New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-01
Ex-Yankee Plays Best
Ball of His Career and
Giants Taste Defeat.
MARQUARD FALTERS
MIDWAY IN GAME
Stock in Line for Socks as Re-
suit of Hit That BounceS
from Niehoff Into Stand.

Bert Daniels has thorough under
standing Of the value Of dramatic ef-
feet. he proved that beyond all power
Of rebuttal TO the satisfaction of some
5000 fans at the Polo Grounds yester-
day, when he was the leading factor IN
tho defeat of the Giants by the Cincin-
natl Reds. The score, IN a general
way. was: Daniels, 4; New York, 3.
The erstwhile Yankee made the most
sensational catch Of his career in the
ninth inning and put a crusher on
rally which threatened to snatch VIC
tory out OF the jaws Of defeat. With
two out, Mcrkle on second and Plez
running for Meyers on first, Stock
sliced a drive down along the right
field foul line. Now, Stock is left
neld hitter. and the 80 Id played
him as such When that drive shoe
FOR the wall the crowd started to
cheer, for IL seemed beyond all human
power for any one 20 get there IN time
Meanwhile, the runners few for the
plate.
But Daniels started with the ball
and running as he never ran before Ia
his life, barely made the distance. just
as the sphere was about TO fall he
made a lunge for il. He held on, but
fell 10 earth with a crash and rolled
over. The crowd, up to cheer what APP
peared to be q winning stroke, re-
NAMED up 10 cheer the catch.
Giant Victory in Sight.
Had Daniels failed, nothing could
have saved the Reds. The ball hard
driven, would have undoubtedly rolled
10 the fence Merkle was at third
when the catch was made, and Piez be-
yond second. and these two runs would
have been sufficient
Il was a red letter day for Daniels
Easily the defensive star he enjoyed
p field day al the bat. His start was
most unpromising, for he struck out
on three fast ones. On each Of his sub
sequent trips 10 the plate, however, he
whalcu out a hit, one being double
30 left field. He neglected to register
al the plate. but drove two of his.
teams runs over with timely bingles.
Milton Stock was elected a member
Of the socks collectors club with full
privileges But he was lucky to receive
the nomination. In the second inning
Milton drove one down the third base
line that fairly sizzled Bert Niehoff
threw himself in the path and knocked
IL down, but could not stop It, The
ball shot of toward the grandstand
and then, taking an insane bound, few
into one of the boxes Stock logged
around laughing his head of. RUDE
Benton declared then and there that
he'd rather be lucky than Kaiser VIII
helms fleet.
Ruoe Marquard holds that he would
rather have an infeld than a standing
army. At least, he maintains that had
be been properly fortified on the right
flank &c would never Lave had TO re-
. L. IL, RI
Larry Doyle had one Of his bad days,
as most temperamental Irishmen will,
and the angular southpaw attributes
his reverse 70 the plumbers committed
by his lieutenant. Doyle just booted
a couple of the easiest, simplest sort
Of grounders Each opened the ave
nues 10 the plate, and il was not long
before the Reds sliced their advantage.
Rube Starts Out Well.
For four innings Marquard thwarted
every effort Of the opposition. He had
a narrow squeak in the second frame,
when Snodgrass made wonderful run
ming catch of a drive by Herzog. 1t
seemed as if Snod had balanced the
ball on his thumb In the fifth Doyle
made a mess OF a grounder by Moll-
WITT, and a moment later the erstwhile
iAU EkNlt cfNVANs AAN NDNAANNA NAiNiA
Benton stood in with a drive TO centre
field. Doyle got busy again in the
seventh frame and before the carnage
could be stopped two runs battered
home. This tied The score.
I'm the eighth frame the Reds put
over the winning run, while the crowd
cheered Bert Niehoff doubled to left,
and after Doyle made a nifty play on
Groh Bert Moran singled TO right,
scoring Niehof
Il looked anything but rosy for Ben
ton in the beginning. Bescher singled,
and with two out Snodgrass pulled the
unexpected by bunting. He got to
first, too. Both he and Bescher counted
on Fletcher two-bagger. Stocks home
run in the second inning was the last
of the New York scores. Merkle
missed a box of socks by less than two
feet in the second inning. Byron
called his drive into the bleachers foul.
The war on the umpires continued,
Byron chased Mellaney 70 the club
house, while McGraw was ordered of
the field for daring to heckle the in
fallibe Johnson.