New-York tribune., 1909-04-28
LEAGUE STANDING
DRUBBING FOR GIANTS
BOSTON RUBS IT IN.
T7co Hits and Plenty Of Errors
Tell the Sad Story.

Three thousand shfvering fans saw the Giants get
an awful drubbing the Polo Grounds yesterday
The weather was better fitted for skating than for
baseball and loose fielding cost the home team
dearly The score was 10 to O. with the men from
Boston keeping warm by running around the baseS
and doing all the scoring The faithful fans VINO
braved the wntry wind in the hopes OF seeing ihe
Giants get revenge for the defeat on Monday came
TO root and STAYED to laugh. They rooted hard, too
for six innings and then gave it up as bad job
as the New York all aWry and could DO
nothing to stem the tide.
Ferguson, a pitcher who once wore a New YORK
uniform made his old team mates look hopelesSly
weak with the bat. and largely responsible for
the long string Of Zeros which graced lAe score
board for the Giants. Errors by Fletcher, DeN4lh'
Durham al even Doyle together with some sharp
bft+inq we're responsble for the ten runs made by
Boston The visitors drove Ames from the box
after six innings, fattened UP their batting aver
ages at the expense OF Durham, and then enjoyed
a final frolie around the bases with Red Waller.
who pitched the last inning incidentally, Boston
tiebtened its hold first place IN the National
League race. It was sad, sad stoTy-iof 'he
Giants
NTattv AT his best could hardly have pitched the
team 10 victory yesterday, for the simple reason
that the Giants could not solve the delivery OF
Ferguson and made only two hits In the nine IN
Dings These hits came in the sixth INNING
when the home team had its only chance 10 score
Scblei led off with single to left, took second on
a sacrifice by Ames. but was caught of third on
ITerzog's hunt to Ferguson. Doyle then drove i
single to left but It amounted TO nothing, as Mui-
raw flied out 10 Starr at second In every other IN
ming the Giants were retired IN pTactieaLy
three order.
DovIe was back in the game at second base, to
the satisfaction of the fans, but BridWeH Is stHl
nursing strained leg, 50 that Fletcher was at
sbortstop Fletcher. be II sand. VAS more alIecleu
~, the cold raw day than any of the others and
VAS totally unable hardle the ball ciyanly FouT
errors were charged against him. ana 'hIee were
I costly.
The trouble began in the fourth inning, when
,rj,h one out Beaumont drove a t%o-DaggeF 10 IeIt
eeld Peck struck out. and the fans breathed
easier but Ames sent Starr TO first on oaIs' ana
4,ab1ar scored Beaumont with timely single
Starr scored moment later on a double steal wien
Sl,laI missed DoyIe's return throw to the plate
and Dahlen who had gone to thlTd on tAe pay
rornned home when Sweeney singled.
qbat was quite enough 70 win the game out lhe
1,o.+on nlavers wanted to keep warm, ana iuFlheT
we're IMPRESSED with the idea that they must MAKE
assurance doubly sure they kept on making mus
and runs until the score mounted higher anu
higher and finally reached ten.
,u in detail how the visitors scored their other
,,re ,,o,ld ONLY be piling the agony. Enough 10
so, that they got one in he sixth on TWO mus "
basa on balls and error by fIelcher' TWO ih ue
seventh when Durham took up the worn oh tiiI " 60
hits and wild throw by Devlin; two IN the esl'Li
- t,,o hits a base on balls and an error by Dur
( ~, and two in the ninth with Waller plIchlhS'
on two hits two errors and base on pans.
T1evIin made one wild throw after hahohhs an
lgupra hunt but otherwise played brlilaht
ao,ne at third base, His one-handed stop OF the
t.-Iing prounder and quick throw to first In the
sacond inning was by all odds the feature OF the
ono The least said about the others the better
with hopes for better luck to-day.
Erea knowles announced yesterday tnat II tuineu
o+ mat seymour had disjocated his knee IN ms
5;.,~, 18th Murray on Monday, and will be un-
able 10 play for two or three weeks ana tnat De-
80 an outfelder, had been operated on for ap-
/ pendicitis-