New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-24
MATTY TOYS WITH
REDS TO WIN AGAIN
Giants Take Another Hitch in
Strange Hold on National
League Pennant.
GASPAR PROVES POPULAR
New York Takes Particular De-
light in His Curves Until
Urgent Relief Is
Sent For.


on the pennant to-day. when they walloped
the Reds by a score Of to p simultane-
ously with an overwhelming beating which
the tail-end Boston team administered 10
the Cubs. The result leaves the Giants ~
almost undisputed title to the field for
they have 10 win only eight OF their re-
naming eighteen games in order to finish
on even terms with the Cubs, even If the
later win every one Of the fourteen contests
they have stin to play. one has only to
look over the Cubs record OF the last ten
DAYS TO realize how impossible such
break in the luck IS.
Mathewson did the twiring for the
Giants against the Cincinnati contingent
and ne was as effective as ever. He toyed
with his opponents all the way. and ala
not even try to extend himself at any
stage Of the game. II was only cantcf
for Big Six" and II he were called upon
20 do IL II is likely that he could pitch the
same way every day until the end of the
season. and finish feeling as II he hadh
had quite his full amount of practice Al
though the Reds pounded Matty Tor ten
hits they were unable TO connect when
safeties would register runs, and the maj
score showed that eight Of them had been
left on the bases Matty was also liberal
in the matter Of issuing passes but no.
body knew his powers better than he ana
he had the home team guessing at ever!
turn.
With the Giants It was a little different,
for they took kindly to the pitching OF
Gaspar. and in his stay Of half dozen
innings in the box they hit MIN saieiy nine
times. Humphreys went in after Gaspar
retired and tried to stem the flow OF UlanlS
across the plate but he was only paruaiIE
successful. because the New Workers broke
through his defence in the last frame ana
crammed through their final run.
All in all. the Giants did not play the az
grossly. hail that they displayed in their
soiourn in Pittsburgh last week. proDaplS
more because they were never caled on "
exert themselves than for any other Ied-
son In the base stealing line they puI-
Joined 30 per cent Of the bases went aIIei'
getting two out Of four attempts Ihls mas
increased their total for the season 10 o.,
and they have TO get only % more 10 equaI
the Pirates long standing record. Inns
means an average Of less than TWO game
for the rest Of the season.
The bright particular luminary IN '"e
fielding end of the attraction was josh
Devore who killed a run at the plate in the
fifth inning by a splendid throw aIter cd'O"-
inc Ratcs's long ny Devore did not have
time TO get himself set, but hurled the Da'i
as he grabbed it and threw it straight on
line for Meyerss glove beating out Besch-
er who was coming IN from third base, by
several yards. 1t was a top notch piece OF
vvorl, afte,. a first class catch. Merkle also
got in the Umclght when he made sensa-
tional stab of q wicked drive by HobhtzeH
earlier IN the same inning The ball fairy
burned along the ground, and Merkle just
managed 10 shut off most of its speed ana
hold II 10 an inield single. The day was
the third anniversary Of that memorable
occasion at the Polo Grounds when Mer-
kle. through no real fault Of his own, Kept
the Giants from getting pennant Inc
big first baseman celebrated the day by &C
copting ten chances without a slip-up and
making two hits out of four times az the
bat.
McGraw lost no time at all in making the
game secure. for I'm the first inning he en-
, rineered a swift attack on the Reds that
resulted in three runs and then he played
il safe for the rest Of the time, although
the home team came through with one run
IN their half of the first frame. The home
team added another in the sixth, but That
was after the Giants had increased their
total to five by making two more runs IN
the first period Of that inning. Just to make
things water tight the Giants slipped over
another run in the ninth, making it imper-
alive upon the Reds to score five runs in
their half Of the frame to win, which now
ever. they were unable to do.
Devore led off by driving weak ground
or at Almeida and he was an easy out.
CAPTAIN Larry Doyle however, had pa
tisnce TO wait for four balls, and he so eX-
asperated Casper when he was loafing at
FIRST base that the Reds pitcher made an
ATTEMPT 10 catch him mapping. The throw
was wild and Doyle never stopped running
until he reached third. From that vantage
point he had no difficulty in scoring on
Murray's tap to Esmond after Snodsrass
had reached first via the four bah route.
Merkle picked out a good one and hit over
Bescher's head for two bases. scoring Snod-
grass. This hit would have been good for
home run on clear field, but the crowd
was so dense that ground rules had 10 be
brought into play. But II made little diner
enee because Herzog's single gave Merkle
ample time 10 score and Herzog himself got
around TO third on the throw to the plate.
The Reds opened on the cunning Matty
as If they were going TO win the game in
did likewise That was good start ana
Il enabled Bescher 70 score from third when
Bates lifted a sacrifice fly to Devore. Hob
litzel stole a base but the next two men
were easy outs and Matty was at ease.
Following that little furry nothing tran
spired worthy Of particular mention until
the sixth frame. The Giants got couple
Of hits in the third inning Doyle beating
out 2 tap 10 the infeld and Snodgrass MAX
ing a clean single 20 left. But Doyle was
out In overrunning third. and Snodgrass
died stealing 50 that Murray's foul TO AL
media was the third out. In the sixth, |
however after one man had gone out, !
Merkle hunted and beat out Casper IN
sprint 10 first Herzog forced Merkle and
Fletcher came along with a single that
scored Herzog Big Chief Meyers's |
triple 10 left scored Fletcher Devore !
rolled a grounder and Meyers in trying TO
score on the play was tagged out by Clark.
Singles by Almeida and Egan in their half
of the sixth, followed by force play, let
the Reds have their last run in the second |
half OF the sixth. Devore got an inheld hit
in tire ninth and stole second. Snodgrass's |
two-base hit sent him across with the last
run Of the game.
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