New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-24
ST. Louis Captures a Dot
bIe-Header as Braves
Break Even.
NEW YORK NOW SIX
BATTLES TO THE BAD
Even jeff TeSreau Loses, and
with Wild Pitch-Marquard
Pounded Hard in Second.
By HEYWOOD BR0UN.


From now on until the iron ring OF
mathematical certainty quite brushes
them there will be many days which
mark the practical elimination Of the
Giants from the National League race"
but none will have a better claim TO
fame thar September %. Never since
their retirement started did the Giants
show better speed than yesterday,
when for the first time this season
they dropped both games OF double
header. While the Cardinals were win
ming twice the Braves were splitting
double header with the Reds. and Bos-
toms lead in the National Lague 10
now six full games. The Cardinals, in
cideptally, moved up into third place.
The Giants were slaughtered to make
a Kearny, ". J., holiday. Elks from the
Jersey shore pressed tooth with din
mond decorations upon Jack Miller.
But there was no one to aid the Giants
and their play was quite toothless. st.
Louis won the first game by score OF
2 TO /. A wild pitch by JEFF Tesresu
sent home the winning run.
The second game went to the in
vaders at to 0. Yes, RUDE Vanguard
pitched. II was his twelfth straight
defeat, but there is no occasion to
blame MarQuard, for a better effor'
would only have been wasted. In tbs
last forty-one innings the Giants have
sent just one man across the plate.
Baserunner Rattles JET.
As far as Tesreau went, he defeated
himself. Poll" Perritt was certainly
a most worthy opponent, but he was
found for six hits, while JEFF yielded
only three. Yet Perritt was able to
keep q true alignment between his
curves and the glove OF his catcher,
while jeff allowed himself to be ratified
by a baserunner in the eighth inning
and made a wild pitch. Now, Larry
Mclean was catching, and nothing
much but art criticism and Wagner's
music goes over his head. Tesresu
was sly. He did not try to lob over
Mclean, but shot the ball right at his
feet, and it rolled all the way TO the
grandstand.
No great expectations were held in
regard to the second game when Mar.
Guard was announced as the opponent
Of "Slim" Sallee. although there was
one "rooter" who undertook to prove
by the law of averages that "Rube" !
must win a game some time. Yester,,
day was not that time. Marquard
pitched with speed and much control,
but the bats might have been so many
magnets. McGraw made Marquard
stick il out until the end IN spite OIL
the fact that one loud voiced "rooter'
c,.rsd for ICY" Pieh.
Miller Higgins was, for the after
noon st least, an Eddie Collins. He
gave a supreme display of fielding, now
ranging back of first and then darting
toward second. He handled fourteen
chances, and at least four Of these
called for plays of great brilliance.
The Giants succeeded at length in
breaking their string of scoreless in
nings when Larry Doyle crossed the
plate in the fifth. This was the first
lun in twenty-eight innings.
Dolan doubled against the right field
fence IN the first inning of the first
game and went to third while Merkle
was beating Higgins in a race for the
bag. Magee hit the ball sharply u
Tesreau. who knocked il down and tried
in vain TO catch Dolan at the plate
First and best of the feats Of Hug
gins came in the latter half of the
third inning when the manager Of the
Cardinals went all the way back to
second TO stop a hard smash from
Larry Doyle, nor did he pause to re-
cover his balance before shooting a
throw to Miller, which beat the runner
by a fraction.
In the fifth came the epoch-making
run of the Giants. Bescher singled to
right and bounced around first base
with a display of life which seemed
sadly out of place on the Giants.
Doyle forced him from Higgins to
Butler. Burns singled to left, and
Doyle reached second. He scored
when Fletcher lined a hit to the same
portion of the field.
With one out in the eighth inning
Butler was hit in the shoulder. He
was not so badly hurt that he could
not steal second, and then, after Tes-
reau had tried several times to get the
runner mapping, the pitcher turned and
made his wild pitch. Larry tossed to
Tesrcau, and the play at the plate was
close, but Butler slid in safely.
Excitement in Ninth.
There was some justifable excite
ment in the ninth. Meyers hit for
Merkle and was passed. Murray ran
for him. For some strange reason or
other Robertson was sent to bat in
place of Mclean. He did not give the
pitcher & chance to stay wild, but
swung at the first ball and forced
Murray with tap to Higgins. Dom
lin hit for Tesreau, and he sent the
ball long ways into right, but Wilson
was there in time to make the catch.
ATTToNOpu &c