New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-19
MATTY FAILS HIS TEAM
Forced to Retire When Pirates
Solve His Famous FadeaWay.
ERRORS, TOO, PROVE COSTLY
Giants Play Loose Game in the
Field, and Lose Before
a Big Crowd.


tire from game on his home diamond yes
terday when the Pittsburg Pirates soundly
trounced the Giants In the initial conflict
OF the year on the hilltop The score was
s TO l. While the Giants never had
chance TO win with Babe" Adams work
| ing In top FORM yet three OF the runs scored
by Pittsburg were gifts Of the most gen
; erous kind. The Giants contributed five
errors while some ten thousand fans"
! looked on.
Matty had been groomed for the game.
not having pitched since a week ago Tues
day, except for one inning against st. Louis
on Saturday. He has won many game
with his opponents cracking out ten safe
drives. but circumstances conspired against
him yesterday, and he retired at the end or
the seventh inning. when the Pirates
punched n double and three singles for
three runs.
The big twirler started the game with all
his oldtime form and cunning. He pulled
out OF two bad holes without a run being
scored and the outlook was bright for New
York. II there is any one thing needed TO
make Matty most effective. however. IT Is
perfect support. AS a rule, he receives II.
but yesterday his colleagues went back on
him. He was ostensibly worried by John
stones work behind the plate, and de-
scended into bitter argument with the
umpire over a blocked ball in the sixth. all
of which seemed to unsettle him in the
seventh.
Wagner opened the second frame with
single, and went clear TO third when Merkle
dropped Matty's throw OF Mller's bunt.
of
ner being held at third. BY n clever trick
Matty caught Hunter mapping off first, and
struck out Wilson. without a run being
tailed. Adams doubled. with one out in
the third. but failed to reach the plate.
A pass TO Clarke. Wagner's single and
Miller's base on balls filled the bags at the
opening OF the fourth. Then the Giants
began TO spill the beans. Hunter raped a
grounder at Larry Doyle. In his haste TO
make double play the ball slipped out Of
his hands as be stepped on second base.
Clarke and Wagner scoring and Hunter
taking second. Wilson went out. Devin to
Merkle. while Gibson dribbled TO Matty
and was thrown out at first. Miller was
then doubled at the plate when he at
tempted to score on the ont.
Byrne opened the fifth with a single which
didn't get him anywhere. but errors In the
sixth gave the Pirates another run. Miller
led off with a single TO right On an at
tempted hit and run play Hunter struck
out and Myers threw TO centre field in an
endeavor to catch Miller at second. Snod-
grass returned the ball 10 third, but Dew
lin was lowering around the pitchers box.
The sphere rolled to the Pittsburg bench
and was blocked, tombstone reckoning
Miller 10 come home.
Much arguing followed to no purpose. but
Matty was nettled so that he gave Wilson
a pass. The latter was forced out by Glib
son, however. and Adams flied out to Bird
well
The deuge came in the seventh, when
| the safe hits beat rataplan across the
hard. sun-baked diamond. Byrne opened
with a double and while Leach lifted
foul TO Meyers Clarke singled. scoring
| Ryrne and Wagner followed with his third
hit. Miller singled to left, scoring Clarke
Hunter hit TO Bridwell. who tossed to Doyle
to force out Miller. but Larry dropped the
| ball, allowing Wagner 10 score. Wilson
struck out and Gibson forced Hunter. Bird
we'll TO Doyle.
! Marouard twirled the eighth inning.
/ striking out Adams, Byrne anu tldThe' pul
passing Leach, while Raymond retired the
| Pirates in order in the ninth
Larry Doyles triple In the first, followed
by Snodgrasss single. saved the Giants
from shut-out Adams allowed only three
hits for the rest Of the game. hit bats
man and pass put two men on the bags
| in the fifth, with two out, but Doyle was
easy. Miller TO Hunter. In the eighth. how
ever, Larry tripled for the second time
with no one on the bags, but failed 10
score as Snodgrass lifted a fly TO Wilson
for the third out.
The Pirates outplayed the Giants in every
department of the game. Matty could not
stop their hitting. Wagner singing three
times while Miller Byrne and Adams got
two hits apiece. Fred Clarke got one. max
ing the total ten Cor seven innings and
completing the record The Pittsburg out
field performed in the most approved style.
handling ten put outs between them. A
thunderstorm lowered near all the after
noon, but except for little sprinkle In
the eighth inning did no harm.
TIE score follows