New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
GIANTS PLAY SECOND
ppESN4H4N WHOLE SHOW
c.ot Catcher Gets a LOCing Cup,
Then Steals the Game.

-sa Roger Bresnahan is popular. That WAS
agaiD Yesterday when he brought his St
20 cardinals 20 town and received loving cup
--sl hacking case, accompanied with speech
Joha n Ward and much applause from
1- ,,a in general But he must take more
e. - with the Giants if he wants TO keep his
p-,.rity. His tail-end nine beat his old friends
w soora of 8 10 J. thus emphasizing the fact
poyar likes TO beat his former associates. for
cardinals are comparatively fresh from taking
= Straight games from Boston. presided over by
- Bowernan, another ex-Giant catcher OF
,.pry memory
hfl' "a Insult 10 the injury. it was AIathewson
- cot into rroable with the Cardinals To be
es--lr frank Nathewson wavered a little
fls Of times and by just that much Lush had
:. letter Of him. Lush. who erratc that
gsas6ephia was glad to let him go last year,
--.ted fine game. and had the Giants waving
ayv and making feeble attempts 10 hit most OF
me tine
,,atbewson pitched a reasonably strong game,
A., an his good work went for naught in the sev
,-h inning. vueu Larry Doyle let in two runs by
t.,e 100 eager Charles walked, 20 begin the in
- and went around TO third when Lush singled
!, right There Mattys responsibility really ended,
s- he pulled himself together, and should have
-o-s ont OF the hole nicely. But Doyle. playing
zsg IN for a throw TO the plate, came in fighting
s4avs weak hit. and let it get away from him
-0rTre
gs- sbsw al third on Bresnahan's tap, and Meyers
cs-rat Rocer stealing.
m. Giants took the lead in the third inning.
rors walked and went third when Mccormick
- ens that was too hard for Charles 10 handle.
,lu--sy fled Ellis. and Doyle scored on the
,t-uv in. The one run lead held good until the
s4f tznng. and would have lasted longer except
~ Fsnneys error. With one man out Konetchy
NJ 70 Tenney. who fumbled the ball badly Evans
s,s7ei but Ellis struck out while Konetchy and
FTsus worked a double steal Ellis should have
hss, the third out. but. it turned out Matty
-5 not hold the inning safe, and Hulswttt singled
!, centre. konetchy scoring. Evans tried TO score
100 but O'Haras great throw caught him.
Tie Giants threw away a chance TO win the
rsne in the fourth inning. Br5dwell easy
e-ongh but Myers and Matty walked Tenney
sjvped q bunt down the third base line while
gryhe was asleep, and filed the bases Then Doyle
and Mccormick popped up foul flies 10 Bresnahan
and ByTne. There We're two men on the bases,
moreover in the fifth inning. result of singles,
but Myers hit weakly TO Charles. and a third
chance went TO waste in the eighth inning. when.
following hits by DevIin and Matty, with a man
on Second and another on third, Tenney sent q fly
10 Shaw.
Bresnshan got mis- loving cup just before the
game started The aoraI covering was taller than
the famous catcher himself, and certainly of
novel design. Joe Humphreys carried it out with
some help. and John n Ward. who was famous
Giant in the old days before he deserted baseball
for the law and golf, made a speech Of presenta-
tion IN the general confusion some one gave Billy
Gilbert. who used TO play second base on the great
teams Of ls5a and 1906. floral horseshoe.
Bresnahan's cup was Bought by subscription. and
the list OF subscribers included Mayor Mcclellan,
Sheriff Foley, Fire Commissioner Hayes, John T.
Brush, Harry Stevens, John J. McGraw, Fred
Knowles and Dan Brouthers- Gilbert's horseshoe
vas gift from the Giants themselves.
The only thing that tempered the joy Of the oc-
oasion was the fact that there was any occasion
for giving Bresnahan a loving cup. because the
general feeling IS that he is going TO be missed
whole lot before the season is over. About ten
Thousand fans turned out 10 make the day big
one and they let 10 chance slip by 10 voice their
friendship for the visiting manager.
This tells how Bres1zhan did IL: