The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-09
GIANTS EXPLODE AS
VICTORY DRAWS NEAR
Hits and Erorrs Mixed Up In
Motley Mass Cause Lead
to Vanish Quickly.
DOAk BEATS MATHEWSON
Ioungster. Battling for Honor
Of Leading League Pitchers.
Hit in Only One Inning.
DOAk BEATS MATHEWSON

Sr Louis. July s.-A choice lot OF un-
earned runs dotted to-days ball game
between the Giants and Cardinals. and
between earned and uncarned runs the
Cardinals made more than the Giants.
champions, made better fight Of the two
contcnders and won by a score OF to ,.
This is the third game IN succession tn"
Giants have dropped. The phillies, Pr
rates and Cardinals have trimmed them IN
order and though the players nrmly be-
lcve no club Is going to catch them they
aren't playing the kind OF ball so far on
this trip that will keep them ahead
The Giants muffed and hurled to-day's
game away after the Cardinals had
muffed and fumhed them into tho lead,
II was a poorly played but exciting Joust.
The Giants were In comfortable posi-
ton early which was the stage in which
the Cardinals did their wabbly work.
but n congestion OF mlsplays 10y the visit
ors in the eighth turned the tide toward
st. Louis. The Giants made a big botch
OF hteir fielding In this disastrous round
Bill Dosk. the spitball shooter and pre-
micr pitcher OF the Higgins camp, was
all prmed for the game and Bill cane
across with the necessary goods. II so
running close race for the leadership
among National League pitchers in win
ning percentage and that made the battle
additionally interesting. Doak pitched
better ball than Matty. He Is very
slow and serious person. is poak. ana
without the suavc case Of Matty' but ne
can pitch The Giants hit him In one
Innings nut he had the dead wood on th'm
tho rest Of the time.
WHAT hits the Cardinals did make OFT
Matty were ringing and solid Hair OF
their jolts were for extra bases. bu; Matty
would have held them hut Tor frowsy sup
port The New York pitchers control
wasn't quite up To- the mark.
Tho FIRST inning was featured by
George burns three ways IN II he made
hit. stole the only base Of he game
aud IN the ST Louis half made a brill
iant running catch Of "A drive by Dolan
which was buzzing for the bleachers
Burns took the bail with one hand The
Giants had two on bases in the second
with only one out. but Meyers trundlsd
into q double play.
In the third the Giants applied hitting.
while the locals were flushing errors
Mathewsons ny was muNtd by Dolan.
Bescher winged fly to Wi'-on. but Burns
bounced q single off B"ck's props. Fletcher
pounded safely to midgarden. scoring
Ma.ty. Robertson Int to Doak and Burns
was caught Mcrl,es single to right.
which was kicked by Wilson, brought
two ramblcrs to the plate. and hat was
/ the last Of the rambling that went that
! far Only two hits were made of the
solemn Doak in the last six innings
The first two runs on Matty were due
10 hitting Butler tripled in the third and
the New York infed played close. With
two strikes on him Doak tapped a tam
! talking fly over Flctcher's head. a fly
which Fletch would have absorbed had
he been playing back. wingos triple,
following Wilson's double. drove a run
across In he sixth
seventh Matty did good work and pre-
vented scoring and tho notified eighth
began with Miller popping tn Burns. Will
son singled. Reck also popped. Fletcher
/ was set for the pop. hut was so anxious
/ to make a quick heave to first in the hope
/ of doubling Wilson that he didn't catch
| the bali at all.
! Just for that wv wingo. needless OF
/ the feelings Of his late globe girdlng
crouies, rammcd a single to right. Wilson
/ trotted in with the tying run, hut worse
was to come. Beck. who WAS on third.
/ and Butler tried to inject n squeeze into
! tho festivities. but Butler missed fire
Meyers had Reck pinned between bases.
I but what did Milton Stock do hut make
high return 10 Meyers which enabled
! scratched. Next Burns muned Buffers
fly. but he threw Wingo out at the
plate and Fletcher made a great jumping
catch and throttlcd DoalSs liner. The
milk had been spilled however. Meyers
/ reached first in the ninth with two out
and Ficz, his runner. was forced by
/ Murrav. The score: