Evening star., 1911-08-27
GIANTS CLIMBING
MatheWS0n Scores an Easy
Victory Over Pittsburgh.
WIN 9 OUT OF LAST IL
National League Leaders Conceded
to Be Playing Faster
Than Rivals.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. August 2S.-The Giants
| just naturally lifted themselves right up
| to the top of the ladder this afternoon.
| They have been flirting around first place
| for long time, but today they dubbed
their way squarely into ii and sent the
| Pirates out of the city with one victory
| out Of four games, and be 1t said the
Pittsburgh team was mighty lucky to get
| the one game, for Mathewson pitched
winning ball and lost in the first con-
test. The Giants have been going at a
championship clip recently. The Pitts
burgh players conceded ii after they were
through this afternoon. Hitherto they
have been wont to say that they figured
that Chicago would give them the hard
race, but after today Clarke admitted
that New York looked pretty good for the
fight. Beginning with Cincinnati, the first
western club to play New York, the
Giants have won nine games as follows:
Four out of five with Cincinnati, two out
of three with Chicago and three out OF
four with Pittsburgh.
The game this afternoon was the grand
free-for-all consolation for Mathewson
and Camnitz. Both of them pitched well
during the week, and both lost their
games. In the ''pitch-off' Mathewson
put 1t all over Camnitz, and once again
the peerless Christy confounded all the
critics, who have been saying that he Is
going back, for he had the Pirates eat
ing out of his hand. There never was
time when Pittsburgh had a look-in. In
one inning the Pirates managed to make
two runs. but it is doubtful II they would
have succeeded had the ball not bound
ed treacherously away from Devore in
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field.
Large Crowd Present.
1t had been predicted that the largest
attendance which ever saw a ball game
would be present this afternoon, and the
prophets were about right. If the size of
the crowd which did attend Is any indi-
cation of what would have been present
IL the weather had been good. There Is
no doubt that more than 10000 spectators
were within the ground-that in the face
there would be more. Before the game
| started a smart shower anchored over
the field, and the players went through
practice while the dew fell. New York
got after Camnitz with a rush. Devore
| clouted the ball to left field for two
| bases. Doyle sacrificed or tried to. but
| Camnitz threw poorly and Devore went
| all the way home. Snodgrass beat out
a bunt to first base. Doyle and Snod-
grass were to put through double steal Lea.
Becker failed to bunt and Doyle died at
third.
| Becker got to first on Leach's bad
throw. Snodgrass going to third.
/ 1t was Becker's cue to work blum
to steal second, but he did not bluff
enough and Snodgrass was run down
| between third and home, the Giants
apparently losing three good opportu-
mites to score. although in reality
playing desperately to get the Pitts
burghs' goat in the first inning. In
the third Doyle made the longest drive
\ of the year for q home run. The ball
went into the furthest corner of the
new stand, which is travelling some.
gle through short. Fletcher sacrificed.
i Meyers sent Herzog home with sim
gle to right. Merkle began the sixth
by beating out a hit to third. He stole
| second. Then Herzog and Fletcher
died in succession. Meyers clouted a
single to left, putting Merkle on third.
The old double steal, in which the Giants
are about as proficient as any club play
| ing ball this year, was put into effect,
and Merkle landed on the plate. and
| Meyers at second, after Pittsburgh had
run up and down the line vainly trying
| to put some player out. Mathewson sin
! gfed to left, and Meyers scored. Leifield
was in the box in this inning, for Cam
nitz had been taken out to permit camp
| bell to bat for him.
Hits Came in Bunches.
In the eighth Herzog doubled. Fletcher
singled and so did Meyers and Mathew
son, but the Giants got but run out
of it, Fletcher was run down between the
| bases 1t did not matter much. New
York had plenty. HerZog fumbled
Byrne's grounder in the eighth. Carey
was put out Of the way. Then Clarke
I hit for a base and Wilson planked
line drive over In left field that shot
away from Devore. instead of bounding
true and two men came home. That was
Pittsburghs all. In most of the other
| innings Pittsburgh went out in one two.
three order. One Of the sterling features
of the afternoon was that Christopher
Mathewson stole second base cleanly, to
the complete upset Of the Pittsburgh
team. Score: