1905 Chicago Cubs replay update: Weimer wins #19

by Scott Fennessy

Philadelphia, PA 7/25/1905

The Cubs face the Phillies in game 2 of this series.

Jake Weimer fresh of a 1 hit shutout is on the hill for the resurging Cubs and he faces “Frosty Bill” Duggleby who is a solid pitcher complete with a no hitter back in May.

I came in expecting a pitchers duel and both pitchers start strong with perfect innings and 1 strikeout each. Frank Chance who is in the top 10 in walks drawn gets yet another to start the second and has moved to third with two out on grounders. Jimmy Slagle who is starting to cool off now hits a one hopper that Ernie Courtney can’t handle and Chance scores on the error. Duggleby then gets the final out to stop the inning.

Weimer gets another perfect frame and the pitchers keep it this way until the 5th inning when Weimer gets a one out single. Billy Maloney who has kind of steadied out at a .280 mark lately rips the 3rd pitch of the at bat deep into center field. Sherry Magee is back but won’t get to it and plays the carom from the wall.

Maloney rounds second, but while Jake Weimer may be nicknamed the “Tornado” he certainly does not run like one so runners are on second and third with just one out. Johnny Evers, probably the hottest Cub hitter right now hits one to center and Magee seems to lose it in the sun somehow. The ball hits his glove and lands close by. Weimer scores, and Maloney is on third, but Magee’s throw in sails over the cutoff man and into the seats. Billy scores with Evers being awarded second by the umpire. Duggleby clearly is not happy and immediately drills Frank Schulte with the next pitch. Having expended his anger he then settles down and retires the side with just the two runs allowed. Weimer who is pitching extremely well with just a 1 hitter at this time gets another scoreless inning and the Cubs lead 3-0.

Neither team scores in the sixth, although the Phillies blow a terrific opportunity with runners on 2nd & 3rd with one out and don’t score and the Cubs put another rally in motion in the 7th. Maloney puts a charge into this one and it’s high off the wall in left center. Titus brings it in and the throw is not in time as the Cubs center fielder is in with his 9th triple of the season. Evers hits one that looks like a single but Mike Doolan makes a great stop and gets Evers at first, but Maloney does score. This makes up for his error in the 4th that did not cost the Phillies earlier.

Schulte fans as the now tiring Duggleby has thrown a lot of pitches today and walks Chance for the second time. Casey grounds out but the inning is over with the Cubs now leading 4-0. Doolan looked like he had his 3rd homer to start the bottom of the inning but Schulte makes a great leaping grab to snare this just over the wall in right. Weimer keeps them off the scoreboard again and the shutout continues into the 9th.

Duggleby probably should have been pulled but stayed in and promptly gives up Weimer’s second hit of the day. 1 out later he is on second when Evers hits one that rolls all the way to the wall in left center field. Hugh Duffy is there and the throw to Gleason is strong and the relay to Courtney is NOT in time. Evers is in with a triple and Weimer scoring. Schulte then gets his first hit of the day with a solid single to left that ends Duggleby’s day after Evers scores. Willie Sutthoff in to close this out and he does with two quick outs. After a horrible start this year Sutthoff has had several short stints with better results. Weimer then gets a dominant 9th finishing by striking out Doolan on three straight heaters and the Cubs win in convincing fashion 6-0.

Weimer gets his 19th win and the Cubs appear to be on a roll. This was another much needed win as the Giants come from behind yet again. While they have been playing the bottom of the league they have come down to earth of late and after 4 tough games where the lowly Cardinals took them to extra innings 3 of the 4 games. This one in hand until Mike Bowerman got an RBI single with two out in the 7th as the Giants wound up winning 3-0.

Odds and ends – It was a good day to be a back up catcher in the American League today. Lew Drill of the Tigers came in after Johnny Warner’s ejection and went 3 for 4 with a homer in his first at bat. He only has a 7-7-6 for a hitters card. Jay Clarke of the Indians also came in after Harry Bemis’ ejection and went 2 for 3 with his first homer of the year. And now a moment of silence for the Washington Senators. After managing to stay ahead of the St. Louis Browns most of the year they have fallen behind and look like they may well finish there. Not just a result of bad play, (only 3 of their position players are over .200 and Jake Stahl is the “star” with a .240 average) The have the distinction of having had so many injuries this week that they now have no reserves left and have to put relief pitcher Fred Falkenberg at third base until their next player comes of the DL in 3 games. Yikes.

Giants 57 18 .760
Cubs 53 23 .697
Pirates 46 29 .613

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