New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-18
GIANTS LACK THE PUNCH
Score One Run, Not Enough to
Beat ST. Louis Cardinals.
PITCHING UP TO THE MARX
Crandall Does His Part, but
Timely Hits in the Pinches
Are Lacking.

web NrcCraw under a three-daY sospeh-
s,on and attempting 10 direct affairs rom
"a. centre field bieacheTe Tic Giants iaoN'"
enc telling punch 70 pull away Win 4"
,.ictorv over the Cardinals, and 'ne 81
, ou;, ri,e n-okc even on che series wheh
they won the game at the hhI'op
afternoon BY q score Of 5 10 l.
Little better pitching could ne
.ban the brand tossed over by ot's
dali. hut luck broke against hlm' anu 'i'o
only rwo errors made by the Glah'S We
huncbed I'm one inning ana hoipe'
Cardinals TO the two runs that Won Wv
game Crandall LET the visitors do"h WIZ
seven scattered hits and gave OPP! Two
masses He displayed excellent fofpn Win
No, ON the bags. striking out the mighty
Konotchv for tho third out with the o"s's
fYu In the third. ard turning oacK '"e
cardinals IN order IN five OF the nine Inn
mrs With a little aEgres sivenoss oehlhd
him he could have won with ease
The Giants played the kind Of ball wn'ch
hoe lcrf then, inst below tho pennant WIN
Ming grade for several years Sterlng or
,o~rinitics 70 score were carelessly brushed
aside until II was TOO tate. Sallec, VINO was
on inc mound for Brosnahan, was out 10Y
revenge. and had the episode or last Sa'ur-
dav in mind After the third inning ne
settIed down. and was invinclhle Inc
Giants we're retired practically in order IN
pix innings.
NcCvaU's man had their chance early
IN the game 10 do away with Sallee and
take a commanding lead bu. passed II M.
Two passes and single filled the bags
Irr eogouI fTGn03lI
fell down in the pinch and grounded lame
" 70 Mowrey FOR force-out with one out
in the third successive singles by DOYLE,
snodgrass and Murray and pass to
Merkle nettec only one run. as BridWel
flied out 10 Ellis. and SnodSrass was
doubled at the plate wher he tried TO tally.
With the exception Of a pass TO Meyers
the Giants never got man on first for the
next four innings With TWO out in the
eighth. MURRAY and Merkle hit safely, but
Bridwen did not come TO tho rescue IN
the most approved fashion and grounded 10
Ssllee Cakes ropod in three lonc flies
aimed for the bcachers in the ninth, end
ing the game
The contest. on the whole. was sharp
" helded the Cardinals playing errorless
ball. Cakes and Ellis were busy men, the
centre fielder making eight put-outs, while
his PARTNER in left caught FIVE flies and
made an assist Aside from a brief re-
lapse in the fifth inning. BridweT nut M
whirlwind game for the Giants at
short. having SIX put-outs and FIVE assists
70 his credit His fielding on crounders
by Konetaiv and Evans i'm the eighth was
~ the most brilliant order. Devln got
only one chance. hut made a beautiful
assist when he threw out Bliss at first
with two men on the bags
St Louis scored two runs in the ffth.
Bliss got life at first on Bridvells
error Although Sallee fouled out to Mey-
ers Crandall picked up Huggins's hunt and
threw wild TO Merkle. allowing Bliss 10
score from first and Huggins to take third
Rridweu pulled down Hauser's mop Az.
hui Ellis cleaned M with a triple down
tho first hase line scoring tuggins
Konetchv grounded out Crandall TO
Merkle
Evans opened The sixth with a single
and while Novrev flied ont TO Alurrav.
cakes singled 10 right. putting Exams on
third The latter scored when Devlin
threw out Bliss ~ FIRST Sanee flied ont TO
pevore II was one, two. three for the
Cardinals for The rest Of the game
Bliss was compelled ~ retire after the
seventh inning. when he was seized with
an attack Of vertigo. and Bresnahan caught
the last two innings Bliss has never com
pletoly recovered from an old injury he
sustained when Hans Wagner accidentally
hit him on the head with a bat I'm circHng
around 10 catch Devore's foul in the sev-
enth ne became dizzy. and while he made
the put-our he was unable 10 take the
nsld with tho Cardinals In the eighth
and was carried 10 the clubhouse
The score fofiouts.