New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04
GIANTS TOPPLE DOWN
Brooklyn's Victory Shoves
Rivals Into Second Place.
FUCKER PITCHES IN FORM
Wiltse, However, Rstires from
Game in Disgrace After the
Third Inning.

Defeat for the Giants At tBs hands Of ths
SupeFbas was about dus and they zst Il
good and proper IN the game at Washing
ton Park yesterday afternoon b. = score of
to 2. RuekeT was TOO stiff a proBssitisn
fer MeGraw's heavy hittsrs. Incidentally
thew tOppIed down from ths head of the
league and handed the leadership ever %
Pittsburs. while the latter idled the day
away watching the rain fall. Thus the
Giants returned the compliment which they
received from the Pirates on sunday. when
a zimilsr situation put New York 70 tao
fore.
George Wiltss had an OF day and vas
knocked oUt Of the BOX AZ The end al tns
third inning. Drueke succeeds HIM and
held the SuPeThas de1vn "a four scattered
singles. bat the game fad been lest dgFinz
Niltse's short sessieH. The New TerE pitch
- started eff we'll enough. and bv . be %
brilliant fielding shut on Fun ia me aFsE
frame robbing Humnei If a hit after q
bad error BY Fletcher had ziven Teay
Smith life al drst.
II was IN the second that BFaokIyn bssan
10 get after WiItse. and singles bT ~. smith
and MeElveen brought Tn the drst ruR. The
third was his Waterloo. Tony smith eBsHed
with clean single ever third base. Hs
went 20 second OH BuFcb's gTeuRder sRd
scored on Wheat single 60 eeatre. Iiun~
mel brought the hitting 70 climax WIEN
he smashed cut triple % centre. aFiHg-
ing Wheat home. AND later CROSSED tHs
plate himself on Daubert's sacrifice sy To
Murray. r. Smith was an easy cut but
three runs had cleaned up the bases. and
WiItse trotted 70 the dressing Feems with
I'VE hits credited against bin in the shor5
space of Two innings
Some brilliant dsldIas on the part Of tbs
Giants helped TO hold the supsFoss Funlsss
for the rest IF the game. DevoFs run
ming catch robbed RUcksr Of tve-bass
hit, with two men on bases. in the sixth
Seymour figured prominently in the eutaeId-
DFticke pitched a steady game ana pulled
cut Of each critical inning in good seFEl
During the early stages OF the game y
seemed as though It was only a ausstlen
o. time before the Giants slipped scFsss
the winning run, but after the sixth fpaws
vas over Rueksr suddenly frightened upsl
and New York practically went out in eF-l
der for the rest at the same. Previously
McGFsv's nine were hitting the star Break
Iyn pitcher rather freely. DsvoFe opened
the game with a scratch hit Larry Deylo
whipped a single to right field and advanced
Devore 10 third, and ne crossed the plate
for the first run on NurTays Sacrifices ~
Fletcher opened the second by rappinS out
a two-bszzer. but no one was able t. bring
hIm in and BuFch robbed Doyle of A three
base hlt In the third by a brilliant eatcHs
Murray and Devlin singled IN the fouFths
but couldn't tally The Giants were feeling
Of the ball and il was therefore 40 surprises
when the break dawRed in the sixth
DOyIe opened by smashing a triple out to
centre field. and he scored ON Murray
tv.o-5agger Seymour's sacrifice advanced
Murray 20 third. Fletcher struck out. our
Erwin dropped the ball and in holding
Murray on third Erwin threw too late 10
catch Fletcher at first Murray scored on
DevIfn's grounder 20 Tony Smith Merkls
singled and advanced Fletcher to third The
two players attempted double steal but
it was a failure and Msrkie was tagged
out between the bases. retiring the side.
The score follows