New-York tribune., 1913-08-22
Giants Strike Winning Gait
Once More and Triumph
Over Chicago.
GREET STACK RI0T0USLY
Former Brooklyn Twirler Tries
to Check Champions, but
Withers Under Terrific
Batting Fire.


1t required no especial effort on the
part Of the Giants TO subdue the petulant
Cubs at the Polo Grounds yesterday af-
tcrnoon The departure of the Pirates
was not keenly regretted, and ii was
unanimously decided to pour balm into
the gaping wounds Of defeat suffered at
the hands Of the Smoky city crew by
winning few victories Christy Mathew
son was sent out cunning for the laurels,
and. as usual Big Six" justified III"
trust placed i'm him. While his mates were
beating the brush with all denominations
of safe hits he brought the fansleSs
Bruins to book oy a score Of to ..
Although eight safe hits were made off
Matty. including a rouslng home run by
Johnny Eyers. the New York star had
only one hard inning. In the third frame
the cubs got to him ana pushed a runner
over the plate on three hits and sacri-
flee fly. Thereafter the old master saw
10 il that the safeties were well sepa-
rated lie waived the formahty Of
striking out any one. and also neglected
TO loosen up with any free passes 10 hrst
base.
If Matty was good. however he was no
better than his team Recovering com
petely from the slump that affected them
In the Pittsburgh series, the men played
ike real champions and left no stone
untuned TO find the key &c victory.
Dashing work in the field, particularly in
the outer battlements. saved Matty on
several occasions. for had one or two
hies fallen TO earth triples al least would
have resulted. In the fourth inning Jack
Murray, whose deeds on the defence these
last few weeks nave eXcelled the efforts
of any fielder seen here in many day,
raced all the way out 70 the right field
sNit gate TO rake i'm high fly from the
pat of Cy Williams. Shortly after that
Jimmy Archer drove a long fly 10 the
hollyhocks in centre field which Fred
Snodgrass raked i'm after a hard run
George Burns made a wonderful catch of
Zimmerman foul fly in the first inning
away i'm behind the spur Of the grand
stand. after a thirty-fye yard dash. The
catch could not be seen from the plate
but Byron. the umpire on bases, ran out
and made the decision. which had al
ready been registered by the cheers of
the crowd
William Edward Stack pitched his first
game against the Giants since he joined
the ranks Of the Cubs. To be more
exact. the aforementioned Stack pitched
Part OF a came. for he was gently but
firmly removed from the mound IN the
third inning. by which time the Giants
and found him for four hits, which
grouped in artistic fashion around base
on balls and a force play, resulted in four
runs for the home team.
When Stack retired from the game
Earl Moore was sent out on the rubber
The former Phillie. who was famed for
his ability to curb the attacks Of the
Giants. went out With a lot Of confidence.
a limited amount Of stuff and service
able glove At the end all that remained
was the glove. for the purple and white
clad athletes took "A certain unreasonable
delight in slamming the ball where field
ers felded not, and, moreover where
field they could not Moore netted four
more runs.
The Giants made round dozen safe
ties from the combined offerings Of the
Windy city twirlers. and. incidentally
they punched the bingles TO the best pos
sible advantage. George Burns LED the
attack with a double and two singles
driving home three runs and scoring one
himself. Fred Snodgrass was next with
a triple and single. For Chicago Evers'
Archer and Corriden led. The fiery lttIe
captain had home run and two singles
As no circled the bases on his four
sacker some one whistled 'The sad sea
Waves" and Johnny walked sidewise' IKE
a crab. Corriden supplied gossip for tAe
hot stove league in Logansport by crack
ing out two singles. while Archer also GOT
two hits.
The Cubs leaped into possession ot
momentary lead In the third inning. STACK
went out. Matty to Merkle. on grouhder
that almost tore the pitchers hand on
Then In rapid succession Leach and ENers
singled. and little Tommy scored on
schulto's long boost to Snodgrass.
In the third. however the Giants put
the game on ice. Snodgrass walked stole
second and rounded the backstretch when
Larry Mclean hit 10 centre for a clean
base He scored on single by Burns.
Mclean went to second on Larrys wallop
and numbered as far as third when Shafer
smashed DedutN 10 llSH'' pNi''' '''''''7
second. Right here McGraw sent Cooper
ip 10 run for Mclean. and the colt counted
when Fletcher forced Shafer at second
Burns also denting the rubber When
Fyers tried in vain for double play at
first. Larry Doyle then stood in with
double 10 right field that sent Fletcher
I'll the way home from first. and ne IN
,urr took third on Schulte's faulty return.
stack then left the game and Moore got
Merkle on a foul fly
In the fourth inning pass 10 Snod-
grass and single by Arthur Wilson, VINO
replaced Mclean, and a clean cut hit by
Rurns scored two more runs. a triple by
Snodgrass and Matty's hit 20 right field
accounted for another run, while fletch-
er's triple 10 left centre and Doyles long
fy gave them the last count OF the game
in the eighth inning
The score follows: