The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-03
Standing of the Clubs.
Games Today.
Philadelphia at New York.
Brooklyn at Boston.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE Giants
won one game and the Phllies two at
the Polo Grounds today. The regular
program was an even break. The
Giants took the Quakers in the first
part of it by a score of to g. The
length and was won. to 8, by the
Phillies
The fractional game. continued
from August Both and transplanted to
New York for the last two outs. was
about three minutes long and ended
as it left off when the row broke out
in Philadelphia, to s, in favor OF
the Phillies.
McGraw used the afternoon for
tuning up purposes. For the first
game he put in a regular team OF
regulars. except that Doyle did not
play and Snodgrass was on the bench Z
He distributed the pitching between
Mathewson and Marquard. and both
standbys pitched as If in excellent
form With Matty In the Philles met
the ball with more force than they
/ did when opposed to the RUDE, but
were easy for both. The run on
Matty and one of the two off RUDE
wouldn't have been made but for
/ errors.
1
! Numerous substitute Giants played
/ in the second game and brilliancy in
/ their fielding and batting was notices
/ able.
- e.t.t-t4f. -Sres- hat faT-elaxan- hits
| and knocked out of the box and the
Giants were peppering Seaton when
| darkness stopped the second game.
Snodgrass took no chances with
| his charley horse, and of the two SUBJ
stitutes who were In center field,
! Cooper was better than Thorpe, with
considerable to spare. He was better
f on flies and handled his bat better.
Thorpe struck out three times In the
| first game. Doyle covered the Key
stone ranch in the second game One
result of his rest was that he was
| very fast on his feet, but when It
| comes 10 throwing and swinging BAT
| his injured shoulder did not permit
! him to cut loose. His swing had NOT
its usual force and he went easy on
( the throws On the left side OF the
/ diamond there were stops and throws
/ extraordinary, Shafer, Fletcher and
/ Doolan making them. The most con-
spicious of these was Fletcher He
clawed budding base hits off the
ground and out of the air. He was
a streak and devouring element.
Play is Fast
The play in general was as fast az
! a dry field would have permitted ana
this field was wet and slippery on
the grass and heavy on the paths
knabe gave the first ball Matty
pitched a hearty wallop, but Thorpe
made good catch. The next two
were soft for Matty, but in their
half the Giants got busy. On walks j
by Thorpe and Shafer and hits by
Fletcher and Burns two runs came
in. There would have been three IL
Thorpe had not been held at third
! t,h nr'- h "a
on it and seeing Cravath tumble lit out
for third. Thorpe could have saun-
tered in, but as he was held at third
Shafer was caught between bases
Lobert tied the score in the sixth. 4
He tripied. 1t wouldn't have been
much of trick for Thorpe to throw
him out at the plate on Magee's short
fly, but he scared the ball way be-
yond the plate. The Giants hit Chal~
mers and Finneran for a total of9s
eight hits in the sixth and seventh
and six more runs steamed into port.
Handicapped BY Errors.
Bunny Hearne, pitching capably.
was handicapped by two errors IN 4
the second, one by Mclean. the other \
by Doyle. Each was responsible for
a run. Hearne showed himself To- &
be an all round hustler. He made . n
nit and run and stole two bases.
There was a flaw In the New York 1
machinery in the first inning, when.
following a scramble after a bad
throw to first by Mclean. second base u
was left uncovered and Doolan stole. 5
Murray made a try for Cravath's
three Dagger in this inning which was
as sensational as many sensatioual&8
catches. He ploughed almost to the
centerfield stand. grabbed at the ball
with one hand dropped 1t while trying
to keep his feet and snatched at II
he was applauded as much as il he