The evening world., 1912-04-13
Analytical Criticism of the
Second Game in the Series
at Brooklyn.
BY u CER.

A REAL curve ban With . knk in
"a Il brought about tho hrst defeat
OF the Giants. and BIN Dahlsn IL
oongratuiating himself this morning ovee
having . pitcher like Knetxer fairly
well seasoned for spring work.
The Giants bad every opportunity In
the world TO yivc the superbas . drub-
binG. but when the crucial moment came
would bob up with q tantalixing twist
and down would 20 the opportunity. II
wal the nnt bender Of the big league
type that the Giants have seen this
spring.
Though Knetzer and his curve had
the Giants on the run. don't get the i'm
precision that the Brooklyn twirler
pitched a good game Of ball. He didn't.
He was as wobbly - an old wom
carrying u bundle Of wash. and he sim.
ply wobbled into a victory. On four
different occasions Bin Dahien was on
the point Of taking him out. but the
youns fellow would manage to pull
through at the last minute and get his
curve breaking Just right for some
Giant to pop up . ny. He Got 20 bad
In the seventh. however. that Dahlen
had to take him out. and Schardt nm.
ished the game.
oiANrs PLAYED A sLoPpv GAME
FROM THE erANT.
The Giants played q sloppy. washy.
washy article Of bail from the jump.
end big JEFF Tesreau did not deserve
the beating that he rot. In fact. the
ono consolation that comes to Mcoraw
out Of the weird contest 10 the knowi.
edge that no he's found . corking good
pitcher. They got but three hits on
Tesrsau throughout the game. and one
OF those was . hard hit groundsr that
went between Skaters legs.
BAG JeR wa also very wobbly ct ths
start. but the runs scored against HIN
were the result Of wrstohed nelding OF
. the part Of the men behind him. Arthu,
6hafsr Wa the main offender In tn,
fielding line. He started out badly, ant
the further he went the worse he got
HIS early miscues appeared to work OF
I his nerves n the young California,
\ got ratified. BY booting an cas-
i grounder In the third he allowed tn
Q Brooklyn gang to start a rally tina
Z finally resulted In three runs and a vic
tory. In the first inning a ball took
q false bound N went through his ieg
for q single that scored the nrst run O
the game.
soMETHlNo WRONG WITH TIL
GROUND At sHoRrsToP.
There must be something wrong Wit
the ground around the shortstop DOS
ton. - both Ghafer and Stark ha
great trouble in tudEing the bound
The bail would start true. but just Z
It reached the edge Of the gras,
would skid along the bare places (
Jump to one side. shafer was set Il
the bound twice. but the hall new,
came up from the grass and got ava
for trouble. stark has had the san
difhculty In both games that hs h,
played IN.
The Giants have no kick coming Z,
their defeat. They had the samS o
fered TO them OF n silver platter I
three different occasions, but polite
refused 20 take It. On three occado,
when . batter had . chance to win
would hit into N easy double play a
spill the beans.
Chief Meyers Was the hard luok N,
Of the day aud his III fortune N
largely due to that dinky LITTLE our
that apparently had him mysttnsd.
the second inning. for Instance, I
Giants had the bases full with Aens Q
g whsa NJ Chief stead st$o - y