New-York tribune., 1912-08-19
GIANTS REVEL IN RUNS.
Marquard Holds Cardinals IN
Hollow of His Hand.
M'GRAW SHIFTS LINEUP
Change Not So Marked, for
Game Soon Turns Into a
One Sided Affair.

ter temporary lapse. and standlng tnt
81. Louis Cardinals on their heads pitched
the Giants 10 one-sided victory here
/ this afternoon Msrqusrd had every
thing on the ball that carried him 10 his
sensational record run earlier in the sea
son. and while ne held tho home tcam
/ In the hollow 'of his hand. his teammates
/ piled NJ the runs in clusters and Won 10y
score Of II 10 I. The Chicago CUBS
managed 10 got only m even break in
the double-header with the Phillics. and
New York is now I'VE and one-half games
in the lead
The Cubs knocked Marquard out Of the
box IN fve innings in the first game Of
that great series in Chicago. but there Is
a vast difference between the Bruins and
the Cardinals. At least. NlarQuard so de-
clared before the game He allowed FIVE
hits 10 find their way into safe ter
ritory and he gave one base on balls In
the eight innings he was Oh the rubber.
and the home team got three of their to-
tai I'm the fourth frame. when they wriC-
eled out OF the row of horse collars which
Marquard had nicely prepared for them
( Just 10 keep his hand In. "Rube" retired
I FIVE OF his opponents on strikes. Larue
! Kirby, McGraws colt with the round
house curve. pitched the last inning. The
Cardinals made their additional hits from
the rookie" but ne pulled out OF the hole
nicely and prevented any damage.
Somewhere in the brain Of Roger Bres-
nahan there lurked n suspicion that Jack
Geyer was the man to hurl into the ranks
against the Giants. The aforementioned
suspicion came as the result of Geyers
victory over the Giants in the last game
played between the teams on the polo
Grounds. so. accordingly. Geyer was the
guy who took his place or the rubber
when Fred snodgrass stepped 20 the plate
20 begin the game. Gever was greeted
/ hilariously by the fans" but that little
ovation was paled into utter insignifcance
/ 10y the greeting accorded him 10y the
| Giants.
/ Geyer was all fused up by the reception
committee and he laid the ball right over
| the plate. The Giants took a savage de-
| light In sending II all over the lot For
/ five innings Geyer stood the gar Ike
major. hut in that space OF time tho
/ Giants got 10 him FOR ten hits. and with
, the aid Of two bases on balls they rolled
Up half a dozen runs IN the last half
Of the fifth inning Bresnahan confded to
/ Geyer that II was about time 10 retire as
gracefully as possible. Smith ha'ted for
! him. and in the next inning Griner went
out 20 face the guns Griner. too. was
! belted around the Enclosure. and In the
sixth inning a single by SnodgraFs.
] double 10y Larry DOYLE and triple by
Josh Devorc added three more runs In
I the seventh inning another volley of hits
a hit batter and a base on balls rolled up
few more runs.
Dissatisfied by the WAY IN which some
of his men have been playing for the last
few DAYS. McGraw made another shift In
the lineup Beals Becker was benched
and Fred SnodgraSS was moved 10 centre
| field MURRAY was shifted 10 left field.
and Harry Mccormick. a hero % Other
davs on tho Polo Grounds and now tho
pinch hitter for the team took his place
/ iu right field. Mccormick was thoro with
a timely single add also stole a base
| MuTrays error was pardOnabie and did
/ not figure IN tho scoring n tho Cardinals
/ lone run As the game soon became on"
sided McGraw PLAYED some OF his surplus
material Devorc went 20 centre fcld
while snodgrass moved up 10 cover first.
retiring Merlzle. Shafer replaced Doyle AZ
second base and Wilson went in 10 relieve
I
/ York player who played the entire game
made at least one hit. except RED" Muir
ray Meyers hit hard. but In poor luck
! Fletcher and DOYLE were the batting
: stars Of the day. and each made three
/ hits. while HcrzoE and Snodgrass. whose
/ bs sttinr has improved wonderfully IN the
! last week shared second honors with 4
brace apiece. Fletcher was Ike lightning
| in the field and few Of his seven chances
| bordered closely upon the spectacular
| The defence OF the Cardinals was some
what wabblv, and IN the face OF the with
ering FIRE OF safe hits they swaved badly
/ al times Their four errors helped 10
make the paths easy OF access and helped
the men along on the circuit
The scoring began with the game. In
the first inning hits H. Snodgrass. DOYLE
and Herzoc. with an error by Konetchy
| gave the Giants two runs and the third
inning saw two more chalked UP as a
result OF hits by Doyle and Merke with
base on balls 10 Mccormick HerZog
| Wilson and Fletcher singled in the NTH
inning. and the Giants scored two more
| tallies Marquaru wavered little In the
| fourth inning. and hits by Magee and
| Konetcny. with a long rs. gave them
their sole run
Griner faced the fire in the sixth inn
! ing, and Snodgrass singled Evans
booted and abused the poor little ball
and Snod kept right on FOR the plate. TO
score on an error by Wingo. Doyle
doubled and stole second Murray was
hit and Deyore. batting FOR Merlsle
tripled, scoring Snodgrass and Murray
The scoring was finished in the seventh
/ inning. Singles by Shafer and McCor-
mick We're ntermingied with a hit batter
and base on balls and two runs re-
suited.
/ The score follows.
NEW YORK - LOUIS
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