New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
GIANTS CLIMB 4 NOTCH
Play Leading Part in Drama,
Revenge on st. Louis"
MATTY IN HIS BEST FORM
Murray Helps Along by Slam
ming Ball Into Bleachers
for a Home Run.

The Giants performed the first act OF
revenge drama at the Polo Grounds yester-
day afternoon. when they defeated St LOUIS
by a score Of 3 to l. Better yet. the VIC
tory put them within seven points OF first
place. as The Cubs got a fearful walloping
81 the hands Of Philadelphia New York
hss had q severe punishment for the Car
6Inals under consideration for some time
The four straight defeats which they suf-
fere6 on the visitors home grounds during
the Western trip could not be passed over
II silence. The first opportunity 10 get
back" came yesterday. and the team i'm
proved the opportunity 10 the fullest extent
Z was Z fast. clean game which both
mines played. the Giants recovering their
form n quick order after the fearful exit
nltion OF Saturday. That there might be
10 question as 20 the result Of the first
battle, AfcGraw sent the Peerless Matty
% the mound. and the contest was practi-
caIly clinched from the start. The big
pitcher vas never IN better form and
moved down his opponents rnercilesslsr.
Orlv t-rentv-siE batsmen faced him in TIE
first eight innings. Two hits and an er-
TOT put three Of the Cardinals on the bags
curing this period Two Of them were
q
on first.
IN the ninth inning Natty eased Up q BIT
and s. Louis managed 20 slip q run across
the plate Roger Bresnahan went in TO bat
for Ssuee He evidently profted by
knowlsdce Of the big pitchers tricks &C
CURED when he was the backstop on the
New York nine. for he drew the first pass
which Natty gave Higgins smashed a
erounder toward Nerkle which went for a
single. as the New York first baseman
vas troubled all during the game Win a
lame ankle, which affected his playing
Bresnahen went TO third on the single.
Ellis then grounded 10 Doyle, who threw to
BridwelL forcing Higgins, and q futile al
ternpt was made 20 double Ellis at first. as
Presnahan tailed. Aatty put four wide
ones over for Oakes. and Konetchy grounded
II Devli-, forcing Ellis at third, but reached
frst himself al right when Devlin tried TO
double him. Evans slammed another
crour6e- al A-e-ile, the hail bounding 70
the fel5. but Netty in pretty play covered
first in time 10 take the ball on Merkle's
toss.
Bresnahan sent in Sallee, a southpaw, TO
Pitch for the Cardinals. He was guided, no
doubt. BY the exploded myth that the
Giants cant hit a left handed pitcher.
NCtzraW 1flGL llLI Oh even lCA AAAS ~ SSA4~
ing srodrrass into left field in place Of
Devore. who has q weakness for pitchers
Of Ssllee's type- This made six right
handed hatsnen in the New York lineup.
end they succeeded in pounding out nine
hits.
Murray smashed out terrific drive into
the left field tleachers for a home run in
the fourth inning, which brought Doyle.
who had drawn q pass, 10 the plate with
him The big fielder also led of in the
eighth with a single 10 right field which
started rally which resulted in two more
runs Tor the home nine.
Rridve1 succeeded in making q perfect
hating record, getting two hits out Of tEo
legal times AT bat. TWO passes were his
iot on the other occasions when he faced
saTee Meyers. Seymour and Merkle all
connected for clean doubles sallee failed
70 strike out q single batsman. but never
theless pitched good game and did not
allow more than Two hits 10 an inning.
ETevers caught well. as ne always does
when Natty is pitching, but he never was
called upon 10 throw TO second. The visit
ors showed speed in base running which
might have proved disastrous had Matty
rot held them down 50 well Three times
the Giants had good opportunities 10
double a runner al rrst, but the Cardinals
proved TOO fast and beat the ball by
inches Devlin and BridwelI showed up in
their old sterling form. both accepting five
chances without an error.
a pass ard Murray's home run scored
the first two runs for the Giants. In the
sixth inning, with one out, Seymour
doubled 10 right field and went 10 third on
BridweIls hunt down the third base line.
He tailed when Devlin grounded TO Haus-
er, forcing Bridweu at second. Murray
opened the eighth with q single, stole sec
ond ana went 10 third when Phelps made
a bad throw to Higgins. Seymour popped
Up an inheld fy for an easy out, and Bird
well walked Devlin, however, sent out
sacrifice 1ly 10 Evans and Murray scored,
while Bridwen crossed the plate on
aIerkle's double.
The score follows:
NV YORK ST. LOUIS
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