New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-28
GIANTS IN BATTING BEE
They Get TWenty-three Hits and
Eighteen Runs.
IT PROVES ENOUGH TO WIN
Chicago Bats and Scores a Bit,
Too-Seven Pitchers Called
to Slab in Single Game.

Chicago. Aug. 27-The Giants won out in
an old-fashioned smuggling match here to-
day, beating the Cubs in one of the widest
and weirdest games ever played in this
city by the score Of Is TO q The ball was
pounded TO every corner of the lot. and
pitcher succeeded pitcher in Intellectual at
tempts to put an end to the slambang
contest The Cubs sent in no less than
nineteen men TO stem the conquerng New
Workers. but their combined efforts were II
no avail. the Giants continuing merriiy on
their rampage. The home team took a
turn ar knocking the stitches from the ball,
but their best was only mediocre when put
alongside the Giants.
The one brilliant feature Of the contest
was a triple play that the Cubs pulled off
in the third inning. which. aside from the
eighth was the only one in which the
Giants failed TO get a run across the plate
Murray and Bridwel1 We're on third and
second, respectively, having gained those
points on a hit. a tumble and q wild throw
by King Devlin. the next man up. drove
out a hot liner Ritchie threw his glove in
the air and DETECTED it Evers made a
lucky oue-handed catch Of the ball when
it came down and touched second. doubling
Bridweli. His throw to zimmerman at
third beat MuTrays run back to the base.
ReuIbach, Richie. Foxen and Pfeiffer were
the pitchers who performed for the Cubs,
while Mathewson, Dickson and Wiltse did
the same for the Giants. In all the seven
tzyirers yielded a total of thirty-eight hits,
which Were apportioned twenty-three TO the
Giants and fifteen TO the Cubs. Thirteen
of the hits were for TWO bases. that beirg
the limit Of extra base hits, because the
crowd one Of the largest that ever watched
q National League game overfiowed the
field and made ground rules necessary. Inc
batting honors of the day went to Captain
Larry Doyle Of the Giants. who made
five hits in six times at the bat-one OF
them a txo-bagger. Josh Devore gath
cred in four hits il five times at the bat.
and Fred Snodgrass made two in three
times up. Dickson who played only two
thirds of an inning, and consequently lid
not get d chance at bat. was the only
Giant who failed 10 get hit. AS usual,
Evers and Tinker were the nainsprings of
the Chicago scoring machine, getting two
and three hits, respectively.
RUelhach lasted through the first inning
and one-third of the second. Then he
gave way 10 Richie. In that time the
Giants scored five runs in the first inning
on singles by Devore, Doyle, Bridwell and
Merkle and a sacrifice by Snodgrass, and in
the second on successive two-base hits into
the crowd by Mathewson and Devore-
Richie got the side out without further
trouble In the third the former Boston
twirler was saved by the triple play, but
In the fourth he found the Giants waiting
for him. Singles by Merkle. Meyers. De-
wore and Doyle, with base on balls, We're
good for five runs, and also for Riches
speedy retirement.
Mathewson was pitching and the Cubs
were getting to him ever. an anon. They
scored two runs in the first and duplicated
the feat in the fifth. The first runs came
in on singles by Evers and Hoffman and
an error by Merkie. In the fifth Evers
was the troublemaker again, starting the
fun with double. HTS by Sheckard.
Archer and Zimmerman helped in scoring
the brace Of runs.
But although the Cubs were hitting
Matty the Giants were laying on to Foxen,
who succeeded Ritchie, and IN three inn
ings smashed out eight hits which We're
good for seven runs. In the seventh the
Giants having already scored two runs
in each Of the preceding innings. pounded
I-oxen out of the box doubles by Matthew
son. Boyle and Snodgrass, with a single by
Devore, giving them three more runs.
Dickson went in to pitch for the Giants
in the seventh, but he soon came out again
Kane walked. Sheckard, Holman, ZiEn
norman and Tinker doubled, and four runs
were scored by the Cubs. Then Wiltse
MAS rushed 10 the rescue. and another
run was made by the Cubs before the
inning brought to an end.
In the eighth the Giants failed to score,
bat in the last inning they made four more
runs
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