New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-08
FIERY GIANTS ADD
ONE MORE TO STRING
Win Twelfth Straight Game
and Fourth in a Row
from Brooklyn.
WORK ON THE BASESC0UNTS
New York Me- Make the Most
o. Their Opportunities in
Scoring Six Runs
to One.

to one.
B-eezing along at a clip which they hope
will carry them to a third pennant, the
Giants again triUmphed over the Brooklyn
SUpe-bas yesterday afternoon and won
their twelfth consecutive victory by max
ing clean sweep of the series
The hitting og the champions was plen-
teous, but that of the home team was
even more SO. and vet there was vast
difference in the fecundity Of the batting
on accoun; Of the smart base running
which the leaders utilized at important
junctures. They extracted three runs out
of che hit, coupled with four stolen bases.
in the sixth inning, whereas the Superbas
punched three in the seventh for only
one counter. while three more IN the
eishth did not net any. The score was
6 to !.
The transporting foe CLEANED twelve
hits from the medley of curves offered up
by Al Demaree, and were 50 perky at
times that Arthur Fromme had to keep
himself ready for an emergency can
Sharp fielding, however. combined win
some cool headwork in the p!nches on the
rart Of the cartoonist. smothered the IL
cipient rallies before any damage was
done. Al gave only one pass and iahned
three, but twice strikeouts ended lnnihss
with runners camping on second waiting
10 come home.
Curtis twirled a fairly steady game lot
proo,.lyn until the sixth inning. lheh IL
grew wild, giving two passes ana hi''hA
q man At the same time his battery
r,ate Miller. lost the trail to the KEY
,,o,a sack and the Giants ran wild on the
bases. ,.,
N,srl,a walked. stole second and third
r,b;,e Murray was drawing pass anu
then came home on double sleal VIZ"
the sorrel-topped outtielder. who went |"
third on Miler's poor throw 10 secoiN
,rbis gave the Giants four pilfered oaHs,
co that when a hit and an error followed
olonr three runs were easily counted
nab,en removed Curtis and sent STACK
IA the rescue before the frame was over
The last named famed Demaree LOT t''
second out, but Hummel dropped Il! oS
Rurns and a run counted. lie was eI-
foctive however, until the ninth' Wheh
tho champions punched a couple oil SIN
ples with stolen base for another run
miller who has beef out of the game
Gov week or more. retired i'm favor OF
Heckipger in the seventh and only one
base was stolen on him Five however
we're annexed while Miller was on guaIu'
not the least Of which was one by Chiel
Movers who walked in the fourth ana
made his way to second with the SKILL il
not the speed, of Ty Cobb.
Tinie Skaters triple and TWO sils'e
made him the leading hitter OF the da!'
while he had the pleasure of crossing 'ne
Mate twice. Cutshaw, Daubert anu
Wheat. of Brooklyn, made a brace Oh
safeties apiece. Zach was discouraged
from the hospital yesterday and showed
no in effects from the lay-off, doing some
sensational fielding in the left garden.
where he coraIled six flies. several OF
them after long, hard runs.
The fielding of the Giants was sharp
ana brilliant Fletcher handled seven
chances at short without an error. Shater
was charged with the only misplay OF
the day when he picked up MIXERS
dribble in the fifth and threw wildly 10
Merkle. the ball carroming OFF the
grandstand TO right field. The ourly
form Of Chief Meyers was sighted IN
these foreign parts in mad pursuit OF
the elusive sphere, but Burns beat MN
by a shade to the ball, and with spark
ling throw TO Fletcher. who covered
third. nipped Miller at the far station.
Hummel. who was playing right field
for Brooklyn. was equally conspicuous In
the opposite direction when he made one
10 Fred Snodgrass's fame last fall. with
two out and runners on second and frst'
Burns lifted a high fioater TO right when
Hummel camped under after a snort
run. He was all set 10 let the sphere
fall gracefully into his glove when the
ball decided otherwise and popped out. |
MEYERS tailed with ease. and there was
no reason why Snodgrass, who was on
first. should not have crossed the plate
But Fred became so engrossed In discoV-
ering how his own copyrighted stun
looks from the point Of view of dis
interested spectator that he got only as
far as third on the error. 4
The Giants started scoring in the
fourth. an inning which Larry Doyle |
opened with double Just out of Red"
Smiths le0Cn. MtIhlt slibitu CIV
brought him home. With two out in the
next frame. Shafer got triple when his
sharp hit TO right took a bound over
Hummers head. Fletcher brought Tillie
home with rap through short
Passes TO Merkle and Murray, safety
BY Meyers. a dig In the back for snod-
grass and Hummers error. all punched
with four stolen bags, gave New York
three more in the sixth. With two out
I'm the ninth, Shafer beat out an inheld
dribble for his third hit, stole second and
scored on Fletcher's smash TO centre
Brooklyn counted in the seventh, when
Daubert led off with clean drive 10
left. took second on Smiths out, fingered
there while Kirkpatrick famed. went TO
third on Miller's scratch hit and counted
on Stacks single to left
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