New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
MIGHTY GIANTS RISE
AND SMITE CUBS
ChiCago'S Pennant Hopes Go
GIimmering with Victory
by New York.
AMES THE MAN OF THE HOUR
Larry Doyle, However, Gives
Hard Blow with Home Run,
Scoring Devore Ahead
of Him.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l

Chicago, Sept. So.-The Giants dealt
body blow 10 the Chicago Cubs here this
afternoon. which put an effective end to
the belated spurt that Chance and his team
have put forth in final effort to capture
the flag. The score was TO l, but that
does not begin to indicate the extent Of the
damage that was inflicted on Mordecal
Brown. the premier twirler on the Cub
staff. The Giants pounded the three
fingered marvel all over the lot. and the
only reason that he was not taken out was
because he managed to keep the hits so
well scattered that the Giants Jared but
meagrely in the run-getting line.
Leon Ames was on the mound for the
visitors and he pitched excellent ball from
beginning to end. The hard luck that has
dogged his tracks so persistently has ap-
psrently forsaken him. for he held the Cubs
safe at every angie of tho contest. and had
it not been for dropped throw by Chief
Meyers in the fifth inning, when the home
team scored its only run, he would have
been credited with a shutout. Ames kept
the six hits that the Cubs made so we'll
scattered that very little advantage was
gained by them.
There was still a great deal Of snap and
ginger lacking in the Giants playing, but
they got together more like their real
selves and went through the game with
zest Furthermore, the only close decision
that the umpires have decided in favor Of
the Giants since they began their crucial
series with the Cubs was handed down this
afternoon, when ODay ruled Sheckard out
at first in the fifth inning after the most
spectacular play Of the day. Jimmy
smashed a nasty grounder at Herzog and
the New York third baseman in lunging
for the ball threw himself off his balance.
He was lucky enough to gather the sphere
IN, however, and hurled il as best he could
TO Merkle. The throw was necessarily
wild, and it went away high and inside of
first base. Merkle, undaunted, made dive
for the ball, and touched the bag just as
Sheckard reached it. O'Day waved the
runner out. and the crowd showed its ap-
probation Of the great work Of the New
York fielders by cheering loud and long.
Long before the hour for the beginning
OF the game the crowds began to pour out
TO the park. and when the gates were
thrown open there was a wild scramble for
seats, preferably in the sun. because the
day was cold and raw, with low hanging
clouds here and there in the sky that
spilled out rain intermttently. BY game
time the stands were OverlOwing. and
ground rules became necessary. 1t was the
Chicago fans" last chance TO see the
Ia a tr r4a
nant.
Although the Giants did not play as con-
vincing a game in the field as they should,
nevertheless they had the edge on the Cubs
throughout the contest. They Out5atted
the cubs right and left, and even if they
were unable TO get the runs across the /
plate as often as they wanted to, they
managed to keep the Cubs total down de- |
spite the four errors that they committed /
in the course of the nine innings. With /
such a good catcher as Archer behind the I.
bat, the Giants were not nearly as risky /
on the bases as they We're before they
struck the Windy City. and they did not |
add TO their total Of stolen bases. one or /
two had the daring to risk outwtung Arch /
er, but they found themselves quickly elm /
mated from the running.
Captain Larry Doyle was the lion of the /
day. for he cracked out a home run in the /
opening session that settled the game then /
and there as II aftorward turned out De- /
wore had led off with an inheld hit as a ,
salute to Brown and Doyle picked out the .
first ball pitched TO him and sent it sailing .
out over the right field bleachers for /
home run. The Giants didn't give Brown /
minutes peace after that because they
kept hammering him all the time, chipping
of a hit in practically every inning, al
though they did not score nearly the COM
mensurate number OF runs. The fact that
they had ten men left on the bags shows /
that they were of in the scoring line
After Doyle's terrific clout in that first
round Snodgrass got pass. Murray and
Merkle went out and Snodgrass got arOuno !
as far as third, but he was unable TO score |
because Herzog made the third out on an
easy grounder to Tinker. Things locked |
bright for the Giants in the second, too, !
Fletcher getting a base on balls as !
starter, and Meyers coming through with
single Fletcher, however, was out at /
third when Ames bunted 10 Safer. Neither |
Deyore nor Doyle could duplicate his work
of the first inning and the Giants chances |
went glimmering.
The Kew Workers got couple Of hits in !
the fourth. but were unable TO profit from
them, and the same thing happened in the
fifth, Just before the Cubs scored their first |
and only run. Brown was the first out Then
came the spectacular play Of Herzog and /
Merkle on Sheckards hit. and with two
out things looked anything but good for the
Cubs Schultz walked however and Tinker !
came through with a timely single that put
Schultz on third. Then came the signal for !
double steal. and the Giants diagnosed the !
play accurately Doyle shooting the ball |
back TO Meyers TO get Schultz, but. after !
calling the runner out Brennan reversed
his decision and called him safe, when he
saw that Meyers had dropped the ball. !
That rally ended the scoring so far as the
Cubs were concerned.
McGraw's men had another turn coming, !
and scored once more In the eighth, al
though they should have tailed i'm the
seventh. when they had the bases filed and
still were unable 20 solve Browns delivery
in the pinch In the eighth with one gone,
Murray beat out an inield hit and Merklr
singled advancing Murray 70 third base.
Herzog drove a wicked grounder at J. /
Doyle who DETECTED Il off to left field, let
ting Murray score Fletcher went out and
Brown purposely passed Meyers, who had
previously made three hits. The bases were
hlled, but Ames was unequal TO the occa-
sion and was an easy out.
The score follows:
NEW YORK. CHICAGO
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