New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-15
GIANTS SWING BAL,
BUT CUBS GET RUNS
McGraw's Men Tally Fourteen
Hits to Safe Territory
and Fail to Score.
RUNNERS CAUGHT ON BASES
Marquard Poorly Supported
and Yields to Fromme, Who
Is Stampeded in the
Eighth Inning.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune.I

Chicago. Sent. 1.-THE Giants and CUBS
had a regular oldtime fuss out at the
West Side this afternoon before the DIE
gest crowd of the season. and the Cups
gained n victory in one of the weirdest
and most incomprehensble combats III
years. The score was to 0.
McGraw's coming champions HIT inc
hall like fury and didn't do another
worthy thing all the afternoon. Four
teen times they landed the ball 10 sale
territory, and yet never scored rum
They were helped. too, by one error ou',
aside from swatting the ball. they looked
like a lot Of helpless amateurs in strange
surroundings.
The Cubs got only ten hits, all told ana
most OF them at the finish Of the game.
Opposed 10 Cheney was "Rube' Mar
guard. the celebrated pitcher "Ruoe
was deprived of added fame only because
HIS mates fell down so miserably on the
bases. When they should have had lead
OF about five runs in the middle or ire
game they hadn't a single tally. ana
"Rube's" desperate labor TO suppress the
Cubs was all wasted.
Marquard chucked the Job in the hfth
inning. and Art Fromme, the well known
traveller, took the job. Against him the
Cubs stampeded in the eighth and drove
four men home, clinching the victory.
Daring base running killed the chances
Of the Giants. Base stealing and the hit
and run play didn't work once, and yet
McGraw had his frisky champions pulling
these things all the time.
They began it in the first inning. when
Snodgrass opened the game with a single.
lie went down on the first or second ball
pitched. and was nailed at second by
Archer. In that same round Fletcher got
a single. but II did no good then.
Burns opened the second round with a
line single TO left field. The ball went
straight TO Schultz. and Schultz plucked
II perfectly on about the second bound.
and yet for some unexplainable reason.
Burns tried 10 make a double OF the hit.
Schultz pegged him out at second by
abott thirty feet TWO singles followed
that play. In the third inning the Giants
GOT the bases filed. with one out. and
then Burns and Shafer famed. the former
taking his third swing at a bad ball and
the latter standing stone still and letting
the third strike go over the middle.
In the sixth inning Shafer led off with
a single and almost Immediately dashed
for second base. Cheney had guessed as
much and turned and shot to Safer.
catching Shafcr on the 80.
The base running of the Giants was
funny enough. but was surpassed by the
antics OF Evers and the umpires. While
Archer was putting on his mask Safer
rolled the ball TO Evers and John rubbed
Il In the grass. Riger. the umpire,
promptly called for the ball and tossed
new one out 10 the pitcher Evers
rushed In 10 the home plate with the
dirty ball I'm his hand and tried 10 show
Rigler that he hadn't soiled It. This
naturally made the umpire mad. and he
said the nice. new. clean ball would have
70 20 I'm the game. Evers then hurled
tho sollcd ball over the grandstand out
into tho street. and for that was put out
Of the game