The evening world., 1912-04-20
Mathewson Would Have
Scored Shutout but for Er.
rors by Himself and Merkle.

her OF hits. overpowered their brothers
from across the bridge. but there was
added strength In the burst Of speed
displayed by Devore. Shafer and
Merkle.
The advantage OF being fast on the
paths showcd In the opening round.
Devore's speed beat out one hit and II
also helped him to take second when
the catcher dropped the ball. Skaters
wonderful sprint gave him life al frst
and advanced Devoro to third when
Stark momentarily juggied his slow
grounder. Shafer then made a clean
steal Of second and he and Josh romped
homo on Murray's safe crack over
second. Merkle showed his ability as .
Splinter q few minutes later when he
on a drive to the far fence In deep left
centre.
GIANTS GOT ANOTHER RUN ON
SPEED IN THIRD.
Merkle's speed gave the Giants an.
other in the third when he stole second
and rode home on Herzog's sharp ran
to left. Merkle had such a start for
the plate that Daily didn't even make
a play for him and then hesltated 10
long that Herzog turned his single into
VI MI
value OF speed.
To sum tho matter up. the Giants
played baseball OF championship calibrc
for the first time this season. Their
batting was clean and timely and their
speed made the Brooklyn play ers look
like they were tied.
After Rucker had been shot from the
box In the hrst inning the Giants ap-
parently had no fear OF schardt and
picked on him to their hearts content.
from INV srs DS.s i hsss Hrt ssa L s'' Say b: :'s sr both =, ; ,isss
dsy. before they are able 70 get back In harness.
b. ss': iii s ..'a 2 .ils " i nmn. 'l nd is; MsG% ss.ss' %,iI b SSi
him sefh until he 4 sl.siiy right. There y NJ
soh iaiis1fds s"'o on the as j .Sss There are 80 many
h:thswson dL,Pl,ysd . 10. q hi: oh.t.n. form
and that b. NV, %a' IN The ninth innins; q. pitched
lad been made, be struck i%%'" sci.S S''s sm iso .n1
: ss:!sial ,. ~ 81. sS' .s sS; q - S; ssifiins s ssisi i Is &; &.
second time. "'
u y likely thst Rig Jsff .Tesresu will MT .poth,,
crack at the supsrba. this afternoon. end he 4
s ~ o., 70 get even for the time they bsat him
ChiH Mcyen managed to Get In his on, ,ons
u ~auop o. sat n a. 'hSss ,,t in r W. but hs didn't oars
be lo4 through hard luck IN the fourth IL ILL.,
lnnme ne smashed = liner that cleared the IpEsIi
md looked like q sure threelbaWer. Dsiy .%'S .
dits end caught the ball on his ahortopx- Esc.,,
~ Aefues home run. II was the hardest dnvs "a
0cne taulct and JAcA johnson are attn with IN.
nlants Gespite Tue announcement that they hal
pseh soid 70 PSvdenee y seens that Pro,fdrnrs
slll, sP 5ss.. ,sIoasgh, But. y a@s..a't; a SHsG9S: q b.. !:
10 get good Ubs. ~"s 's"'"s
The Brooklyn Club y far fru hahn, 4, mn,
tond''ion but Bill Dahlen expects them 10 ls sshi
iihns 49, q 90. pshleu thinks he has tho MAI.
irisnds agree with him. AZ any rate bss,.s % s6 o..
The Gisnts have employed an announces L, m.ko
the ehsnses IN lineup known 10 tie fans thr,u1h =
G1esngtone TINS "a an innovation at the Polo
the snouncer was not msnti5nsd. but he h. :.
voice that n Q wonder. "~ .
More than forty boxes which were boush, and
psid Tor were not Occupied 81 the openinx ssm, an
asso.nt q shs see disaster. u Is sstimatsd by the
park y" the
President, Frank Farrell Of the Highlander, And
President John r.. Brush Of the UIsats NV
coasenttd 70 have their teams play an sIbbitlnn
zane a, the Polo Grounds 70. morros sftrpnaDn
AVON 0eapst t. so' r. Ssn'fi' q p. d%s'situts eur:
Gauss. and 1t Is likely that some Of the B,oo otiis ~
psyen VIII Ahe part In ths benefit.