New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-05
CUBS WIN IN THE NINTH
Overcome Three-Run Lead ana
Defeat the Giants.
NOW SHARE FIRST PLACE
Sparkling Fielding ENABLES
Wiltse to Check Chicago
Until Eighth Inning.

Chicago. June 4-The Chicago Guns gave
the Giants five runs to-day and tneh pea'
them out Of the third game Of the series
by a score Of to g. thereby tying the prlne
OF Gotham for the league leadership ana
getting the odd in the 1911 campaign with
New York Although Handicapped by their
own errors both I'm defence and offence,
Chances warriors never let up. but hattled
gamely against "Southpaw' Wiltse ana
horseshoe fielding behind him until the
eighth. when they tied up the score. Inc!
batted Wltse off the slab in the NINTH ana
Leon Ames was called TO the rescue TOO
late 10 save the day.
Devore opened the game with a single
to centre Kaiser let IT through him, put
slowed II up just enough so that II did hot
roll into the crowd. Before Sheckard couin
retrieve the truant Devore compIeted the
circuit. 1t would have been only TWO
Dagger on ground rules If Kaiser had not
touched II. Larry Doyle sailed long one
over centre into the crowd for two cor
ners and Snodgrass was hit. Brown tght-
ened up and struck out Murray and Merkle
in short order. King dropped the third
strike on Merkle and Snodgrass suffered
between BtIllfS Ddth W ii'h anu S'''o
10 second. Before he decided King shot
the ball to Hoffman. and merry two
cornered chase was started. Larry Doyle
tried to retrieve the situation by gong
home but Hofmans throw stopped MIN
and no finally was made the third victim
| In the second inning Hene Zimmerman
pulled slow thinking act Devlin singled
with one out and Meyers hit Sharply 70
| Jimmy AS the chief is no taxicab on
bases all Jimmy had to DO was 10 toss
the ball to Tinker for an easy double play
Instead, he tried 10 tag Devlin, ana the
! foxy Arthur leased him into holding the
ball so long that he pegged late and wildly
TO second. giving Meyers his life and letting
Devlin reach second 1t didn't happen 70
matter. as Witse whitfield and Devore rain
bowed to Sheckard.
The Cubs ought to have made dozen
runs In their second They did get two
and temporary lead. Jimmy singled. The
good Mr. Doyle flied out. but Tinker singled
and Kaiser poked a sharp one through Dew
lin filing the bases. King fouled off 50
many strikes that he worked pass out OF
Wlltse. forcing Zimmerman to score. Brown
then dumped neat Texas Lacquer In snort
right.
| Tinker held third, expecting the fly TO De
caught, but Devore grabbed the ball on the
bound and shot II home ahead or joe
| Faversham. Meyers forgot that II was q
force play and tagged Tinker after he MT
the plate. Umpire Johnstone forgot IL. 100
and called Joe safe, then reversed ms ue-
cision when the Giants called his attention
10 the fact that the bases were run anu
Tinker did not have 10 be touched: foi
! that the crowd ragged long and loudly al
| the umpires Sheckard was passed put De'
! fore he walked the alien Larry Doyle Gro
ated a long delay while telling johns toi'
how much he Doyle did not think OF MN III L.
The Giants tied the score IN the thII'
when Kaiser let Fletcher's liner get ava
| from him FOR three bases and Murray pokec
! hit through Tinker. Then in the iourtl
| The enemy went three runs ahead a pas
| TO Devln started the fuss: The ChlcagG
DOYLE made whale of play that roppeo
| Myers of hit and forced Devlln at sec
| ond Witse whitfield again, but DeVore SIN
| gled to centre. Fletcher raised the niue
sunny which Sheckard muffed squarely; ano
| MYERS and DevOre went all the way nome
on II. Fletcher reaching third on Sheck'
ards peg 10 the plate. n passed pan 10y
| King allowed Fletcher TO score. That was
| all for New York. -.,
| After two men were out In the elghtr
| inning, Tinker and Kaiser singled, anc
| King and Archer each doubled. uelng tnt
| score A Texas Lacquer off OF Alnes IN
| the ninth gave Chicago the game. In me
| eighth inning Tinker hit swift liner e
| Vlltse's stomach and he did not recuperatt
| till after the contest ended.
| The cCorp follows