New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-30

straight Victories without aheeVHnS '"0
Boston has a lead of nine full gam
a 10 finish half a game from the top
header hard by COOsah's BLUM this ait'
champions who next week will do ba''ie
honor Of the National League.
Small Crowd Sees Finish.
The last hone of the Giants went 70
Its death from Gerber 10 Nlo% 70
Konetchy in double play which endGo
Yesterdays game al the Polo GrounoS
md cave Pittsburgh the victory At o
40 . Not more than 800 persons gain
cred IN watch the final stand and only
600 saw the finish, for one rooter was
exneIed for abusing Mike Doniln.
in5 40 the team which won the pen.
ant of 1911, of 1912 and Of lgl5 met
is downfall from Gerber 20 NioN
Konetchy. "Not a drum was heaLu'
not q funeral note but only a., an T %r%e
sjonsl shout Of "Call 'em right! Itug
70 their traditions, the GlahVs o'0O
fghtinS>-the umpires. .-u.,as
The defeat yesterday may De 'raCeu'
10 the efficiency Of Bob Harmon, WV
has always been jinX for the GlaHts1
INIT CT course, if anybody Is ANXIOUS
a. know why the Giants failed TO WIN
+be}r fourth successive pennahI hS
must 90 ever so deep into hrst causes
The subject could only be c0yeEeG ~
4, ,c;enfidc treatise on THE Biological
Anoiooirs Of Baseball" Like jelly
Fsb. a baseball team is born, learns tie
osne rises TO the highest point oil eI-
6ciency and goes back TO leily aGaI',.
McGraw's team seems 10 be wen alo"e
on the return Journey, 81. .-;,,,,,b
For the braves the definite triumph
NJ YESTERDAY marks the end OF inc mos
amazing spurts in baseball. Geoigv
Ctallines has never been rateo hlsMig
as Bible student, but he went 10 t,'
Scriptures for his text OF inc se''
Last Shall Be First.
When did any minister ever preach
40 convincing a sermon TO prove 'l" s' /
"tbe last shall he first! Inc bIa'ro
p.erc at the bottom OF the N' C'
the morning Of July 10, but th''' mn. az IN
noon they won and moved INTO e'''''''
Since then the Braves have been 40
a., iittle else but win. On july 2O1h
thew were I'm sixth place. Inc! WeIe
tolrtb on July u, and then alVeI
ionC. hard pul. they reached seC0nu
80 ON August 10. The next day they !
ironned into third position, but tliIs /
setback was only temporary Elo'II /
second 20 third and back TO seeomu
again they fiuctuated UNTIL on '2ePSe
her ., they moved INTO Ars' :. !,
iturIai hack from here after on4y =
- tenurc. they drew into tie Tor |
T j.,d ON September 8. The deac-
,ock y.as continued in the memorable
+,.r1cs an Labor Day, when SnOdgrass
siI',robad his nose and Mayor Curley
L,,lsd him. On September . the Lle
80 broken and since then the braves
b1ye beep moving onward ana upward,
Tbc Giants have been moving OH"a'u
and downward. 49,. c..ll;rcs was
christened the Miracle Man. anu
his tile is secure. 49,,
tn lose to the Braves "ouIu nave
Scen bitter under any crcumsldim!tCes'
hut there might have been some IiIIIe
Cancellation If the end had come IN
etaTJ.uD fpbt with the foe. But the
p;ratesi That was the last huml!la-
a., There would have been no shame
- an end that came from MaranVl'e
"a Eyers to Schmidt. Many par Hae
nerished so without dishonor' Du' eI'
fitsng of three series went nv" W
i;,,;on from Gerber TO NloN 10 NO
uetchy. Was there ever less euP"o"S
i'm the fate Of any oncF 80, ..,J
Mertv O'Toolc was the last SIahu
,,itcher of the Giants, but not lot iohg; |
He passed the first two men VINO laeea
P15 t6eD McCraw took him OUT |
Oij ceor0e Wiltse, who was winning
Comments when some of the other mem
bsrs OF the team we're still IN shoFS
trousers, took up the battle and lasIeu
FOR four innings. Little terole SGhGPP
6nished the game, and did so wen ma
many picked him to play Ihe Iei
handed role in the Giants cast hcN'
e RYth MATGuHTQ.
Konetehv Makes Home Run.
Wiltse escaped the first inning IN
spite Of O'Toole's legacy ano ~ I'M: Iae
Iatter half of the inning the Giants
acered once. Bescher doubled. and TOOK
i, SSir5 when DOYLE sent long ny 70
' CastaIIo Burns flied 10 joe Kelly aho
1Sssker scored. Konctchy set the count
- AL in the second inning by hlI~
sns the ball into the left field bleach-
fn the 6fth the Pirates fell on Wiltse
sov three runs Schaug doubled DuI
he was out AZ the plate when nc Irleu
10 score on Harmon single 70 cSh. .L
Tho throw from Sn6dgrass had the
5;ttie catcher beaten by = great many
Fset hut he ran full tilt into Meyers
Sn1 almost knocked the big Indian
1or,n. Carey hit one to Grant that was
bit hot, and Harmon went 10 second.
scbeeren struck out, but Joe Kelly
doubled to left, and Harmon scored
while Carey went 10 third.
Wagner singled and Carey. and Kelly
scored. Then Hans grew frisky ano
was out in an effort TO steal second
while Wiltse held the ball. This did
not discourage Wagner, for in the next
inning he made the best fielding play
of the game when he threw out Burns
from deep third on scoopinE toss to
first.
in the seventh single by Snod-
grass. ~ infield out and Merkle's hit
gave the Giants run. TINS iett tnem
onIv two runs behind, but in the eighth
the Pirates scored again. Kelly walked
and stole, taking an extra base on a
moor throw by Meyers. Niox's triple
scored Kelly, but VioX was out at the
plate in trying to stretch his hit into