New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
HITS AND RUNS GALORE
Giants Defeat Boston Braves IN
Two RiotouS Games.
FORTY-EIGHT RUNS SCORED
Champions Win Opening Contest,
but Are Hard Pressed IN
the Second.

Boston. June @ The New York Giants
scored a clean sweep in the series with
Johnny Kings Boston Braves when they
won both games OF a double header on the
South End grounds this afternoon, after
some furious batting, which scored suf-
flcient number OF runs between the four
games to win almost any number Of games.
Forty-eignt runs were scored and sixty
seven hits were made, while thirteen errors
gave the crowd plenty to whoop oyer. In
spired and led by the great Matty, the
Giants rompcd of TO an easy victory In the
opening game winning by score Of II
to g. The final struggle, however, was not
SO easy The Braves closed with a furious
rush and scored nine runs In the last four
innings Of the game at the expense OF
Otis CrandalI and old George Wiltse. These
however, were not sufficient to head of the
Giants. whose scoring machine was never
IDLE. and the Rraves dipped their colors
by a score Of "a to IL.
Eight pitchers were used In the course
of the afternoon. and with the exception or
Donnelly. who finished the game for Bos-
ton. they were all handled without gloves
or cushions. DOnnelly didn't get falr
chance. for he pitched only few innings.
Tyler. Dickson. Brown. Wiltse. trandall.
Arnes and even the old reliable Matthew
son were hit to all corners Of the lot. and
with the exception OF the last named none
had the cunning to pull himself out OF
tight places in any kind OF good style.
! Matty was hit safely no fewer than thir-
! teen times. but when the occasion de-
/ mandcd he turned all his power and speed
! into that old reliasle fadeaway and the
! Boston runners We're marooneu.
! In IN" plethora OF extra base hits the
/ Giants had almost n monopoly. Snodgrass
/ and chief Myers had two doubles MerkIe
/ had "A double and a home run. and Bcals
/ Backcr had double and triple, while
| Matty, Shafer, Dcvore. Fletcher, crandall
and Larry Doyle swung along with "A two
Dagger apiece 10 their credit. Merkc had
. busy day. making five hits all told. Mey-
ers had four. and several other players
fattened their averages Ragiden and King
were the batting heroes for Boston and had
home run drives to their credit. sweeney
led in hits made. with seven good wallops
! e. his credit during tn" afternoon.
and suappy was the play In the field, and
although errors bobbed up from time TO
time. they were due 10 the players going
after everything in sight. Larry Doyle,
/ the brilliant field captain 81 the Giants
was seldom better in his career. During
| the afternoon he had fifteen chances 10
care for. and hn did his work perfectly
Meyers had a dozen chances well cared
! FOR, and the other men dld almost rs well
The ease with which the Giants romped
| or with a biz lead In the opening game
| gave McGraw a chance 10 use his second
| string men. and the bench warmers got
/ into the game with a will. The Giants per
formed their usual deeds on the bases
much 10 the disgust Of King and Rariden.
! Dickson was opposed to Mathewson on
tho rubber I'm the opening game. and al
| though the Braves were on familiar foot
! ing with tho delivery OF big Six" at all
times. he was strongest at the crucial mo-
ments and squelchcd many promising raj
| lies. Dickson. however. was not up To the
mark. In seven innings he was hit wal
! loped and otherwise abused eighteen times
before it was unanimously declared that
enough was too much. and Buster
/ Brown came up smiling!y FOR his. lie got
#, too. SO everything was lovely. During
that seventh inning the Giants got together
| and pushed ten runs over tho plate on a
! combination OF ten hits and two errors.
II looked 50 easy TO McGraw that he de-
cided 10 send Otis Crandall out on the
| rubber for the second game while King
decided that Watt Tyler would be the
right man I'm the right place to put a crimp
! In an repctitiuns Of the opening chapter.
| II Just 50 hapenped that neither man had
! tn" right lines on the situation.
Crandall had nothing on the ball except
! his glove, and was pounded SO hard that
! he received his good niEht" and was re-
! tired after the Braves had made a half
dozen runs tire" Of which happened along
| in the sixth inning. Then entered George
| Witso on the scene. They Walloped him
! for half dozen hits, and the Braves
scored four runs on him I'm the seventh
| frame Amcs was the next man To suffer.
| but in III" mean time the bats Of the Giants
We're doing business at the old stand and
they smashed through a sufficient number
Of runs TO hold the Braves in check
The score follows: