New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-11
GIANTS SHOW NO MERCY
Every Man Crosses Plate in One
Inning. a Rare Happening.
JERSEY CITY THE VICTIM
Matty Takes His Place on the
Mound, just to Show That
He Is Ready.

John J. McGraw and his Giants have no,
read Shakespeare. else they would nave re-
mombered those lines about the quality al
r,,ercy and shown some pity for Jack Ryan
and his Jersey city Shelters at the Polo
/ Grounds Yesterday. Such mercy as there
] may have been was strained through such
n rnc coIandcr that II could not be dis
covered in the score. which read - TO ..
+ Matty the Mighty was in the box for the
] Giants. and although he lobbed tho ball
/ ever the plate and did not exert himself
to any great extent. he doomed up Ike the
T Flatiron Building to the insect from which
the Jersey city players take their name.
l. was o slaughter pure and simple and
the handful Of fans enjoyed IT to the fun.
as II gave thom added confidence i'm the
hitting ability Of their favorites
Z From the time RED" Murray drove tho
/ bali hard and far in the first inning, send
/ Ing Doyle and Snodgrass scurryins across
| tho plate. the game was safely won, but
| tho real FUN did not come until the third
inning. when every New York player
! crossed the plate once and little Josh Dc
! wore did the Marathon twice for q total Of
/ ten runs.
/
every PLAYER on team to score rim in
the same inning II may not be record.
! hut no man could be found Yesterday skilled
/ in baseball lore who could recall lust when
md vhere before ~ happened Y seemed
/ for time a II the side would never be
! retired Hits came as thick and fast as
4 office bow for ba sebsl passes, and the
crowd zrinned and yelled for more. Nine
safe drives in all were made. Of which
Matty and Dovle were responsible for two
each With ONLY one out and ten runs in,
/ uoye who was running wild on the bases
wa trapped, and Snodgrsss brought the
agonv 10 an end for the visitors BY strik
.,e out. perhaps 20 save himself another
cash AROUND the bases
other runs we're added two IN the fifth
and tvo'in the sixth. but IL was not neces
sarv under the circumstances to give their
3 making a place IN Ia sebaIl history.
II has been said that the Giants showed
no mercy but this IS not altogether true
as Mattv allowed five ight hits in the
third inning. which would be unbelievable
unless one knew that he was taking things
EASY. This made 1t possible for the Jer-
soy City clan to score three runs, and they
mansged 10 pick M two more before the
/ game ended. one of which came as the re-
suit Of wild throw by Devlin.
Natty was on the mound for seven in
nings. and looked and acted as II quite
ready 10 set the ball rolling tomorrow. Il
/ McGraw should call on him 10 pitch the
! opening game of the rennant race This is
not likely. as Red" Ames is being groomeo
Cor the opener. but in any case Matty is
ready. big six injured his hand two weeks
ago in Atlanta. but is as sound again as a
bell of brass, and quite anxious TO get, into
FAIRNESS.
The Giants nelded with a snap and vim
that was full Of promise. and as indicated,
/ they hit the ball hard and on the nose.
/ II was not big league pitching, il Is true
but the fact remains thar the batting eve
/ n1s been trained 10 a high point Of eff
I cheney in every player.
-, che weather was warm enough and
bright enough 10 make one forget the snow
of Saturday evening. and If the same brand
lasts over tomorrow the spacious park viii
not be big enough To satisfy the demand
for room. The Giants will wind up their
tanning and exhibition games al the Polo
Grounds to-day in battle with Joe McGin-
rity's Newark team and. Judging by tho
fight the Iron Man" and his men gave the
. BROOKLYN Superbas YESTERDAY il will he
Will worth seeing
The score follows