New-York tribune., 1911-09-17
GIANTS SINK CRAFT
OF THE PIRATE CREW
$1,000 Worth of Marquard Is
of Greater Value than S22,-
500 Worth of 0'TOoIe. .
SCORE is SIX RUNS TO TWO
Huge Crowd Sees Buccaneers
Sail Off in Lead at Outset and
Then Crumple Up-Matty
Steps In Late in Game.

Giants opened UP wide at Forbes Field this
afternoon and overwhelmed the Pirates,
O'Toole. Wagner and all, IN a cleancut
game by the score Of to .. For the New
Workers it was an auspicious start on what
bids fair TO triumphal march down the
homestretch for the National League pen
nant of 1911. This seems all the more prob
able now because of the whirlwind victory
which Brooklyn wrested from the Cubs
yesterday. putting the Giants a full forty
points in the lead, or a tri1e more than
FIVE games.
From end to end the Giants played bal
of the sort that does not stop short of win
ming. In the field. at the bat and In the
box McGraw's men were supreme, and
they had TO be because the Pirates were
on the watch for the slightest opening
through which they might rush their at
tack. But the openings. save for one lapse
tn the first inning, never came. O'Toole
the much touted s22,5OO pitcher, was on thu
mound for the home team. But McGraw
was not to be outdealt, and matched him
with "Rube Marquard, who proved tc
be the better in the thick Of the fray.
Marquard, who has been suffering fol-
the last few days with fame arm. told
the manager that he thought he was Mt
and lost no time Ia warming up. Inning
after inning he had the Pirate batsmen at
his mercy, and for seven innings allowed
only four hits Then, after he had retired
one man IN the eighth, a Pirate pinch hitter
connected with one OF Marauard's curves
for single, and McGraw, taking no
chances, rushed Mathewson, the old relia-
bic Big Six 10 the rescue. Thereafter
the Pirates didn't get a hit.
But O'Toole found the going not at all
TO his liking. because the Giants pummelled
him, not all at once, but steadily. They
pounded him for a run here and another
there, and in tho end they made things so
lot for the Pirate twirler that Clarke took
him out and sent Babe" Adams TO the
front That was in the last inning, and
the Giants. Just to show that they had no
respect for persons. tore into Adams with
as much vigor as they had assaulted
O'Toole and added one more run to their
kit, juse for good measure. All told, the
New York team got ten hits off the Pitts
hurgh pitchers, most of which they en-
poyed to their own distinct advantage.
Long before the hour for the opening Of
the game Pittsburgh, or at least that part
OF the city in the general direction of
Forbes Field, presented sight unequalled
since the days of the worlds series with
Detroit. Everybody in the city, apparent
~, was bent on seeing the game which
was 10 have so much bearing on the pos
session Of the pennant and there was
general exodus TO the ball neld. The street.
cars were jammed, and transportation by
.NNN Of
ton. Express wagons, delivery wagons
and all kinds of vehicles were pressed into
service Even they did not begin TO ac-
commodste the crowds, and for couple OF
hours there was a steady stream OF hu-
manity afoot on its way to the field.
The contest was one Of sensational field
ing which aided the respective pitchers
considerably. Snodgrass came in for the
lions share of the hair raising playing,
making a throw IN the fourth inning from
0eep centre that warded off run by
fraction Of a second, and capturing ter
rife drive by Hans Wagner in the sixth
inning that looked good for three bases at
least. Each team made an error, but they
were of the eXcusable type. Byrne stopped
q screaming hit off Devore's bat in the
third inning and kept the ball in the dia-
mond, holding the New York fielder down
to a single base on what seemed certain
to be a triple.
Although the Giants outplayed the honls
team at all points. they were unable to do
much In the base stealing line, for Simon,
behind the bat for the Pirates nailed them
with dead sure aim, and Devore was the
enly man who was successful in working
down to the second station through his
own efforts But the redeeming feature in
this line from the New York point of
view was the fact that the Pirates could
do no better in attempting TO steal on
Meyers.
Things did not look any too promising
for the Giants at the end Of the first
inning, when the Pirates held the lead
with the score at 2 TO l. The New York
ers got TO OToole right at the start, but
unfortunate errors in the field let tho
Pirates more than offset the run which
broke the ice IN the scoring line. Devore
waited for one of O'Tooles spitballs that
was 20 his liking and singled through the
box 10 begin with. Doyle struck out after
he had fouled off innumerable balls, but
Snodgrass pushed q single to centre field
pnd Devore scored. Snodgrass advanced
10 third on Murray's sacrifice fy, but
Nerkle went out in easy fashion.
The Pirates were not slow in getting
started either. Byrne lifted a little pop
nv TO Merkle and Carey hit TO centre field.
snodgrass tripped in going after the bali
and II fell safe for a two-base hit Then
Leach singled 10 left and scored Carey,
hut Devore let the ball whistle between his
legs and Leach sprinted all the way home.
At the moment IL looked bad for the
Giants, but as II turned out later that was
the last run the Pirates made.
There was one out in the second frame
when Fletcher smashed whale" OF a
drive e. right field that was good for three
bases Meyers tried hard, but his line drive
went right into Leach's hand. Fletcher.
however. had plenty OF time TO score from
third with the ueing run. After that there
was no more scoring until the sixth inning
While Devore was al the bat, Klein, the
umpire-in-chief, stopped the game and
threatened TO fine every man on the Pitts
burgh bench $40 II they didn't stop their
noise. The little threat apparently affected
O'Toole, for although Devore went out
Doyle connected for two-base hit and
scored when Murray singled.
In the seventh the Giants got another
run on three-base hit by Meyers and an
error by OToole. They added one more In
the eighth and signalized Adamss advent
10 the box by finishing their day with
another single run. making six in all.
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