New-York tribune., 1909-04-27
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GIANTS LOSE ANOTHER
LET CHANCES SLIP AWAY.
Seymour, Back in Game, Badly
Hurt IN Collision zcith Murray.

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Failure to take advantage of golden opportunities
and inability to hit the ball when hits were needed
cost the Giants another game at the Polo Grounds
yesterday. Frank Bowerman. the onetime catcher
for the Giants and the new manager OF Boston
brought a lively lot of players to town and had
tho satisfaction of beating his old team mates BY
a score of to ?. Mattern pitched good game for
Boston and pulled himself out Of two or three tight
places
Cy Seymour. who disciplined at the spring
training camp for puglstic tendencies was fully
pardoned by John J. McGraw and sent out to his
old place in field 70 the loudly expressed
delight of the fans. He played there only part
of an inning, however, and then carried off the
field badly injured After Bates had struck out
Becker drove a fly to left centre and went all
the way third base when Seymour and
Murray came together with a crash in an effort
to make the catch. Both lay stretched out
on the turf and the game was delayed while doc
tors sent for and the men could pull them
selves together. Both finally took their places,
Murray the worse. apparently, but with
Seymour Impng.
Beaumont, the next up drove long hy to
left centre, which Seymour went after and pulled
down after pretty catch. but his leg gave out
he tried to return the ball to the plate ana ne
rolled over in agony. This time IL necessary
to carry him off the field and in all probability
he will be out of the for several days. II not
longer. OF course Becker scored and that run
loomed up pretty big before the game was over
The Giants presented a patched up team and 1t
seems if i'll luck is pursuing them rather early
in the season. BridweIl, who strained his leg in
Brooklyn Saturday. and Doyle who is suffer
ing from tonsillitis. were among the missing.
Herzog came from left field to play second. with
Fletcher short stop OHara in left field and Sey
mour in centre When Seymour injured
O'Hara went back to centre field, while Harry
Mccormick went TO his old place in the sun
parlor." This shake-up may have affected the play
of the team, although 1t must be said that the
luck Of the game, far as hits went, was with
Boston.
McGraw sent Marquard to the box for the Giants
with Myers the receiving end The costly
pitcher had remarkable speed and pitched we'll
enough to win the average game. but the visitors
were lucky to get hits when they were needed
; Merkle was sent in to bat for Marquard in the
| sixth inning and Wiltse pitched the game out,
| only one hit being made on his delivery
| Boston scored in the first inning. as told
and one in the fifth sixth innings, respectively
| In the fifth Sweeney led off with two-bagger 10
| right went to third when Fletcher mufed Mar
| guards throw to catch him of second, and scored
| on Mattern's single to centre. In the sixth Beau
mont sent a sizzling grounder toward second which
| Herzog could not handle took second on Beck's
| sacrifice third a wild pitch, and scored when
| Ritchey drove a hot one at Fletcher. which the
| last named stopped but could not field.
The Giants scored in the fourth inning
and one in the seventh. Tenney led OF with two
base hit to left centre IN the fourth, anu went
down to third when O'Hara beat a bunt by tast
running DevIin forced O'Hara at second, but was
himself safe at first Becks error, Tenney scor-
ing on the play. There was only one down, but
Fletcher struck out and Myers forced Devlin at
second.
The Giants had q royaI chance 10 score IN the
sixth inning but nothing came of II. Tenney once
more led of with = single, and when o Hara fouled
| out Devlin followed with a clean hit, sendlIg
| Tenney to third. Once more Fletcher had chance
TO come to the rescue. but pop fly 70 Dahlen was
the best he could do. Mattern was afraid OF
MYERS and sent him first balls. and with the
bases full and out the crowd called for Merkle
and NcC;raw decided to send him out to bat for
Marquard He failed in the pinch, however as
Sweeney helded his little bounder and threw him
out at first.
The Giants scored their second run in the seventh
inning when they had a chance to win the game
hands down. Herzog, the first man up, walked TO
first and then Mccormick singled 10 right Inc
latter was fooIishy caught between first and sec
I'D b,t managed TO get out Of the difficulty safely
With men on second and third and none out the
crovde cheered up, but Murray struck out; while
Herzog scored on Tenney's sacrifice, OHara endeo
all hope with fly TO Dahlen. In the last two
innings Mattern steadied down and the Giants were
helpless. -,
The umpires were decidedly unpopular all the
afternoon particularly with the crowd back OF the
nIata Frank Bowerman was called on TO bow MS
thanks for a big floral horseshoe from his New
York friends. A more popular player perhaps
never wore a New York uniform
Arthur DevIin made a screaming three-base hit
70 the fence centre field in the second HhIhs'
h,+ there were two out at the time and the bases
aD,ntv The hit went for nothing, as Fletcher flied
ont DevIin also distinguished himself by pretty
running catch Of a high foul against the grand
stand.
one Of the unpfres took exception to the coach
ing methods of Arlie Latham in the sixth inning
and the funny was ordered to the bench
Hal Chase, the first baseman Of the Yankees
who has been Ill with smallpox at Augusta. watched
the game from box