New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-13
GIANTS IN MERRY MOOD
Bat Out Two Victories Over
Boston in Pennant Dash.
CLOSE CALL FOR MARQUARD
Star Pitcher of New York Badly
Treated in One Frame
and Retires.

Boston, Sept. l2.-Riding rough shod over
Giants swept along In their final dash for
pennant by winning both games OF
double-header here to-day. The score OF
the first game vas 9 to s. after desperate
battle in which the home players out
slugged the visitors and hammered the re-
doubtable "Rube" Marquard at will. In
, tho second game tho wonder Of the pitch
er's box. Christy Mathewson, and the
grand old man Of baseball Cy Young
met and the latter was soon batted out OF
the box. the Giants winning by score
OF II TO .. BY virtue Of the two victories
the Giants gained little on the Chicago
Cubs and now hold the lead by 10 points.
Otis Crandall was called on 10 rush 10
the aid Of the fatering "Rube, who weak
ened badly i'm the seventh inning or the
first game. when the Terriers tore In and
bit wide chunks out Of his burning speed
and deceptive curves until five runs pat
tered over the plate and the band or
Tenny was one run I'm the lead IN the
following frame the Giants got together
and batted out four runs and the game
Then it was that McGraw excused Mar
guard and called upon Crandall TO hold the
lead. Needless TO state, the big fellow
from Indiana pitched mastery ball for the
two innings and the plate was not threat
ened In the second game, too, McGraw
sent Otis in when the game was safe. In
order 10 save Matty as much as possible.
IT'S passing strange and quite beyond
vFa ru
do get my best assortments and knock
them all askew," said Marquard as he
donned his sweater and strobe the long
way from the glory Of the box to the OBJ
livion Of the clubhouse and watched
Crandal take up his burden. 1t was not
that Marquard aspired toward any
phenomenal exhibition Of solitary SKILL for
he put the ball over the plate and let the
team do the rest, only six men tanning
He had the game at his mercy apparently.
but blew up In the seventh inning, when
half dozen clean hits. coupled with
stolen base and a sacrifice fly. put over
five runs. Fast fielding by Doyle cut down
at least one run in the frame.
When the peerless" Matty and the vet
eran Young met in the box for the second
delivery of Cy was an open book to Nc
Graws men. and all hands read freely
During the three innings that he pitched
eight hits were made off his delivery
quite enough TO produce eight runs. Matty
was in tne form. but with the team far
out of danger McGraw excused his star
performer Crandall allowed two runs In
the sixth inning, but clamped on the lid
then and pitched in his best form. Tyler re-
placed Young, but seven hits were response
BILE for three more runs.
There was a plenitude of long hitting
throughout the day, and New York had
the better OF this department OF the game
as I'm the others Fred Merkle was elected
slugger I'm chief and carried away the
honors with two home runs. a triple and a
single. Aside from that. he neglected TO
hit the ball Fred snodgrass and Crandall
, also laid on the ball with great power and
each made a home run. Meyers. Murray,
Devore and Herzog made doubles. The
usual base running campaign was carried
on. seven bases being stolen in the after
noon
When the first game was in danger Nc
Graw kept his men working, and one run
in the ruck they waded into Hogg. who had
replaced Purdue. and punched two singles
on him in the eighth inning with no one out.
That was enough for Tenney who took
the voungster out OF the box He merely
leaned from the fat 70 the FIRE az Griffin,
who replaced him. was easy, and COM
binstion of a felder's choice. on which
Dovie slid into the plate through the ell
tire infeld. a triple by Merkle and an in
field out scored four runs and was enough
10 win the game.
The Giants folded we'll and made three
double plays. Fred SnOdgrass was promi-
nent I'm two OF them, and his perfect
throws TO Merkle and Doyle caught
runners off the bag. Herzog, Doyle and
Merl1le made one double killing.
The Giants wasted little sympathy on
Young. and put three runs over in the
first inning Of the second game. Two more
we're added in the second. and when TWO
were out in the third inning and three runs
were batted over the plate, the veteran
walked out Of the box Of his own accord
10 let younger man finish the task which
he found so hard TO accomplish.
The score follows:
FIRST GAME.