New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-23
Sees Reds Boot Away a
Perfectly Good Game
TO the Giants.
HEROES ERROR IN
NINTH TURNS TIDE
Matty Pitches His Usual Good
Game and Stops a Run
with His Shoe.
BY Haywood BrOun.

Luck in baseball? There's no such
thing" said Charlie Herzog, of the
Reds. in an evening newspaper yester-
dav. Leon Ames dissents. Ames is
norfeetly willing to believe that there
r no such thing as good luck, for he
never had any, but so far as i'll fortune
Goes. his entire career on the mound Is
q living. breathing refutation of the
HerZogian theory.
with Ames, hard luck runs in mara
,bons. Perhaps job. OF the good heart
and bad blood, was not the most
sorelv distressed man in the history
Of The world. OF course, ne had his
hollis hut never was he forced to stand
md watch the enfielders kick away q
cane That is what they did for
Smes in the ninth inning at the Polo
Grounds yesterday, and the Giants de
feated Cincinnati by score of TO :,
making clean sweep OF the series
Ingenious were the high gods of fate
in arranging the downfall Of Ames.
For eight innings Charlie Herzog
pIayed the most amazing game at short
ston which has been seen in these
PARTS this season. He made lmpossl-
HE stops. darting far TO the left and
Tar 10 lne right NhANN WIN
while on the dead run and knocked
down balls no matter how hard they
were hit in his direction. ,
In the first eight innings he accepted
eleven chances without an error, but
then came the twelfth chance in the
ninth inning. 1t was a smartly mt
ball. which bounded true and the stage
was set for double play, which would
have ended the inning, but Herzog
fumbled. Up stepped Davey Robert.
son. Ames could feel the weight OF
destiny pressing heavily upon him, but
no nut the best he had in the last
thrown ball. Dave swung and hit
hoped over second, bringing home
the winning run. .
Earlier in the day the high gods of
fate showed their favoritism. Matty
was their agent. Much has been SAID
of Matty's arm, Of Matty's brain and
of Matty's heart, but yesterday 1t was
the foot of the pitcher which cut off
a run and perhaps saved the game.
Herzog was on second base and there
were two out when Niehoff came to
the plate.
straight toward Matty. The drive was
coming too fast for the pitcher to
make an effort TO stop it or even get
out of the way. 1t struck against ms
shoe-the right one-and hoped high
in the air.
Stock. alert. rushed forward and
caught the ball as it came down. His
throw nailed the runner at first by
a fraction. If Matty wore number
sevens, instead of mines, IN all PROB
ability the smash would have rolled
into centre field and Herzog would
have scored.
Every timp ~GoaGher said cat a
boy" or "thdN's the baby" Larry Doyle
looked self CONSCIOUS. A new intieider
arrived at tIf home Of the DOyles on
Saturday. " weighs ten pounds.
baseball yetterday, even though they
lost the thfd and last game of their
series with 1.-The Giants. In the open
ing inning the visitors scored. Her
zog. the second man up, was safe on
a tumble by Fletcher. After Helnie
Groh had fled to Bescher, Herzog
stole second
The leader Of the Reds is setting the
race for all the other base runners IN
the National League up 10 date. Yes
terday's theft proved useful, for when
Miller belted a hit TO left home came
Herzog.
Clarke reached first in the third in
ring when Merkle muffed high toss
from Fletcher. The Eext two batter5
accomplished nothing. but Herzog drove
the ball 10 centre field. Bescher tried
10 make shoestring catch, but the
ball got away from him and went for
"a triple, Clarke scoring.
In the fifth the Giants tied the
score. Robertson and Stock singled
and Meyers brought them home with
double to centre. After Burns had
flied out in the ninth Ames gave him
first base Oh balls and Fletcher went
10 first. Hoblitzell fumbled tricky
Lounder from Doyle and Herzog's er,,
ror filed the bases. Then up stepped
Davey Robertson and singled.
The score follows: