New-York tribune., 1911-07-23
BEAT ST. LOUIS AGAIN
BEFORE A HUGE CROWD
Giants Ably Back Matty as He
Takes Ample Revenge on
the Cardinals.
HERZOG PLAYS BRILLIANTLY
NcGraw's Men Put Odd Contest
with Bresnahan' Pets on Ice
Early - Take Liberties
with Steele's Curves.


ern trip at the Polo Grounds yesterday af-
ternoon with 10 10 defeat by the Giants.
Before a crowd of thirty-fve thousand per-
sons which packed the big arena orimtui
and exuded humanity 10 the trestle work
above Christy Mathewson came BACK INTO
his own The king of them all was out
for revenge. lie got II. and the quai-
ity thereof was most seccharlne. For
seveh innings he was utterly inFihclpie'
holding the Cardinals to four hits ana one
mass BY that time the Giants hao sC0reo
nine runs, and the game was snareo 700
strongly TO demand the services OF NC
Graw's star, and he let Crandal '"lri the
last two frames. The visitors manaseu "
score a run on Matty. but this came Oh
a double steal Just before the big pitcher
struck out the last man up IN the MIN
frame.
new star rose in the New York oase-
hail armament with the appearance oi
Charley Herzog on third base. Although
fresh from the tail-end Boston nine the
former Giant fitted perfectly Us cog
I'm what may prove to be new CHAMPION
shin machine His work was finlSned anu
brilliant in every department of ths eainS,
"Behold. another Ty Cobb! murmureo
the fans" when Charley cut loose WIN
burst OF speed which took their orSa'hs
away in starting New York raily III
tho Afth by beating out bunt IN 'he
aiehth he tripled over Evans's head ana
oeda the base i'm a cloud OF dust. In the
field he played a heady game, accep'ihs
sover chances without an error. and start
ing a double play when he caught liner
f,, no
threw Ellis out at first. he old oi''-
liant bit OF base running, too lie Nas
on third in the eighth when tle'che' NJ
n Ueuser Charley hesitatcd mollleh' "
coax the shortstop into making throw "
first and then made dash Tor lhe pl"'o'
70 score when Konetchy threw poorly 'o
head him off. Two runs, TWO hI'S anu q"
sensational day I'm the field made Her@os
look Ike a fixture in the New YORK lnneiu'
Having knocked Sallee out of the boN
and polished off Harmon, the Oldh's P"'
the hooks into BTesnahans thiro s'al
,NlrIer by pounding Steele OIL me hiouilu
in seven innings In that time they iiSu7
nine hits count for as many ruls' Larry
Do,,lo,s homer to the far right centre held
fence. with Matty on first ana Two runs
across I'm the fifth inning. pracucaly Pu'
the Giants on the road TO victory III 'i's
seventh Steee's support grew waoOlF' anu
tho Giants punched three singles ana "
double for five runs. McAdams' VINO sue
ceeded him, was greeted with .rlpie anu
= single I'm the eighth, and looked 4dI''
easy. .,,,d
,r'nerA was a tremendous crowd on Manu.
.,a b,eoast that has been out to ball game
,,oro thi. season. The immense concrete
.tadi,,n, WAS filled half an hour before the
,,,oo baean. The bleachers were not lar
,o,ir5 IN absorbing the multitude. ana De-
fore the encounter was well uhuer "aS
there was hardly q seat 20 be had ana tno
fans" hacked The aisles and runWays' Inc
eangationai work of Roger Bresnahdh III
b,inglng the Cardinals up in the race was
an irresistible magnet. and with a perfect
o,v tire fans" answered the call to arms
BEFORE the game was over, however many
81 The spectators were inquiriug wherefore
there should be so much talk about 81
to,,is Wutse's performance on Friday
seemed to have tanned the Cardinals con-
siderably. and they did not seem to be the
same team that batted the only Matty
out of the box in the nI5t game ,no o1 SeId at
critical times, and the pltcnlnS WdS not W
10 championship calibre. -,. ,o.
BY dint of their victory the Giants s,.S sof
the odd game of the series, and the record
for the season stands six victories 10 nve
defeats. With Matty wpl klnS at Top IoIH
the Giants ran away with the game
There were two or three lapses OF Judg-
,nent one Of which put Matty in hole.
Fletcher and Herzog nearly got d mlXedd up up
on a grounder. but Arthur recovered 70 70
throw the runner out at nrst' IN tie ,, III ~ i,
Fletcher was responsible Tor the Cardlnals
being able 10 score on double steal When
Oakcs coaXed him into holding the pail IN
stead Of throwing 10 the plate.
The most serious misplay came IN the
sixth inning. With one out, Hauser got
scratch hit through HetZOg Ells Hlted az!
easy fv 10 left centre which either Snod-
grass or Devorc could have captured easily.
Ipt both tried for IL and the sphere fell
safe. KonetChys single hilod the bases ana
Matty Was In difficulties. Then the veteran
pitcher showed that he cannot be ulhed
with his ndveTs&ries 10 the contrary not
wi,hstandlng. for he pulled out without
man scoring. Evans. fairly good hitter
struck cut. while Mowrey hit 10 Herzog
Tie Giants mauled steeles delivery with
marked freedom Larry Doyle was the
hitting hero Of the day with single dou-
hle and a home run, while EerZos came
pext with a triple and single Ellis,
Mowrey and Oakes were cons picuous among
the Cardinals with two singles apiece, seven
in all being made by the visitors. Three or
these were punched with three passes or
'
IN the fifth frame datty was hit on his
pitching hand by steele, but was not in
iured seriously. as he handled the critical
situation in the sixth with ease and retired
:he side in order in the seventh soon
aftcTward Bresnahan got foul tip on the
finger aud was compelled to retire in favor
Of Bliss
The Giants tailed four runs in the fifth
period. lIerzog started the rally by beating
out a bunt to Higgins, and the second
baseman's error gave Fletcher a life. Haus
er'S eror let HerZog score and Meyers set
10 first Matty was hit filling the bases,
but DeVore lined TO Oakes and the Chief
was doubled off second. Larry Doyle, how
ever, cleaned up with a home run.
In the seventh Oakes considered FletCh-
er's ny TOO easy and consequently dropped
IL 70 start Off the inning Meyers singled
through second and Matty hit 10 Konetchy.
forcing Meyers at second. but being safe al
first on an attempted double play Dcvores
single Doyles double and SnodSrass's sin
gle with an out. cleaned up the bags and
Tetted five tallics. HCrzog's triple and an
ont resulted in a run in the eighth.
The Cardinals scored in the NTH when
with one out MowTey and Oakes singled.
Rresnahan popped to Fletcher: but q double
steal was made, Mowrey scoring before
steele struck out. Higgins and Hauscr
drew passes of Crandall in the eighth and
Ellis singled 20 right scoring Hugeins. Ko-
netcly lined 10 Herzog and Ellis was
doubled Off first.
The score follows:
NEW YORK. ST LOUIS.
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