New-York tribune., 1910-06-10
GIANTS RALLY IN TIME
Score Five Runs in Ninth Inning,
with Hope Dead.
ERROR BY HAUSER FATAL
Crowd Goes Half Crazy as Dis
nal Defeat Is Turned Into
Joyous Victory.

Scoring FIVE runs in the ninth inning after
two men we're ont. the Giants won the third
game in the series with St. Louis at rhe
Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon The
final score was to T. After Willie kee!er
had crossed the plate with the winning
run the Cardinals withdrew from the field
a sadder and a wiser lot, deeply impressed
by the fact that while youth and speed
oftentimes count heavily. brains and eX-
perience also have their innings.
The one man who did more than any ore
else TO win tn. victory was none ether
than John J. McGraw. When IL comes to
strategy it is hard to beat the willy man
ager. and careful planning and cunning
generalship had their effect.
That ninth inning rally WAS one Of the
rarest bits Of vintage that have been un-
corked in baseball circles for some moons.
It outshone the noted Hilltop variety by its
scintillating brilliancy and dash Although
New York had beaten Sallee previously in
the series, he had their number for eight
innings Yesterday. Four singles scattered
like the pebbles on a storm-swept teach
was the best that they could do Doyle
managed to set to third in the fourth On a
single and two outs, but Bridweu could not
bring him home.
II looked like a sure thing for st. Louis
when the ninth inning opened, and as 1t
progressed il looked still more sure. Doyle
led off with a single which Hauser, "ho
had been playing a whirlvind Same al
short. speared with one hand. Doyle teat
the throw to first this time and was safe
Murray. however. forced him az second on
a grounder to the same spot, and tle Cur
tain began TO fall on the game as Seymour
popped UP an easy fly 10 Oakes.
Murray was still on first. and the first
ball pitched practically walked 20 second,
the Cardinals adopting a what's-the-dse lir
and rot thinking it worth while 10 waste
the energy Of trying TO catch a runner
whom they could have nipped easily The
fans had decided that all was over but
the getting home and were fling into the
aisles ready for dash across the diamond
Then came a change Was Bridwel going
to walk? 1t looked that way. Sallee was
evidently soing to give the second pass of
the game rhe balls kept coming over
wider and wider, and. sure enough, BrtdTeH
walked. Things began 10 look little more
interesting, but 70 score FIVE runs seemed
impossible But 10, Devlin sent single
through Hauser and filed the bases A
light began to dawn. home run would
tie the score Could Merkle do il?
An error by the New York first baseman
had helped the visitors in scoring three
runs in the first inning, and il was up TO
Merkle to retrieve himself He did his part
and raped double past Mowrey. The
third basenlan got his hands on the baL'
but it was going too hard and bounded into
left field. Murray and Bridweu scoring.
Five thousand fans we're on the verge OF
insanity as Meyers came 10 the bat IL
-sE,Ta hat heir d
est hopes would be realized McGraw
pulled Merkle off second base and sent out
Devore to run for him. Devlin was on
third. and a single would tie the score
The Big Chief got his eye on tina ball
and slammed a wicked one at Hauser- The
ball got through and Devfn came home.
Davore going TO third. Willie keeler was
sent in 20 run for Meyers, and ii was up 70 /
Otis Crandall, who succeeded Wiltse in the
eighth inning, 10 win the game
You've got to get a hit, Otie.' said Nc /
Craw. who ran down 70 meet the pitcher /
as he stepped UP to the plate. While the
81. Louis infeld was trying 10 calm SaI-ee
Keeler slipped TO second base, but was sent
hack tv Johnstone. as time hadn't been
called He went down. however, On the
first ball pitched TO Crandall.
Crandau made an awful swing at the
ball as II 10 QIiN6 IL Alllp 1--C StoaA-D-Sf {
and missed il. He connected with the next
ball. however. but only raped an easy
grounder to Hauser as the crowd groaned /
The strain was 100 much for the fast little
shortsrop. and he made a bad throw 10
Konetchv. The latter dropped 20 his knees
n stop the ball. but it got by. and Devoce
and Keeler we're across the plate in less !
time than IL takes to tell. As the crowd 1
rushed across the field McGrav. proftine /
Nv hitter experien e. ran down 20 the plate
TO he sure that both runners crossed sately !
Movers caught one of the best games n /
his career Hauser managed to pilfer a
base on him. but four runners were nipped 1
a. second hv his accurate throws Larry /
DovIe muffed one grounder and got an er-
ror. but he accepted fifteen chances. max
ing eight assists and six putouts- Mur-
raw made a wonderful catch when he
pulled down Phelpss foul in the nth /
inning with one hand after a long run /
Hauser the ST Louis shortstop. played 4
brilliant game and robbed the home nine OF
many hit by his one-hand stops
Wntse started his first game since he
was injured in Pittsburg a few weeks ago /
and showed that ne was in good form. AL I
OF the runs which St. Louis scored while .
he was in the box were gifts. Merkle was
a serious offender. dropping two perfect I
throws from Devlin.
Ellis singled to right field in the first
inning but Huggins and Oakes were easy /
outs Konetchy made a single through /
Doyle and Evans grounded 10 Devlin. The /
last named made perfect throw 10 Merkle .
and the man should have been out, retiring .
the side. but the first baseman dropped the
ball and Ellis tailed. Phelps then unCorked /
a double TO left field. scoring Konetchy and \
Evans Higgins opened the fifth with a .
double and tailed when Doyle let Oakes's .
grounder get through him
The Cubs will be at the Polo Grounds to- /
day. to fight # out with the Giants for the I
top rung Of the League ladder