New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-24
Sends Matty In to Pitch Second
Game, So Giants May Get
an Even Break.
BROOKLYN WINS THE FIRST
Homer by Wheat in the Tenth
Turns the Trick After
Battle Between Ragon
and Fromme.

terday afternoon.
Driven to a last stand. with his back
against the wall. the Little Napoleon
brought out Mathewson TO thwart the
enemy and give New York an even break
on the two games played. The first went
ten innings and was won for Brooklyn
by Zach Wheat. who lifted the ball into
the upper right field stand for a home
run. The scores were TO > and TO l.
The Giants lost ground on the day $
work. for the Phillies defeated Boston
and increased their lead TO four full
games
The first encounter was a pitchers bat
tie between Pat Ragon and Arthur
Fromme, and the honors were about TO
"a 10 Brooklyn when Larry Doyle came
to bat with one out in the ninth inning
and planted the sphere in the right field
stands for a home run. teing the score.
But Wheat had something better up his
sleeve and waited until Stengel had
drawn a pass with one gone in the tenth
before he unbuckled his circuit clout
which netted two runs and sewed up the
victory.
otis Crandan. who succeeded Fromme
when Mccormick batted in the eighth
was pitching at the time. The Indiana
farmer was found for just this one hit
but it was a clinchcr when it finally
came.
The result If the second game was never
In doubt after Matty had shown that he
was I'm form by retiring the side on five
Eref 4rf1i
Superbas never scored until the Giants
had tucked away five runs in the bank
Cutshaw opened the ninth with a triple
10 left field and Tailed the only run on
an out. The New York twirler kept the
eight hits he allowed we'll scattered and
carefully omitted 10 pass any one TO first
His support was excellent, Shafer hand
ling ten chances at third with birdlike
grace. while Larry Doyle accepted seven
dawlessly.
curtis pitched good ball over the first
seven innings. although he had a streak
Of wiIdness in the fifth, when hit bats
man. a safety and a pass filled the bags,
only TO have Larry Doyle draw free
transportation and force in run. A
couple of hits were punched with stolen
base in the fourth for the only other
tally made during Curtis's reign. He was
found for five safeties in all. Hummel
batted for him in the eighth, and Ying-
ling. the southpaw, twirled the last
frame. A trife unsteady himself. his
support cracked behind him. three hits
and three errors giving the Giants three
runs.
Ragon did some exceptionally brilliant
work i'm the first game. and although the
Giants fattened their averages with nine
hits off his sharp breaking. curves they
were too widely separated as a rule TO
be of much account. II took all of three
in the fourth to manufacture one puhy
counter. Even after Doyle had sounded
the battle cry with his home run IN the
ninth and Merkle had answered with a
double TO left Murray struck out with
chance to win the game in front OF him.
Meyers. OF course, was purposely passed.
and Snodgrass lifted to Wheat for the
third out. Ragon famed six men and
passed three.
Fromme was all that could be desired
In the box. holding the Superb TO seven
hits during the eight innings he pitched
Two hits and a pass gave Brooklyn
run in the third, but the second counter
tailed was largely in the nature OF a
gift. With one out Moran singled and
was trapped off first by Fromme, but
NJ Fletcher let Merkle's low throw get
)I through him and the runner went TO
y third. There he remained while Cutshaw
hit to Merkle for what should have been
the third out Then Stengel came
through with a timely single bringing
Moran home. Fromme gave only two
passes.
4 crowd Of nearly twenty thousand
turned out TO see the bargain day at
tracton-unusual for a Monday, The
lower grandstand was packed TO ca
pacity. while the bleachers were half
filled. There was a large representation
in the upper tier Of the stands as we'll
a goodly proportion Of the fans were
OF the Brooklyn persuasion. and made
themselves heard with vehemence from
time 10 time, especially during the first
game.
The visitors started the scoring in the
opener. With one out. Moran singled 10
left and advanced to second as Shafer
tossed out Cutshaw. Stengel drew pass
and Zach Wheat made the first Of three
hits. a single over Larry Doye's head
bringing Moran home. Daubert lifted TO
Burns. New York tied ii up with one
gone in the fourth Shafer started of
with a sharp single 10 centre, and went
10 third on Fletchers smash, which
Smith kicked into left field Doyle
popped to Fisher but Merkle was good
for a hit to centre. which brought Shafer
home. Murray forced Merkle at second.
After Ragan had famed In the fifth
Moran got a scratch hit down the third
base line He was caught off first but
went to third on Merkle's peg, which
got through Fletcher at second Stengel
singled 70 right. scoring Moran. Although
Wheat followed along with a double Dau-
bert lifted to Snodgrass Doyle's home
run in the ninth tied the score again,
and then Wheat ended the argument with
a circuit clout in the tenth after Stengel
had been passed
The Giants had almost a monopoly on
scoring IN the second game starting their
work I'm the fourth inning. Fletcher
famed. but Doyle beat out a bunt and
stole second Merkle contributed the first
OF three successive strke-outs at this
point, but Murray cracked a single TO left.
scoring Doyle Snodgrass was hit at the
beginning OF the fifth. only 10 be forced
At second by Matty. Cutshaw had no
trouble 10 handling Burns's grounder.
Then Shafer walked and Smith slipped
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