New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-16
Champions Lose More
Ground in Race for
Fourth Pennant.
ALEXANDER WINS His
SECOND GAME IN ROW
Fletcher and Donlln Exiled by
Umpire Because of Their
Strenuous Kicking


Philadelphia, Sept. l5.-Being down
themselves. the Phillies cannot bear to
see anybody up, so they dragged the
Giants back from the pursuit Of the
flying Braves this afternoon. Phila-
delphia won the game by score OF
10 3, and as the Braves were ploughing
through the Superbas the Giants lost
ground i'm the National League race,
and are now three and a half games
behind the Boston Braves. This is the
largest margin which the leaders have
had up to date. The victory gave the
Phillies the series by three games to
two.
Grover Cleveland Alexander was not
nearly so effective as when he faced
the Giants and shut them out earlier
in the series. He gave five bases on
balls and the Giants made nine hits.
Fromme was decidedly effective after
the first inning, but Burns unsettled
him with an error in the fifth, and
single by Lobert and a triple by
Magee, which were combined with the
blunder, settled the issue of the game.
Marty 0'Toole pitched the seventh
ard eighth innings. The Giants did
not take their defeat with equanim-
ity. Arthur Fletcher was put out for
kicking, and Mike Donlin followed him
into exile on account of 3 protest
which was equally oversnimated.
The Giants punched hits in the
fourth inning for one run, but Grant,
who had supplied 3 very useful hit,
msrred his work. by poor base running
and was caught when he took too
much ground in rounding first.
The Giants had chances TO tie the
score in the seventh and ninth inn
Ings, and in the eighth a hit would
lave served to put them in the lead.
Grant came to bat in this inning with
a man on second base and another on
third, with only one out, but he could
do no more than raise a fly for Mar
tin, Fred Merkle was even more un-
successful and did not touch the ball
at all in three attempts.
Arthur Fromme. who allowed the
Phillies only two hits in the game on
Saturday, was found for more safeties
than that in the first inning of the
game to-day. Hans Lobert, first man
up, doubled past third base, and Beals
Becker struck out. Msgee singled to
centre, scoring Lobert, and then stole
second. Cravath's three-bsse hit
brought Magee home.
In the fourth the Giants scored once.
Doyle hit safely to left, while Burns
picked short right as the spot for his
single. Fletcher famed, but would not
admit il, so Rigler sent him to the club
house. Robertson hit q high fly to
Martin, but Grant scored Doyle with a
line hit to centre. Harvard Eddie was
caught in trying to scramble back to
In the first half of the fifth the
Giants took the lead. With two men
out Fromme walked and Snodgrass put
him on third with double to right.
Doyle's smash to left scored both run
ners. The captain Of the Giants took
second on the throw-in and went 10
third when Becker's peg bounded past
Killifer Burns walked but on an at
tempted double steal Doyle was nailed
off third
The Phillies were not content to trail
and by scoring two runs in their half
If the fifth came back into the lead
again. With one man out Burns !
muffed Alexander's fly. Stock, who /
had replaced Fletcher at shortstOp, |
could do no more than knock down
Iobert's hard rap, and Alexander went
10 second. Becker forced Lobert from
Fromme 10 Stock, but Sherwood Magee
broke his bat and the ball as well with
a mighty swing which hoisted the
sphere to right field for three bases /
Cravath walked, but plan Tor dou-
bIe steal was frustrated when Magee
WAS caught at the plate from meyers
To Fromme TO Doyle TO Meyers.
Snodgrass singled and stole with TWO
out in the seventh, only to be stranded
md in the eighth with one down Stock
singled and Robertson doubled, only, to
have Grant and Merkle prove derellct
in their duty. After Byrne had thrown
out Meyers, Murray batted tor O,ioole
Ind walked. Snodgrsss fouled to Msgee,
hut Doyle also received pass. buTns
tapped the ball to Lobert, who tossed 10
Byrne, forcing Doyle
The score follows:
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