New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
NO DIAMONDS FOR JOSH i
Devore Day at Meridian Profits
Left Fielder Very Little.
EASY VICTORY FOR GIANTS
Gotham Hero Performs Prettily
for Small Number OF Admir-
ing Baseball Fans.

Meridian. Miss. March 27.-Although
the Giants beat the Meridian team to-day
nv q score Of 5 to /. Josh DcvOrc, appear
ing for the first time as a big Lacquer IN
the town where he began his baseball ca
r,cr suffered = series of disappointments
calculated 10 greatly disturb an athlete on
exhibition before friends
In tho first place, the weather was
gloomy and threats Of rain caused peN"''
to shorten his estimate OF the CroWd 'ha'
would turn out for Devorc day. second
". no admirinC populace greeted JOSH III
the home plate with n wreath or rare
axotics. a diamond ring or a travelling
bag. Thirdly. Josh had no opportunities
10 steal bases or score runs, although ne
polcd two hits The spectators Nclleh III
him to waIlop the pill out OF the LOT every
time he came up, and criticised the Me''r
ian right fielder for killing a hit Tor tnelr
favorita hv making long running catc"
In tho sixth round. But the afternoon Ola
M. mass without Devore doing some
snrints At the close Of the hrst game
which required less than two hours, Man
,cer AIcc;rayy Informed the crowd that the
| Meridian bows had challenged the Giants
again and that they would play unt'l Darn
The spectators remained for the atterplec"
number Of the doube-header. which went
four innings. with the Giants again WIN
ming by score of 10 :.
In the second game Devore made MT
every time he went 20 bat, beating out
two hunts and stealing two bases lhuS
he worked in everything but nome run
and the crowd went away from there sat
isfied that Josh was really playing WIN
the New York team, as reported resulatlS
IN the Meridian dispatch for the last TWO
wears. His friends said he hadn't grown
an inch and ought TO get lot OF credlt
for hanging out with lot OF big fellows
McGraw is getting plenty Of work out oil
all his PLAYERS now. Arriving In Meridian
I.before daylight. he had the regulars ou'
this morning for a two-hour practice, and
that, with thirteen innings this afternoon
can be called II days work. The colt team
playing a hundred miles away from here al
jackson. won a third straight shut-out oS
a score OF 10 0.
The local team put up stif game aeains'
the Sig Leaguers and the score was emil
nently respectable until Meridian changed
! pitchers In the sixth inning. The Giants
, fell on a gentleman named Sprinkle then
and sprinkled a fine collection OF doubles
around the 10, which ncttcd a bunch OF
runs.
Ames and wiltse twirled the first game
and between them famed twelve men
neither yielding "a base on balls. The Me-
rldlan pitchers did not strike out any oil
the Giants and gave only two passes. De-
wore failed to do anything on his first two
attempts. but the third time he beat out
an Inncld hit. On his next trip to the plate
he gave the right fielder IL long chase and
the NTH time he dropped one safe in lief,
centre for two bases.
In the abbreviated second game Munsell
and Robinson performed as a battery for
New York against Newell and Mccormick.
Rube Marquard acted as umpire. The Gil
ants made eleven hits, including three by
DeYore and a home run by Burns, who re-
placed Snodgrass.
The score follows