New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-20
GIANTS FORGE AHEAD
Take Advantage of Cubs Idle
ness and Defeat the Cardinals.
CRANDALL A POWER IN BOX
Pitches Steady Game, While
Sallee Is Hit Hard at
Crucial Moments.
While
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l

81 Louis. Aug. 19-While the chicago
Cubs were idle the Giants took adVdnIase
of the opportunity to increase their leau
I'm the pennant race by defeating the 81
Louis Cardinals here this afternoon ous
Crandall held the Cardinals In cheek al
critical stages Of the game, while the
Giants pounded Slim" Sallee to good ad-
vantage and won by a score OF D to :.
The Giants are now six full games ahead
Of the Cubs-just where they were when
they started West. Fred Merkle did not
play to-day. He twisted his knee In the
game yesterday, and while the injury is
slight. McGraw did not care to take any
chances. with the troublesome flrates
next to be heard from.
The absence of Merkle necessitated
shift In the lineup of the Giants Snou-
grass was called in from centre field 10
play first, and Beals Becker got another
chance to guard the middle garden. Harr!
Mccormick was relegated to the bench
and George Burns. the youngster covered
right field. Becker played in his best
form and punched the ball for safe hlts
twice and also romped on with d oleai
steal of second. Since Wingo threw poor
" TO get him at the keystone SACK anu
throw by Cakes intended to MP MN a'
third was also i'll directed, Becker mace
circuit of the bases at top speed ne aiso
PLAYED q fine game in the field, and pulled
down four hard-hit balls.
Crandall entered the box fresh ana
strong from a long, rest. He had all the
speed in the world, mixed in with MS Ia
nous hesitation drop" which is slower
than anything in the world, lnciuuihs
Charley Faust on the bases. his curves
broke nicely. and everything went merry
as party. The Cardinals got 10 MIN ior
eight hits. good for ten bases, since Cakes
and Konetchy doubled, but IN all Out 'he
fourth inning Crandall was lord ana mas
fer of all he surveyed Phlegmatc anu
cool i'm his operations, he issued only t"o
bases on balls. and. just to show MS rear
worth ne struck out five men with great
ease.
The Cardinals threatened dire things for
o fa,,. minutes in the fourth inning, ana
with a "heave no. all together boys
they scored two runs. their total oi u"0
game. Konetchy began the row by MT
ting safely to centre field, and the former
brakeman raced to third when Evans
smashed a lucky hit over Doyle's head the
ball taking a bad bound. Hauser saciin'e
Nv 10 Murray scored Konetchy' and
moment later Rebel cakes Whaieu
double into left field, counting Evans
Crandall fed Wingo with a low curve
and the catcher famed. SaHee was
passed-professional courtesy this-and
Higgins lofted to Becker. That endeu
the inning. and. so far as the home team
was concerned, the scoring for the alter
noon.
Inst go far as the number of hits al
lowed is concerned, Sallee had an eose
on Crandall He was found for Only
seven safeties Right there his advantage
stopped abruptly. The seven aforemen-
toned safeties included triples by JACK
Murray and Charley Hcrzog. Murray
wallop scored runner in the third frame
but Herzog's was non-productiVe' since
the Maryland melon king was thrown out
At the plate in an attempted double steal
Sallee was wild, and his insane desire
for winging inoffensive batters led 10 his
downfall in the second inning.
The Giants went out three in row IN
the first inning, but Murray singled TO
left field in the second for starter
Burns flied out TO Evans. and Herzog
forced Murray, Sallee TO Hauser. Inc
mere fact that two were out seemed TO
have bad effect on Sallee, so he Whaied
Mixers with the ball, and also nit
Fletcher This filled the bases, and OTIS
Crandal at once made himself solid and
lined a single into left field which scored
Herzog and Meyers. Snodgrass got into
the game with a single and scored
Fletcher. but Crandall ventured too far
off second and was thrown out, Magee to
1Iuggins. Bccker's single and triple by
Murray, gave the Giants run in the
third while Becker's single, coupled with
a stolen base and errors by Wingo and
Cakes. produced another tally in the
eighth inning.
The score follows.
NEW YORK. ST. LOUIS.