New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
GIANTS ARE BEATEN
IN WH|RLW|ND GAME
Chicago Breaks Tie in Eleventh
Inning, Winning lmpor-
tant Series.
MATTY GOES TO DEFEAT
Richie the Twirling Hero OF
Contest That Draws Enor-
nous Throng to Chicago
Grounds.


Chicago, Aug. i7.-The defence Of the
Giants swayed, bent and finally brooks IN
eleven innings of whirlwind baseball
which marked the hnal battle of the pres
ent series this afternoon. Spurred by the
announcement Of an enormous crowd OF
spectators, the Cubs gained a notch In
the dash for the pennant, winning by a
score Of to s.
In the eleventh inning. with the score
a tie and one out. Safer singled TO right
field. and moment later Johnny Evers.
who became eligible to play again to-day,
laced long double to right field. Safer
took third. but he dared not trife with
RED" Murray's arm. While the crowd
rose en- masse and beloved for hit. q
long fy, anything at all, Jimmy archer
came up and cracked single 10 centre
flnld Safer raced for the plate like mad
and scored the winning run.
As Safer crossed the plate the overflow
crowd rushed in on the entire Chicago
team and tried 10 carry them off the field
on their shoulders. Most OF tho athletes
escaped. but Archer. Evers and Safer
were gathered up and lionized for the rest
of their way 70 the clubhouse. After the
players gained the shelter of their dress
ing room, the fans" remained outside
and cheered for fifteen minutes before
they finally went away happy in the
knowledge that now the Cubs are only
Ave games behind the Giants, with Brook
lyn and Boston still TO come.
i'Lurid" Lew Richie. the man who
checked "Rube' Marquard on Thursday.
came back with a rest OF only one full
day, and while II looked blue for him in
the first part Of the game, he stuck 10
his guns gamely. and as the game pro-
gressed he not only held his own but
even outpitched Mathewson. Between the
NTH and ninth innings he did not allow a
hit. although in the early stages the
Giants had made enough hits to win any
ordinary game. This. however. was not
al ordinary game.
Thirteen times the Giants shot the ball
into the field in safe territory. Doyle.
SnodgrasS, Murray and the burly Chief
Meyers slammed out two safe hits apiece.
and a.! the rest, save Fletcher and Her
balls. q hit batsman and a few ielder's
options gave New York additional
chances, but once Richie struck his stride
he simply moved his foes down with the
speed and precision OF Maxim gun in
The hands OF an expert marksmsn
For all his cunning. however. Richie had
q break Of luck in the fifth inning. when
the Giants might have sewed the Vie
tory up. Becker doubled with no one
out. and after Murray famed. Merkle
laced one, apparently beyond the reach
Of Tinker. toward left field. Becker ran
H. front OF the ball on his way TO third.
and was struck in the leg. The umpire
at once declared him ou:. and 80. al
though the Giants were able to score in
the ninth, the Cubs tied it up again and
finally won out
After tho game was over Chance shoJi:
hands with Ritchie and pressing brand
new 500 bill into his hand said: Lev.
II you ever pitch another game like tina
I'll play the same trick on YOU"
1t VAS known that McGraw wojild sUre
Is start Mathewson to-day, and IL was
generally expected that Chance would
depend on Richie. AS further allure
ment Johnny Evers was TO play second
base. having been reinstate6 by Presi-
dent Lynch Evers went out in the pre-
lirninary practice. and his brilliant field
ing and hard batting had the crowd
cheering like wild long before the battle
started.
For seven innings Matty was the SAME
old Chinese puzzle to all the opposing
haf L. lyad hi
perfection. holding the Cubs to three hits
three nits. widely scattered yet. thanks
70 some poor defensive work, the Cubs
scored four runs and tied the score, Then
they fought With even greater fury and
accuracy than ever. After the eighth
inning Matty began TO lose his strength,
and the CUBS batted him freely.
The local fans" can thank Beals
Becker and Arthur Fletcher for the gama.
FOR their errors in the fourth inning gave
the Cubs their start. For three innings
Natty had held Chicago to one hit, a
double by Zimmerman. but the break
came In the fourth. Sheckard worked
Matty for a pass, and Schultz took two
bases on q nun by Becker, Sheckard TAX
ing third on the misplay. Then thinner.
Sheckard scored A moment later Fletcher
threw Leach's grounder way pass third
base by way OF trapping Zimmerman, and
the German slugger also wended his way
TO the home plate.
The rest Of several days did Johnny
Evers world OF good. Not alone did he
play a wonderful game in the field, but
he slammed out three perfectly good hits,
one OF them two-bagger He had moth
Ing on Zimmerman. for The Bronx lad
drove out two doubles and n single
Jimmy Archer hammered out three hits
his last winning the game, and he also
turned back the runners OF the Giants
who were filled with ideas Of larceny.
In FIVE times at bat Safer got three hits,
and backed by timely and effective hit
ting, ne raced round the circuit az many
times, and at last counted the decisive
tally. Jimmy Archer drove him home
three times.
Jack Murray played the same brilliant
game to-day that marked the first two
games OF the series Five times he placed
himself between hard driven balls and
safe hits, and in the second inning his
wonderful throw 10 Herzog nailed Zim-
norman at third by fully five feet. when
Tommy Leach drove far into the right
field crowd. Chief Meyers took care of
everything that came his way. and so
did Larry Dole. Charley Herzog fairly
bristled with speed, although his batting
slump continued.