New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
THE TIDE TURNS AT LAST.
Giants Get Decision Over Pr.
rates in Ten-Inning Battle.
MARQUARD BACK IN FORM
Brilliant Southpaw Pitches Best
Game in Weeks to Defeat
Ed Hendrix.

AFTER vacation altogether 100 iong 10
suit the discriminating Fan" tho old in.
vincible Marquard appeared on tho scene
! yesterday and stopped the Pittsburgh
Pirates in their heartless career. The
mighty ''Rube" met Ed Hendrix. tho Gun.
ming spitball artist, who already won
three games on the Polo Grounds this
season. and, pitching the same mastery
game that carried him TO his wonderful
record, Marquard downed the Smoky City
man at the end Of brilliant ten-inning
battle The score was 10 1. single
from the bat Of Red Murray finally
won the victory for New York after one
man was out in the tenth. Fred Snod-
grass singled 10 centre field and made a
clean steal OF second base. At this crttL
cal point Murray picked on good ball
snd shot It into left field. Carey ielded
the ball fast, but Snodgrass ran on the
wings Of the wind, and beat the throw toI
the plate by two feet, scoring this Win
ming run.
At no time this season, even when IN the
height Of his great record making squirt,
did Marquard pitch in better form, and
he showed in no uncertain manner that
he ia fully recovered from the effects Of
his carly strain. II vss tho hest game
he has pitched in weeks. He burned that
fast ball OF his around the necks ana
knees Of the Smoky city curve busters
until they did not know whether they
were afoot or a-horsebsck. Marquard al
lowed half dozen hits and kept them col
widely separated that he was never 10
any great danger.
That the Pirates scored az all was dusl
to the faulty fielding OF Gbson's home
run by Josh Devore. The catcher nsiled
one Of "Rube's" fastest balls on the trade
mark. aud hit II 10 tho centre left field
fence. Devore was painfully slow IN get
ting the ball back 10 the inield, and Glib
son numbered along. Fast work would
have held the hit 70 a triple. That homs
run happened IA the third inning, and
thereafter Pittsburgh never got man.
past second base. Marquard struck out
six batters and passed only two.
The heavy artillery ~ the Pirate team
Carey. Donlin and the great Hans Veg
ner. were handled with the greatest ease
None broke into the hit column. Donlin
whose HIT was instrumental in the bar
ishment OF Msrquard in tho hrst game
had q miserable time Of IT, Nike ground
ed out 70 Fletcher and then proceeded 10
strike out with great gusto on two subsc-
quent trips TO the rubber.
The Giants forced the tight against
Hendrix Just as they forced II in The
games previous. and tho long delayed
break simply had 10 come. Several times
they were in position to score run on
any kind OF outfeld hit. but Hendrix
summoned UP his fighting spirit and
turned them back. Hendrix showed bis
nervo IN the ninth inning. when he struck
out Reale Becker, with Shafer on third
base and two out. while the crowd prsyed
for hit
Several hts we're torn from the oe-
livery Of the Pittsburgh tvtrlsr but WIN
the exception Of the first inning, "hen
Larry Doyle singled. took second or an
out. 10 score on Murrav's first hit. Hon
dirk held the whip hand until the tenth. .
He gave half a dozen bases on balls, sn'
the absolute refusal Of the New York
base runners 10 act like gentlemen added
to HE troubles. The Giants made ITO
miserable for Gibson and made away WIN
Ave stolen bases.
The fact that the Chicago cabs took tho
Phillies into camp BY decisive margin
spurred the Giants on to make hard
fight OF II all the way, and Marqusros
support at times bordered on the brilliant
Fred Merkle made n 1ne play on Kelly
in the eighth inning. when the st. PAU
hoy batted for Donlin. Kelly smashea
one down the first base line that Merkle
did well 10 stop and the pair had race
for the bag Fred. however. hurled him
self at the hassock. and just nipped the :
runner bv hair. Larry Doyle made .
neat stop OF hard hit drive By hHef
in the ninth inning. and got the runner
while Fletcher. at shortstop, handed
eight hard chances.