New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-28
"Old Master" Wins Second
Game in Two Days
for the Giants.
M'GRAW'S PLAYERS
START FOR HOME
Sacrifice Flies Prove Useful IN
Manufacturing a Victory
Against Chicago.
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Chicago. MAY g-Christy Mathewson
won his second game within two days
against the cubs here this afternoon.
The old Master was called upon yester-
dav 10 save gruelling battle from Chi
cage. but he seemed none the worse Tor
his lack Of rest to-day
Chicago scored but one run from aim
in the second inning. but from that time
on he held the enemy in check. allowing
only six hits The game was the third
and decisive one of the series. and the
Giants took il by a score of TO !.
The contest to-day brought to an end
The first invasion Of the West by the
Giants. McGraw expressed himself well
satisfied with the showing of his men,
particularly In view of the fact that the
team has been handicapped by injuries
The Giants won two series and divided
two others, winning nine games in all
and losing five.
From the Pirates they took three
straight In Cincinnati, after losing the
first two games the Giants closed strong
" and evened up the series. In 81.
Louis unexpected opposition was encoun-
tered and the travellers had TO fight hard
10 get an even break. The victory to-
dav gave the Giants two out of three
from the Cubs.
The team left for New York soon after
the game to play the Superbas at Eb-
bets Field on Friday.
The Giants made no more hits than
the Cubs, but they were aided by er-
rors in the Chicago defence. Two OF
the runs scored by the visitors were
brought across the plate by sacrifice
flies. Eddie Grant played finely at
shortstop, handling eight chances with
out an error.
The Cubs scored in the second inning.
Pheland tripled TO left and came home
on Sweeneys sacrifice fly 10 Burns.
Matty pitched himself out of a hole in
nice fashion in the thru inning. Bres-
rahan singled to left and label hunted
in front of the plate. Meyers threw TO
Grant at second in an enort to force
the runner, but the peg was just little
late and both men were SAFE.
Leach laid a sacrifice hit on the third
base line Good had chance TO bring
two runs home with a single, but he
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famed. He was the only man whom
Matty struck out. Safer lifted to Snod-
grass
In the fourth Merkle beat out bounder
10 Phelan Snodgrass hit TO right for
three bases and Merkle came home with
the tieing run. Although no one was out
Snodgrass was left on third Corridor
attended to Stock. Meyers fouled to
Bresnahan and Matty popped TO Sweeney.
In the fifth the Giants swung into the
lead. Their run in this inning was scored
without the semblance Of hit. After
Bescher had struck out. Burns drew
base on balls He stole second, and when
Bresnahan made poor throw to head
him off went on to third Grants long
fly 70 Leach brought him home.
Chief Meyers began the seventh inning
with a single and went all the way to
third when Williams fumbled the ball
Sweeney threw out Matty and the In
dian chung TO his base Beschers sacrifice
1v 10 Leach scored Meyers. Archer bat
ted for label in the eighth and started
things with a two-base hit 10 left Keat-
ing ran for Archer, but not very far, for
he was held at second while Grant threw
out Leach. and two more inheid outs
brought the inning TO an end. Schultz
made rally unasssted in the ninth. He
singled with one down. but none or MS
teammates backed him up in his enorts'