New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
MARQUARD At LAST
MEETS HIS WATERLOO.
Long String of Victories Cut
After Winning Nineteen
Games in a Row.
CHICAGO TURNS THE TRICK
Lavender Holds the Giants,
While Cubs Thrive on
Errors of Groh and
Snodgrass.

Chicago, July SIT took those pesky
Chicago Cubs OF malodorous memory TO
furnish the long overdue Waterloo for the
great Rube Marquard. When the bearlets
were returned victors by score of to
over the Giants here to-day the brilliant
New York southpaw's record breaking
winning streak came to an end, with the
mark set at nineteen consecutive victories
Somewhere back in the mists OF baseball
antiquity. along about 1883, pitcher named
Tim Keefe won nineteen I'm a row. but
that was before the days Of the four-ball,
three-strike rule, when twirlers were al
lowed to pitch as many as eight balls to
q batter
Jimmy Lavender, the youngster recruited
last year from the International League,
has the distinction of being the first twirler
to defeat Marquard this season The three
shut-outs I'm a row scored by Lavender be
fore going in against the Giants to-day
marked him as the pitcher most TO he
feared on the Chicago staff He richly de-
serves to win. as the hard-hitting clan of
McGraw was able to gather only five safe
ties off his benders Perfect support,
which waxed sensational at times. put
crimp into the attack Of the Giants when
ever they became actively interested in
base circling. which was rare, indeed.
The breaks of the game went against
Nsrauard for once Even errorless ball
might not have prevented his defeat. but
Il certainly would have saved him from
so decisive a beating. saiers single fol-
lowed by Johnny Evers's triple, in the
sixth inning, gave the Cubs their only
earned run OF the six scored while Rube
was in the box. Devore batted for him In
the seventh inning. and Tesreau finished
out the game Two runs were tailed in the
fourth frame without q hit, and a chance
was offered for double play in the sec
ond which would have killed off two more
runs.
"Rube" allowed eight hits in the six
innings he pitched, but, with the eXcep-
ton of the neat drive by Evers they were
largely of an inconsequential nature. His
three passes and a wild pitch, which let
in a run in the second inning. did not
speak well for his control but he has
turned the winner The Giants failed 10
extract the full measure of runs out of
the few hits they made. These. strange
" enough, were all punched in two inn
ings, three singles In the fifth netting only
one run. Schultz threw out Merkle try
ing TO score from second on Murray's
single in the third, while Tinker and
Archer broke up an attempted double steal
Il. dnV
Of the prospective pennant winners.
II the experienced Larry Doyle. with
his mighty bat and cool, clever fielding,
had been in the game there might have
been different story to tell Groh was
poor substitute and fell down in the
crises. He lost his bearings and failed to
start the double play which would have
saved two runs in the second frame, and
made an error in the fourth which helped
the Cubs to two more runs without a hit
being needed. Snodgrass, too, reported
with costly heave TO the plate which re
suited in tally.
"Rube" started off by retiring the side
in order in the first frame. but thinner
man and Leach began the second with
singles Harry got only as far as second
on Leach's hit, so that things were ripe
Groh. The youngster lost his head and
finally threw too late TO first to catch
SAFER Nferkle whipped the ball to second
but Safer was safe and in the mean
time zimmerman had crossed the plate.
Johnny Evers hunted safely, filling the
bases Then "Rube" frightened up and
struck out the side, Archer, Lavender and
sheckard ell tanning in row. Unfortu
he tel
ing this feat the New York twirler cut
loose with wild pitch. which enabled
Leach to tally.
Leach drew q pass IN the fourth frame
as starter, and Groh fumbled Saiers
Erounder, giving the runner a life Evers
sacrificed. putting Leach on third and
Safer on second. On Archer's long fly to
Murray, Leach scored and Safer took
third, so that he counted with ease when
Fletcher fumbled Lavender's easy one.
sheckard fouled to Fletcher. With one
out in the sixth, Safer singled and scored
on Evers's triple. Johnny was nailed at
the plate when Archer hit TO the box.
Lavender surprised every one by dropping
q two-base hit into left field. and Archer
came home when Snodgrass made vicious
return to Meyers Lavender took third,
end although Sheckard walked. "Rube" fin
3shed strongly by striking out the mighty
Schultz Saiers double and Archer's
single of Tesreau in the eighth gave the
Cubs their seventh run.
The Giants tailed in the third. Snod-
grass was hit and took third when Becker
singled to right. Merkle dribbled to Law
ender and Snodgrass was run down at the
plats, but not before Becker had reached
third and Merkle second. Murray singled
20 right scoring Becker. Schultz, with a
brilliant throw. nailed Merkle at the plate
with one out I'm the fifth. Snodgrass
bounced a hit off Zimmermans knee and
took second on Becker's single to right