New-York tribune., 1912-08-28
GIANTS LOSE ANOTHER
Fromme Allows Champions One
Hit and Reds Win Game.
MATTY AGAIN DEFEATED
"Big Six" Goes Down for his
Fifth Consecutive Defeat at
Hands of Cincinnati.
tRr telegraph to The Tribune. J


r-,,ctnnstf. Aug. V.-The Reds dealt the
Giants another blow this afternoon. and
tbs champions receded TO q point only nVe
and ope-half games ahead OF the Cuos'
bocause the latter defeated Brooklyn III
the last game Of the series The Ne"
Workers were the victims OF another smut
out the score this time being to Q. ana
incidentally the great Mathewson lost MS
first game 10 the Reds on their nome SOL
since 1903 II was also his nth consecu-
rive defeat. The Giants scraped only one
r,,serable hit of the pitching of Fromre'
which. with the four off Benton yester-
dav. makes FIVE hits in the last eighteen
innings.
The fact that the Reds captured the
game was not entirely Matty's fault Ii
the team had bucked into the leather with
any degree of familiarity az all the score
would surely have been different, but
little can be accomplished when the op-
posing pitcher holds the team down so
that only two runners can reach second.
Fromme had everything on the ball and
the Giants pecked at II like cageful OF
canaries. Only four Of the visiting team
walked. and of these one died stealing.
The Cincinnati twirler kept things go we'll
IN hand that he never knew what diffi-
Guilty was He famed only one man, and
the fact that only six balls, not including
Eletcher's single. were driven out OF the
infield speaks volumes for the kind Gf
game he pitched.
Matty pitched a mastery game for the
seven innings he was on the mound II he
did come out on the wrong side Of the
ledger The first run the Reds made of
him came directly through the agency OF
an error: the second was attributable 10
Matty himself because he let the Reds
bunch two hits of him in the third Inn
ing Otherwise the Reds never had a
chance to get near the plate Big six
allowed seven hits in all. and he gave
three bases on balls.
There's no denying the fact that the
Reds put up a crackertack game from
the moment the gong sounded until the
last man was out. Their fielding was away
above par, and their work on the bases
was 90 far superior to what they have
been showing tor the greater part % the
summer that il did not look like the samo
team There vas snap and dash IN every
play, and the way they backed up
Fromme was j caution. Hoblitzelrs work
was the brightest He made fourteen OF
the putouts. slammed out three hits and
scored both of the Reds runs. Mitchell
did some spry work in the field, gathering
IN three lies that were potential hits
when they left the Giants bats. Mike
also got a brace OF hits off the redoubt-
able Big Six"
Two OF the Reds had been disposed OF
IL the second period OF the opening
frame. when Hoblitzell tripled to right.
Mitchell jolted an easy one TO Herzog,
who was too eager. and made a wild
hcsve 10 first thdt let HobEtzel score
and put Mitchell on second
Fletcher got the Giants first and only
nit in the third, when he singled. Matty
flied out TO Mitchell, and while Snodgra.s
famed, Fletcher stole second. Captain
Larry put an end 10 the Giants hopes
by going out on an easy grounder.
Two hits in row gave the Reds their
hnal run. Hoblitzen opened the third FOR
the home team by doubling 70 centre field.
and Mitchell followed him w,h a single.
scoring HobltZeli. The Reds were as
helpless against Matty after that as the
Giants were against Fromme.
The sco-e SCffou-s.