New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-22
CARDINALS HIT A SNAG'
Giants Show Their Mettie IN
Shutting Out st. Louis.
GEORGE WILTSE THE STAR
pitches Remarkable Game IN
Holding the Visitors to
Two Hits.

(.A0rVA WllISe, IuC ANAN "a A@--'
fought diamond battle IN the past tooA a.
,he night out OF the st Louis Car oli,'l'.
when he held them 10 two hits ana s,i"1
-he,, OUT az the Polo Grounds yesleIuas
afternoon. Thus the Giants won the Sc.
o,d paoe OF the series by score OF u "
.l+boueb they faced Harmon, the s'ai
,u4rier Of Roger Bresnahan' VINO n',1
dore mora than any one else TO put Ms
,,snns-1v little nine where II is in the race
W.c-.v,s men swoke 70 the situanon'
- reauzine that they were meeting
r,-one championship contender oelVeieu
- . nolished article OF baseball that the
C-.-5t-aIs came 20 the conclusion that 'neS
- 20. mastered all the arts or the
game. ,,.,, rho v-as
- 20 BOSTON. Arthur Devlin took up
hts old position az third base. AFTER lons
&c. and Fletcher went IN az short. Inc
.t.-,a was noticeable almost immediately-
y-,o+-bs- &c more al home az short than al
.s,~5 and ne played the sort Of game ~hich
- best in either OF the big leagues VIII
-. ro-6 work 10 equal His fielding was
.o+hing short OF miraculous. every one OF
.be three grounders he handled oeihs
labelled for hits There is no one VINO pay ,
tb,rd quite 50 we'll as Devin When ne .
right. and the old veteran got I0"si"9
receUt1on from the fans "l4lse' NJ
over received sparkling support from '"s
whole team. and not an error was haue'
Nrocraw's brilliant southpaw was IN Iop
Corr, altar the many vicissitudes IN loslns
five straight games the last few weeks -
aa-k eL,,, was lust what he needed 70 make
his speed most effective. and the CaIolii'i'
zrAra belDless. For six innings not hi was
made and only eighteen men faced NHIse'
Two drew passes. but died stealing MEYERS
making beautiful throws 10 second. WI"
ana out in the seventh. Hauser mace the
est rift when ne singled over second, out
r,,.s struck out and Konetchy lifted 10
Dovle Three walked the plank IN 'ne
erqbth and two we're gone in the ninth
when Higgins hit cieanly 20 right o''
Hauser popped 10 MerNe.
Not one OF the Cardinals got beyond hrst
base In the whole encounter. and with
minimum Of twenty-seven batsmen to face
WHtse pitched 10 only Twenty-Five. II was
Il remarkable performance, one OF the best
srbiyitious e twirlinE seen on local dia-
rnonds this season.
Harmon. who is one OF the five LEADING
rwfrlers OF the league, having a better
record than Mathevson, with fourteen VIC
tories and four defeats before yesterday
game. proved exceptionally easy. TO oe
sure. ne pulled out OF several bad holes
hut the Giants hit him hard IN the pinches
IN two innings.
Wtltse came 70 bat in the dfth frame Win
runners on second and third and promptly
drove the ball 70 centre field FOR base.
scoring the last two runs Toy the Giants.
FiKht hits in all were collected of Har-
mons delivery. Doyle and Snodgrass max
Ing a double and a single apiece. while De-
vo-e raped out a triple.
The visitors did not give Harmon perfect
surport and a bad error by Bresnahan in
che first frame paved the way for New
York victory TIuggins played his usual
steady game. accepting seven chances with
cut error. and while Hauser helded brill
!antlv iu spots he committed an error in
letting Devore get 10 first IN the Hfth, when
might have proved disastrous had Har-
mon not steadied down and taken care OF
DOyle and snodErass.
Devo-e struck out as a starter for New
York. but Doyle doubled 10 left and tailed
the arst run on Snodgrass's double 70 the
same spot Fred made a delayed steal Of
third and Bresnahan was taken in 10 the
extent Of throwing the ball 70 second when
no one was covering the bag. The sphere
rolled 70 the outheld and Snodgrass scored.
0evlln drew a pass al the start Of the
9th inning and Meyers dropped a Texas
leaguer in right field. taking second on the
throw u catch Devlin ar third Wiltses
single brought both runners home and De
wore was safe on Hauser's error. DOYLE
-ted 10 sacrifice but Harmon threw Wiltse
-u- AZ third. while Suoderass hit 70 Hauser
10Y double play.
Tho only other opportunity the Giants
bad m score came whom Josh Devore
.irIed with ono ont 40 the third. DOYLE
fled 20 Evans and Josh was caught az the
ate attempting to score.
s. storm threatened % break over the
grounds shortly after the game started, but
re'd of II sprinkled slightly from the
seventh inning on. and there was great
ecauperinr for shelter hv the fans" who
were exposed in the uncovered stands. II
Gid not rain enough however. % cause a
great deal Of inconvenience.
The score follows