New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-26
Fletcher and SnOdgrasS
Dart Home When Wingo
Drops Ball,
SCHOOLBOYS IN SEATS
OF THE TICKLE FANS
Doyle Makes Heady Play, Which
Puts End to Cardinals
Rally in Ninth.
By HAYWOOD BROUN.


Z the Giants now in their hour of need,
bu. in place Of the dcserters came FIVE
thousand schoolboys to the Polo
Grounds yesterday, and so ferventiy
did they root that MeGraw's men broke
their losing streak and took the last
game Of the series with the Cardinals
BY q score Of to /.
To the boys even old Arthur Fromme
vas a hero, and. rather than disap-
point them, he pitched like one. But
what is the use of pursuing team
like the Braves? When the Giants
lose, Boston wins; and when New York
takes game. Boston takes two. The
Braves lead the league now by seven
and a half games, but this fact was
nothing to the boys, who raised more
4 racket than the Polo Grounders have
!, heard since the period of the great de-
Expression began.
There were also few pay-as-you-
enter fans.
Job. McGraw's men have been strik-
!, ing out a great deal this season, and
some impatient rOoters have been IN
clined to protest at this scheme OF
play, but it justified itself yesterday.
ANY method, if pursued long enough, IS
bound to bring. results, and the two
winning runs of the Giants yesterday
came across the plate when Fred
Merkle struck out.
Griner in Hard Luck.
Dan Griner was the opponent of
Fromme, and in the eighth inning a
two-base hit by Fletcher, pass TO
Snodgrass and Grants single filled the
bases AS only one man was out,
Griner was hard put TO it to escape
from the hole With two strikes on
the batter, Griner was intent on fool
ing him again. This the pitcher dld,
hut he fooled his catcher as Wen
Merkle swung and missed, and IVY
Wjnro clutchcd and missed. The ball Z
,oiioJ few feet behind the catcher.
FLETCHER darted for home, and Wlngo 7.
in his haste TO head him of threw
wildly TO Griner. As a result OF the /
error Snodgrass followed his teammate
The Giants may lose and lose, but
thew simply will no dodge when
game is thrown at them.
The Cardinals. who are now TWO
games behind New York, were not
cheerful in defeat. Just before inc
fatal pitch which sent the pair OIL
Giants home. Griner whirled a ball
across the plate. or whereabouts, Just
above the knees of Merklc. If this
rad been called a strike it would have
nee, the third for Ierkle, but KLEIN
said "Ball!" The Cardinals discussed
the decision at the time, and mucn
more freely later, when they reallzed
, how much it had hurt them, Ihey
were still talking about 1t IN the nln MN
inning, and Beck as sent on the
grounds in the ninth. when he came 70
bat. lust for remarking, 81 hope youll
call 'em for me that way, Bill.
Fletcher Drives in Run.
In the third the Giants scored. After
Criner had thrown out Bescher Larry
Dovle walked. Beck threw out Burns
and DOYLE reached second. Fletcher
drove a very sharp single TO right. Now
Wilson has an arm of steele, but Doyle
never hesitated at third, but kept right
an for the plate. The arm of steel was
lust little out of killer, and the throw
drew WingO wide Of the plate: lie
made q dab at the feet of Doyle flying
By. but missed his man by fracilon
and dropped the ball as well.
In the fourth Wilson got around to
third with only one out, on his double
TO the right field wall and an lnhe!d
ont but Batter lined to Fletcher, and /
double play followed. -,
St. Louis tied the score in the sixth. /
Lee Magee lined to left. Miller mt
safely in the same direction. and Magee /
reached second Wilson, disdaining the |
sacrifice. fouled to Meyers. Wlngo /
flied to Snodgrass and Mage went to
third. On a double steal Miller was
trapped between first and second, but
after a short chase he dashed INTO
Fletcher so hard that the Giant
dropped the ball and Magee scored;
a smart play by Larry Doyle killed
rally of the Cardinals in the ninth. In
This play Doyle touched two men out;
Butler walked TO start the inning, and
after Beck had been deleted by Klein,
Nash. of the Massachusetts State Leg
islature, hit for him.
Butler stole, and then Nash raped
sbSrnIv to Fletcher, who made line
stop and threw to Grant in time to
head off Butler. But Butler darted
hack toward second, intent on giving
Nash time TO come up before be died.
Doyle got the ball just as Nash slid
into second and got him with quick
nab. Then he threw TO Grant and
when the ball came back again he
touched Butler
The score follows:
NEW YORK y. L. ST. LOUIS y. l..
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