New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-04
Taft. Once of Athletics.
Finds This Out to
His Cost.
THIRD DEFEAT IN A
ROW FOR BEAUMONT
Error by Meyers Lets In Lone Run
for Locals, but Chief Makes
Amends with Bat.
rBy Telegraph to Tho Tribune J


Beaumont Tex, April 3.-John Tan. a
young rght-handed pitcher, who ut one
time drew pay and advice from Connie
Mack, was unable to hold tho Giants to-
day and the National League champion
closed their performance in Beaumont
with a third straight victory. The score
was TO
Taff was combed for ten hits and the
Giants put none the less vlgor in their
blows when they remembered that he was
one OF the youngsters who travelled about
with tho Athletics during the last worlds
series. Revenge be Il ever 40 slight, ~
sweet
The Oilers were glad 10 end their spe-
cialty Of scoring one run a game against
the Giants. who bade goodby to the Tex
as League tonight and started for New
Orleans The game to-day would have
been a shutout II Chief Meyers had not
pegged into centre field with runner on
third base.
Having committed this error. the only
ono OF which the Giants were guilty.
Meyers did his best TO make McGraw for
get II. In tho same inning no tore of a
two-base hit and scored the tying run.
Then in the fourth no had the satisfac-
ton OF driving home the winning tally
and another besides with lusty triple.
Ferdinand schupp was the first OF Nc
Graw's pitchers TO go the full route, and
behaved spendidly. Tho Oilers reached
schupp for only five hits. and up 10 tho
eighth inning were limited 10 three blows.
The young lefthander struck out nine OF
the homo guard.
Murray and Snodgrass elaborated with
Meyers in producing most OF New Yorks
runs. They were on the bases twice each
and scored three of the runs. Both stole
twice. Taft had no trouble with the top
of McGraw's batting order, holding the
first four men TO a pair OF hits, but from
Merkle down they hit him hard.
The base running OF the Giants won for
them as much as their hitting They
gained much by drawing throws from the
outfleld after hits were delivered and
twice worked the double steal for scores.
The game started Ike the others with
the locals holding their own for a few
innings Beaumont scored first, but the
Giants tied in the same inning and went
ahead in the next.
In the third inning Tam started with
an infeld hit and was forced by Maloney
who advanced on wild pitch. Burgess
struck out, but Dodd scratched out an in
field hit, putting Maloney on third. On
Dodd's steal Meyers heaved the ball into
centre field, and Maloney scored
Larry Doyle made no hits to-day, but
he came near breaking up the game In the
last half of the third. with one out
Meyers doubled, and with two out Bescher
singled, scoring the Indian. Burns also
singled and stole. and walk 10 Fletcher
filled the bases. Doyle then drove Ike a
rife shot to right field, but the ball went
straight TO Burgess It was hit 80 hard
that a few feet either way would have
resulted in a cleanup.
It was Meyers again who dashed Tsifs
hopes in the fourth. With one gone Muir
ray singled and stole. He took third on
hit by Snodgrass, who promptly stole
and then Meyers drove both home with a
three base smash into left field.
Fletcher reappeared at short for tho
Giants to-day and played good game,
although his right hand Is still badly
swollen. The Giants went through long
morning practice to-day and expect 10
have another in New orleans tomorrow.
McGraw says no team OF his ever started
north better trained than this one.
The Giants will be the first National
Ieaxie team 70 meet the Federals In
battle for patronage. Joe Tinker has his
Chicago team in New Orleans. and Is
booked for games with q semi-professional
team tomorrow and Sunday. while the
Giants are doing battle with the Pei-
cans. The New Orleans club wired Nc
Graw to-day asking permission TO adj
yertise 'Rube" Marquard as to-morrow's
pitcher and that is why schupp was cent
the entire route here to-day.
The score follows: