New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-03
CRASHING HOME RUN A
BIC HELP TO GIANTS
SnodgraSs Does the Trick, and
Boston Braves Bite the
Dust Once More.
NOW FOURTEEN IN A ROW
Doctor Crandall Suffers One
Hectic Inning, but Settles
Down as Mates Bat Out
a Victory.

The home run drive with runners on
bases is fast regeining its popularity at the
Polo Grounds. and unless some pitcher dis
covers a method OF restraining strong
armed batters this penchant for long DIS
lance clouting may lead 10 dire results. On
Monday afternoon Fred MerlIle made what
msnv critics declared was the longest hit
ever, and in doing 50 robbed the unassum-
ing Arthur Wilson CT a lot Of credit for
making a home run with the bases full. IL
was Fred Snodgrass yesterday who poied
the ball into the left field stand while
Chief Meyers and Otis Crandal were
dancing on the bags. and these three TALES
set the Giants on the high road to another
victory over the Boston Braves by score
of7to3. incidentally. the Giants have won
fourteen straight games. and are well on
tb.ir vav 10 a new record Boston is gone,
hut BROOKLYN will appear on the POLO
Grounds to-day.
The conquest Of g. Ercves was not &C.
conplished without s'mewhat OF frisht'
sn6 tbe skill Of old Dr. Crandall was taxed
70 the limit before he found potent pre-
scr,ption for the suppression Of unruly baSc-
%
rupped for three singles. a double and a
home run, this last named propelled INTO
right centre field by John Titus, surnamed
"Sjlent John" which defed the speed Of
Beals Becker and rolled 10 the fence. Vim
cent Campbell and Sweeney were on the
bases at the time, praying for, some such
thing to happen, and three runs resulted.
Those FIVE hits so rudely torn from the
doctors delivery mace up the better hall
Of the total accumulated throughout the
day; for while as many more were mace
at intervals. only once thereafter was the
plate in danger. That was in the seventh
inning. Rariden opened with a single TO
left and took second on a sacrifice bunt
by Dickson Devln flied out to short, but
Campbell made rousing hit TO left field.
on which Rarden tried TO score. Snod-
grass was on the Job. however. and Fred
fine throw TO Chief Meyers caught tho
Boston man by ten feet at the plate. Gran
dali walked two men, but showed his vim
dictive nature by striking out just s many.
Cheered on by the running start OF his
teammates, Dickson, who was once Giant
for a few minutes, kept the score board
free from New York runs for as long as
two innings. But in the third things began
10 happen. SnodgTass beat out hit' out
was forced at second by Larry Doyle on
Sweeney's commendable stop. The subject
of three baggers had bothered Murray all
day, so he decided that here would be the
place to put one over, and he did Jack
caught the ball full on the nose and sent
it rolling TO the left field fence, scoring
Doyle. AS is quite his custom IN these
days. Beals Becker was there in the pinch.
and his timely single scored Murray. Beals
went to second on Kirke's error, but died
there.
Those who have long declared that great
bodies move slowly might have had food
for reflection in the fourth inning had they
seen Chief Meyers wriggle TO third base
safely through the entire Boston infield
when he was trapped off second base on
/ Crandalls roller to shortstop. ORourke
pursued the Indian down to third, threw
the ball TO Devlin, who chased the painting
redskin back almost to second, where