The most popular man in Brooklyn today is one Cy Barger, the lanky twirler of the Brooklyn team. If ever there were a thrilling game in which a pitcher was the whole show from soup to nuts it was that wonderful fourteen-inning battle at Washington Park between the Superbas and Cubs. Cy was a marvel in every department of the game. He pitched great ball, fielded like a fiend and, as for hitting, why Cy made the famous Swat Miligan's feats look like bush league stuff.

Never before in Brooklyn has a ball-player been handed the ovation that literally swamped Barger after he tore off that two-bagger in the fourteenth inning, which sent Erwin scurrying home across the plate with the winning run.

In a second the field was flooded with fans, men and women vying with one another in heaping adulation on the great pitcher. The crowd caught Cy before he could get anywhere near the clubhouse...[and] he was hoisted up on the shoulders of the crowd and carried down the field....

Hundreds of fans waited outside the grounds for close to an hour for Barger to appear. When he showed himself there was another uproar. Up the street the crowd followed him, cheering him wildly every step of the way. The reception rattled Cy. He blushed like a schoolgirl and once started to run to get away from his admirers...

The ovation was wonderful, but Barger deserves every bit of it. It was the greatest game of ball ever played at Washington Park and it was Barger who was the star from start to finish. He pitched masterly ball and showed he is as game as any pitcher that ever lived.

While his pitching was a treat to watch, his batting was equally good. Four times he hit safely and two of his wallops were good for doubles... His second two-bagger sent in the winning run...

Cy has now won five straight. His last defeat was in Chicago, when Wheat dropped two fly balls that cost him the game. Cy's five straight victories have been secured over St. Louis, Boston, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Chicago.