New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-01
Tesreau and Matty Both
Driven from Mound by
Batters of the Hub.
CONNOLLY HAS BIG
DAY WITH STICK
StallingS Takes Chance with
Cub Pitcher in Second Game,
After Winning First.
By HEYwooD BROUN.


4sor with q future met a team
with a past at the Polo Grounds yes"
.srdav and the result was grieyous.
Tvenfv-tyvo thousand fans who saw the
Games know now why the Braves are
exemptions and the Giants are not
Boston won the frst game by o score
of z to ], and the second was an elghJ-
inning tie at 20 q m
Vet Boston went too far The IN
va5ers hammered TCsrcau and Methe"
son out Of the box They outhlt ahu
o-tfelded the Giants, and as crown
,rg insult Hank Gowjy stole second
,gbue the pitcher held thc ball and
later tried 10 take third lu the same
fashion.
But when .ta top of everything else,
George Stalliugs tried 10 down NC
Graws men with pitcher who rs nov
vet old enough 60 shave the Giants tooh
"A terrible revenge, Suddenly tapping
I, rtore of hits which had been over
looked earlier IN the season the GlanVs
hammered Paul Strand, nineteen years
Ga. out OF the box and then mt Ittle
Crutcher hard As q result q seyen-run
lead was wiped cut and the score was
tied
4 Team of Midgets.
Seemingly George Stallings has sent
his scouts 10 look at the Leagues OF
Tllput. for the Braves, barring Dig
battery man here and there, arc one o.
The smallest teams which ever set ioot
ON diamond But they carry large
bats. Joe Connolly is hardly. hali u
hca6 taller than Jimmy Ford the mas
cot OF tho Polo Grounds, and yet WhaJ
Ji1 Jce do2 The first eight times ne
l. FF huNF and
seven Of these occasions nc earned MS
passage with hit.
One Of his drives was nome run,
oro was a triple, one was double and
fbe other four were merely singles
Twice Connolly hit the facade OF the
upnor stand I'm right field, but botn
times the ball bounced back 70 The dla-
D,nd and was ruled IN play. In the
American League any ball which clears
tbc lower wall is counted as home
rpn. vethcr 10 bounds back or not.
Sucb q theory of the limits Of tae. field
could have given Connolly three home
INNS Pride goes before q fall, ana
connolly run ended when O'Ioolc
struck him out.
ALTHOUGH the Giants played badly
they Blayed hard, and apparently DOM
foanlE sought victory with just 40 nluch
,igor as IL the pennant was sun at
stskc. Certainly for George Stalllngs
there is 10 such thing as a practice
came Nobody can compliment George
H. callipl. him a good loser. One might
think chat with the championship sale
M -talIInrs might lean back for an
afternoon aud watch the game Win an
aas, tolerance. lie did nothing OF the
.ori He was as fdgety yesterday AS
promcthels on the rock, but Stalilhgs
wa- not chained.
No Rest fer Stalings.
When the Giants rallied in the second
rgme and tied the score Stalllngs
ranged along the whole length OF the
bench. while the Boston players jumped
up 90 give him room and get OUTSIDE
sfsIiiurs will not rest nor will his
regulars. Dick Rudolph, who haA
pitchcd twice within the last seven
days was sent 10 the mound Tor Dos
tom against Tcsrcau, who held boston
IeIpIess when ne last faced the team
This time he lasted for just two innings
A double by Evers and q single by Coh-
pol1v were responsible Tor the nrsI run
I'm the second inning the count was
raised 90 four A pass to smith,
nEh hN NfDN NFr hra..~.
Moran and Evcrs and Bcscher mum
al Connolly hy were grouped mn the
scoring Of the three runs.
Scbauer was the successor OF les
reau. and pitched we'll IN spite OF d
marked reluctance 20 cover trst base;
Norau's single, O pass to Ever5 ana
Connolly home run TO left gave .BoS-
ton three runs against the recruit ~
the fourth inning Then the Braves
rested. I'm the slsth the Giants scored
their only run. Meyers singled ana
Tborpe ran FOR him. Schauer single
and Bescher's sacrifice ifs to Whitfield
brought Thorpe across the plate
Walter Marauville did much to feat.
pre The afternoon by several beautiful.
tons I'M deep shortheld and throws o.
ANA ling speed. The waistlInc catche.
Of the little man also we're never
ending source Of amusement TO the
crowd.
Stallings Tries Youngster.
with the FIRST game won George
slaliue5 called upon Paul Strand, tho
,oungest member Of his team, TO pitch
No second. cold Master Matty was
he opponent of the lad. Youth viii be