New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
GIANTS WALL0P CUBS
IN FAREWELL PARTY
Matty Smooths the Way to Vic
tory While Team Mates Maui
Lavender Again.
"BIG SIX" IN FINE FORM
Visitors Helpless Before His
Sizzling Curves and Garner
Only Seven Hits Off
His Delivery.

The losing streak OF the Giants was
brought to close at the Polo Grounds
Yesterday afternoon, when the champions
swamped the growing Chicago Cubs by a
score of 10 to 4. It remained for Christy
Mathewson. the noblest Roman Of them
ALL to stop the Windy City mems rush
and the monarch of the pitchers box per-
formed his task In a thoroughgoing ana
painstaking manner. Rarely has Matty
pitched better ball, and before his wizard
like skill Chances men were held we'll
nigh powerless. That the Cubs were able
to push three of their runs over the pate
was no fault Of Matty, for the Giants
made temporary ascension in the fourth
inning which gave Evers, Tinker and Inc
rest little to gloat over.
The lapse came after two were out. An
error by Merkle gave a life to Zimmer-
man, but Matty burned the ball over 10
little Tommy Leach and the former
Pirate bumped liner into the hands Of
Larry Doyle, who made fine catch and
doubled Zimmerman off first base. Safer
was safe on his grounder to Fletcher,
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placing man on when the side should
have been retired. Johnny Evers rose to
the occasion, as he usually does, ana
pusher a slow single past Herzog. Then
Jimmy Archer hit to centre field for
single. scoring Safer and placing Evers on
third.
Then the fight started. Archer broke
away 70 steal second, and, hoping to
catch Bvers asleep off third, Meyers
threw the ball. Yea, he threw 1t. far
over the head OF the waiting Herzog tie
ball sailed into left field, While Evers
cakewalked home. laughing the while
Archer lit out for third and Snodgrass
kicked the ball around while Archer
scored the last Chicago run of the game.
Matty then got Smith, and the game was
over as far as Chicago was concerned.
In six OF the nine innings the CUBS
vere retired in Indian file. Two Of the
three double plays accomplished by the
Giants aided Matty in his work. Big Six
held his smuggling foemen to seven hits'
three OF which came in the fourth inning
Treading closely upon the heels OF
precedent, the Giants knocked the chi
cago pitcher who started the game out OF
the box Once again 1t was Lavender.
New York disposed OF him In two innings.
Snodgrass greeted him with two Dagger,
which unsettled him visibly Lavender
eased his system OF wild pitch and
Snodgrass counted when Larry Doyle
grounced out to Evers Becker and Mer-
kle were easy for Safer ana Tinker and
the inning was over.
ANY respite which the Chicago tTirler
might have gained was shortliyed. JACK
Murray walked up in the second inning
and belted the ball into the right field
stand for home run. Herzog was passed
and Meyers beat out hit 90 Zimmerman
Hein.y saw that the chief was safe, so he
tried for Her2og at second. but was 100
late. Fletcher was hit by a pitched ball.
filling the bases. Matty shot the ball on
O line into right field for a base and
scored Herzog and Meyers. Snodgrass
forced Matty at second, hut Fletcher
tailed easily on the out, so that the fact
that Becker and Doyle went out easily
did not matter much.
That inning was quite sufficient for
Lavender Miller was put in to bat for
him in the third inning. when the Cubs
made their first run on a single, an error,
q base on balls and a sacrifice fly by
Schultz Smith was sent In to finish The
game for the Cubs, but he was no better
than his predecessor. The Giants had
their best bats and their keenest eyes
with them.
Tho New York infield was Oh its toes
throughout, and Fletcher, Doyle and Me"-
kle reeled off three scintillating double
plays between them. Beals Becker made
a grand running catch Of long drive by
Jimmy Archer fl the second inning TINT
locked good for triple or more. Schultz
robbed Larry Doyle Of triple when he
backed UP against the right field stand
e. 20 Their in drive by the New York