New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-14
MATTY TAMES THE CUBS'
Pitches One of His Great Games,
and Giants Win Again.
SINGLE RUN THE MARGIN
Big Six" Shows at His Best in
Ninth Inning, When a Slip
Meant Defeat.

p,tcnine the matchless ball that carried
che Giants 10 a worlds championship in
taoS that made them runners UP in 1908
GOD has won them full many hard fought
victory in the interim. Matty. the wonder-
f,,l uitcher of the Giants, shone forth in
heating the Chicago Cubs In a thrilling
came at the Polo Grounds yesterday by a
score of TO 2. There was nothing lacking
IN his work, and only the binding, dazzling
SIN that beat into the eyes OF Beals Becker
made the Bruins factors I'm the game after
u,e nth inning. II was due to the fact
that Becker lost the ball In the glare of the
u,n that Jimmy Archer made a home run
IN the seventh inning. and in the final
frame that same glare made Mathewson
give one Of the greatest exhibitions OF pitch
ing ever seen on tho Polo Grounds or else
where.
Tommy Leach the midget outfieldor re-
Gently secured from the Pirates, met
straight ball flush on the nose in that ninth
inning and drove it far into left centre
field Becker, however lost it, and ran at
,op speed toward right field. BY the time
nc recovered the ball Leach was on second.
and when it was relayed in Tommy rested
ON third with no one out, and Miller Safer
and T-ers coming up. 1t looked bad for
big Six" but he never wavered. Miller
swung at two fadeaways and on the third
effort dribbled to the box, slightly TO the
right Matty got him at first. Safer swung
Justify at three deceptive curves and sat
down. Then came Johnny Evers Matty
pitched three balls TO Evers before the
little Trojan dribbled TO the box and once
more Matty tossed to Snodgrass and retired
the side.
To borrow from the poet, Leach, on third
took no move nor motion, as idle as a
painted ship upon painted ocean.
Tho Cubs swung their clubs with great
zustc, but five hits was the limit of their
effectiveness. In the second inning Evers
and Sheckard managed to combine singles
with two infield outs for one run. Matty
gave one base or balls. to Sheckard, in the
first inning. but ne struck out eight men
with surprising ease and skill. Frank
Schultz. the home run champion Of 1911,
swung OH the air twice in his four times
al bat and on the other occasions he
forced a runner and grounded out to short
stop In the third inning Matty struck out
Cheney, Sheckard and Schultz on ten
pitched balls.
The Giants played one of their best
games. They simply bubbled with conii-
dence Charley Herzog, whose work tor
the last two days has been slightly on
color. regained his form with rush. ana
was a leading factor in the sterling de-
fence Loath to guard the far turn alone
Charley roved about the infield eating up
everything that came his way. His stop III
,he first inning on Sheckard's apparent hit
toward second, which was turned INTO d
force play TO Doyle, retiring Sheckard' was
only equalled by his equally brilliant WORK
on a grounder by Miller in the sixth inning
Again the Giants convinced Jimmy Archer
that the stealing of second was WITHIN
their category. and Larry Doyle and Beals
Becker each made off with the midway
station.
Larry DOYLE. however, was not at ms
best in the base running line, and he cost
the Giants two runs. Once, In the hrst IN
ming, he was on third base by virtue OF MS
single and a well worked hit-and-run play
on which Murray hit through the very spot
vacated for an instant by Jerry Downs
The signal was given for double steal
and both Doyle and Murray broke away to
a flying start. Archer, however, threw TO
Leach, but Larry kept coming for the
plate Archer dropped the return throw
but since Doyle failed to touch the plate ne
was tagged out by Archer. In the eighth
inning Doyle and Snodgrass failed to work
a double steal. Doyle again being nipped
a. the plate.
Burning those slips under three crashing
drives and scoring the run which clinched
the game for the Giants, Doyle left nothing
10 be desired in his work in the field, and
was always on hand when needed Chiel
Movers had a perfect day at the bat Sc
curing a lucky two-bagger, which scored
Herzog. i'm the fifth inning, single and a
base on balls in three times up. Matty
uided I'm the winning of his own victory by
!acing out a double that scored Meyers
from second base. IT was a sure triple, but
Matty refused absolutely TO hurry.
In lauding the mighty Christopher Larry
Cheney. who pitched for the Cubs. must not
be forgotten The big chicago lau was III
6ue fettlo. and while his curves were
hammered hither and yon ten times ne
p ruled with an iron hand in six of the elghl
inninCs he faced the Giants. lie retired
i've OF them on strikes and issued only one
Iass-to Meyers The unusual part OF that
procedure was that two were out ana no
one Oh base when the chief walked so
malice aforethought could scarcely be
charged
Despite the fact that Yale and Princeton
were an attraction at American League
Park fully eighteen thousand persons were
on hand and found much to ENJOY
The Cubs blazed the way TO the plate IN
4e, fifth inning, scoring one run on single
By Evers, indeld outs by Archer and Che-
nE7and sheckard's single to right. In the
same inning, for the Giants, Herzog singled
10 right. with one out, took third on nuke
double by Meyers, which dropped safey 10
right field. ana scored when Fletcher nam
mered out long fy. Matty scored the
chief with long double TO left
The Giants won the game in the SIKH
inning. when Doyle singled, stole SECOND
and scored on a single to centre by Becker
in the seventh inning Archer got his home
run. but it VAS not enough 10 win.
Tue score follows:
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