New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-03
MATTY ALLOWS ONE HIT.
0evIin Stops Hard Drive, but
Throws Low to First.
GIANTS WIN, OF COURSE
Superbas, st the Mercy Of Big
Six" Fail to Score a
Single Run.

Christopher Mathewson. better known,
perhaps, as Matty and big Six pitched
what 10 all intents and purposes was no.
hit game against the Superbss at Wash
| ington Park, Brooklyn, yesterday. The
score was S TO O. the Giants taking advan-
tage of Scanlon's wildness and poor sup
port and making hits when most needed.
McElveen's hard drive in the eighth in
ming spoiled an otherwise clean pitching rec
ord for Matty. Devlin made a sensational
one-handed stop Of the ball. but threw low
TO first. while partly off his balance, and
the runner went on 10 second. In all fair
ness to New York's third baseran. 1t could
hardly be called an error, so that it went
as a hit although many scorers would not
concede II.
Brilliant fielding by Devore and Devlin
helped Matty on other occasions, but the
big pitcher deserved all credit for pitching
q remarkable game. He struck out eight
men and did not give e single base on
balls. his control of a fast breaking curve
being wellnigh perfect. 1t was the third
game Matty has pitched this year. and
his third victory. 1t may be said in passing
that It was also the seventh straight vic
tory OF the Giants, who by winning yester-
day held their place in the lead, in spite
OF the fact that the Pirates defeated the
Chicago Cubs.
A big crowd was in attendance, as the
loyal Brooklyn rooters were reinforced by a
goodly number of New York fans" The
game, though rather one-sided. was well
worth seeing, as beyond the clever pitching
of Matty the fielding. as a rule, was sharp.
four double plays lending some spice. Only
four Brooklyn players reached first base.
and as a further indication of the puzzling
nature of Matty's delivery it may be re-
corded that only four balls were driven
out of the infield. and It was not until the
seventh inning that more than three Brook
Ign bRtters faced Big Six" in one inning
Devore made a circus catch of a long
drive by HummeI in the fifth inning that
set the crowd cheering. He slightly mis-
Judged the ball, but threw up one hand in
time to break its fight and send it spinning
in the air. He then turned completely
around and. after juggling the ball as it
fell. finally gripped it tightly and so cut
off a three-base hit.
Fletcher played part of the game for
Rridwen at short, while Wilson replaced
Meyers behind the bat in the eighth inning
Tony Smith was at shortStop for Brook
lyn. while McElveen played third. Scan
Ion was in the box for the Superbas, and
the Giants made eight hits off his delivery.
He was wild also. and gave four bases on
balls. besides hitting one hatsrnan and MAX
ing one wild pitch.
The Giants scored their first run in the
third inning. thanks to three bases Oh balls.
which forced a run over the plate, and an
error by Daubert. after Tony Smith had
made pretty one-handed stop of a hard
hit ball off Deyles bat. They added one
more in the next inning. and again base
on balls and an error paved the way.
Merkle, the first man UP, walked, stole
second, took third on Mattys sacrifice. and
scored when Wheat muffed Devore'S fly.
The Giants drew further away in the
sixth inning. With Devlin out, Merkle
drove the ball to the clubhouse for a three
base hit. and scored on a snort fly by
Meyers back of third base. which went for
a two-bagger. The Indian scored a mo-
ment later on wild pitch by Scanlon.
To make assurance doubly sure, New
York scored two more runs in the seventh
inning. DOYLE LED off with clean single
and went to third as Birch dropped Muir
rays fly. II. Smith backed up against the
right field fence for q long drive off Sey
mour's bat, Doyle scoring on the throw-in.
Murray raced down to second on the play,
and scored q moment later on F1etcher's
single to left centre. Devlin then flied to
Wheat, and Fletcher, thinking two men
were out, went on to third, so that he
was doubled up easily at second on the re-
turn throw.