New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-06
GIANTS WALLOP CHICAGO
Scientific Wonders Beaten by
Hard Hitting in Last Game.
MaTHEWSON FINALLY WINS
BIG Pitcher, in Fine Form.
Checks Victorious Career
of Cubs.

slllc.' Cubs. the scientific and lucky
c.,bs the sure pennant winning CUBS, were
,orndiv walloped by New York at the POLO
Grounds yesterday afternoon. The score
. vas 40 TO J. The dewntrodden Giants az
ter losing three straight games. nhaIy
turned All the pent up fury Whlch had
been stifed for several days wes cut loose
n one inning. the fifth, when eight runs
were sent across the plate
sscser,oa and the solid swat were matched
ena .be solid swat had the best Of every
,,ofna New York pounded kroh ano
T-oxer for twelve sweet safeties- Some fea
by the wayside, some fell upon stony
ground where they bounded high, but
most Of them struck far out on the VIZ
gin veIdt out Of reach OF the tnicaso
felders and blossnmed forth into runs
Two triples, double ana hFe singles
were made in that one frame, and the tai
lies which resulted buried the VISITORS
r Was BriGwell who broke up the game
and for once deep laid plan OF the scien-
-fac nlavers was foiled- There were two
,.,t tv-o men on the bags. with one run
-,-oss N the fifth inning Kroh had three
halls and two strikes on Murray. He got
the signal to pass Murray, who had al
-esdv made q triple, and 10 take a chance
m T2-;dven AIS single which had scored
tr-e first run should have given the Cubs
81 linking that Yesterday was his day with
che stick. But, nevertheless. Kroh obeyed
e,45erz and king stepped out Of his box
= catch The slow wide ono prrpossiy
thrown. Murray walked and that filed tho
bases.
The first ball which Krch chose TO put
error for Bridwell appealed TO Al rs 2
=l,eaastv It took him only g second 10 SIZE
81 1p. and then he laced it on line pc
-veeu Hoffman and Schultz 10 the centre
field fence. It was good for a triple, and
cleared The bags. That was enough
Aferkie tripled, ''Matty'' doubled and Dew
ltr and Meyers singled. The Giants huns
aside Dame Fortune and took matters lntc
their own hands. There was no luck about
their hits, ana the ball fell In spots where
the horseshoe was unable 10 help the Cubs,
snrplore as they might for a bit Of the good
fortune which had stood by them so faith
suly for three days.
The game was d record In way, as II
resulted in the first victory over the Cubs
FOR the Giants az the Polo Grounds this
season. and it was also the first time that
Asathewson was able TO defeat Chicago this
season after losing three times. The
Peerless One had everything on the BAH,
fsnd delighted the few fans" who have re-
manned loyal 20 the Giants in spite OF their
reyerses The recent defeats of 'NRtty
have caused them 70 worry lot, but the
tng pitcher was in his best form yesterday,
ind the Cubs We're baffied. Seven scattered
hits we're all that they could Gull, and
when he saw fit TO extend himself in the
p'nches it was all over. In only two inn
:nas did the visitors look at all dangerous.
Evers led of il the sixth with d single
end Sheckard followed il up with a double
But AIatt1 struck out no less person than
JIofinan. who is known as something OF a
hitter while, he forced Chance to pop weak
~ 20 BridweIl. Then Aatty turned the
sade away loose on king. and Johnny
never saw the ball as It came over for the
last strike. sending him to the bench and
retiring the side. Evers singled in the
eighth. There was one out already, and
afattv struck out Sheckard. Holman lined
the ball to left field for three bases, scoring
15vers with the lone run the Cubs tailed.
Then Zimmerman, vino succeeded Chance
ar first in the seventh, was called out on
strikes. and the inning was over.
The New York nine backed Zip Matty
with perfect support. II continued TO play
The fast game Il has shown all the week
In the face OF adversely. Larry Doyle was
the star Of the infield and equalled some Of
Johnny EveTs's performances IN two OF his
plays. Becker and Murray made a couple
OF catches in the outfield which compared
fsvorably with the highway robbery OF
Holman and Sheekard.
The Giants scored enough runs 10 win the
game in the second inning. Murray drove
out Z terrific wallop TO left field as a
starter. He got 10 third on the hit Bird
ayeI singled 10 right and brought him home
Bridwen took second on Deviin's out. Kane
made q bad throw OF Merile's grounder
and the runner was safe, while Meyers sent
Z hot one az Chance. which scored Bridwell.
Brilliant fielding by the visiting outfeld
held the Giants IN check for the next two
Innings. but Meyers started trouble with
his single al the opening Of the fifth. Natty
laid down q perfect sacrifice. and the Chief
went 10 second. Snodgrass walked for the
second time, and Larry Doyle dropped a
short single into centre field. Meyers tried
u score from second. but was out at the
plate on Holman throw TO king Becker
however. singled to right and scored S!lod-
grass. Then kroh purposeIy passed Mur-
ray. and BTidWel cleaned up the bRgs with
his triple Deylin singled, scoring AL and
Nerkle tripled to left field. bringing Devlin
home. Meyers was good for another single
on his second time up in the inning, and
scored Merkle. Matty. too, had saved his
batting eye, and drove the ball out to the
SPOT in left field which 8derkle had picked
cot. i was good for triple. but Matty
only trotted around the bags and got as
lar as second, although Meyers scored from
.lTst. sn9dgIass hunted to Kane and vas
out retiring the side.
Foxen the pitcher whom the Cubs OBJ
rained from Philadelphia, pitched the last
three innings and held the New York nine
81 check