The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-17

g. Louis In Boston
Pttsburg In Philadelphia 1.-TWO Eamcs).
In their last swing around the Eastern
circuit the straggling Reds happened In
New York yesterday and engaged the
Giants. They were overwhelmed in a
game which was as exciting as a siesta.
The Giants made Ave runs in the first
inning ana after that the teams merely
finished out the other eight. Shorn of
Herzog, whose umpire batting earned him
an indeterminate sentence OF inactivity
that ended last night, the Reds were a
languld, inefficient lot and were beaten
by u score OF ) 10 |. They comported
themseiyeS in true tall end style, with
none OF the scrappuess they had when
they were festooniug the Giants campaign
with defeats.
The Giants didn't hit much, but they
didn't need to. Bdscs ON balls, fielding
laws by the Reds. long hits By the Giants
and most Of their sdfetics planted ia
fertile spots made run getting "A snccure
Tor the champions. wide rift In their
armor this year has been lack OF timely
or consecutive hitting even when siam
ming copiously. Yesterday the hitting
WAS not abundant but it was most APP
propratcly produced, especially the DIS
lance driving of Merklc and Fletcher, who
between them hagged double, two
triples and a home run.
Eight runs of of siN hits Is big do
Uarturc fur the Giants and not an every
Gay occurrence In the most prosperous
circles. Half of the hitting was done
off Amcs. VINO retired because there was
no use keeping him in any longer and
not because he was batted out, and half
off Of Fittery, "A left handler with a quick
w.ndup which went of like an alarm
cock-not as to noise hut as to sudden
ness. The Giants didn't strain themselves
after the first Inning and the very good
pitching Of Al Demarcc for the most
part reduced Cincinnati to inertia and inu-
tNty. Dcmarcc WAS 'ff-Cdvc with men
on bases and, such rs his Opponents were,
they were an easy afternoon for him.
lteinie Groh Gummsd the Red defence
in the first inning and contributed to a
fiourishing New York inning by not find
ing the base with his foot ON force play
First, Snodgrass walked. lie was forced
by Doyle Burns plugged another force
to the .ntield, hut after taking the throw,
Groh stepped FOR but not on the bag and
Doyle was safe. Fletcher sent two runs
over with three Dagger which carried
between Twombly and Yingling. Robertson
bounced to Kellogg and Fletcher beat the
throw to the plate. Merkle lifted a home
run well into the left field gallery.
D"marre tmei gcd from the game with
= bittlns average of .333, a point or two
better than his seasons compilation. He
mduc an lnutlu Single IN the second IN
ming. Also in the second third and fourth
innings he hit "A batter. walked two others
and was touched for a single and two
Dagger but kept the plate untarnished
by tidy pitching when Reds were scat
tered along the highways on the Gin
clnnat sid" in the hfth walk and two
hits occurred in succession Krlrier. tho
walker had the presumption to try TO
travel from second to the plate on Berg
hammers single 20 Burns. 1t wasn't even
close, he was out so far.
Snodgrass did a walk and a steal in the
hfth. stocks grounder 10 Borghammcr
was hurled TO the grandstand and Snod-
grass scored. Fletchcr's jab outside Kcl-
logg and inside the foul line Melted two
bases and scored Stock. MerkIe trlpled in
the sixth and cantered home on Meycrs's
fly 10 kil'fcr The Reds made "A run in
the eighth on two hits, tumble by
Fletcher and an nheld out. The score,
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