New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-12
MATTY STILL THE KING
Helps Giants Show PhilIleS the
Way to a Shut Out.
PITCHES BRILLIANT GAME
Strikes Out the Mighty Luderus
Four Times, and Is Invinci-
BILE in the Pinches.

Christv Mathewson pitched with all his
cldtime oriliancy in the opening game OF
series with Philadelphia ~ the Polo Grounds
Yesterday. ami the returning Giants had
no trouble at all IN shutting out the Phil
lies by a score or . 10 o. II was Big SKIS
FIRST shut-out over tho Quakers this season.
and he fairly revealed in II. Not that he
had to pitch hard 10 do II. either. for no
let the Dooinless clan hit when hits meant
nothing. and when they meant something
he was always there with the kind ~ twirl-
ing that was invincble
Some idea Of the greatness OF Matty's
come back may he cleaned from the fact
that although the Quakers hit him safely
eleven times. they were able % get only
two men as far as third base. OF the two.
one went ont when he tried 10 score on an
luneld tap 10 Herzog. and the other was
left stranded when the side was retired
Home Run T.uderus. who has Deen Ter
ror 10 every National League pitcher since
Tho penuant race began. failed 70 shine as a
clouter against the Matty Of yesterday. Tor
he struck out four separate and distinct
times and tho worst Of II all was that
hit on three Of the four occasions Would
have meant one run. at least. ana prooaoy
more Five times Msthewson struck out
the third man when there wera runners on
the bases ready to break for the plate NJ
the faintest suspicion Of hit.
The most pleasing feature Of the contest
aside from Mathewson's pitching was the
way the Giants pounded the curves NAV
Burns served up 10 the plate, ana no"
they ran their legs of on the bases IL II
many de- since Coogan's Blur mas seer
such speedy and crafty work on the Days
/ Although the Giants stole only three bases
their running on hits was nothing snort OF
marvellous and. once started On the way
around. they never stopped until they Were
50 fely al the plate again. ~ the eighteen
men who reached first. only six were left
on the bases. and the six who didn't score
died on the closest kind o. decisions, fol
1or,,np a+terpts TO advance themselves by
stealing
The Giants started well. with a clean
single by Devore as the opening feature.
/ The stocky fielder didn't give Doyle
/ chance 70 hit the ball and III out for sec
1 ond as soon as he dared Doyle then nled
/ out TO Titus on catch that carried the
/ Philadelphian all the way 70 the stand.
Josh pulled off a clean steal Of third, but
/ he vas not feet enough 70 score on Snod-
| grass's lnield tap to Burns and was out az
/ the plate while Snow vas safe Murray
came through with the first Of three hlts
/ at that juncture and Snodgrass got all the
way around 70 third. whence ne scored
| on Doolan's Wild heave on Merkles
grounder. Murray also tallying on that
misplay.
! Fletcher got a single in the second mat
Titus converted into double and Meyers
sIashed another single along the same
groove Matty rolled out 70 Luderus and
Devors drove line ny TO Doolan which
would have doubled up Meyers II Knaoe
hadn't dropped the ball. Larry Doyles
| hit sent Meyers home in a walk with the
| fourth run.
The Giants had 20 wait until the sew
enth before they could score again ana
| they did then on successive singles oy
Meyers and Mathewson and an error by
| Burns Wilson's home run in the next
frame vas the wind-up Of New York's ac-
ttvities in the run getting line, although
| II looked all the way II they could
/ hav. pounded Burns hither and yon for
score OF TALES II they had been so
| minded.
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