The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-11
GIANTS SLUMP NOW
FIVE DEFEATS LONG
Cardinals Conquer Them Again,
This Time Shutting Them
Out by 2 too.
PERRITT rs CHIEF CULPRIT
Never More Than One Hit OFF
. Him In an Inning-Dolan
Bats in Both Runs.
PERRITT rs CHIEF CuLpRIT

ST Louie. July 1o.--The present road
career OF the Giants Is taking on the
proportions Of n slump. II looks very
much that way when tho St Louis team
can beat them three straight The Giants
string OF consecutive defeats reached Ave
this afternoon. They were beaten 2 to o
by the Cardinals. and having arrived
gradually at the losing stage where they
we're shut out they may have hit rock
bottom In their lapse That Is an an
optimistic view to take. considering that
something or other crops up in their
playing each day to cause them 20 lose.
and also considering that the st. Louis
pitchers are going strongly and the Card-
mails playing a more aggressive. confident
and hustling game
Here IN ST Louis they are chortlins
g1eefully about their two crack bali
teams" and big crowds OF the most part.
san rooters on the big league circuit are
attending the New York-St. Louis series
with pennant hopes violently excited.
They haven't the least doubt that the
Cardinals Will make ~ four straight from
the Giants and are the better team. In
this series they unquestionabiy have
played the better ball. but not ball which
Is as good as the Giants provide whom
playing their best game But this eea-
son the Giants have done very little
playing Of their best game In the best
game department they are either passs
or IN state of suspended animation
The f1rst two games here were lost on
errors, Neither errors nor inadequate
pitching wought to-days defeat. Gausy
hitting was the weakness developed
Perritt was the Giants master. They
wiIted before his excellent work As
for Al Demaree who pitched tho frat
seven innings for New York. he sho yed
symptoms of a brace. His work was a
Dig. Improvement on the average of his
work preceding. Hut being fettered by
his teammates inability to produce more
IMAM ciphers. he had no chance to win.
PArritt pitched better ball than Dema rec.
put me iatters toll would bring victory
ofteDer than defeat
Three cagy Cards conspired and sf
mated In the two runs made by the home
team They were the willy Husgine the
chirper Magee and the effervescent and
occasionally efficient Dolan HugR4ps
would step up TO meet "a pitched bali and
probe Demarce's service for A hit. Maree
would sacrifice the ringlcader to second
and Dolan would bat him home That
was the Cardinal system. a simple one.
but one which. as the score shows, had
Cardinal virtues The System was nut
on twice. The two runs were made In
exactly the same way. hit. sacrifice.
another hit. One came In the hrst In
ming snd the other in the NTH.
II looked a. II anybody could do the
same thing. but the Giants couldn't
There were no Hugginses, Maeees or
Dolans on the New York side. The sue
cess OF systems sometimes depends on
having the players with which to execute
than.
There was no sacrificing on the New
York side. The hit and run was tried
but the pitching OF Poll Perrtt and an
impregnahle defence blocked all the New
York EFFORTS Beck at third killed sew
ersl budding base hits by his octopuslike
clutchinc OF anything within reach. New
Norks fielding also was brisk and clean
II was on the offence that the Giants
were derelict
Perritt scattered New York's invoice
OF singles one TO an inning and the first
man up for tho leaders reached first
only twice. In the second inning "A pitched
ball hit Robertsons bat and ooped over
Hugglns's head for a single. but Mcrkle.
Doyle and Stock went out Oh infcld taps
In the NTH inning Doyle led Off with
single. but stock forced him and Meyers
hit into double play. No New York
player ever had company on the bases,
Two never were on at the same time and
no New Yorker ever enjoyed the COM
forts of third base. The latter bag was
forbidden territory.
In the eighth the first three Cards
famed Fromme for singles, but Dolan,
the first of the three. was caught nap
ping. With two on and one out the hunt
and run was tried. but Fromme and
Merkle made nifty play on the bunt.
MerlSle took the throw with the batter
tearing into him. Wingo flied for the
third our. Beck robbed Burns of a hit
IN the ninth. and Wilson bore out to the
fence and with one heartless hand
smothsred a long, hard drive from Rob
ertson. The score
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