New-York tribune., 1910-09-21
MATTY HOLDS THE FORT
Pitches Giants to Victory After
First Game Is Lost.
WATERLOO FOR CRANDlLL
Fr+-a. Base Hits Count for st.
Louis In the Opening
Battle.

Roger Brosuahan and his men from -.
r,ou,s sid not succeed ir driving the Giants
hack into third place by winning the first
game of a double header al the Polo
Grounds yesterday by a score OF 10 J.
New York with Aatty in the box. turned
me tables II the second contest. and Won
fv q. score Of 3 TO .. SO that IN spite OF the
fart thai ne Pirates had a little fun at the
exnense Of the Rosuou Doves and won TWO
ss-,es. The Giants clung desperately 10 the
second -7,nz OF the ladder. the margin oelng
one point
r did rot ra.n. and the sun forced The
--,sr-,--,- 7yr 70 about its normal place for
cep,e~7he- 50 thar under conditions that
a,,e -7,o-e ea,o-a ne than On Monday fair
eszaa crowd turned out in the hope Of see
gng tbe Giants win Two games While dis
sr,oin+ed IN rhfs, there was enough hard
hitting and sharp fielding 20 make fun
amends for the journey 10 the grounds
Otis Crandau. VINO pitched his team II
victory IN two battles with Pittsburg and
has ~or lost a game since August %, met
MS Waterloo IN the opening contest The
visitors made only nine hits off his delivery.
l,r5- 1ve OF these were Tor extra bases.
-rnicb itls, about tells the story, more par
flcularlv as Steele one of Bresnahan's new
,,srcfers. handled himself like veteran, al
lowing only six hits. three Of which fell 10
Red Murray
RTatrv pitched the second game for the
Giants. and. under ordinary circumstances.
that would he explanation enough 70 ae-
count for the score being on the right side,
lllt. strange 10 ssy. the visitors outbatted
the home team ten hits 20 five. and only
careful analysis OF the score shows why
Big Six had the better Of Zmich, another
7euconer. for which Il is said the St Louis
team paid $4,000.
Z-nich Is a left-hander. with excellent
speed and a fast breaking cure. but he has
p lot 70 learn OF the nicetles of baseball
He lacks the ability as Vet 10 hold the base
runners close To the bags, and while the
throwing Of Bliss. who was behind The plate
Tor s. Louis, was none too accurate, the
pitcher was quite as much 20 blame Tor me
Tact tfaf the Giants stole no less than ten
bases. Zrnich also lacked control. ana seven
bases CT balls. two OF which were convert
ed into runs. more than made up for the
extra hits secured OF MaUty's delivery
The Giants scored their only run in the
first game in the opening inning. when
DOYLE was hit by pitched ball. took third
On A<1r-az-'s single and scored on bad
throw tv Phelps 70 catch Murray stealing
second The home team did not have many
chances rc score after that, due in part 10
some lightning fielding on the part Of the
visitors Fast double plays IN the sixth
seventh and eighth innings killed Of every
zer7blance OF q rally. The Giants made
,-o,4n1e of double plays themselves inst 10
snow that they could not he outdone-
e Louis practically won the game n
me sixth inning With Abbott out, Hauser
hammered q rwo-baEger IN left field ana
scored when Steele singled TO right Hug
Gins fled out 10 MURRAY. but with Two
strikes called against him Ellis slammed
the ball iuJo the right field stand for
home run. sending in Steele before him
The visitors added one run IN the seventh
inning on 2 three -bagger by Evans and an
s-ror nv RIeve-s. who dropped AIerlIe's
throw 10 the plate when Phelps hunted
along +he Trst base line. and one in the
next inning when HuEgins drove out
-hree-bssa ait and scored on single by
Ellis The LAST named was caught steal
ing and Nowrev was the third out when
he overran third base on his crashing
three -baEger 10 left centre and was caught
or quick relay OF the bali 70 Devlin.
A base on balls 70 Devore and rwo-hag-
ger over third base bv Snodgrass account
I'd FOR New York's flrs1 run IN The opening
inning o. the second game. while Two more
were added n the third Matty die his
rarr toward winning his own game by
driving a three baEger TO right centre. De-
wore then drew another base on balls and
STOLE second. while both runners scored on
DovIe's timely single TO left After that
hits were so scarce and the fielding Of the
visitors so sharp that Znich was able 10
pull himself out o. Two tight holes oc-
casioned by ms freedom with bases on
balls
Marty struck out riEe rneu. and III spite
q the fact that the visitors made ten hits
Of his delivery 2 shur-out -zTould have
been the natural result under ordinary cir
cuusrances. Hauser got the credit for
lucky home run IN the fifth inning with
Two men out he drove the ball over third
base for what might have been a two
baEEer TIE ball disappeared behind the
corner of the left held stand and Devore
was 50 long II fielding II that Hauser land
81 on rhird base II turned out that the
bail rolled through q gate that had no
business 10 be open. and when Roger
Bresnahsn appealed 70 the umpire. Hauser
vas allowed 10 complete the circuit.
Marty himself was responsible for the
second rIn scored by ST Louis. as Hug
gins, after opening with a rvo-bagger and
stealing second. scored on q wild pitch
The visitors punched TWO hits in the sew
enth inning and TWO IN the eighth. but
nothing came OF them. as Marty always
had command Of the situation
The scores follow
FIRST GAME