New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10
Giants Drive Packard from Box
in Early Frames and
Get Big Lead.
LARRY M'LEAN IN ACTION
Poles Out Brace of Hits and
Catches to Perfection in His
Initial Appearance in
! New York Uniform.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Cincinnati, Aug. 9-With Christy Ma.
thewson in the box, the Giants had little
difficulty in defeating the Reds here this
afternoon Matty was quite as effective
AS he always has been against the Reds,
and with the team behind him clouting
the ball TO all corners of the lot. run
ming the bases cleyerly and taking ad-
vantage of every error. New York
marched off with the honors by score
Of II to O. Matty found 1t necessary to
labor for only seven innings, leaving the
task of subduing any further outbreaks
to old George Wiltse. who allowed three
hits and one run in the two frames he
pitched.
Matty was almost invincible, and had
Il not been for streak Of wildness, I'M
accountable in Matty. the Reds would
not have scored on him. In the second
inning he issued two bases on balls and
allowed two hits, which drove home one
run. Piqued at his own performance
Matty laid himself out 10 do some OF his
usual pitching. and scoring possibilities
were pretty we'll kept from Cincinnatrs
way.
Joe Tinker placed his faith in Eugene
Packard, the young southpaw. In three
innings Packard was touched up FOR
eight hits and allowed one base on balls
couple OF errors thrown in gave the
Giants eight runs and fair working ad.
vantage on the game Herbert, who sue
ceeded Packard, was a distinct improve
ment, but the Giants were satisfied and
~ 10 "a 1or1
Larry Mclean reported 10 McGraw
this afternoon and handled the delivery
OF Mathewson to perfection. Bubbling
with good humor at the idea OF catching
in worlds series, Larry shone at his
best. He stood in with couple Of well
placed wallops which drove home three
runs for his new team. The Reds stole
three bases, but the thefts were made at
a time when victory was assured, and
Larry made no real effort to head the
runners off Later he retired, making
room for Grover Hartley.
The Reds played wretched ball behind
the pitchers. Berghammer had nine
chances and made a mess Of four. No
fewer than three OF these came in the
third inning. and helped the Giants to a
couple of runs which were not really
deserved Jimmy Sheckard got an error
out Of his system which also figured in
the scoring Of run or two. Bob Bescher,
however, made a clever capture Of a ter
rife lift off the bat of Fred Merkle, de-
priying him Of a sure home run. The
Giants, on tho other hand, played fast
| ball
Little Heinie Groh was in the thick Of
the fray, handling no fewer than seven
chances correctly some Of which bor-
dered on the spectacular. AT bat he plucked
three hits. two Of which were doubles.
lie was the only man on the Reds who
got more than one hit.
Herzog, Snodgrass, Mclean and Matty
shared the honors at bat for the Giants
with two hits each. The Giants scored
three runs in the second inning on
single by Doyle to right. pass 10 Merkle
which was followed in rapid fire order by
Snodgrass and Mclean along with poor
play by King, who escaped being charged
with an error.
In the third inning Packard allowed
five hits, which included doubles by
Fletcher and Snodgrass. singles by Her
zog, Mclean and Murray, along with
three atrocous errors by Berghammer'
This mixture scored five runs and made
the game safe. More runs were added az
intervals, but they were unnecessary.
The score follows: