New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
GIANTS GET BAD SCARE
LowIy Cardinals Play Fast Ball
and Nearly Win.
ELLIS A FIEND AT THE BAT
Snodgrass Hits for Two Bases IL
the Eleventh, Driving in
Winning Run.

Steady plugging gave the Giants victory
over st Louis at the Polo GROUNDS yestsr.
day afternoon, after long ana nard uD.
hill fight which ended in me eleventh
inning. when Snodgrass drove the winning
RIM across the plate. Although they oa
hatted and outheIded the New York team
the Cardinals went under b. the score Of !
IN Roger Bresnahan's crew put ID n
sxceIIent game. and they deserved to va
They felded almost to perfection. srabohs
IN drives that were labelled for exars
bases. and pounded the ball right and Ter
for a total of twelve hits Their orr
trouble however. was that they were ~
able to bunch their hits. and could n1
take advantage Of opportunities mat vols.
have spelled victory II seized
For seven innings the Giants played Isl
lesslv. although they tried hard AZ tins
Ped Murray smashed out home run .
deem centre in the eighth, scoring A Tus-
ner before him and tieing the score Ta.s
fact that the Cardinals took the lead 4gss
IN the tenth had apparently no effect =
NcC;raw's contingent except 70 make then
work harder. although the fruits OF tass
tabor we're not harvested until the ner
inning when they finally pulled the gan.
out of the fire.
crandaU was the boxman for the mn,
team. and lasted through ten innings u
ritched a steady sort Of game bur the Car
dina1s found him for hit or more in ever
inning except the eighth. II was his goo
fortune 10 be able 10 keep The nine ssi
hits that he did allow well scattered b.
the vav Lush was putting the bail owe
for the visitors made those three runs Isos
large indeed when put against the ior
+ar1v that had come into the Giants ht
the first inning. A nit apiece in he frs
two innings was the limit Of the Giants
s1ugzfne until the eighth. when A single ~
Snodgra=s. coupled with Murrays hors
run, enabled the home team 70 tie the seea
and eventually 20 get away with the sams
Lush held together in mastery fashieHs
the ninth. but in the tenth he began q
vaver. and two tvo-hase hits lee q
Giants tie the score gain, after his or
team had scored run in ics half % In
tenth. Lush was replaced by Corrif.n
the eleventh NcC1rav made such a "a
shift in the batting order in the tenth trx
Drucke had 20 go in in the eleventh E
he lasted only one-third 81 an fnnrx
WiItse taking up the burden then and Is {
posing Of the obztreperous Cardinals. vsa
had managed 70 zef two men on bases dr.
ing the Texans brief tenancy Of the mound
Ellis. Bresnahan.s left fielder. was
demon with the bat. and carried OF th
horors Of the DAY with a home run ani
four safe singles in FIVE times AZ bat H
stick work was larzely responsible fo- -
runs tailed BY ST Louis In the third !.
sent the first Cardinal run across the rlars
and in the fifth ne put the ball in the rgh
field erandstand for homer. which scorst
another run also. Ellis was right on ham
in The tenth. when The visitors again rsai
into the lead. this time Leading of Titha
clean hit 70 right and scoring a rnoEneni
later on Konetcnv's safe drive
Bea1s Becker made a bad uisplsE IN t,s
seventh. when he nnured Lush's easy =
but he more than made I'D for the errT
when he hauled down Konetchy's hard drTs
a moment later The bases were fun
the time. The Giants pulled off gcn
double play in the first when. with IT :
down BridveII Doyle and Merkle -srir-f
Ellis and Mowrey The ninth saw s1s
clever fielding by the Giants Crandz
started IL by running toward first. and WE
one hand pulling in a weak pop fy put
Unexpectedly by Hauser- Following ris
On the heels of this, after Lush had single
Higgins drove a grounder 70 Doyle L1S
fell In starting for second. and DOYLE. Gur
as a fash. whipped the ball 70 Merkl9, =
firing Higgins, and Nerkle ran out an
caught Lush before he could reach seconf
The Giants started of well enough. se
ing run across in the first on a twO-has
1it bv Snodgrass and sacrifices BIZ poys
and Becker Ellis tied it Up for 81. Lous
N the third and put the visitors in the lea
with his home TUT in the fifth II serlsins
for Murray and his home run 20 put =
Giants in the game again. but Ellfs's -
IN the tenth made things look bad aSas
randall. In the Giants half. doubled as
starter. There were TWO out when ocnies
batting for Becker, made another douD
scoring Keeler. who ran for CrandaL Der
Iin's single. felder's choice on MCKEE
that retired Devlin, hit ~ MeF
4rs. and, after Wiltse had fled out. rF
ping drive TO right by Snodgrass gave VI
rrav's men the victory in the eleventh
The score follows.
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