New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-13
GIANTS DEFEAT CUBS
AND SKATER A INK
Lurid Lew Richie Loses His
Charm and Gives Up in
Utter Disgust.
MATTY SAME OLD MASTER
Allows Three Hits and Goes
Another Nine Innings With
out Giving a Single Free
Pass to First.

k4NlIQ Lou tNifN4f ia N't'''
conclusion that the present race III we
National League is one Of the most pc
ci,iiar ne ever saw. Lou is one OF those
uitcbers whom the Giants have MADE
famous like Coveleskie Keefe. Phestef
and the rest Of that select coterie' WAo
could always beat the clan McGrd"'
Lon is not bad sort. as pitchers GO ou'
there are a lot better. and he mas uee'
able 10 draw down a fat stipend from
the Chicago club for two seasons because
of his unusual success in battling Ne"
York
Lou never bothers TO burnish up MS
curves much when he faces Mc"r""
nine All he does is put the bali over ne
Mate. and the Giants do the rest ne
has dome little work this season. not
,,inr I'm condition. but naturally this d
NOT deter him from hooking mp WIN
Nathewson al the Polo Grounds Nesl'i
day afternoon. lie was knocked out q
the box in five innings. strange To say
and thcreupon declared that things Ia
come 10 pretty pass when he had 10
have something ON the ball IN orde' "
heat the Giants The score was 10 a.
with the Giants on the big end TINS uln'
Richie had an The assurance Oh
,birtv-third degree ink whose sptH never
fails. for he bucked night up aSai"s
Matty without giving the slightest iho'''
lion 81 worry as O. the ultimate result
BUT Christy is devotiug considerable ''-
,.,tlon this spring Go the Staying OF jlnAe9
and hoodoos and the removal 'i an IND
,..toerta to "a successful pcnnaut JunNe'
uy the Giants
iie settled to the business al mana
terdsv With such zeal that when me- "
ished only wasted. fral ana ""Ne''ns
wrath remained of what was consider "
fo o., the finest specimen Of IN" genus
HrN known to modern baseball science
After dismissing Richie with ten mus
and two passes in five innings. the me'"
ods pursued hy the great master III
d,tring the dismissal furnish tood lot
meditation one day about a mon'h aso
Nisttv gave base on balls. 40" th'S
hsrpened no one seems 90 know. hut i3oS
tom was the scene Of the catastrophe on
Apru NJ. big Six has pitched I'VE
games since then. one ~ them tht''e"'
inning affair. and not pass 10 hrst mas
narred his record. Foriy-seven innings
az rerfoct control is the mark which the
Great twirler set when he completed the
mine innings AT the Polo Grounds yester-
day afternoon.
Accompanying this absolute command
of the sphere were few twists anu
,lrhcues which mystlned the CUBS even
to the mighty Zimmerman himself, "h"
was back 200 the lineup. 80 tnat ohF
three hits were made by the visitors
Il,lnie singled IN the seventh. but went
su the way around when the ball
SKINNED through Skaters legs. but he
famed in the ninth for the last oIt OF
tho game Except for Shafer's error the
cubs would not have scored. Only hVe
. reached first. three on hits and two
ON mi-plays made by Fletcher AT short
\ distressing incident occurred In the
fourth inning Johnny Evers. the well
srown second baseman and manager
crossed Al Orth. tte equally well known
umpire. Al Is nj easily crossed, as a
general rule. bat Johnny has a few choice
phrases calculated TO rufie the studied
calm OF Marcus Aurclius. So when II
came 10 pass that smiling Al ruled
EnHffT OUT NIfU All' lhNA'l 'N'i' '''
and changed his decision after realizing
that Arthur had sid under Rridwelf'
outstrctched arms Evers considered the
uroffercd text suited TO a little discourse
: rollickiug threc-base hit 10y "Bil
chief Meyers in the fourth innini
broke the back Of the Richie jinX. which
was working n capital form up TO tina
time The first two innings had the ear
marks Of the hoodoo. Two hits and
mass in the first filed the bags, with on
~, and vet no runs were scored, while ;
hit and a pass in the second put two on
and stnl Richie weathered the storm
The fourth however. was of a differen
hue. Merkle dropped a lucky two-bas'
hit into left field a short fly falling safely
because Mitchell was playing deep for the
smuggling FIRST baseman. Herzog at
tempted a sacrifice and the ball SKINNED
through Safer and Richie for hit
Thereupon Meyers popped the ball t.
loft centre for three bases. scornI
Mcrklc and Herzog. Matty and Burns
knocked up easy flies. but Shafer lined z
single 10 right. scoring the "Chief" Ar
thur stole second. and thus made The
casus belli between Evers and Orth. Their
Fletcher was thrown out by Bridwell.
Doyle opened the fifth with double
down the third base line. and took SECOND
on Murrays sacrifice, crossing the plate
when Merkle lifted long fly to Mitchell
Herzog bounced a hit off the right felC
wall. and got home before Goode had re-
covered the elusive sphere. Charlie
would have been out at the plate haC
Safer made a perfect throw TO Archer
when the ball was relayed TO the infeld
but the Chicago catcher missed il an(
stood in the base line when Herzog came
home The latter tried TO dislodge Archer
with disastrous effects. as he fell to the
ground and lay prone several seconds
before arising and touching the plate.
Clymer batted for Richie in the sixtl
and Lefty" Leiheld finished the game
retiring the side in order in the last three
frames and not allowing a hit
NEW YORK CHICAGO
abr pc ae abrh 20
Ulrns H. 80 2 o. Miller. e.. 40f 0
Shafer cf 40 . 0 Evfrs 20. 200
r-t.,.bor pheiap On 200 |