New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-23
MATTy DOES IT AGAIN
Leads Giants to Victory Over
Doing Cincinnati Reds.
sUGGS EASY FOR VISITORS
MoGraw's Men Need Only Two
More Victories to Break Bet
ter than Even on Trip.
[By Telegraph to The Tribunal

by Telegraph 70 Ths Tribune
Cincinnati, July 22--It was easy for the
Giants to win to-day. They had ''Bis
Six" on the firms line, and he held the
Reds in the hollow Of his hand all the
way through. New York won by q score
Of I to ], coming within q game Of even
ing up their record for the trip. BY cap
turing the next two battles here they
will return homo with better than an
even break on the trip, ana that IS what
they are bending every muscle to do
One has only to look at the score to
learn that the Giants have found their
batting toys again. for they raped out
an even dozen hits against the pitching
OF Suggs, who is no laggard when Il
comes to twirling Suggs, however, kept
these hits pretty we'll scattered. and IN
that way held tho Giants run-making
procIivities down. In addition 70 their
heavy batting, more than ordinary speed
on the bases went long way toward In
surfing the visitors q victory. Although
they made only couple OF steals, they
ran down their hits with such abandon
that one would not have thought that II
was the Same team that had struggled
80 vainly In 81. Louis only short week
ago.
Although the Reds made eight hits off
Mathewson they managed to bunch them
only IN the ninth inning, when three
drives Melted them their single run. AT
times Mattys support was wabbly, and
because Of the mlsplsys Of his mates he
was at times compelled TO pitch his limit
to hold O'Days team down. That he did
so and won his game adds only another
chapter TO his big volume OF victories.
The fact that he did not give a single
base on balls is conclusive that he had
all the mastery OF the ball that he ever
had, and that he struck out only two
men-Egan and McDonald-in the ninth,
In the middle OF the Reds rally, also In
dicates that II he had so desired he could
have stood the homo team on its head.
The Giants began their Commandment
OF suggs in the second inning. Merlts
singled. and wild pitch put him on sec.
ond. Murray hit 70 Esmond, and Merkls
was trapped and went out, while RED"
trying TO get down 10 second, was also
killed. shafer singled and wa, caught
mapping. Thus two Of the Giants hits
were wasted. II was not until tho seventh
that the New Workers came across with
anything that looked Ike a run. Merkls
again started the trouble. by beating out
a slow roller, after Becker had been put
out. Murray then inserted O double,
which scored MerkIe with tho first run.
The right fielder himself scored on
Fletcher's single after shafer had flied
out and Meyers had purposely been
passed. Matty flied out. so that the In
ming ended with the Giants only two
runs TO the good, and two men on the
bases.
The visitors made a bid for another run
In the eighth. but Devore who had
reached third, failed 70 get across. In
the ninth It was different, for tho New
Workers landed on Suggs for three hits,
and converted two Of them into runs
Murray went out to begin the inning, but
Shafer was safe when Hobitzel dropped
MoLean's throw Of bunt. Meyers
singled and shafer went to third.
F1etcher's single scored shafer and De-
vore's single brought Arthur homo
Singles by Mitchell, Phelan and Mo
Lean gave the Reds ono run in their half
OF the ninth. with two out Mcdonald
struck and ended the game.
The score follows: