New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-12
RECORD FOR GIANTS
RAIN OF HITS And RUNS.
st. Louis Team Fairly Buried an
Last Game of Series.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune J

ST Louis. Aug. 1.-THE Giants were a happy
crowd when they left here for Chicago tonight
They had reason TO be. Cor their victory over St
Louis to-day gave them clean sweep Of a series
of five games. That they had little respect or at
least feeling. for Bresnahan. who did such ex-
cellent work as backstop when he was on their
line-up-and who always on the firing line
until he was shipped away TO become the manager
OF the Cardinals-or his band Of players was ex-
tremely apparent to-day's contest Just what
they did 10 the st. Louis and how they did
II can better be summed up with their stick work
which showed a total of o hits TO by the home
men. which left final score Of ls 3.
The visitors total runs and hits new
records for the season here. did the total OF
10 runs they made in inning. the sixth. Each
side used fourteen in the game. II was ap-
parent that the Giants had the game cnched from
early stage. and Crandall kept in the box
the fun Tine innings. No fewer than pitchers
were used on the home side. Raleigh who went
in at the start, sent TO the bench after the
second inning, when the stood to 0 in favor
OF the Giants. Laudermilk took the same route in
the sixth inning after five Of the ten runs made
had been scored Sullivan. St Louis University
man, then in 10 take up the hopeless
task and lasted until the seventh inning when
Meter took his place.
The way the Giants landed on the ball in the
sixth inning a revelation 10 the crowd here.
Seymour singled. Mccormick walked and then
Murray HIT by pitched ball. With the bases
full DeVHn singled. scoring seymour ana on a
single by Fletcher Mccormick and Murray tailed.
Merkle to first four wide and
two-bagger by Meyers Devln and Fletcher crossed
the plate. II this stage that Sullivan
in TO pitch and Crandall. first 10 face him. sent
out home run drive that brought Merkle and
Myers in before him. Doyle singled and forced
by Seymour. Murray flied 10 Murphy. and then
shafer, who battec for Devlin, made single. on
which Mccormick raced home Merke then ended
the agony with ny.
single by Doyle, Seymour's slow roller. Nc
Corrnick's hunt, a sacrifice by Murray and a single
by Devlin gave the Giants two in the first
inning In the second inning Meyers hit by a
pitched ball. which, followed by singles by Doyle,
Seymour and Mccormick brought in three more
runs In the seventh inning the Giants got their
last two runs on singles by Wilson, Crandall. Sey
rnour Mccormick. Charless tumble and a sacrifice
fly by Murray.
Ens's hit to the fence. which got away from
Murray. allowed him TO make the circuit Of the
bases for the first for St Louis. in the third in
ming while Devlins overthrow TO first OF Byrnes's
hit single by Ellis and Konetchy's sacrifice gave
the home men their second in the NTH inning.
A triple by Ellis and out brought in the third
run, in the ninth inig.
Bresnahan was r1t of the game by O'Day.
the umpire. in the second inning for protesting
a decision by the latter calling Evans and Dele
hanty out a double play.
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