New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17

SIy ERRORS BY VISITORS
v.ttv Gives First Base on Balls
Since April 17-Fletcher
Makes Four Hits.

ooid bad Pirates who drifted rud-
- so long only 10 be pointed pen
ord BY the great Dutch skipper
- the weather hit thick at the
~ Grounds yesterday afternoon. FREE
~, SQUALLS were encountered and lot
.,er was shipped. the craft leaking
H., a. times. so that the Giants under
- General direction of Mathewson were
I'd. ~ nut away a. neat victory by
~ 10 l. Thus was their tenure
:, ,bird place made more secure. as both
". c,,bs and Cardinals lost.
v,r York got away 10 a flying start at
-. ,vnense Of Marty O'Toole. helped by
-. saffron fielding. The expensive
p..bprgh pitcher was a victim Of cir
..s,snoes. He allowed only four hits
q. ~. first two innings but the Giants
....,ysd dividends in the shape Of five
-,,s on their investment This was
,.,ssv due 10 four errors, which cropped
81, a, points where they were most e.
,..,,ve. O'Toole was unable to with
,,.ns this treatment. and Cooper A
,,,,bnaw Of no small merit succeeded
Am The latter worked along smoothly.
,,.ning seven hits well scattered over
sr, innings. but retired to let Hyatt
70, out a home run FOR him in the
,sb,h leaving old Howard Camnitz to
irish up.
Aside from giving his first base on
halls since April Il. the first seven innings
q, Msthewson's work were purely rou-
s,s ana uneventfW. A couple OF two
base hits snesked by Herzog in the first
frame. netting a run. and during the mix
IN Mattv cut loose with his annual wild
mich Then the Pirates jud!ciously
g-ayed four hits over the next six
innings. getting only one man to sec
ord base.
The Buccaneers had a surprise waiting
for Mstty in the eighth. however. when
SIX safeties were punched for three runs.
which formed mighty meagre harvest
ron massive lot Of hitting Hyatt's
homer and the next three safeties were
an clean. Both Wagner and Miller got 10
first however. on scratchv inield bingles
before Ma,ty put on the brakes. forcing
Wilson to lift 10 Fletcher and striking
out Byrne in the last frame he famed
Kelley and Hoffman the latter batting
for Camnitz, while Mensor hit 10 Fetch
e. Il was brilliant recovery.
Arthur Fletcher forged to the front in
Impressive style during the afternoon.
Perhaps he felt some relief at the thought
hat Shsfer was not there 10 take his
,oe nom him at the first slump. He made
four HIS in as many times at bat,
ard got on base a fifth time when
oToole threw wild on his sacrifice bunt.
He stole three bases and handled five
dances without an error. His only bad
20 Of work occurred in the fourth. when
3 failed TO slide into third TO beat Men
sfs toss to Byrne
DtYore was in Shafer's place in centre
ed and played good game on the Of
'saes. He got to first three times and
'oFed two runs besides stealing base
hs only hit single to rksht was made
'1 The southpaw Coop4t. and conse
t1'hty was source Of much content
A'ni TO Josh. Larry Doyle played a
'ldSAng game in the field. contributing
= snare Of the errorless support which
Ns'y received The fielding OF the
males was miserable. Wagner himself
''s guilty Of two Of their six errors.
Aslys throwing TO second was wretched.
Gums scratched a hit through Hyatt
START the scoring for the Giants. and
Ds'ore drew pass O'Toole made a wild
Hss'e OF Fletcher's sacrifice bunt, Burns
s''hs ard Devore going 10 third. DOYLE
Hpped to Miller. and Devore delayed his
,'nse until Fletcher could take third and
O0''e second. Murray hit to Wagner.
,Ae MADE perfect throw 10 Kelley. but
' ~ler lei the sphere roll through him,
,r~ner scoring While the catcher was
-'1Vsiateiy retrieving the ball. Doyle
we nome under his nose and scored with
BEAUTIFUL slide
S.'s opened the second with a single.
Us Devore got lift on Nioxs error.
'"her beat out hunt filing the bags.
ses sacrifice Nv brought Burns home,
-. Murrays sacrifice put Devore on
.@ 50 that he scored on double steal
~ fletcher. Josh and the shortstop
'a.nouted two hits and a double steal
we fourth for another run. while Mer-
ss double and Meyers's single in the
-sa added another
pDOa0les by Niox and Wagner gave the
sues run in the first That was all
49,, Hyatt batting for Cooper in the
n' put the ball in the right field
s.ss .S Aensor singled to right and Carey
s-''u 70 left, Mensor being thrown out
Ing 10 take third. Carey came home
49,, 0As sharp single 10 centre. With
~. play in sight. Wagner hit
49, TO Doyle which Jumped the sec
n,., ''semans shoulder. putting Viox on
.. Niller's rap was TOO hard for Her
ma. handle and Viox scored Then
s,s 'a hfted TO Fletcher and Byrne
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