New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-06
MARQUARD SOUNDLY
TROUNCED BY PIRATES
Giants Lose Opening Game to
Pittsburgh When "Rube" Is
Driven from Box.
HENDRIX'S SPEED BATTLING
Receives Only Fair Support, but
Heavy Hitting of His
Teammates Atones
for Much.


raw OF the Giants. was an open book to
the Pittsburgh Pirates on the Polo
Grounds yesterday afternoon, and the
Giants were soundly walloped by score
oYSto4. In suffering his fifth defeat Of the
season the angular "Rube" was treated
more harshly than ever before this season
and was knocked out Of the box in the
second inning when only one man was
out, with one man on base. In that short
space Of time the Pirates combed Mar
GUARD down for five hits. These included
a mighty home run drive into the left
field stands by Hans Wagner, with
man on base, triple by Mccarthy, and
successive singles by Byrne. Carey and
Mike Donlin. Two bases on balls. a wild
pitch and q passed ball by Meyers added
10 his tribulations. and when he was
taken out Of the box the score stood to
in favor OF the Pirates.
Leon Ames was called in to try 10
Pittsburgh Bay with unchecked food.
Leon, however, had one bad inning, and
q triple, a double and a single, along
with his own Wild pitch. helped swell the
total The sixth inning was the worst
Ames experienced, and. in the other
frames while hit hard at times. he man
aged TO escape with whole coat. In the
third frame Wilson opened with double,
and later in the fifth 70 be exact. the
stalwart Hans Wagner leaned his Shout
ders on the ball for double, with no one
out. Ames then got the next three men
In order. and the hits were wasted. In
the ninth inning Wagner further fattened
his average by polling out q single into
left field but two We're out and Ames
caught Wagner off first base fat footed,
and, after a game of fox and geese,
Fletcher ran the veteran Dutchman down
for the final out.
Wagner made two errors, Mike DOnlin
another, and McCarthy's bobble swelled
the total TO four nisplays Wagners
bad throw in the fifth inning allowed
Snodgrass TO tally, and Donlin's glazing
muff of Larry Doyles liner gave Snod-
grass the chance TO slip across the plate
in the ninth, while Larry took second.
after two were out Becker rose IN tho
PINCH as he has frequently done, and
scored Doyle. with a single 70 right. The
loyal fans" hoped for a rally, hut
Merkle ended the frame by grounding
out weakly TO Mccarthy. On the many
other occasions, however, the Smoky city
team fought nip and tuck all the way.
Wagner had seven chances TO do good
work, and he went about il In the same
old fashion. seemingly never In hurry,
but always on the job Mccarthy also
was kept busting, with seven chances
we'll played IN total Of eight.
1t was, however clear-cut case Of too
much Hendrix. He fed the Giants with q
delivery that fairly sizzled speed and
Kept their seven hits fairly we'll scattered.
While ne passed four men 10 the lines,
ne more than atOned for his liberallty
by striking out no fewer than nine With
perfect support he would have held the
Giants TO one lone run-an earned tally
in the fourth inning, when Murray's
great line drive 10 the left centre field
fence was seconded by a scorching single
10 right by Charley HerzOg.
livery man on tDS tIdtt team iildOt at
least one hit with the exception of Jocks
Miller, the Kearney lad. Miller got base
on balls from Marquard IN the first inn
ing, but on his subsequent trips TO the
rubber he took the allotted three swigs at
the ball and walked to the bench. When
10 struck out In the seventh inning fan
in the grandstand asked him, How
many is that Jocks? What are you bat
ting?" Miller held up his three fingers
and went back 20 the bench to think it
over. OF the extra tbase hits made the
Pirates got all but two Wilson. Wagner
and Byrnes made doubles; Mccarthy and
Gibson triples and Wagner scored a home
run. Murray, with his triple. and Snod-
grass. with a double told Of New York 3
strong arm work.
The felders had plenty 10 do, and with
out exception they did II well. Charley
Herzog made q brilliant play in the first
inning when he grabbed up Donlin's hot
grounder and forced Max Carey at second
base. Since Wagner's homer came right
after. the work OF Herzog was keenly APP
preciated by Marquard. Chief Meyers had
q lot OF fun with Mike Donln in the sew
cnth inning. Donln got a single which
scored Carey, and took second on the
throw I'm. He roamed too far off second
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