New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-13
Gantalon Of 1911 Raised at
Polo Grounds with All
; Due Ceremony.
THEN CARDINALS WIN GAME
isohn eurroy Mitchell Speaks a
rew Words TO Players and
Ably Assists IN the
Celebration.

near emblematjc Of the championship OF
the Nationa League was flung to the
breeze amid a hlare Of martial music
the cheers of some ten thousand rams
and the merry click Of moving picture
ma chimes at the Polo Grounds yesterday
afternoon. With ell this the champions
lost T. the Cardinals by a score OF to b.
Ntsvor Gaynor was not present owing
to a press of business, but he was repre-
,ssnted officially by John Purroy Mitchell
president Of the Board OF Aldermen Mr.
Mitchell addressed MoGraw's minions as
vel as the ST, Louis Cardinals, VINO as
SISTED IN the ceremonies. He congratoiaI-
a The New York manager for winning
tn flag, and haG words Of praise for the
players, as he called them, the lighters
in TIE ranks. and hoped sincerely that
tN9y would bring the present season 10
successful Issue,
Will NJ, Mitchell was speaking the
Remnant vcs strung TO the halyards, ana
III blazers % both teams took the rope
in their hands At a given signal the
men heaved on the lines and the nag
fluttered 70 the peak, while the band
J,,s.eG The sta--Spangled Banner" After
tNr gonfslon had been secured TO 'he
c'eets the players formed in q line ana
marched back 70 the home plate
The new pennant is Of composite nat
wye, II is OF royal blue bunting, with the
Following Inscription In white block let
lprs: Giants, Worlds Champions, 1900
Cher,p,ons ot the National League 1904
.sc5 and i9il,"
'rAe ceremonies began at 2A5 O'clock
waer the players formed single Inc
stretching across the inAeld IN back OF
,ho home plate, John T. Whalen, treas
,u,er, and Joseph D. O'Brien, secretary
" The Now York Baseball Club, were the
Official representatives % John 1. Brush
and, WITH Nh Mitchell John J, McGFaW
AID Roger 8resnahRn they formed the
.cav gvsre OF the procession across the
fo'1, After the nag had been safely raised
ana ,.en were ready 70" play, Mr.. Mitch
~ s;ood up IN lower BOX and thre" out
the hall. as aim was bad. The sphere
sailed serenoly over Johnstone's head ana
,he nres,den; Of the Aldermanic Boaru
wae charged with an erru- BY the crowd
All vent merry rs wedding bell for New
Yurk until the sterner work began, and
then the perverse dispositions Of the Car
iinnls cropped out, Evidently forgetting
that thl, was to DC the last appearance
~ the ulants on their home meadow Tor
some l,ttle time to come, they batted
Leon An1es out OF the box, walloped the
great Matty with unbecoming frequency
and won the game by q score Of to 3.
SIX errors by New York were contributing
factors I'm tho defeat In the mean while
tho Chicago Cubs defeated the Boston
braves after a good oldfash!Oned batting
uee, end cut the fast-narrowing lead or
the Giants down to six and one-half
sanes on the eve Of 4 Western trip, on
which only two games Will be played in
Cincinnati, but no fewer than eleven Will
be divided between Chicago and Pitts
bursh
Coincident with the pennant raising, the
Ulants celebrated the thlrty-second birth
1ay of Mstty, The big fellow looked to
be scarcely day older then when he
joined the New York team, twelve years
ago. Many believed that McGraw would
bitch Ystty IN the effort 10 wind UP the
stay ct homo with a victory, but the man
sser evidently had other plans and
Fruemed Leon Ames Tor the fray, into
which Mstty wes forced later 18th dls-
sstruus results The defeat IL charged
10 f3is Six,
lAries had nothing on the ball. and the
curve busting visitors ripped away at
everything that came over tho plate.
Seven hits werc torn from him IN two
innings. end these, with an error by
RED" Murray were sufficient 20 produce
sls runs. Huggns, the hrst man Up IN
the mrs, inning, hit 90 LEFT field Tor Il
sirEle, and MaEee walloped one 20 Ccu'ro
cor another hit, 1Iuggns going 70 third.
liuaCins scored when Tony <onetchy hit
along the third base line after Mowrey
popped out 20 Fletcher, Then Murray al
lowed single by Evans 10 flter through
his legs aud roll 70" home run, scoring
Msgee and Konctchy, The band did not
play "Merrily we roll along" but they
nigh, have with effect
In the second inning Wingo hit 20 LEFT,
Aad after Harmon nied out 60 Meyers
lIuggins laid down o sacrifice bunt, but
Morlsle threw into centre field by way Of
getting Wingo AT second base, and NIL
hands were safe. Wingo went to third and
HuEgins 20 second on the iniscue. Magee's
long fly scored Wngo, and after Mowrey
80, Il base on balls Konetchy hit TO left
and scored Higgins, Evans flied 70 Snod-
grass. That inning ended Ames, and IN
the third Matty came into the box.
Bob Harmon, who began the game for
the Cardinals, was little better than
Ames and the Giants disposed of him
after two fairly profitable innings. Snod-
grass opened IRE with puny little
grounder TO HouSer that dribbled 70
slowly that Jack could not field 1t, and
Larry Doyle belted one OF Harmon 8
glove for a single. snodgrass took third
when Becker forced Doyle and scored
when Murray forced Becker III the sec
ond inning Fletcher walked with one out.
Mccormick was substituted for Ames. and
Harry made good with q O-bagger 10
the left centre field fence that only a
great throw b. Cakes prevented from be-
ing triple at least, Fletcher scored on
the wallop, and after Snodgrass fled out
weakly Doyle walloped clean drive 10
right and scored Mccormick.
IN the third inning the duel between
Mathewson and Slim Sallee began, and
It appeared as II the mighty big Six"
would win Sallee was not IN good form
when he first entered tho box and the
Giants scored three runs on him and tied
the score. Matty was the first man to
face the Mound City southpaw, and he
whaled the ball into deep left field for
two bases in the fourth inning. Snod-
grass got fiuke hit in front Of the plate
and Doyle singled and filled the bases.