New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-04
CUBS SHUT OUT GIANTS
Pfjester and WiItSe Both EfeC-
tive, but Visitors Win.
NEW YORK I'M THIRD PLACE
Chicago Captures Light Hitting
Game by Brilliant and Clever
Playing.

Jack Phester Familiarity known as the
Giant Killer performed in his favorite
part at the Polo Grounds yesterday after
noon and shut out New York by score of
s 10 0 in the second game Of the series
with the Chicago Cubs II was struggle
in which inside baseball played prom
inent part The Cubs graduated with Phi
Peta Kama honors IN this subject long
ago and have taken sundry degrees since
While the knowledge of the Giants in this
oepartuaent Of the game is not to be de-
spised. vet the Cubs have a shade on them.
and there was about three runs difference
in the game yesterday
psester held the Giants to seven scat
tered hits and gave two passes. while his
onnonent in the box George Wiltse, was
inst as effective. allowing the Cubs only
six hits and giving three passes, even
though q drizzling rain part of the time
made the ball slippery. With both pitch
ers going in this way, victory depended
upon strategy, and the willy visitors were
the ones TO get away with the game. Only
two OF the hits which Wiltse allowed fig
ured in any scoring. and these came in
different innings. A pass and three sacri-
fees coupled with these tailed the runs
Defeat showed the Giants into third place,
as Pittsburs captured double header
from the Phillies-
There always seems to be one or TWO
players in the Chicago lineup who stand
in the way of New York victory. 1t was
Sheckard more than any one else on Tues
day. and Tinker and Johnny Evers We're
the ones to do the trick yesterday. Re
ports have been circulated that these two
Slo
but the 1890 fans at the Polo Grounds
Yesterday are asking TO be shown. What
the two PLAYERS did not do TO wreck the
hopes of the Giants when the prospects
were bright is not in the baseball cate
cory.
EUers knocked down everything which
came his way, accepting eight chances
without an error, while Tinker took SIX
A lightning double play. Evers to tinker
10 Chance, retired the Giants in the second
inning. Another more spectacular still
ended the third inning, leaving Meyers lhe
FIRST and only New York player to reach
third stranded on the base But the long
series of brilliant plays topped of
with one in the eighth when put the
Giants out Of the running just when they
v,are ,epinuing 10 find PheSter. With one
ont. Snodgrass singled 10 left and Doyle
followed with clean hit TO centre Sey-
.,,a,,r uopped weakly to Sheckard, and the
fans shouted for the home run Whlch
,rouId lie the score as Murray came up
TO bat Tinker and Evers glued their eyes
on the batsman with carefully felgned at
1ention. Meanwhile Snodgrass kept eds-
ing toward third. Suddenly Tinker shot
toward second in time TO catch Archer
snap throw. The play was perfectly timed
and Snodgrass was blocked off the nag
He was an easy out and retired the slde-
The Giants on their own part put up a
fast game. Murray played primarily ID
IN. field while Seymour and Snodgrass
we'd with him for honors. the three men
\ making fourteen of the put outs. A pass
[f md a single, which opened the second in
ming were repeated by Chicago In be
ginning the third. Both times the Giants
ssye Wiltse good support AMI helped MIN
out OF each hole safely, DevEn being par
ticularly prominent in catching fouls from
Trvers and Steinfeldt. Meyers caught Tlnk-
er at third in an attempted double steal
with Archer in the third, but the Chief
fell off in his game before the struggle was
over.
1t was in the fifth inning that the Cubs
finally scored For the third time Wiitse
started frame by passing the hrst man
up and for the third time the second man
being q single went over Seymours head
for a tripie Archer being the man 10 wal
Ion the bail Tinker. who drew his second
mass AT the opening of the inning, scored
rhe first run. Phester was good FOR sac
rice fly which brought Archer home
A drilling rain was falling at this time
and Pfester had the same trouble IN hand-
ling the ball which Wiltse experienced
Devlin was an easy out al the opening of
the fifth. but Merkle and Meyers both
walked Wiltse struck out, and Snodgrass
who got hit every other time at pat
failed in this pinch. Hoffman pulling down
his line drive for the third out.
Schultz led off in the seventh with
single through the pitchers box ana stole
second. Tinker advanced him with q sac
ri6ce Archer raped a sacrifice fly out
70 Seymour. and the latter made beauti-
f,Il throw 10 the plate. Schultz looked out
easily but slid under Meyerss glove for
the third run.
The Giants were unable to bunch hits on
Phester Singles by Snodgrass and Devlin
IN the first and second innings were with
OUT effect. Meyers opened the third, how
ever, by rapping the bali 70 left He took
second on Wiltse's sacrifice and went TO
third when Snodgrass laid down 3 perfect
bunt TO Steinfeldt. With men on first and
third SuQ one out II lcoh-o % lloeSH tiLt
Giants would score. Evers, however,
stopped Larry Doyle's hard rap hack of
second and a double play 10 Tinker and
chance retired the SIDE. No hit was forth
coming 10 score Merkle and Meyers when
they walked in the fifth, and the same
was true Of the eighth when SnodgraSs
and Doyle singled
The score follows:
CHICAGO. NEW YORK
abr1bpo abr ID poae
I,ers % 500 6 o Snoogress, II . 3 500
Sheckzrdn 800 3 ooiDoyle, 2b--. - 9OO