up. When he saw that Pfeffer was In
treed shape he walked out of the box, having made up his mind not to remain In
the game until the tying run had been placed on first baee. Tho wisdom of
. Ceomba'a move waa apparent In tho closing Innings, as 1'frffer was unhlttable and
the Dodgers held their one-run lend.
It waa a typical PfefTcr day, the darkness making It extremely hard for the
Red Sox to aee his fast ball until it waa almost on top of them, and the giant
right-hander looked better thon at any time since June. If Pfeffer can give an.
ether exhibition like that of yesterday he la almost sure to win.
A lot of the fans and scribes hero aro Inclined to criticise Manager Robinson
or his failure to start Pfeffer In the flrat three games, but we believe that tho
Brooklyn pilot Is handling hla stuff perfectly. In the last two months of tho
season Pfeffer weakened in the closing rounds of almost every game after having
pitched brilliant ball for six or nsen Innings, and t Is no sure thing that he will
ot blow up against the Ited Sox.
Pfeffer Good at Finishing Games
J30BINS0N figured that Pfeffer can finish up at least three games In the
v series, whereaa If ho goes the full route he may not be of any value for the
rest of the games. With Marquard, Smith and Coombs to start games and
Pfeffer and Cheney to finish them upr the Dodgera appear to be well fortified;
In fact, Just a trifle better than tho Ited Sox. Tho latter pair depend largely upon
peed, and aa It becomes dark early now they aro better qualified for relief duty
1 than any other hurlera of the two teams, barring possibly Habe Ruth.
The nervousness that was o nctlceabla among the nrooklyn playera In tho
games it Boston has vanished -.nd Robinson's men have shown plenty of fight.
In fact, they appear to be a gamer team than tho famous Ited Sox. which team
generally is referred to as tho greatest In baseball. One of the most pleasing
urprlsea of the series has been tbi brilliant work of Olson at shortstop.
Olsqn is not a natural shortstop and never will bo as graceful as Srott, but ho
ha proved a good man for Roblnmn. When tho Dodgers were wobbling ond
apparently lacking In confidence, it was Olson who kept tho team on the Jump,
encouraging tho pitcher and keeplnr tin fighting spirit of tho team at 'tr,p pitch.
It is possible that the former Clevclander may go to pieces, but it Is hardly likely,
m he Is a seasoned veteran. IIo ulo la ar Inspiring kind of player, who will take
any kind of a chance to win. Yetorday he believed that none of the four umpires
was watching, and he tripped Thoinai re he rounded second. Olson did not get
away with this play, however, and Thomas waa permitted to take third. It wa
rot a gentlemanly trick and he was hooted by hla own fans; but It waa possible
that thla play might have turned the whole game If ho had got away with It.
Ail Contests Have Dccn Close
fpiIE scores of tho three games havo been unusually close and low considering
J- the number of terrific smashes. We do not recall seeing such hitting in n
World's eerie slnco the famous Athletics-Chicago battle In 1010; but Invariably
Qmethlnr turns up to keep tho joorc down. The alzo of Droves and Ebbets fields
no doubt is responsible for the number of long drives, as the pltchera ore taking
chances In putting foat balls right through the groove, which would be Improper
In smaller fields.
Any time thert are two men out the pltchera really have taken foolhardy
chances considering how close .'c gamea have been, but they have been lucky
enough to get away with It until esterday, when Coombs fairly handed Gardner
a home-run drive. The lied Sox tnlrd baseman Is not a long-distance hitter aa a
lule, so Coombs decided to take a chance with a medium change of pace ball.
Gardner smashed It over tho fence for a home run, and the drive was aa long as
the one made by Fred Luderus In Philadelphia two weeks ago.
While speaking of Jack Coombs It le well to mention that we watched him
drtas for the game yesterday and wire nmozed at the way it Is necessary to strap
and bind him so that he may take no chance of bringing back tho old Injury that
kept him out of the game for Almost thiet years.
Coombs first bandages his lega from the knee up with rubber braces and then
v wraDg yards and yards of bandax? r.round his body. After this Is done he adjusts
a -steel brace that encases his body from his waist to Just beneath the armpit.
How he manages to pitch ball Is &. mystery, as he finds It Impossible to get any
t freedom of action excepting In hla arms. With It all Coombs Is a fine all-round
pUyer. Ho hlU ae well as man regulars, and can run despite tho way he Is
trapped, and has ho trouble fielding bunts when the opposing batters are lucky
enough to get a ball that can be bunted. National League batsmen contend that
Coombs I& the hardest man to bunt in the league, because he does not pitch many
balls over tho center of the plate, and the Ited Sox also found the Colby collegian
hard to bunt.
Rumor That the Dodgers Are Sold
r". IS said that President Ebbets and the McKeover brothers, who are the sole
owners of tho Brooklyn team, have sold the National League champions to
Charles Teltman, a millionaire coal operator, the announcement of the sale being
withheld until after the series. Ebbets Is one of tho last of tho old school, and It
ts rather surprising that he .should t at thla time.
While the fan here Idolized Ebbets for years, he no longer Is popular, as the
I recent raising of prices for the world's series and several other Incidents which
' showed only too p'alnly that Ebbeti was tiring of the game and thought only of
weney. It la only natural for Ebbets to want to get everything possible out of the
name; but there was a time whon he apparently cared nothing about the financial
and.
Feltman will not admit that he haa purchased the team, but close friend de-
' eJare that he haa been trying to purchaso a major league team for several seasons
and that he care nothing about the financial end of the game. The selling
, at the Brooklyn club la only a fo.-ci tinner to a sensational announcement that
yrefeably will bo made soon after the cerlrc end.
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-' After coiner hltlesa In the first two names of tho aerlna. Jaka Dauhart ramn
haek yesterday with a vengeance. He had three hits out of four times up, one
t, which was a triple. All of which showa Just what confidence will do for a
player and a club.
That the pitching on the whole In the present world's series Is below the
average Is ahown not only In the number of hits by each club, but In the time
H haa taken to play the games. Although Brooklyn did not take her half of tho
ninth round at bat, the contest waa waged over two hours. Bad pitching Invari
ably takes the snap out of a game, making errors more frequent, as well as
hlU.
Although It haa been reported In the camp of the Ited Box that George Foster
not In perfect condition, the hurling hero of 1)15 looked to be In fine form
yeMerday. Of course he did not go the full route, a he went In to do relief
aty,. Nevertheless hie work Indicated that he would bo able to start If necessary.
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WILLIS E. DAVIS
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National Clay Court Cham
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Than No. 8 on List
SLUMPED LATE IN SEASON
By WILLIAM T. TILDEN, 2D
Philadelphia for several seasons has been
represented ably In tho first ten by Clothlor,
Williams and Wallace Johnson, but this
year finds another of our stars standing
In the sacred circle. Willis E. Davis, Call
forntan by birth, for three years has been
In our city nnd clearly may bo classed with
our Quaker City stars.
Davis's record Is spotty, for, following an
early soanon of nearly flawleps tennis, ho
suddenly slumped and spoiled a poeslble
first five record. Davis won the Sleepy
Hollow event, defeating Throckmorton In
the semifinals and George M. Church In
fivo sets in the finals. He won the natlonnl
clay court crown, defeating Doyle, after
the Washington star had put out Church
most unexpectedly.
Both the Pennsylvania State and west
ern Pennsylvania titles went to Davis. In
the former he defeated Dabncy, Alexander
D. Thayer and myself In the semifinal, and
In the final Craig BlddU. Garland was his
chief victim In the western event.
Davis twice fell before the fiery attack
of George Church, the last of these encoun
ters resulting In an easy 0-i, 0-4 win at
Seabrlght He also was defeated by Karl
Behr, -0, S-6, 6-1, 8-1, In the East ereus
West match at Forest Hills. Watson M.
Washburn put him out of the national In
the fourth round.
It might be claimed that with a string of
victories over such men as Throckmorton,
Church, Armstrong, Doyle. Bull, Garland,
McCormack, Mlkaml, Pfaffman and Rob
ert i, Davis deserves better than eighth
place. Unfortunately, his defeat by WaBh
burn. In the national, necessarily ranks him
below the latter, who cannot, by any chanoc,
get better than No. 7.
So we must put this wonderful player at
eight, when his game really merits the
upper halt of the select company,
Davis Is the typical California racquet
w (elder. His whole game Is based on serv
ice and volley. Ilia ground strokes, while
very severe, are very erratic. Ills fore
hand strokes are highly topped drives of
great speed, and vicious chops that speed
low and deep to his opponent's backhand.
Davis has a highly topped "looping"
backhand hook, and a peculiar slice chop,
the latter not unlike McLoughlln's stroke.
Neither of these shots Is steady, but both
are hard to handle.
His volley shot Is a straight "smear" of
the ball that pushes tt with great speed
down from his racquet Into sharp angles
of his opponent's court. He appears to
fall all over hla shot, covering the ball In
much the same manner that the great
Hans Wagner fields a grounder.
Ills service. In the main. Is a very fast
American twist that carries so much com
bined speed and spin that it Is nearly
unplayable. He also has a straight "cannon-ball"
smash serve of terrlfio speed that
Ills overhead Is severe and ordinarily
he shoot for the center line very effectively,
toady.
BROOKLYN NOW HAS THE EDGE
ON SERIES, ASSERT DOPESTERS,
AFTER WINNING FROM BOSTON
Every One Satisfied Except Stung "Spec," Who
Failed to Unload Tickets on Flatbush Citizens.
"Teams Are Rotten," He Says
ny'ROnERT W. MAXWELL
nrtooicivYN. oct 11.
THK ticket speculator wearily leaned
against a porilon of tho strong concrete
wall which surrounds Ebbets Field Inst
night nnd ratt withering glances at tho
crowd as It surged
from the third
game of the
world's series. He
also gated rue
fully upon a
bunch of tickets
In his hand which
could have been
used at that same
gamo If the quaint
and ntatd citizen
of Flatbuah had
been willing to
go down deep Into
their kicks and
hand out the noo
easary dough to
purchase them.
But they didn't,
and tho "spec"
was badly stung.
Ho also was sore
at the entire
world nnd did not stop to select his audi
ence when he gavo vent to his feelings.
"Hones', gents," ho walled, "X never did
see such a gang of bum sports In m' life.
They ain't romln' across with nothln' to
sea this awful serious between them ham
teams, and I'll betcha they wouldn't dig ta
even seo th battle of Gettysburg put on by
th' orlglonal cast, They's lots of money In
this burg and It II stay here. Nobody has
th' neno ta loosen up. I had a swell day,
I had. Had Just as much chance of sellln'
tickets to th' mob as a guy sellln' diamond
rings at n sale In th' fle and ten cent
store. Baseball at five bucks per copy Is
too steep for these here hicks from Flat
buah. "Anyway, they ain't getttn' none th' best
of It, because It's th' cheeslest series I ever
seen. I went ta th' game myself. Just ta
swell my sale of tickets. If I hadn't gone,
I'd n had juit as many as I started with.
Talk about high class baseball 1 Say, they
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don't know whnt that word means. Them
guys on Brooklyn and Boston play like
champeens of th' Chautauqua circuit or a
couple teams from th' piano movers' union.
"Class? "itnybe. but I ain't seen any.
They eay th' Ited Sor Is as good as Connie
Mack's old Athaletlcs. Any guy what says
that Is craiy. hy. In th' old days. Stuffy
Mclnnls could a blindfolded his tya, Ed
dlo COlllns could get Into th' game with a
broken leg. Barry could a' had both hands
broke an' Baker could a' come out on
crutches an' beat that gang. There ain't
no comparison, I tell yuh, an take It from
me, this Is the worst bunch of games 1
ever seen.
"I see both games In Bawston an' I gets
th' dope on th' teams. One team Is qulttln'
all of th' time and the other Is tryln' ta
quit. Never did see so many nervous ath-a-letea
In m' life. Thoy'a like a flock a'
chorus girls on th' first nlte a' th' show.
Th' photographers can't take no time ex
posures, even when they pose, because
they won't keep quiet long enough. I'd
hate to see that bunch be In' led out ta be
shot at sunrise. They'd spoil th' whole
party by beln' too nervous.
"Yuh see," continued the orator, "this
qulttln' Is gettln' to be the habit, an' th'
team what quite first always loses. Brook
lyn quit twlct In Bawston an' Bawston come
right back an' quit today. Th' Beantown
guys will get off to a bum start again to
morrow an' put on their qulttln' act early
so aa ta lose th' game In th' first couple
Innln's. I got th' dope all right, all right,
and I ain't the guy what keeps It to him
self. "I'm gonna be here tomorrah again and
try ta goldbrlck th' rubes with some mora
tickets, but I ain't holdln' out no hopes. I
gotta sell some, but nobody'U fall. They
wont even pur up four beans fer a five
buck ticket "They's spendthrifts, all right.
all right But wait till I get ta Bawston
say. mister, want these tickets! They
ain't no good to me and yuh might aa well
use 'em as wall paper. Come aroun' to
morrah an' I'll give yuh some more."
Notwithstanding the diatribe upset by
our friend the "spec," the series now looks
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to be more even than before. In winning
the third game, Brooklyn ascended from the
utmost depth of darkness to the sunlight
and there are many who believe that the
Iloblna have a chance to win the series. At
any rate, there Is a well-defined hunch
going the round In the large town and
across the bridge that Brooklyn will win
today, tie up the aeries and then finish with
a rush. The wise guys point out that ths
Dodgers have not received any of the
"breaks" aa yet and when they do the Red
Sox will be outclassed.
It's funny how the grandoldope will shift
from one sldo to the other on the result of
a single game. Testerday morning Brook
lyn was not even considered, and the ex
perts, to a man, predicted that all would be
over tonight. I heard a conversation In the
hotel before the game started which
showed the truo attitude of the "critic." It
was between a stranger and a newspaper
man.
"Say!" said ths stranger, "Is Brooklyn
playing In the world's sertesT"
"No," was the reply, "they only are as
sisting. The Red Sox are doing the play
ing." It was a typical home audience that at
tended the game. Every time there waa a
chanoe to make some noise and cheer there
was noise and cheering. If a Brooklyn
batter knocked the ball to the shortstop and
was thrown out by a mile, the Flatbushers
were up on their feet yelling their heads off.
They were out to boost the team and they
did tt
Many Low Cards Recor
by Pros in Rehearsal i
rnnaaeipma upen
TALMON EQUALS pj
By SANDY McNIBLICK
rpHE local golf professionals art
J. ready for a great struggle at
to lay hold the Philadelphia open tttft i
keep It right nere in the Quaker Ciw
One Is astounded, upon a visit te
Thllmont course, at the tales et the I
scoring that has been going on In p-setta
caras are presentea on every side by
professionals oi sucn low totals tftet I
scores wouia snrtnK to almost Dotal
ail II inn iiui b nouiing to What tt
have had, etc., If I hadn't etc.," wteti
taken Into account
Just to give a line on what th
slonals are doing over the difficult eoanTI
milted.
One turned over to us was that hM
by Harry Talmon, the diminutive unL.
Plymouth. After needing an extra
the first green, Talmon shot three kirfr t
nis way oui ana roi n , according (
card. He was "rather poor" coailsc
since ne tooK an extra putt on no lets t
three greens ana naa a 37,
His card and par follow:
Talmon:
Out 5 3 3 3 14 4 3 431
In S 3 B 3 5 4 S 3 4 IT U
Par 4 3 4 t 4 4 E 4 4 1
In 4 3 8 3 4 4 4 3 4 34 70
Charlie HoCfner, the Phllmont pro, li (
peeled to win me tourney over hit
course, since he ranks as one of the l
best playing pros In the city.
Homier is reputea Dy nis frlendi hi i
shooting regularly In the neighborhood i
71 to 73. He la also not "above" or "befe.
dropping under 70 on state occasions, tt
saia. lie noias tne course unomcial :
with a mark below 70.
Jim Star, the famous Haddon cro. I
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