New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
GIANTS DEFEAT AUSTIN
BY ONE-S|DED SCORE
Mathewson and Ames Pitch,
the Formers Errors Allowing
Texans Two Runs.
RED SHOWS TO ADVANTAGE
Raw Wind Defects Ball, ana
Fielders Are Lucky to Judge
Flies with Any Degree
Of Accuracy.

From a staG Correspondent Of The Tribune
Austin. Tex. March 15.-In spite of
INV cold gale which blew long flies into
extra base hits and made fielding more
matter Of luck than of skill. the Giants
succeeded in defeating the Austin team
of the Texas League here to-day by q
score Of II to ..
The weather was suited for anything
but baseball This. however, did not de-
ter McGraw from leading ont his min
ions. because. as ne says. the game can
rot be played in parlor, and team
.hould be ready TO meet any conditions
Nathcwson was sent to the firing line
for the first five innings and the only
runs made by the local team were scored
during his reign. These were led up to by
the errors of the old master himself. who
fumbled a hunt in one instance and made
d wild throw 10 second to force a runner
I'm another with the result that players
came home who would otherwise have
fingered on the paths until the side had
been retired.
The gale numhed the fingers Of the men,
SO that Matty had some excuse to offer
for his misdeeds The big star allowed the
Austin team to scatter six hits through
five innings and struck out four men,
Rrainard, the Austin first basoman, fam
not O. a
pass
Red" AmCs. who succeeded him, was
well-nigh invinciblc, as the home team
could gather only three paltry singles in
four frames off the blonde pitchers Offer
ing Ames is cJltvatns pretty fair
sort Of spit5all this spring. Ills control
was excellent. as no iasscs will testify,
while three men took three lusty swings
apicce ~ his lenders AMI retired u the
bench II wa, just the sort of day that
Amos likes. as fer as temperature goes,
but wind and dust are no iavoiitcs with
him or any one else.
McGraw used all the players that ne
carried with him during the game except
JcN Tcsroau Fred Snodgrass was
brought along at the last minute, and
took mp his place in centre field, Josh
Dcvorc being benchod i'm favor of Burns.
who held to the berth i'm left field. Josh,
however. broke into the game in the fifth
inning as shortstop, Tllie Shafer ind
ing the conditions unsuited TO his best
work.
Dcvore looked well as a shortstop, as
lar as any one could tell. lie had only
one chance. and that was short fly to
left field. which he ran out and grabbed
with exceptional facility. His first and
only time at bat produced a long three
base drive to right field. which looked
pretty big alongside OF the infield hit
which his rival Burns. made in four
times w. Snodgrass. who has spent the
last four days ON train. struck out the
first time ne came up. but singled on his
second trip and walked later in the game.
The Giants found the curves of Ashton,
Flanagan and Battorff who pitched three
innings each. for seventeen hits. Every
member of the team, with the exception
Of Matty. took part in the carnage, Larry
Doyle ana Jack Murray sailing away
three safeties apiece, while Chief Meyers
picked up two in three times at bat. Even
leon Ames forgot himself and hammered
triple to the right field fence on one
occasion.
The big team could have made its hits
count for much more. but it was 50 cold
that they ran bases rccklessly in order
10 hurry up the game. They found time
10 steal seven bases and called il good
Gays work The Giants left here for san
Antonio early in the evening. where
game will be played tomorrow after
roon. while the second team viii visit
Austin for battle.
The score follows.