New-York tribune., 1911-09-22
ST. LOUIS STOPS GIANTS
Checks Mad Dash by Winning
One of Two Games.
NEW PITCHER THE VICTIM
Cubs Fail to Gain, However, IN
Race by Breaking Even
with Phillies.

won the second game OF double heau'r
nv a score Of s 10 :. The visitors, with a
recruit battery and a substitute outheiner'
made a desperate bid for victory and raj
lied ferceIy in the ninth. hut fell Just one
run short of capturing the fourth contest
ip two DAYS Be that as il may, the Giants
won the first game Of the afternoon by
score of 70 . and made a record OF ten
straight victories while on the road.
In spite Of New YorSs defeat. the Chi
cpas cubs gained no ground on the leaders.
se the best Chances men could do was to
6i,ide bonors with the Phillies once more.
7bs Giants still have a lead Of a full seven
-sres. with margin Of IS points, and the
eeason is growing old apace. Both New
vo-t and Chicago lost a couple of points
~, winning ana losing on the same after
noon
base stealing was again the most i'm
nortant feature Of the days work and the
,isitors carried on something scandalous,
having Bliss and wingo, the ST. Louis
os.chers. tearing their hair. Fourteen pill
Tered BAGS made UP the record in the two
encounters seven AT the expense Of Bliss
, The Arst game and seven With Wingo
behind the bat Fletcher and SnodGrass
,,oIe three auiece. while Devore Murray and
,lsrLle ran away with two each. No sooner
ID g man reach first or second base than he
s-a-tsd for the next station ahead, and In
nearly every case made the objective point
IN safety. There were a few lapses, how
ever. larry Doyle trtpling IN the f1rst inning
of the second game only 10 die attempting
IN steal home Bert Maxwell. the Young
sourhnaw. who pitched the second game,
caught the fever and attempted to steal
third In a critical inning, but was thrown
mt by Wingo.
George Wlltse stepped into the breach in
he first game and twirled splendid ball
Although he is suffering from lame hip
he held the Cardinals TO six scattered hits.
There was an error mixed up in the first
run 81. Louis scored. while the second one
was earned. wiltse gave only one pass, but
the Giants had too slim a lead for him
10 he able 70 last out the game and
Nsthevsln once more went 10 the rescue in
The ninth inning.
With cue out one run across. a man on
second and one run needed to tie the score,
lrsttv entered upon the scene. The Cardi-
rals might Just As well nave resigned then
and there ana called IL a New York victory.
r'resnsHsu couldn't sec II that way, so
,r9ttv had 70 show" the MissourIans The
method Big Six used was to force Bliss
% ground out 70 the inheld, putting a run
-er on third The cheers Of the assembled
rcrulsce rang in the ears Of Smith as he
rr1rrisdlv removed his sweater and ap-
-roached the plate 70 bat for Harmon, pre-
rr-sd 70 knock the ball galley west. Matty
gave him vacant stare and whipped the
mighty fadeaway across the plate 10
rr.s times the sphere dropped into Meverss
r,ft- and Smith had done the Casey act
r,rler yelled You're out" and a panied
.,.-regs'on crert over Smiths face. So
ended the first game.
Harmon vss W1tse's opponent and gave
The Giants a spirited tussle. Although he
issued nine bases on balls, he was so par
-uonious with his hits that the Giants
had the time OF their young lives in getting
three runs across the plate. Six hits was
al he allowed, but one Of these was
home run by Larry Dovle Four stolen
bases, an error and a pass in the fourth
inning failed 70 net the Giants run,
which sneaks we'll for Harmon's work in a
pinch
Bert Maxwell. the younGster who recently
foined the team and who has been seeking
an opportunity 10 show his wares, got his
chance In the second game. Twelve hits
of his delivery were ganered by the
Cardinals. and some OF these were well
enough punched 10 score five runs in the
FIRST two innings. With a lead like this
McGraw did not think IL worth while to
waste one OF his star twirlers on a game
which probably would be lost, and he left
Maxwell in the box. The youngster then
ytesded down and finished the game
strongly. proving his worth while under
FIRE After the first two innings, McGraw
took Meyers out and let Hartley do the
receiving for Maxwell Becker replaced
Devore IN left field.
Even with these changes the Giants made
things hum and St Louis was never sure
of winning Neither Steele nor Dale who
opposed Maxwell, offered much IN the way
Of good curves, but they kept ten hits
fairly well scattered, so that only seven
runs we're culled therefrom.
IN the third inning Of the first game
Doyle smashed out a home run and put
New York in the lead The Cardinals, how
ever. tied the score in their half. Mowrey
drew a pass as a starter and Harmon
hunted Horzog hit the runner when he
threw TO first. Mowrey taking third and
Harmon second on the error. Magee hit
10 Doyle, who fumbled the ball and Mowrey
scored
In the fifth inning Devore and Doyle both
walked Josh took third when Snodgrass
forced Doyle at second. and on double
steal with Fred Devore scored. In the
seventh Dsvore beat out an hfeld hit ana
Doyle and Murray walked. Merkle raped
out sacrifice fly which brought Josh home.
4 low throw by Maxwell to Merkle
enabled Nagee 70 get a life at hrst al the
start OF the second game Oakes singieo
and Higgins walked, filing the bases
Evans then cleaned the base with doupie
20 centre field. In the second inning sine'es
by Steele and Huggtns, KOnetchys douDle
and wild pitch netted two more runs
Three we're added Ia the fifth on doubles
by Cakes and Mowrey. Elis's single ana
wild throw 70 second by Hartley to- eaten
&owrey mapping
In the third inning Fletcher walked TOOK
second on an out. stole third ana couh,eu
on Devore's sacrifice hy. Murray slhgleu
IN he fourth. stole second and tailed on
Fletchsrs single. Becker paved the way 70
run in the dfth by singing, steaihg sec
ond and counting on Snodgrass MT r'e'
stole second and crossed the Piate oH
1erkies single. In the seventh Snoos a.,
walked, stole second and scored on Me'A'e
Vngle.
The scores follow
FIRST GAME.