New-York tribune., 1910-07-11
GIANTS WIN SECOND GAME
Cubs Take Big Lead, but Visitors
Nose Out a Victory.
BROWN DEFEATED AGAIN
Bugs" Raymond Credited with
Winning Struggle, Although
Crandall Saves Day.
fev Telegraph TO The Tribune. ]


king Cole out of the box and scoring
the winning runs off. Mordecai Brown, the
New York Giants won the second straight
game from the Chicago Cubs to-day Ihe
score was 10 TO g. three runs in the nlnth
inning clinchfng the victory for the visit
ors a tremendous crowd saw the
struggle.
The last inning was a riotous affair, IN
which O'Dav. one of the umoires, was
hombarded with cushions. With the score
tied at to I. Murray led off with his thlrd
hit Devore bounded one to Tinker, VINO
tossed it to second. but Murray appar-
ently beat it, and Evers made it sure by
dropping the ball A passed ball let the
runners advance, but Bridwell hit TO
Chance. who headed Murray off at the
plate. DevIin bounded a slow one toward
Tinker. who tore in and made beautiful
pickup, then whipped the ball home lt
beat Devore, all right but the throw was
high and the runner made a fine slide
O'Day motioned SAFE and there was
the deuce TO pay.
Devore, who thought he had been called
out, started protesting, and some OF the
Giants ioined in while the Cubs grinned-
Then when O'Day explained he had called
the runner safe the Giants were gleeful,
while the Cubs tore their hair with rage,
and the first gun in the cushion battle was
fred from among the elite 81 80 seats. 1t
missed the umpire by some feet, but others
followed which hit the mark. Devlin stole
second during the confusion and scored
behind Bridwell with what proved to be
the winning run when Merkle completed
his revenge by soaking q single to left.
Drucke started the game for the Giants,
but he fell before an avalanche of hits IN
the second inning, when the Cubs tailed
seven runs Ames relieved him, but was
ineffective, and 1t remained for Bugs
RAYMOND to stop the onslaught In ster-
ling form, he held the home nine down with
out a run for six innings. He weakened
in the ninth, after the Giants had taken
the lead and Otis Crandall went in and
saved the day.
The first inning was uneventfu1 enough,
but the second was a corker. Ten runs
were counted before it was over Two we're
out when the trouble started for Kroh with
Devlins single and Merkle's rap into the
left field crowd for two bases. Kroh wisely
passed Meyers, but by that means lost
control, and could not get them over for
Drucke, the man for whom he was laying
That forced Devlin home Snodgrass fol-
lowed with two-bagger into the crowd
and scored two more before Doyle ground
ed out.
Those three runs did not amount to
hill of beans when the Cubs got through
with their half Chance started with
single and made second on Steinfeldts
grounder. Drucke fell all over Hofmans
little hit and lost the out. Tinker. King
and Kroh smashed out clean singles and
the score was tied. Arnes succeeded Drucke
and passed Evers, filing the bases. Sheck-
ard walloped a single to centre, scoring two
moro tallies, and Evers followed with a
third on a wild pitch on the first ball Ames
delivered to Schultz. That settled Icons
case, and McGraw chased him in favor OF
Raymond Bugs started by passing
Schultz, and on the fourth bali Sheckard
stole third, scoring the seventh run for
Chicago on Chances long fly to Seymour
Schultz was caught stealing to finish the
uproar.
Like the calm that follows the storm was
the third inning. with nothing but pretty
double play started by Steinfeldt to feature
it, and the Cubs looked like sure winners.
Then came the dizzy fourth. kroh began 1t
another long drive into the crowd. His
term ceased right here, and Cole tried his
hand at holding the lead. king passed
Sche filing the bases, with non out
Raymond pushed a hit over third, scor-
ing two Giants and driving another to
third. but was caught trying TO reach
second himself and run to death Snod-
grass walked, and Doyle flied to Schultz,
scoring schlei. Murray plugged single
into centre. and that was enough for
King" Brown was rushed to the rescue
with two out. two on and one ruin needed
to tie. Devore, who had been substituted
for Seymour, soaked Brown for single,
driving Snodgrass home with the knotting
tally; then Bridwell grounded the side out
The three runs which the Giants scored
off Brown in the ninth inning proved one
too many, but the Cubs made Raymond
hand in his checks in the last half nal.
stood up for Brown. and followed with a
wild pitch while handing Evers his fourth
straight pass. There was nobody out. so
McGraw called Raymond TO the bench, and
Crandall came to the rescue. Sheckard
grounded out and Beaumont scored on the
play, Evers going TO third only to tally on
Schulte's fly to Snodgrass. Chance was up,
with the bases empty and the Cubs still one
big run shy His smash went straight to
Crandall, who retired him at first.
The score follows:
NEW YORK rEICAG0