The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
To-day's Schedule.
New York in Brooklyn.
Boston in Philadelphia.
Cincinnati In Chicago.

John J. McGraw's champion New York
Giants won their first victory of the
season at Ebbets Field yesterday after
noon and by the shutout score OF 6 to
over Brooklyn. a team that had won with
ease all three previous starts. Al
Demaree deserves great credit for putting
his side IN the winning way. lie clearly
outpirched tho mighty Ed Reulbach and
before the end OF the fray forced Robin
sons trump into the discard Tor a pinch
hitter.
Demaree showed one OF the most
masterful games of his big league
career. not excepting his brilliant achieve
ment of 1913. his debut year. He held
the enemy to four fairly segregated base
hits and only once in the fieeting battle
did Robinson's boys have a chance to
escape the whitewash. Demaree gave
three passes. but never at dangerous
times. II looked as II he were trying to
work the corners. for he always frightened
Immediately. After the third inning
Perfecto Al showed hitless brand. Men
walked In each of the fourth and NTH.
But in the last four innings the dozen
batters were turned back in order.
Capt. Larry Doyle and Milton Stock.
Demaree chief honors OF the day. Doyle
contributed no less than five of the six
runs. He scored three himself and drove
home two more, one of them with his
smash far over the right field wall The
sixth and concluding tally was CLEANED by
the little third sacker II was low
liner in the ninth that carried SO far over
Daltons head as to allow the midget TO
girdle the cushions before the ball could
he relayed to the plate. This home run
drive within the fences concluded "A very
brilliant day for Skaters successor.
Stocks defensive work could not be i'm
proved. lie had five hard chances and
never missed. Twice he had to come
away in for slow rollers and twice he had
to go back near the concrete for
dangerous fouls.
Big Ed Reulbach was far from the
form that characterized his work of a
week ago. His old early season
ailment OF wildncss was evidenced. lie
punched his two passes in the second
inning with none out and that resulted
In a run that would have been quite
enough in view of Demaree's skill. New
York got only one hit off Rou.bach until
the sixth. but after that hit freely. 1t
looked very much as II McGraw's gun
ners hung back for the big fellows fast
one. He was in the hole SO often late
I'm the game that he simply had to groove
the ball.
With perfect inheld defence. however.
Reulbach might have delayed his calamity
until the eighth inning, Cutshaw was
directly responsible for a least Il brace of
the first three runs. He made very bad
play In the second inning by trying to
run down Merkle after fielding Murray y
grounder. Egan covered fast and ~
Cutshaw had thrown at once 10 second.
as he eventually had TO do, an easy
double play would have resulted. AS it
was the twoply killing was missed by
inches only. Larry Doyle scored the first
run of the game Stock forced Murray.
Again a double play missed by an eye
lash. and this time Cutshaw seemed
somewhat slow in re.aying Egan's toss.
Cutshaws claim OF Interference by Muir
ray was not allowed by Umpire Hart.
Cutshaws behavior In the sixth was
even more fragrant He simply handed
Doyle his second run by chasing away
out into Stcngers yard for Texas
Lacquer that he had misjudged. 1t would
have been an easy chance for the right
fielder. Bescher opened this INNING with
a clean single to centre and he advanced
on Burns's out. After Fletcher popped
to Egan Doyle drove "A wicked groundcr
down the right foul line, Jake Daubert
made a gallant try. but succeeded only In
detecting the ball, and while he chased
1t Bescher scored from second. Larry
took an extra base on the throw to the
plate. An infield error put the captain
on third and Cutshaw's blunder In STEM
gels territory did the rest
There was nothing fluky about the
last three runs, George Burns led off in
the eighth with n clean hit into left. and
after Fletcher sacrificed Doyle unloaded
his mighty home run. This was perhaps
one of the longest drives ever seen at
Isbbcts Field. The ball went out like n
perfect tee shot In golf, soaring higher
and higher In its streaky flight Fair
by forty feet, 1t cleared tho high right
field paling by several yards. and at that
spot apparently was just beginning to
respond to the lure OF gravitution.
Stocks home run greeted Southpaw
Allen in the ninth, The brooklyn out
field was drawn In, not expecting such
lusty Offering from SO dmlnutIve n per-
sonage. Dalton had to leg it back almost
10 the fence. and took a couple OF stabs
before he retrieved the bali. Perfect field
ing, however. could not have headed tho
fleet midget
Deniaree was good all the way. hut in
Nincible after the third inning. His last
four rounds were the complication of
perfection. lie didn't utilize the limit Of
his speed. but he had fine curve break
ing and 80 -cunningly mixed u, change Of