New-York tribune., 1909-05-27
ONE MORE FOR GIANTS
WILTSE STAR OF CANE.
Mosrs Dozen ST. Louis BGtterS and
Makes a Home Run.

GSorEe wiltse played the leading role at the Polo
Grounds yesterday. where the Giants defeated
Roger B-esnahaDE 81. Louis team by s score OF
TO = He only pitched strong, heady game,
be.ag practically iE-iaci5le in seven Of the nine
sn=i-es bUt ne was perfect demon with the bat
tiTing out = -bagger in the sixth inning and a
cieer nome ruz II the eighth Next % Witse.
yred -anney earned the plaudits Of the crowd
when ae added &c his wardrobe by driving the ball
10 tie fence n centre field in the third inning for
. circait OF she bases. scoring New York's first
rar.
OF course. the other members Of the team played
a necessary part also. and Herzog. in particular
proved that McCTraw made mistake in putting
lign back IN left Aeid IN place Of Mccormick He
made three running catches that brought the
crowd 70 rs feet. and others for a total OF
five putouts. while he cut of a two-oagEer hy d
quick throw to second on a clean drive 10 left by
Charles in the seventh inning
The Giants made only three hits OF Reebes de-
livery an the four innings he pitched, hut the St
Louis tV-irIer wild a hawk, ana was 50
free with bases on balls that Bresnahan took him
out after Herzog had walked in the fifth inning
and substituted Higgins. The latter was lalTiy
effective uutl the eighth inning, when the Giants
punched three hits including Nitses home run
and added three runs 10 their score. More or less
loose playing cost the visitors dear although onlE
three errors could be directly charged against
them
Wiltse wavered slightly IN two innings, but little
damage resulted while II emphasized the AFFINITY
Of the hiE left handler TO pull himself out Of tight
places In The sixth inning hits by Byrne ana
Shaw and base on balls TO Bresnahan nIled the
bases with none out. and Byrne scored on ho-
1aetchy's long sacrifice fly TO O'Hsra- Niitse then
tightened up and struck oJt Evans anc IoIceu
Ellis 70 put up fly which Herzog gathered IN.
In the seventh inning. after Huswitt had flied
out 20 Herzog and the latter had cut of a two
baeCer by Charles on his quick throw to BridWeii
Who made a pretty left handed catch. Higgins sol
hit Re went around 10 third, when DeFlh
made a remarkable stop Of ByTnes haro grouIuei' T.
but threw wildly TO first. and scored on Sfa"
,4r,e1v single Dezlin then redeemed himsef hF
a pretty stop and throw Of Bresnahans 5 fast oall
making the third out
This accounts for St. Louis's two runs. ana II
NAV be said that these were the only JTlleS lhaI
the visitors had a chance 10 score As said be
fore Tennev's home run drive was responsible lot
New Yors's first run in the third inning but three
more followed in the fourth. quite enough TO win
With O'Hara out. Devlin and Bridwen drew bases
on balls and then Schlei drove screaIner through
the pitcher's box, which sent Devlin racing nome
FridveU scored e moment later on the throW-ln'
when the ball took ugly bound and got away
from Bresnahan. while Schlei came home on
Nitse's long sacrifice fly 10 centre field
The Giants added one more run in the sixth in
ming on q base on balls and Wiltse's two-bagger
and three more in the eighth on hits by O Hara
ana Deylin SchleTs long sacrifice fly and Wiltse's
home run
So far as half a dozen small boys were con-
eerned II was an opportune fire that burned avav
a small portion Of the fence around the Polo
Grounds The fire a small one. being confined
10 a few boards but il opened the way for several
youngsters to the Giants win.
The score follows: