New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-10
Superbas, with Pfeffer in
Box, Spoil Welcome to
HOmecOmerS.
RAIN OF HITS BRINGS
WOE TO Mr.. O'TOOLE
Wheat Builds Up Commanding
Lead for His Team by Max
ing Timely Triple.
BY HAYWOOD BRoUN.

Second place threatens TO become
chronic with the Giants. The welcome
20 McGraw's Homecoming men at the
Polo Grounds Yesterday was not sue
cess. for the Superbas crossed the river
and spoiled the afternoon by defeating
the Giants at to x. While the Giants
were losing the Braves split even with
the PhilljeS and thereby gained hall
game. The Boston team now tops the
National League by game and hair,
which is the largest lead the Braves
have held. New Eork's loss was Brook
lyns gain. The Superbas moved out OF
che cellar.
Marty O'Toole made his first home
appearance Is a Giant pitcher, but was
very much worsted in a duel with Id
Pfeffer, the Brooklyn whirlwind. Marty
was banished from Pittsburgh because
Fred Clarke said he lacked control, but
O'Toole spiked that cansrd yesterday.
Some of the Brooklyn players held
their bats still, while others agitatcd
them violently, but they could not TOOL
O'Toole.
Every time he saw a piece Of wood
ne hit il, and it made no difference to
him whether the bat was roosting or
on the wing. Not only did he pltch
with accuracy, but he threw so swiftly
that the ball bounded off the Brooklyn
bats to far corners Of the field. Marty
Seems TO be almost as expert bat hit
Ger as Arthur Fromme, but the sup
porters of the latter assert that Arthur
tan hit smaller bats.
O'Toole remained for nine innings
and Welded fourteen hits. He was
hammered hard from beginning to end,
Brooklyn driving three runs home IN
The final inning Just to make certain Of
The contest. Pfeffer has beaten the
GIANTS three times this season, but on
the last occasion when he faced Nc
Graw's men he was driven from the
box BY q furious fusillade in the early
innings. Yesterday he yielded only SIX
hits. One of these was a home run
drive by Merkle Ii was 4 long, solid
Imash into the left field bleacheTs and
marked. perhaps, turning point IN the
extended slump which has pinioned the
first baSem8u.
McGraw sprang a surprise by aban-
doning the shift which he made in the
last game against the Braves and put
ting Merkle back on first, with Snod-
grass i'm centre field.
Davey Robertson, who seemed des-
tined for d stay on the bench, also
broke into the lineup IN place OF Jack
Murray. Davey made one of the SIX
hits of the Giants and drove in run. .
There were neither Kisses nor APP
plause for Snodgrass, but the ball, hard .
driven by the SuperbaS, few past his
head so often that he must have
thought at times of the Boston pop
bottle brigade
The ranks of the Superbas have been /
-, ,,,st ovid thing
and another that Wilbert Robinson was ,
compelled to ask Kid Elberfeld, the |
grand old man of baseball to come out
of retirement and play shortstop.
Elberfeld made one hit and a charac-
teristic tumble. The most active man
in the Brooklyn ranks was Zach Wheat, /
whose timely triple in the third built
UP a commanding lead for the visitors. /
In the first half of the third inning /
Pfeffer, who hits almost as well as he
pitches. singled to right field. Dalton
dropped a sacrifice in front of the plate /
and Daubert hunted even better, beat
ing out a tap I'D the third base line, F..
which sent PfefFer forward Stengel /
bounced hit over O'ToOle's head, and
Pfetfer scored, while Daubert went to
second. Wheat cleared the bases with !
triple to the centre field fence. Gut /
Phaw raped cleanly 10 Ilght, ana
Wheat scored.
1t was not until the fifth inning that f,
the Giants made run, and that was |
due to the radical action Of Merkle, |
who drove the ball into the left field
bleachers. Brooklyn proceeded to take
reprisals I'm the sixth, when the team
scored two runs in return for the one
of the Giants. Grant played Getz's
tap badly, but it was scored as SIN
gle. The third baseman also was at
fault on the next chance, grounder
from Elberfeld, but this was an error.
McCarty sacrificed. Pfeffer showed him
self true pitcher this time, and
struck out. Dalton, however, brought
both runners home with single to left.
A single and steal by Burns and
Davey Robertson's one-base drive gave
New York its second run of the game
in the latter half Of the sixth, and in
the seventh another Giant crossed the
plate. A wild throw by Getz, which
rave O'Toole two bases, and double
bv Snodgrass, were the factors here.
In the ninth Dalton, Daubert, Cut
shaw. Getz and Elberfeld all hit safe
ly. and three runs were scored Tor
BROOKLYN. The Giants may take the
lead of the National League back to-
day, for they play two games with
BROOKLYN, while the Braves are meet
ing the Phillies twice.