New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-26
lone VICTORY BEST
| THE GIANTS CAN Do
Braves, with Two Home Runs
Capture the Second Game
of Double Header.
DEMAREE IN ACME OF FORM
Almost Scores a Shut-Out in
First Set-to - Vanguard
Eases Up Just a Little
Too Soon.

The kew 10 the double-header situation
seems lost by the Giants. The second ono
OF the week was divided again at the
Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon, when
the Boston Braves. after losing seven in
row. came through with a triumph over
'Rube" Marquard. AL Demaree had no
trouble at all in setting New York right
In the opening argument, but the SOUTH
paw failed to sustain the high average,
and a half game of ground was loS I"
the Phillies on the days work. New
York won The first game by score OF 10
! and loss the SECOND with the count 10 o.
Demaree was the acme Of form In the
opener. holding Boston runless for eight
innings andpetting them scatter hVe mus
through the entire nine frames. He would
have forced a man at third and shut out
the visitors in the last frame had ne
tossed 70 Shafer instead Of Merkle on
Titus's tap. A run leaked over the plate
by the way Of a sacrifice fly because OF
this Lapse. but the tide of battle was IN
no way changed. AL showed that ne still
had a lot of stuff left by tanning Briscoe
Lord. who was acting as pinch nitter'
for the third out.
Dick Rudolph, who was tried by NC
Graw several times and found wanting
was pounded hard by the home team lie
cracked badly in the sixth, when sna1er
started a rally with home run into the
right field stands. He finished the game
with n record Of allowing nine hits, three
Of which went TO Fred Merkle, while
shafer and Fletcher made two apiece.
Hub Perdue came through with the me
brand of pitching which he can be DE-
pended upon 10 show against the Giants
every so often. In the second frame the
home team punched three Of its six mus
Cor ,byse runs. "Rube" Marquard smash
ING ont a timely single, which brought TWO
men across the plate. After delivering
This blow "Rube" evidently thought ne
could hand Boston few counters Win
safety. but the Braves went further than
he expected when he eased up.
brace OF home runs tied the score.
prown opensd the inning with smash
into the left field bleachers and ai'er
Maranville had singled, Briscoe Loru
nut the ball into the right hello stanus.
Narouard frightened up after that ana
held the Braves TO three hits In the next
six innings but an error by Larry Doyle
a. Naranville's grounder in the eighth
stolen base. an out and Smiths single
brought in the winning run for Boston
The Giants had a chance TO tie II up
again in the last half of the same frame
when Mccormick. batting for Burns
singled 70 right and Shafer beat out an
;neeld hit. Fletcher in attempting 10
sacrifice popped to Perdue, while Doyle
and Merkle lifted TO the outheld' IL was
one. two. three in the ninth.
Ouieley. a new umpire from the Inter
national League, was tried out nehlno the
plate in the first game, Bill Klein sue
oeeding him in the second. Quigleys WORK
was not above suspicion at times ana
,he fans" voiced their disapproval oc-
casionaliy: but on the whole he did fairly
we'll
The Giants first run in the first game
came as the result Of single by Shater
and a double by Merkle. Shafer's home
run. Fletcher's double, Sweeney's error
on DOYLE. Merkles single and double
steal. on which the New York second
baseman made a fine slide across the
Mate. gave New York three in the sixth.
Burns's safety, his steal Of second apd
Fletcher's hit added another in the
seventh. Connolly opened the ninth for
Boston with a hit while Sweeney drew a
pass. Titus raped TO Demaree and was
u thrown out at first both runners on the
bags advancing a base. Mcdonald was
hit, filing all stations. and Mann lifted a
sacrifice fly to Burns, scoring Connolly.
With one out in the second inning OF
the second game, Merkle singled and
counted on Arurray's double. Meyers
drew a pass and Snodgrass smashed out
sacrifice fly. advancing Murray and
Meyers, so that they scored on Mar
guards single Home runs by Brown
and Lord. with Maranville's single, gave
Boston three in the third. Doyle's error
on Meanwhile. a stolen base and Smiths
single brought in the winning run In the
eighth.
The score follows:
FIRST GAME.