New Britain herald., 1914-04-10
.MARQUARD UNSTEADY
 FOR FIVE INNINGS
Southern Team Makes Four Runs and Then Stops.

Chattanooga, Tenn. April 1o.-The long lane of shutout innings inflict- ed by the Giants on foes in the
 southern bushes had it's turning yes- terday.a Moose McCormick's Look
 outs broke in on that custom of the
 National leaguers.. but the Moose's
 men had to submit to q drubbing
 The Giants beat them, 12 to 4. Clear
 and scool weather held forth. the cool
 part being different from what the
 Giants met further south, and Rube
 Marquard,s who pitched the first five
 innings. was not at his best. Then
 the Rube. with other Giants, had just
 come in from a twenty mile auto ride
 to Signal Mountain. which his host
 1fcCormicls provided by way of. en- tertainment to his late pals.
 1t looked for moment after the game began as if Mccormick were a Greek bearing gifts. for Marquard
 was unsteady and his team off in the early rounds. Through Marquard's
 passes and a hit here and there tho
 Lookouts jumped away with a two
 run lead. That lead was brief and
 at the. end of, the, third inning the
 Giants had taken the lead. The home team tied the score in the fifth, but there eauality ended. Hard hitting by the Giants, errors by che home team and poor work in the box for Chat 1anooga sent the Giants far out. in front.
 schupp slet. the Lookouts down < in tho last four innings without a hit or run. The only ones who reached nrst on thes young southpaw did so through his w1ldness. but. he came right back with sharp breaking speed and moved sthe batters down abrupt ly. Tn the ninth his mates handed him that remember Galveston" again. though not since that vivid day has he tfaltered In the box. Schupp's pitching the fielding of Fletcher and the hitting of Merkle illumined the Giants display
 Two walks and two hits gave Chat tanooga two runs in the first inning, whereas in New York,s first Gabby Street, who says his wing is as good sas 1t ever was, threw out Burns steal- ing. In tiies next inning Stock stole on Gabby, which feat. together with loose fielding at Chattanoogas third corner and wildness in the box, gave New York two runs. Tn the third Bescher singled and stole, and after Doyle had walked Merkle pushed both men across with two bagger Merkle. Murray and Meyers for warded base runners with base hits Jn the sixth. Also pair of boots was perpetrateds by Balenti. The timely batting and the timely mis- cues meant a#fohrf run increase in
 the New York grist. Merkle made his third ' hit in the seventh and batted in his fourth run. Two other runs eventnated intth same inning. due chiefly to watchful waiting by the New York 'batters; who watchfully waited out a wild pitcher. Fletcher was in the act of waiting 1t out, but received g pitched ball in the back. He has been hit on that spot HQ often that 1t is ca1lous now and he doesnts know he Is hit there until somebody Stells him. Juat shits gave the Giants their run 1n the eighth--noA promenades walks, errors, just hits. Burns ana Fletcher made them. The spectators shouted fdr Matty. but it wasn't Matty'A turn to pitch. However. he exhibited hin1seif and his worlds tour sweater by fielding bunts in one corner of the 6eld-thfs not So much to gratify popu1ar ciamor as to- keep warm. The score:
 New York