New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-28
MERKLE LOSES THE BALL
Drives It Over the Fence and Far
Away for the Circuit.
slANTS STORM The PLATE
Score Twelve Runs by Hard Hit
ting, While Boston Gets
Only Five.

Somewhere in the environs OF the new
.o5 Regiment Armory, in the course Oh
construction near American League FarH'
q baseball IS lurking to-day. caretuiiy ue-
,osi,ad there sby Fred herlle during
,an,o Yesterday afternoon, in which the
Giants valloped the Boston Terriers by a
score of u 10 3 II was one of the lonses'
bits il not the longest hit. ever made m 'he
history OF baseball and scared yards hish
obove the fence back Of left field. IL was
The first time a ball has ever been hit over
the do,ble-decked fence at the park. Larry
Iaioie. Harry Davis. Jack Chesbro ana
Long Tom Hughes have in Their une
slammed the sphere over the tWeh'5-ioo'
barrier In i6sth street, but the twenty-toot
addition, which was erected in recent years'
has stopped everything that came It's way
Nd 10 yesterday.
M runners were on the bags when Merkie
came 20 bat In the hfth frame. lie wa
the first man up, and Fred Tenney hau
lust sent Buster Brown TO the bench cali
tng on O youngstcr, Parsons by name 10
of1ciate II wss an inauspicious debut lot
the new twirler. Merkle waited Tor
good one and hoisted II skyward. IL was
not a drive but high fonter, such az
Schultz, Of Chicago fame, was wont 10
drop IN the right field grandstano AT the
Polo Grounds. The sphere was fer ana
sway before Il reached its crest and then
droppsd over the fence. Merkle scored
with ease.
The day was a Jolly one fo- the Giants
With hits coming in hunters and at the
-feht moment as we'll. The paltry single
fen into decided disrepute Murray. Doyle
and Meyers being the only ones 10 assocl-
ATE with q fellow Of such low class. The
other players scorned 10 nningle in sucn
company, and raped out wallops or falr
size and proportion. Besides Merkle's nome
run there was a triple by Devlin ana
doubles by Wilson, Devofe, Becker and
snoderess. Six OF the nine hits made were
for extra bases.
Nerouerd started in the box for the
Giants, but was in poor form. Although
New York took a substantal'ead with nVe
runs in the Arst frame the visitors showed
such marked disposition TO even matters
I'D BY tallying three IN the second that
McGraw called upon Crandall 10 work in
the third. Otis was invincible. He allowed
onlv three hits for the rest Of the game.
Two Of them came IN the fifth inning and.
coupled with an error. allowed the visitors
20 score one run. but that was the best
they could DO of Crandall's delivery. Al
though he hit a batsman he did not give
g pass. ard II was one. two. three for the
Terriers in four Of the seven innings
New York scored : quintet OF tallies IN
the first frame. Two hits Of the clean up
kind were largely responsible. Both De-
vore and Doyle walked. only 10 score on a
rfvla ht-
walked and although Merkle flied 10 Ten
ney BridweH drew q pass and filled the
bases. Devlin then uncorked a triple to
deep centre. scoring three runs Both Mey-
ers and Marquard fouled out 10 Graham.
Murray singled in the third. stole second
and took third when Herzog muffed Ora
hams throw. He tailed on BridwelIs sac
rlfce fly. Singles by Meyers and Doyle
answered for another run IN the fourth.
Devore did the clean Up act in the NTH.
After Merkle had hit for the circuit and
Pridwen had struck out. Devlin walked and
stole second. Herzos made a fine catch Of
Meyers's liner and Crandall was hit The
TWO runners Of the bases made perfect
double steal and came home on Devore's
double 10 left Devln walked in the sew
enth. took third on Wilson's double and
SCOreI on CIdnGall SdCTlHCS llY. hllSOH
Tailed on Becker's double.
Herzog's two-bagger and Millers single
answered for a Boston run in the first.
Bridwell pulled Merkle OFF the bag in try
ing 10 throw Sweeney out in the second
while Graham sandwiched in q single be-
tween Butler and Brown. both OF whom
we're easy outs Marqusrd then passed
Clarke, filling the bags, and when Tenney
singled Sweeney and Graham crossed the
plate Herzog walked ard Merkle fumbled
Devlin's throw of Miler's grounder. Clarke
consequently was able to tally easily but
when Tenney tried TO DO the same he was
out by a mile Merkle TO Meyers. Singles
by Tenney and Goode scored the fifth run
;n the fifth inning.
The Giants were the shifty little boys or
the paths. getting away with Six stolen
bases. Meyers brought the fans" 10 their
sset in the fourth by making another de-
iayed steal, such as he got away with last
week. Devlin stole second in the fifth and
then took third on G double steal with
Crsndsll. Murray purloined second once,
getting away 10 third on an error. while
Becker made clean steal of third in the
seventh. Beals loosely tried to steal
home, as the Giants had a seven run lead
at the time but was out easily
After the Giants got away in front, the
substitutes appeared In the lineup VIII
son and Becker replaced Meyers and De-
wore In the sixth, while Fletcher took Bird
wells place In the eighth.
Thu score follows