The sun., 1912-08-04

Among the profuse amount OF aeronau-
ties exhibited by tor Giants yesterday
were three home runs. These represent
ed all the runs the Giants made against
the Reds. but they were enough to win
the game. The score was to .. II was
neck or nothing with the Giants. for In
connection with the extraordinary fact
that they did no scoring except what
came from propelling the ball for the
circuit they did scarcely any hitting.
When he wasn't being jostled for safe
drives into the stands Fromme was
nnl1nDMDlne1ns1on n1Q0D0oUl
their homers the Giants made only two
hits.
A to the aerorautics Of the Giants
They did prodiCious amount OF ny nall
hitting. Both the singles were curvinE
hits through the air to the outfcld. four
teen outs were on flies and the three
home runs never did touch the ground.
They We're colossal clouts, thoush. this
galaxy of homers. Merkle made two and
Becker one. They weren't due to the
proximity OF stands. All three winged
their way far out and werc deserved
home runs
Merkle's first one sailed further down
into the lef, field coop than ever was
seen before. and his secord one hoated to
safety a consid arabie distance from the
direction and glanced from the railing to
the right field seats not far from where
the reservation for the elit0 joins that
part of the stadium wherein do congre-
gate the proletarat.
While the ball as IL journeyed under the
guidance Of the Giants was exploring the
ethereal realms tho Reds We're hewing
closer to the terrestrial line. They were
hewinS base hits oftcner as well. But
they were pretty much hewless when In
sore need Of haws. Though they made
ten hlts--double the New York supply
Ma. hcW son was s0 effective with men on
bases that it was only through remissness
on the part Of his helders that the Reds
scored at all Fletcher and Doyle fell
down once each else the Reds would have
been smut out
However. the Giants were in the main.
steadiast in the field. and Fletcher's one
error, that eXcusable. was more than OF
set by the good stops he made. Chief
Meyers's throwing arm underwent
change for the better. Lately the Chiefs
salary limb has been baiky. but yesterday
| IL executed two perfect pegs and removed
the only two redlegs who attempted to
steal. Mathewson's SKIN did, 'rc'r5c
Marsans among its victims Matty was
nuts for the Cuban, who scattered base
hits broadcast and made them as often
he came ny, which was four times. II
was just as well that there was nobody
within striking distance of the plate when
the Cuban swung his trenchant pestle.
IL was Il neat. trim. snappy game. ca
trcmey prolific on the Giants part in not
getting on bases. When Il came TO not
reaching first they were very busy. AZ
strangers to the canvas habitats they were
on deck, " not on base, with marked
I frequency. The ratio OF those who tried
to arrive At the stuffed sanctuaries to
those who tried and didn't maeralizc
was as one To four ana four-hfths. Yet
such was the nclsiveness nj three of their
thrusts that said skinny proportion OF
travellers WAS "a mere bagatelle.
Hoblltzol and Mitchell succumbed to
I Matty In the first inning after Marsan.
had doubled The Giants took the count
in the iirst on three lofty flies Grant
! opened with nm inneld hit In the second
! and Egan sacrificed, but Esmond and Nc
! Lean We're puppets who danced to the
/ Mathcwson music, Msrkle made his hrst
I home run In the second inning, n hit with
the pinions Of bird and 80 long ana
high that the spectators caped az II hno
crancd their necks as they would al
balloon or a meteor
The hit was just stray inulN'uuaI
outbreak. aud except sinsl" ny iiefzos
IN the same inning the tiahts ulu noun
, ing more until the hfth. wh"h Becker met
n gronyed ball on the nose ana slash"d u
! Inin M. tight field seats. As In the case
~ aicrRir. nr wus ia" i'is' man ~ ihv
rods meanwhile tied the score IN III.
,hi,l Frommc singled ard was forced
y, posclrr. Brschrr was running who's
A..fs,us sinrl,d. ppd reached thr. Hob
nt4ru died back on the grass TO FleichSi.