New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-22
GIANTS IN EVEN
BREAK WITH REDS
Johnson Holds the League
Leaders ScoreIesS in
First Game.
FANS" BRAVE BITING COLD
Johnny Dodge Spills the Error
That Allows McGraw's Men
to Win Last Game in
Ninth Inning.
fRv Telegraph 20 The Tribune !

, Cincinnati. Sept. H.-Although the
weather was cold enough for everybody
to dig up overcoats and earmuffs, the
Reds and Giants put UP two rafting good
baseball games to-day, the locals blank
ing the New Yorks by score OF 10
in the first game. and the league leaders
taking the second by the score OF TO o.
after some OF the classiest and most ex-
citing work seen here in many moons
The first game was a pitchers battle
from start to finish between Chief Jonn-
son and Big Jef' Tesreau, with the
Winnebago having a shade the better OF
it. The Reds got of TO a flying lead ana
won the game before the Giants had got
warmed up.
Rescher started il by hot single past
Fletcher. and took second on Tesreau
wild heave to catch him mapping. Bates
sacrificed him down. Then a peculiar
play arose. Heine Groh tapped 10 Tes-
reau, whose heave TO third caught
Bescher off the bag. The Giants chas"o
Bob up and down the base line. ana Groh
took second just as Bescher slid safely
back 10 third by a long. twisting sIlue
Wickland tapped one TO Fletcher. VINO
PLAYED with II long enough 10 ai'"
Bescher TO score and Groh TO advance
TO third Hobby then burned one sately
10 left. tallying Heinie with the second
and last run OF the game.
The Giants got men on bases occasion
ally. but when hits meant runs. Johnson
nut the brakes on and the Giants got
nothing Tesreau frightened up after the
cd
with the big boy. but the damage was
done.
The Reds fattered the frozen ians
into thinking that they were going 70 90
the uuheard-of. capture double-header
from the Giants, by running INTO a Iohs
lead rs soon as the ba:- went w I'D
the second set-to. They got three runs
before Demaree had found his bearings,
hat the Giants BY dint OF hard work and
desperate struggling managed 70 crd"i
m alongside. slowly but surely. ana theh
Johnny Dodge spilled the error in me
ninth that allowed the winning run 10
tricklc over. giving game that rhould
have gone 10 the Tinkerites 20 the leadeIS'
With two down in the FIRST round. Bates
drew a pass Groh singled sharply 70
centre Bates taking third "icklahd
eoated a high one lazily 20 Murray. hut
tho redtop allowed 1t 10 tricklc through
his fingers. Bates scoring Hoooy the"
csmo through with the pinch hit. rat
Ting single 20 centre. scoring Proh ana
Wickland. but was himself named OH
first by Demaree.
This looked like enough 10 win with any
KIND OF baseball luck. but the Giants des-
perate at the thought OF dropping
do,,ble-header to the lowly Reds. came
r,cb, hack in the second and pushed TWO
over Burns and Murray singled. both
were advanced on an inheld out ana
Movers delivered with single 10 right
scoring both.
/ Everything went along nicely. with the
Reds hanging on Ike grim death 70 theH
/ one-rur lead. until the sixth, when Ile
/ Giants again broke loose and tea II up
/ Snodgrass opened with hit ana meyers
| ,ollowed with another Merkle was passed
/ r,rnoselv. as he looked dangerous, bu'
/ the Red turler could not find the plate
again and Mccormick. batting FOR Dema-
rec was also passed. forcing III run
/ Then the error by Dodge aHo"eu '"o
more 10 dash home, ueing the scoIe'
Marquard was then sent 10 the H'ou''u
N save the DAY for McGraw. ana every
min vcas lovely until that awful ninth
hlew around Fletcher opened II ~
drawing a pass and took third on bu'hS =
single ON Skaters tap Fletcher was cut
dou.r a, the plate. and IT looked as II the
Reds we're going 10 get by wheh Mu' az
rolled an easy one TO Dodge VINO Jet II
get through his legs, Burns scoring win
the winning run. Murray followed inc
miscue by stealing second ana Nl'So''
soaked a single scoring "Red.
The scores follow: