New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-13
Get Off to Good Start and
Capture Rather Feature
less Game Easily.
SERIES NETS A TIDY
SUM FOR PLAYERS
Pitching of Fromme and Catches
of Peck" Draw Applause
from Big Crowd.


champions of the National League,
loom up as champions Of this city, az
any rate. In the presence OF 1890
fans, and the absence OF their leader,
the cohorts of McGraw defeaged the
Yankees at the Polo Grounds yester-
day afternoon. The game was one
sided and with few outstanding feat
ures. When stakes were drawn for tho
day the score stood at 8 to /. The
Giants have won three of the four
games played, and a victory for them
this afternoon will end the series and
clnch the winners share of the money.
Just so far as the gate receipts are
concerned the interest of the players IN
the series eude- when Bob Bsschcr
pulled down I'd Sweeney's drive In LETT
field. The will divide 90 per cent OF
the gross receipts of the first four
games after 10 per cent has been de-
Quoted for the National Commission.
This amounts TO sl5,S96 81. or this
amount the team which wins will divide
S9,337 81. Should the Giants triumph,
and IL seems certain that they will, the
money will be divided between twenty
seven men. Each Will receive s54o 81.
If the Yankees turn the tide, twenty
two players will share the profits, with
each drawing down S42i 20.
The total receipts Of the game TO-
day and any which may follow will be
divided evenly between the clubs. Up
TO date, the share Of the clubs amounts
to SlO.597 20, while the National Com
missions share amounts to S2,943 70.
The balmy Indian summer afternoon
drew out l0040 spectators, the largest
crowd that has gathered 70 see the
teams play in this series thus far. The
total receipts were Sl0,665 20. OF this
the PLAYERS received $3.50 %, the clubs
S3,o39 81, and the National Commits
sion profted 10 the extent Of $1,000 o..
The new lease on major league life
which Arthur Fromme has taken -
evidently for a long term Of years.
lie won favor with the crowd by pitch.
ing quite the best game OF any o.
McGraw's twirlers IN this epic strug-
gle for city honors. lie allowed only
I'VE hits, and after the fourth inning
he unloosed variety of tipping
fully jumbed that nary Yankee
rounded third base. In fact, only Two
hits found their way into safe tern.
tory after the fourth. Both happened
in the fifth, but a force-out and
double play nullihed their value.
The Yankees plunged boldly into the
scoring game in the fourth inning.
Cree flied to Larry Doyle, Charley Nul-
lin coaxed a pass away from FroInme
and took second, while Pecklnpsrgh
died at first on a tap 70 the box
Sweeney singled to centre. driving
Mullen home. Thereafter the Amer
can League men played thinking
Roger Peckinpaugh furnished the
major part OF the fielding pyrotechnics.
In the fifth inning Peck made fine
stop Of Fred Merkle's smash TO deep
shortstop, and by a wonderful throw
retired him al first base. Later, in the
fol lowing frame, to be exact, Peck set
the crowd cheering by fine one
handed catch Of rather poor throw
rom Sweeney and getting Grant al
second.
Grant singled. scoring Fletcher. and
tried t. make second on Cree's throw
TO tho plate. Sweeney. however, threw
down 10 Peck, who, clawing for the
hall. got the runner by shade. Bob
Bescher raced to TIE fence TO rake IL
r long drive from birdie Cree, and the
crowd thought well Of the play.
Being successful chorister and n
successful major league pitcher are
two separate and distinct things. Marty
NcHale discovered this to ms dlsmay.
They say that Marty can ease OIL dis
cords at most any old time. He went
I'm 10 pitch Tor the Yankees yesterday,
but mis- arm was not IN tune. After
tive hits had produced four runs Peck
yodolled something about trip 20 the
clubhouse. and Marty went on vs. way.
Raw Heating, in a red shirt, then en-
tered the contest. He quit IN the sew
cnth, and Cole finished the game m
style.
The Giants. the visitors" for the
afternoon. played in their dark graz
suits. This. however, did not prevent
them getting busy on scoring propose
tions early in the fray. Fletcher SIN,
qled in the second inning and rounded
.bird ON a double by Snodgrass. lie
couoted on long ny by Grant, Doyle
taking third and registering himself
or Merklc's boost TO Cree.
In the fourth another run counted,
thanks 10 McHalc. Burns was passed,
and Fletcher died on an inheld pop.
Rurns reached second on passed ball.
Grant singled 10 centre, and Burns
scored. ID seemed as II Cree's perfect
throw would surely get Burns, but
NcHale intercepted il. Grant was run
out on the play
Fromme's triple to right and Bosch .
er's single 10 the same pasture scored
run for the Giants in the fifth, while
i'm the sixth. with Heating pitching,
Fletcher singled and easily stole sec
ond. Sweeney making d wierd throw.
Grant singled. scoring Fletcher, but
died himself. Cree TO Sweeney 10 Peck.
In the seventh Meyers singled, took
second when Kea.lng's throw OF
Fromme's tap was vDid, and scored on
Doyle's single 70 leit.