OTD 8/14/1914: Brooklyn Tip Tops Take Bite Out of St. Louis Terriers

From the desk of:  THE BROOKLYN BAKERS NINE

Bradley's Bread Men Close To Within Two Games of First Place

FRIDAY

Brooklyn Tip Tops   5

St. Louis Terriers     3

FINAL

Friday's victory over the Terriers give the Tip Tops a 2-1 series lead in their four game set at St. Louis.  It's their second straight defeat of the Terriers after losing Wednesday's opener at Handlan's Park.

• BOXSCORE; Friday, August 14, 1914 - BR

Making his third career start Brooklyn's Jim Bluejacket is opposed by former Cincinnati Red right-hander Dave Davenport.  The Tip Tops strike with haste in taking a 2-0 first inning lead.  But the Terriers quickly tie with two runs in the second.  They remain stalemated at two through the seventh.  St. Louis finally breaks through with a run off Bluejacket in the eighth.  Undeterred Brooklyn answers with three runs in the top of the ninth.  With one out in the bottom half of the frame Tip Tops manager Bill Bradley summons from the bullpen starting pitcher (20-game winner last year with the Phillies) Tom Seaton whom closes out the Terriers for only his second save of the season.  Jim Bluejacket limits St. Louis to three runs on seven hits and just one walk with two strikeouts through 8.1 innings for his second career victory.  Terriers starter Dave Davenport yields five runs on seven hits and eight walks with seven strikeouts through 8.2 innings en route to his seventh loss of the season.  St. Louis player/manager and National League great Mordecai Brown records one out in the ninth in relief of Davenport.  Tip Tops center fielder Al Shaw (.344) goes 1 for 3 with a double, two walks, a run scored, and two RBI.  Catcher Grover Land goes 2 for 4 with one RBI, and second baseman Solly Hofman drives in his 42nd run of the season.

With Friday afternoon's victory the Tip Tops improve to 53-45 (.541) and forge a third place tie with the Indianapolis Hoosiers, just two games back of Joe Tinker's first place Chicago Chi-Feds.  The Baltimore Terrapins are second 1.5 games back.

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