New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
DONL|N AND HIS BAT
! TOO MUCH FOR GIANTS
RedoubtabIe Mike Drives In
Four of Five Runs Scored
by the Pirates.
CAREY ALSO HELPS ALONG
Gets Lucky Smash for the Cir
cult in Ninth Inning Which
Spells Victory for
Pittsburgh Team.

was the most prominent factor in the de-
feat of his former teammates at the hands
of the Pittsburgh Pirates on the Polo
Grounds yesterday afternoon while fully
5000 thousand excited fans" packed the
great Brush Stadium and looked on in dis
appointment. Donlin made four hits-a
triple a double and two singles from the
best curves of Otis Crandall and drove
home four Pittsburgh runs. These. with
rather fortunate home run drive by Max
Carey in the ninth inning, the drive that
won the game as IL turned out, were suffi-
Client TO send the Giants grovelling in the
dust of their second consecutive defeat.
The score was to T. Donlin had little
fortune on the bases, and failed to com
plete the circuit himself. He was thrown
out in the first inning trying TO stretch
his double into triple. and was caught at
the plate in the fifth trying for home run
or his three Dagger.
The Giants made a game rally in the
ninth inning, and scored one run on base
on balls to Shafer, who batted for Arthur
lF1etcher. a solid hit 10 right field by Otis
Crandan and a single TO the same place
tby Larry Doyle. Indeed, If Fred Merkle,
who went in to run for Crandall, had been
s,p TO his usual good form, the Giants might
have won the game, but Fred gave a poor
exhibition of base running, and was caught
at third when he should have been safe by
IA block After Devore struck out, Doyle
laced one TO right field and scored Shafer'
but Merkle hesitated at second base ana
by the time he reached third the ball was
shere before him. Larry Doyle stole second
base. but Snodgrass struck out with Red
Murray just aching for chance 10 se' n
last crack at the ball.
Nor was that one chance the only oppor-
+unitv to do great deeds that went I'M
needed. Twice did the hard battlns Chlei
Movers walk to the plate when runners
were in position to score on hlt' put inc
hest he could get was infeld grounoerS' one
10 the pitchers box and one into the greeus
NAV of Hans Wagner. In the seventh
inning with runner on second the Ohlei
was passed Intentionally, but with two OUT
and the bases full Doyle could do notnine
more worthy of notice than ground out 10
Mccarthy.
Five errors of commission and almost d.
many of omission initiated against Clah-
dan but in the former, Otis himseH was
guilty of a more or less hectic throw "hc"
allowed a runner to advance, ana later W
score. Meyers. too. made fractlous thro"
irving ia catch Byrne off first IN the sew
.rth inning as Carey struck out anu pooo'
raced TO second, later TO score on d ul' o'
Do,,Ir Josh Deyore. Fred Snodgrass ana
,r,bur Fletcher also Clipped in TO make II
. rae,,,ar not. and in a measure they sue
ceeded.
rbA Goddess of Luck figured largely IN the
.corinp of three Of the pittsburgh runs
and favored by anything like norma! cll-
,,.,..arcas the Giants might have won In
che nth inning. for instance wheh t"o
were out and Camnitz and carey OH INV
80 DonIir drove one straight at Fletcher
but the ball struck pebble or sorne'hirs
and bounded far over Fletchers heao'
-o,od be+ueen the fielders and went to the
centre field fence. The runners scored
,.ss1v and Donlin rounded third. He trleo
Cor home hut a perfect relay, DeVore 10
rretcber TO Meyers got him by less than d
.oot after a desperate slide for the plate
n,,la raved and tore his hair, 10 the hlsh
plee of Movers and the fans. Likewise d
"a hound gave Carey a home run, when
his single bounded over Murrays head III
yight field.
otis Crandall failed to inspire the Pirate
hand with any degree of respect Tor MS ue-
livery. and every man on the team tooA a'
least one whirl at the ball. While Donil'
lad with a triple, a double and two singles
IN five times at bat; Jocks NILS WIN d
i5oubIe and a single; Captain Wagner ana
Jit,lA Robbv Byrne also made brace OF
hits and ran the total UP to round loui-
,eep. Crandal however. never lost Ills
nerve. and pulled out of some tight places
In the sixth inning Miller bounced dou-
HE 10 left. and reached third on single
nv Wilson Mccarthy, however slappeo
one at Doyle who made nice stop'
,,,ck touch of Wilson, and got the runner
at FIRST holding Miller on third the while
rben Fletcher got Kelly at first. Crsndall
nassed two runners and struck two out.
u.ndrix. en- the mound for Pittsburgh was
,s,rong in the pinches after wobbly start
an which the Giants scored three runs on
some good batting. II was not long, no"
Ger before the Smoky city athlete got MS
h.oit halls breaking around the necks ana
pnees Of his rivals and. although they
s,nade nine hits, including doubles by Beck
FOR and Devore, they were not particularly
tfyuitfuj Passing FIVE batters, Hendrix
kounS fine 10 retire as many men on
Nstrikes. -.
, In the struggle on Friday 1t was the quiet
and unassuning Max Carey who led the de
isanca for his side. Yesterday II was the ola
reIiabIe Hans Wagner. The perennial mon
arch ~ the short field made the same start
ling stops In that free and easy manner
which made il appear as II he was not
,ealIv trying. In the sixth inning. however
he made a play that perhaps no other
short stop in the league could have done.
Snodgrass shot wicked grass cutter right
over second base. IL looked good for mt.
h,,, Wagner started with the crack OF the
hat and numbering like a freight train,
reached out, stopped the ball, stumbled,
and almost fell-but got Snodgrass by a
foot at the bag. Those who rose to cheer
the hit stood up higher to cheer the grand
old man Of the infield'
The scoring began with the game. Byrne
hit safely, and when Crandali threw into
right field trying to catch him off first.
Bobby made for second at top speed. Don
lin then doubled. after Carey struck out,
and Byrne scored Mike, however was
.I.xS.,., mt trvipO for three bases DeyOre