The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-18
Pitcher RUDE Marquard
Is NO,U One of the Three
Worlds Record Holders
Giants Score Victory Over Pi.
rates in a Remarkable Game,
and Clever Southpaw Equals
Performance Of Ed ReuIbach
and Jack Chesbro.
BY BOZEMAN BULGER.

"a beals Becker nailed the name OF |
RUDE MarquBrd IN the Hall Of
Fame and with a stick Of somewhat
lighter hue Charles canteloupe Herzog |
came along and clinched It. To-day
Vanguard IL one OF the three worlds
record holders. having won fourteen
successive games. The other two are
Ed Reulbach Of the Cubs and Jack
Chesbro. formerly OF the Highianders.
One more victory and the lanky loft
handler Of the Giants will be in . class
by himself. Tho chances are that he
will ascend to that lofty perch Of fame.
for his next start will be against Bos-
ton.
To win this fourteenth game for Mar
guard two hours OF the pastime yester-
day were crowded a. full OF 24-karat
baseball a. that period Of time could
stand. The crowd couldn't have stood
much more without a collapse.
In many respects this third and epoch
making nsht with the Pirates was the
best rough and tumble, slam bang
scrap ever staged on the Polo Grounds.
To start with. 1t broke all records for
Monday attendance. The fans. who
can't be fooled. had scented excitement
In advance and by the thousands they
nocked into the Brush Stadium. When
the game was we'll under way 5000
people had passed through the turn
stiles and all past figures had gone to
smash. Go back as far us 1905 and we
md that the record attendance for any
! game up to that time was 2a,90e. and
that was to see the opening game Of
the worlds series between the Giants
and the Athletics To-day an attend
ance Of 5000 on Saturday 10 not ex-
traordinary. On Monday. however. It
was previously unheard Of.
GAME WAS LIKE A FIGHT FOR A
TITLE.
The attitude Of the crowd a. we'll as
the players showed that an underor. =
rent OF Apr ehension was straining at
the nerves.
1t was like q battle for the world's
title or . game to decide Q pennant.
The mere announcement Of the names
OF MarQuard and O'Toole brought
forth roars Of applause. Here was the
S22.6Oo beauty picked Of AL the Pirate
pitchers to stop the onrush Of the III, 900
Marquard and tear him away from the
worlds record-which was almost In his
grasp.
The players fought ~ II their family
Jewels depended on the outcome. and Sc
stubborn were their efforts that eleven
innings were required to bring the ba,
tie to q climax.
Those who did not witness this spec
tacular scuttling of the Pirate ship car
hardly appreciate the nervous tension
> that gripped the immense crowd fol
, more than two hours. and the happy re-
lief that suddenly followed the SAT,
clouts OF Murray. Becker and Herxot
: in the last inning. Harry Stevens Il
arm In his repeated avowal that he los
. ten pounds as the fight went nip ant
:. tuok to q finish.
g. Brilliant plays began in the frst in
= 2 ninR-piays that require quick thought
and we're sprinkled through the clever
innings like polished diamonds mixed II
/ with a handful of precious stones In tn,
: rough.
, PECULIAR DOUBLE PLAY IN
: TENTH INNING.
I In the tenth inning. for instance. whe,
Il looked as II the Giants had . chanc,
!. 10 win, following Marquard's single
6 Josh Devore attempted a bunt to ad
4 vance him. Josh popped the ball a it'll
!. too high and II made looping ny towar,
n first base. Miller could have caught tn
6 ball on the fly, but that would hav
Z made but one out. While going for tn
8 hall no figured out a scheme to retir
both men. and in a nash he had pulle'
= it. Instead OF catching the ball on tn
\ ny he allowed It to touch the groun'
frst. That forced Marauard. though h
had not left the bag. and all Miller ha'
TO do was to touch him. He then touches
his toe TO the bag and Devore was ais
out. To appreciate the quickness o
thought In this play II should be remem
bered that II Miller had touched the bal
nrst the play wouldn't have worked
Vanguard would have been no longe
forced and would have been entitl, I,
the bag as long as he could hold It.
This unique double play took tn
heart out OF the fans for a minute. an
when Wagner came up IN the next W
ming and hit for three bases. scoring y