The sun., 1914-09-27

Share and share aIihe WAS IN,

snare ana snare ALIKE was the upShot
Of douhl" clash q. tur Polo Grounds
yesterday afternoon. the Giants enjoying
, Tho FIRST victory and tho Pratrs the
second. TIE score Of each was to > ani
cn"rker"d time was hrd bv all Spec.a-
tors were pretty few as to quantity for a
saturday double header. hut IN saw
/ baseball which WAS lively and with
capital playing int"rnr.nglcd with poor.
There Was good wO'. and coarse work
w'th both teams crtdtic, but what poor
playing there was wns no more so -taan tn.
umpriuE appear. Il lo b.. Rislor and
Htrt contributed decisions OF doubtful,
. a' 'cCrdcy, and Ia TIA, second encounter tn.
decisions of H.-,cI ou balls and strikes
provoked kicks from McC;raw, Donlin and
. costello dnd H." Cthu.uS o. Sa.u tro ~
X gl,r Hart had an c.tsicr time ana AZ
par -ntlN was better ON balls and strikes.
but "A close and inlpoltan; decision at tne
plate IN the iilst game set OFF a Pitts
burg roar.
TcsTeau. although Il bit unsteady out.
pitched Harmon IN the first game. and In
the second Adams Was several amp-r"s
more glowing IA the boN than MatthowsoH.
The latter d!dn't have much and his work
was below par Ia this combat the &; ant.
also bluckaded themselves on the bases.
old pinch hit abstinence to have won tn,
game.
The afternoons battling depleted one ~
the Whyfores OF these TWO teams falling
from thu remnant plane. Their playing
was streaky Il WAS undependahle. now
| smooth and shiny, now corrodcd Good
work was done IN flashes t-ady team
work and consistency were lacking.
Tho effort, of one man on The New York
side. his hustl.ug and spirited play. stood
out pr m.nently. Tlat man was Fletcher.
I whose hitting really won the first game.
who ran the bases we'll and who started
a n!nth inning rally Ia the second game.
| He did splendid work Snadgrass was
another whose individual efficiency was
cons pcuous ais Larry Doyle. who hit
well In the first gam" and nelded well IN
both, iIouus Wagner had booting mo-
ments In the ,econl game. much TO the
amusement OF tle crowd, but ne wal
loped Matty fer a home run, which was
. of vital bearing. Ace riding to John
Daley. the I'ittsburg business manager,
ii was the Dutcnman's ngs; homer this
year and, except that II was damaging
to New York. nobody begrsdged the
maiden four basger to the eminent vet
eran.
Doyle. who hit safely in the f,rst In
ming of the first game, WAS batted in by
Fletcher The Pirates made two In the
second epoch on a single by Honey, a bad
throw by Tesreau on a force. a steal hy
Carey and chcp through the inheld by
Coleman. Thsc two wer" their all. In
the eighth they were chuSed off sensa
ticnally after filling The bases with no-
b.dy OUT. Grant, Meyers and Merkle
made a double play by way Of tn" plate
another walk rctlled the bases and Hyatt,
pinch grounded to Doyle.
Doyle doubled In the sixth went 10
third ou an out and sc5red Oh a smasl,
by Fletcher which was too savage FOR
Harmon to hold The t.c was broken IN
the eighth. Bcscher cut one for an iniield
hit Doyl" sacrificed and Burns grounded
out tamely. The unexpected by Fletcher
bunt - Mccarthy. brought Bescher
nome ON q close decision. Fletcher stole
second aud Suodgrass hatted him In.
The attacking power Of the Giants in
the second zane died awdE to nothing
after a promising start. Bescher's triple,