New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-18
GIANTS ON SECOND RUNC.
Win Two Games from St. Louis
\ and Pass the Pirates.
WILTSE STINGY WITH HITS
Holds Cardinals at Bay in First
Battle-Second a Wild
Batting Bee.

Two games Of baseball were PLAYED at
the Polo Grounds yesterday. and the Giants
won both-the first. z sterling pitcHeFs
battle. by score Of TO and the second
slambang hitting contest. by a score OF
II TO 5. The double victory was the more
welcome as the home team climbed back
into second place in the National League
race where II stands the more secure as
the Boston Doves. lovely as they are,
turned spitefully against the Pirates and
defeated the worlds champions from Fits
burg by 2 score OF TO !.
George Wiltse was the rock on which the
St Louis craft was wrecked in the nrst
game under Coogan's Bluff. he pltched
one OF the best games OF mis- long stay IN
New York and that tells the tale. Ten
thousand persons. more or less turned cut
70 see the double bill. and judging by the
noise they enjoyed the hard hitting sec
ond game the more. although II lacked the
sna0 and quality of the more scientific
OPENING struggle They had a chance TO
cheer themselves hoarse over two home
rms one by Becker and one by Meyers.
and they enjoyed the sensation of seeing
the Giants overcome q lead of two runs.
2 lead which would have meant disaster
IN the first.
Roger Bresna nan, with an eye to next
year. introduced three new pitchers. Hearn
worked through the first game like a vet
eraa but Golden and Alberts were ham
rneYed about in a way &c injure their re
puIarions made in less dangerous COM
psny.
The pitchers battle between Wiltse and
Hes~n. z newcomer in major league com
rany. was worth going far TO see. The
veteran Of many hard fought battles was
in his harT}est vein and most brilliant
form. and i was well he was as his young
opponent pitched quite as well. all things
considered Bearn IS a left handler and
learned 70 rlay baseball at the University
e North Carolina Roger Bresnahan
lafto6 him from the East Carolina League,
where he pitched winning ball Unless all
signs fail F-earn viii make a name for him
self before another year rolls around.
WiIIse proved TO be bulwark that the
visiting bastmen could not storm. try as
they would He held them to four hits.
struck cut seven men and gave only one
base on halls L was not perfect game,
but pretty close 10 II. and not single St.
louis player reached third base
Hearn vas moro fee with bases on
balls, sending fve New York men to first
by the En56ed method of walking, but
he allowed only fye IFS and pitched
cool. heady game from end 70 end. The
Giants We're lucky 70 bunch two of their
five hits in the fourth inning for the lone
run that spelled victory. otherwise q base
bali Marathon might have put an end TO
any chance for the second game.
The Cardinals were retired in order in
four OF the nine innings. and. as said be
fore. never threatened any particular dan
ger With two out in the last frame.
Bet faer mir
centre. but WiItse quietly struck out
NoHrev
Hits By Devlin and Merkle coupled with
q stolen base by the former accounted fc-
New 1ork's one run.
Roger Bresnahan, the one-tirne popular
catcher for the Giants was vigorously ap-
plauded when he went 20 hat for Hearn in
the ninth inning. He drove a grounder TO
Doyle and was out on a close decision.
Red" Ames lasted only two innings in
the second game. as the visitors showed A
keen liking for his delivery. Schlei fol
lowed him TO the bench, and Drucke and
Meyers went 10 tn rescue. Drucke was an
Improvement. He allowed TWO hits in the
fourth inning no runs resulting. hut re-
tired the side strikes in the fifth As
the Giants slowed the game away in the
fourth. NCGraw decided to save Dr,Icke
for another day, so that Ruhe Marquar,l
pitched ont the game, and with the en-
enlargement Of plenty Of runs behind him
worked like Matty. striking out four men
with mis- remarkably fast bali.
Ames had an unhappy time in the second
inning, and the fans We're soon shouting:
Take him out, Take him OUT SchIei
did not cover himself with glory. either.
one high throw 10 second cost a run. while
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q bag easy for Higgins -Four hits. two of
the scratchy order and a sacrifice f4y and
an error melted three runs for the visitors
and they looked big and dangerous until
the Giants fell on Golden and AIberts for
fcck Of runs in the fourth
The story of the fourth inning is the story
OF New Works victory, as the seven runs
piled up made the game Joke NerkIe led
Of with q clean single and Drucke was
sale on an error by Mowray. Big Chief
meyers then cleaned up by slammins the
baH INTO the wing Of the grandstand in
1'Eht field for a home run. Il was 4 bit
lucky. as the bail hit the top rail six or
ei2lt fest from the foul line and bounced in.
DeNore, the next man 40. walked and
took second as Golden threw wild 20 catch
INN mapping off first That ended the man
who pitched q winning game against Gin
clnna'l last sunday. and another new re-
or'lit' who reported yesterday morning.
took 40 the task OF trying TO stop the rally.
his name vas Aiberts, and before the fun
Was over four hits were made off his de-
livery and four more runs were scored. He
began by passing Doyle, and when Snod-
grass and Murray followed with hits. De
wore ane Doyle scored. BridHell sent Snod-
grass home with a two-bagger. and after
DeVlin Rad been called out on strikes
q Day favoring the pitcher out of sheer
pity, no dou5t-Merkle coming up for the
second time. drove q screamer to left field
for TWO bases. and BridwelI walked across
the plate. That was all, as Drucke struck
out but it was quite enough.
The scores follow.
FIRST GAME.
NEW YORK. ST LOFTS
abr lbpoae! abr1bpoae
DevcTe If. sci 200 Huggins Oh 900 / / q
Doyle. 2b... 200 ! 20. Ellis IT,. 400 90
n sslb.ef 500 800 Mowrey. 3b.. 401 23o