New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-02
Giants Win When big Six"
Casts His Magic Spell
Over Chicago Team.
ALLOWS ONLY FIVE HITS
Arthur Fletcher Plays Brilliant
Game and Strikes Some
Mighty Blows for the
Cause Of New York.
~ telegraph to The Tribune. ]

mcined fo~ Christy Nathewson TO de-
liver the Giants from the darkness OF
TIE nigh: and restore them to winning
ways Aftor two successive drubbings
the hands of the Chicago cubs, the
cha -npicns turned and. with the grand
old veteran in the lists, won by score
OF 3 to =. Incidentally il was Matty's
nineteenth victory Of the season lie
he's appeared in twenty-seven games in
all and has been defeated only five
times.
IN his own w!zardlike manner, Big
Six extracted the fansS OF the Bruins
The cubs we're ahle TO do little more
than g-owl. and this was decidedly in
sufficient Matty allowed only five hits,
and even carried his nbcrality TO the eX-
IRENE Of letting the Cubs insert two of
the aforementioned quintet in the first
frame. which produced a run and placed
Chicago in possession Of a temporary
lead Matty made his annual wild pitch
in the seventh inning, and then allowed
another hit These breaches, followed
by Skaters error. gave the Bruins an
other run.
The Cubs got ten men on bases in all;
FIVE arrived there on hits, two more on
errors. one Of which was made by Matty,
while thee got on by grace of fielders'
options. Tho big fellow was AT his best
in the pinchcs, and when he really laid
himself out 20 pitch the chances Of Chi
cago melted like snowflakes in the
sun, and five Of the white clad runners
languished OF the lines.
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thur Fletcher. and seldom has the Col
linsville lad showed to better advantage.
He was a terror with the bat, and in I'VE
trips to the plate tore of a double and
three singles. He drove home one run
and scored two himself incidentally.
he stole two bases, and shortly after his
second larceny tailed the run which
put the Giants in final possession Of the
lead. In the field, too. Fletcher was a
thorn in the sides of the Cubs, and a
few of his nine chances were Of the
run killing variety
Fletcher, however. was not alone in
his glory. The entire New York team
was evidently imbued with the desire
to sweep the Cubs Off the face Of the
earth, and played the game right up TO
the handle. Jack Murray, he OF the
crimson crest. delayed his stellar con-
tributicn until the fifth inning, when
Roger Bresnahan slashed a neat look
ing wallop into right field. Low DER the
in7eld scared the ball, hit written all
over il. Murray. however came dash
ing up and. reaching low as he ran.
pulled il right out of the daisies. not
four inches above the ground. Right
then and there the Chicago chapter of
porch climbers voted him in. HerZog,
Merkle and Shafer were also in the
centre of the stage.
The deeds of the Giants were by no
means confined TO the defensive opera
tons. Fully equipped with a large as
sortment Of mems sized bats and a set Of
keen eyes. they went right after the
offerings OF one 3. HUMPHREYS. an erst-
while Cincinnati player. and caused him
10 wind up his stay along about the
eighth inning While he remained on
the rubber seven perfectly good hits were
made by the visiting host arranged with
a well formed idea for sequence. At the
time of his demise the score stood TO
., and Earl Moore. Of crossfire delivery
and Giantkiling fame, appeared in the
mid distance. threatening dire things. 1t
was not long before Moore was inclined
TO think that it was not his day for a
chain Of circumstances. which included
a brace Of perfectly good hits and an
error, not so good scored two runs. and
made a sure thing the more certain.
The Bruins We're first 10 score In the
first inning. after Leach had died. Evers
singled 10 centre. and while he stood on
first breathing gems to Merkle. Schultz
broke up the confab with a resoundinS
whack to right centre that went for a
double and scored Evers. 1t was not long.
however. before the Giants trod the run
paths. Two hands were down in the sec
ond when Murray beat out a roller to
deepest short. and moment later Jack
slid into second base. arriving safely after
q neat steal. Rising in the pinch, Chief
Meyers shot a neat little single to right
field. and Murray dented the plate with
the run which tied the score.
Thus encouraged the Giants forged
ahead in the fourth inning. putting over
another counter Fletcher opened with a
double TO left and sprinted to third as
Herzog was thrown out at first. Arthur
tailed on a single by Merkle. In due
course Murray and Snodgrass walked
filing the bases. only two were down
and Matty flied out weakly, ending the
inning Safer was safe on an error by
Shafer i'm the seventh inning, and he
took third on a wild pitch by Matty. He
counted the tieng run on Mitchell's sim
gle. In the eighth. Fletcher's single, his
steal Of second and Merkle's triple put the
Giants in the lead. and with Moore pitch
ing in the ninth, singles by Meyers and
Fletcher. an error by Bridwell and an out
scored two more.