New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-14
HOME RUNS IN PLENTY
Giants Hammer Out Six with
Help of High Wind.
REGULARS BITE THE DUST
Burns the Only Player Who
Failed TO Make a Hit IN
Wild Game.

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Marlin. TcN. March 13-ln game Of
wild and lurlI hitting the Youngsters tri-
umph.l over the regulars wnen tho Giants
lined up for tho afternoon party nj the
training grounds here this afternoon The
.core was 70 10 a. The weather was
warm and clear but stin wind sw"p,
across the neli blowing al high flies Into
nome runs and making IN" lives OF the
outer gardeners miserable
Six circuit clouts. TWO Of which cam"
with Oh. bases full were part and parc'l
OF tho DAYS doings Five OF these long
hits were made hy the Youngsters. three
oc Fred smith in the hfth inning.
Stock scored three men ahead of MIN
with the first. Cooper sent two home with
thc second aul Thorpe circled the bases IN
solitary grandeur for the third. Robert
SON and Kirby both nicked the offerings
Of NicGraw for home runs In the sixth
frame.
Fred Merklc was the only member ~
the first team who brok" into the division
a. honor n, made only one hit during
th. dav. but this one sent Devore. Doyle
Burns. the young utility outfieider. was
the only player Of either side who failed
a. make hit
This NAV Ic partially accounted for 10y
the fact that he was SO busy retrieving
.tlc long wallops OF the others that ne
had little desire To do anything himself.
After a man has chased two home runs.
two tribes and two doubles to the fence.
h,sidcs catching all the flies that he can
ret under in nine innings. he Is pretty
likely to want 10 rest his weary legs.
Wilson who caught for the second team.
was the hitting king on a day of heavy
swatting With two triples and three
singles I'm FIVE times at the bat. he held
undisputcd SWAY with the stick. but Stock
pressed him closely for honors with a
home run aud three singles.
Larry Doyle and Josh Devore were rep
resented hy four hits apiece. while Muir
ray. Hcrzoe and Meyers each picked up
three. The lot of the pitcher was sorry
one. Goulait. in the box for the youngsters,
was touched up for five runs on eight
hits iu the first three innings. Schupp
then went in for couple of frames and
showed his class by allowing only one hit
and shutting out the side. Kirby twirled
the last four stanzas with a record OF
eleven hits and nine runs.
Demarce undertook 10 lead the veter-
ans TO victory. but six hits and four runs
were his portion in the first three Innings.
while Smith. who succeeded him. received
even roughcr treatment. when nine hits
registered ten tallies In the next two
frames McGraw finished the game. being
found for eight hits and five runs.
IL will not bc long before McGraw be-
gins To swing the axe. Wilson the Dallas
PLAYER who was sent down here To pront
by McGraw's instructions. Will return to
his team tomorrow night. So that he will
bee able To get into the games with the
Philadelphia Athletics in Dallas on Satur-
day and Sunday. II Is rumored that Tor
rey is going To the Scranton club. of the
New York State League. McGraw asked
the youngstor what ne thought of the
proposition the other night. Torrcy ~ one
Of the best hittcrs among the new men.
but an injured leg has prevented him
from doing anything except take part In
the batting practice. Laruc Kirby. the
pitcher. has been slated for the Mobile
club of the Southern Association.
The news of "Rube" Marquard's mar
rage was received here with interest to-
day. and congratulatory kilograms were
sent to him in San Francisco by several
members of the team. Rube informed
MCGraw to-day that he would join the
Giants in Houston on March -. Some of
the men are disposed To give the south
paw credit for exceptional acumen. Most
Of them wish they could have escaped
the soJourn in Marlin SO luckily.