Show Pirates leave Lv for fr ap tal With Chances Bright i I Homers by Wright and Cuyler Squares Series at Pitts Pittsburg burg j PITTSBURG 1 Oct 9 By the Asso Associated Associated As As- so Press Press PressOn On On the hazy battleground battleground bat bat- o of Forbes field flanked by bya I a wildly cheering throng of non-combatants non the bold Buccaneers Buccaneers Bucca Bucca- I Bucca-I I turned the d on their Senator conquerors of the da day beI before be- be fore broke up up the Of f one of Washington's biggest I guns Stanley Covel Coveleskie de and took the second game of the championship champion champion- I ship shii hl conflict in a novel dime finIsh fin- fin IsIs Ish with a home run by Kiki CUler Guyler Guyler Guy Guy- ler and the stout-hearted stout pitching I of Vie Vic Aldridge turning the tide vic vie y The final verdict was gam gained gaind d only by the line hair margin of 3 to 2 2 with the outcome in doubt until the thelast thelast thelast last put-out put but it was ras enough to put the Pirates on even terms with I Ithe th the worlds world's champion Senators as I Ithe the rival forces set set sail last night for the capital prepared to renew renew I Ithe the engagement in the third tussle at the Griffith stadium I There was a double portion of disaster disaster dis dis- aster for tor the tile Senators Senator as they withdrew withdrew with with- drew toward their home port fo for besides losing the the- game and their won brilliantly-won advantage of ot ye yeter- yeter ster- ster I day their ranks suffered suffered-a a a hard blow in the loss at least ered sufficiently to walk from the guar guardian ian Bluege was hit lIlt jus just back backof of the ear by one of g s 's fast in- in shoots in the sixth inning and forced out of the game while Buddy Myer Myel I Ial ax art al untried recruit took his place on the tile field Bluege dropped as through though though I shot and it first seemed that he was severely se hurt but he r covered covered cov cov- ered sufficiently 0 o walk from the field to the clubhouse There though still In iii a daze physicians discovered ered no danger in his condi- condi tion He left shortly after the game with his teammates to board the Washington train I Even with Bluege In the lineup however It is doubtful whether the Senators could have survived the final pIrate drive in which Cuy- Cuy Jers Jer's homer broke the tile deadlock and scored Eddie r 1 Moore loore ahead of him with the deciding tallies taIlles while AdrIdge Aid Aid- ridge making the last of at a series of gallant stands kept the Senatore Senators Senators Sena Sena- tors tore from boarding the Pirate craft In tt a a- a desperate ninth-Inning ninth rally that fell onI only one olle run short of ot ty tyIng tyIng tying ty- ty ing the count The Senators had filled HUed the bases with none out in their last inning counter attack ck and did manage to push over one run on a long hong sacrifice sacrifice fice Lice fly by Bob Beach in a pinch- pinch hitting role but Aldridge struck out Dutch Reuther another substitute batsman and retired the dangerous Sam am Rice on an m easy bunder for forthe forthe forthe the final out It was tile the second time in the game that the worlds world's champions filled the bases with not nope out but on the first occasion slon in the fifth In Inning in- in ping ning tIle they were even evet less hess successful going out without making a run In that frame Aldridge put himself himself him- him self in the hole by mishandling Coveleskie's bunt and throwing too toolate toolate toolate late to third after and andRue Ruel Rue had hit Texas leaguers But the Pirate twirler pulled himself to together together together to- to gether with Washington's heavy ar artillery artillery ar- ar tillery facing g him He forced Rice Stan Harris and Goslin to hit into easy infield plays two of ot which were outs force-outs at lIt the plate I Through the earlier stages of or the game Aldridge was and hit harder than his veteran rival Coveleskie Co but his cour courage ge and control control control con con- lifted him close to invincibility when danger lurked ne nearest rest Be Besides lie lie- sides ides his great stands In the fifth I and ninth Aldridge choked off Senator threats In two other in innings In- In when the footed fleet-footed Sam Ri Rice e was in a position to score from in-I in second or third if the needed hit could only come through Coveleskie himself twirled capablY capably capably cap cap- ably pulling himself out of or bac bad bac holes in two innings it the third and sixth but his lila downfall wa was ac accomplished accomplished ac- ac through two master masterstrokes strokes the strokes the home ome runs of Wright and Gu Cuyler although ler although the big Polish stars star's moist ball silenced the main Pirate guns for the most part Thus the vaunted much-vaunted Pittsburg attack ke bri through the enemy's bulwark decisively for the first time in the series while on the defense I the young National league champions champions cham cham- again outshone their more more seasoned rivals to the confusion of series pre predictions wi with th Grantham Grantham Grantham Grant- Grant I ham and Barnhart scintillating I particularly jn in fielding fieldin perform performances performances ances The victory was scored too Ina in ina ina a dramatic setting setting made made so by roaring spirit of the crowd the presence of time old-time heroes of Pittsburg's Pitts- Pitts burgs burg's last worlds world's series victory sixteen years ago and by the tributes tribute's tributes tribute's tributes trib trib- utes ute's paid to the memory of ot one of the greatest championship heroes of all ChrIsty all Christy Mathewson |