New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
GIANTS WEAK WITH BAT
Miss Chances to Score by Failing
to Hit Moore.
PHILLIES MAKE TWO RUNS
Error by Meyers Responsible for
One, but the Other Is
Earned.

A decided slump in hitting struck the
Giants amidshps at the Polo Grounds yes
terday afternoon, and, try as they might.
they could not score on Philadelphia I'm
der the circumstances the visitors won by
a score of 2 TO o. Four glorious opportuni-
ties to clinch the game were presented to
New York before Philadelphia took mat
ters into its own hands and put a run
across in the seventh inning. following it
up with another in the eighth There were
times when the scratchiest kind of a sim
gle would have the game for the
Giants, but it was not forthcoming. Moore
was invincible and let his opponents down
with only three hits. two of which were
culled in the last inning
There is another side to the tale, however,
which is summed up in ten hits for the
Philies, eleven men left on bases and two
runs scored. A story of some fast bali
playing is chronced in those few words.
While the visitors had little difficulty in
Strengthening out the curves of Leon Ames.
1t was big puzzle to get runs across the
plate. Only one of the Philadelphia runs
was earned, the other being due to a rank
error on the part of Meyers.
Ames held off a terrible wal1oping fer the
Giants time and again. But he mate
rally aided by the brilliant fielding of his
team mates He got himself in a bad hole
right at the start by passing Titus and
Grant in the first inning, but there was
one out. and when Magee and Ward rolled
easy grounders the side was retired.
Things looked pretty dark in the third
when Titus and Knabe led off with singles
but Ames frightened up and struck out
Grant. while Seymour by a beautiful catch
robbed Magee of hit Ward grounded out,
Doyle to Merkle, and again the scoring was
postponed.
With one out in the sixth Ames hit
Walsh and Doolan singled, putting Walsh on
third Moran smashed the ball at Larry
Doyle, who threw Walsh out at the plate
while Moore struck out for the third time
and retired the side
But the evil inning could not be put off
much longer Titus and Knabe again
started a rally and opened the seventh with
singles. Grant was out when Fletcher
snapped his bunt like a shot out of a gun
to Merkle. Magee laced OF, a long fly to
Murray. but Titus, who was on third was
wary, knowing OF Murray's wonderful
throwing. He started for the plate but
lodged back to third when the saw the ball
was going to beat him to the plate. Mey-
ers fumbled. however, and Titus, taking
advantage OF the error, made another dash
for the plate and scored before the big
Chief could recover the ball
In the next inning Doolan got his fourth
single out of four times at bat and stole
second He advanced to third on Morans
sacrifice and scored when Moore rose 70
the occasion and singled to right field
Crandall pitched the last inning. after
Snodgrass had hatted for Ames and for
the first time during the game the Phillfes
failed to get man on the bags, going out
in order
AS said before, the Giants allowed many
promising openings TO go by. In the very
first inning Murray walked, stole second
and got to third on Seymour's single, but
Bridweli struck out and retired the side.
Merkle made the Phillies sit up and take
notice when he slammed out a hit in the
second which just grazed the right field
bleachers and fell into the field for a dou-
bic. In the eighth inning with one out.
Devore and Doyle both walked but Muir
ray weakly grounded to Grant while. Sew
mour sent out a terrific drive to centre
field, which Walsh got under in good form.
1t looked like an eleventh hour victory
in the ninth, when Willie KeeIer, batting
for Fletcher, got to first on a scratch hit
Although knabe robbed Merkle of a hit
by running back for a pop fly, Meyers did
what he could to make up for the error
which cost run by Slamming a double to
left field. Crandall failed in the pinch
however. and was out, Knabe to Ward
ending the game.
The score follows: