New-York tribune., 1914-09-27
soston Braves Add to
Yheir Lead When Matty
Yields to Adams.
rFSREAU CAPTURES
THE FIRST GAME
some Run by Hans Wagner
Proves Big Factor in Defeat
of the Old Master.
By HEYWOOD BRoUN.

,,rfsetly good losing S'It4h ~ '"N
49, Grounds yesterday and the jeal-
- Giants ruined it, Before coming
81. Fred Clarkc's men had dropped
.t.s,p gsmes in row, and they were
,..inning TO cast covetous eyes at the
...,,s Of the Reds until the Giants
-, 40 unkind as TO thwart their as
Fiations. .
Rs, what could Fred Clarke expect?
4. ,hould have known better than to
A5,q a losing streak here. There is
!. market for an imported article. If
6.r, IL any losing 70 be done around
h,s the Giants ought to get the job,
tr they have given complete satisfac-
~, in this limo Of endeavor all sum-
nsr
The Giants were hospitablc enough
.,,hs start and allowed the Pirates to
l.e the first game by score OF to
That was twelve straight but :here
Ys no thirteenth, for in the second
ysw York treaeherously reversed IT'S
,.rtiss and Pittsburgh won at 4 20 :.
~ Braves played twice with the Cubs
- won twice. Their lead in the Ma.
tiossl League is now eight and half
full games.
Small Crowd at Game.
Yesterdays meeting between the
Pirates and the Giants was the hrst
S,turday double-header which the Polo
Grounds has seen in a number OF years.
bus the double attraction did not serve
10 bring out more than 10000 persons.
The games did accomplish one thing
Tkey served to bring McGraw back TO
ae diamond again. Ever since the
mdod of the great depression began
bs Little Napoleon has stuck 10 MS
l,se deep in the shelter Of the players
bs0eh.
No matter how exciting the contest
hs has refused to take his place on the
goaehing line. Indeed, presuming upon
BE inactlon, one evening newspaper
yesterday sought 70 trade away a whole
handful Of Giants for Heine thinner
nan. This yarn brought a denial, but
NeGnW still kept to his seclusion untE
he seventh inning of the second game
MeGraw was impelled to show him
self once again because he felt tha' he
td message. He delivered it. Rlgler
received il close 70 his left ear shortly
after deciding that Mathewson's wild
pleh vas not a foul tip. His message
5shyered. McGraw went back into Sc
,lusion even greater than that which
hs had quilted, for Rigler chased him
ron the grounds.
DOnlin Follows His Chief.
Without his chief, Mike Donlin
Jned, and in the eighth lac was sent to
iollow McGrsw in exile. Costello. OF
lae Pirates, also was told to travel
Fortunately he was prepared. for the
sFder Of the umpire, as just before the
games began admirers from Pough-
teepsie gave him q suitcase
Strange are the Pirates Of to-day.
What with Collins land his name Is
Edaie), Gerber, Costello and any mum
bef Of almost brand new recruits, the
eye Of the faithful is puzzled to find
lnllaT resting place. At last, Hans
Wagner; but here, too, there IS change
No longer a shortstop, Wagner now
lolds the extreme right wing Of the
Plrates at third base.
Not until the fourth inning of the
second game was really homellke
touch introduced TO make up fer these
many Innovations. Wagner supplied
As touch he used mis- bat, and the
poiut Of contact was in the exact centre
y a fast ball pitched by MathewSon.
0ae man was On base, and the home
100 served 70 tie the score. The ball
Ftnt into the right field stand.
iesreau pitched the first game, with
300 Harmon as his opponent Fletcher
sss easily the most prominent member
d the cast, and it was his hitting
Which brought the victory. He drove
p three runs and scored the fourth
timself.
Coleman Scores Two.
Doyle's single, an infeld out and
sieseher's single gave the Giants q run
a the first inning. Konetchy's single
lelreau's bad throw Of Carey's intend
q sacrifice and Coleman's single gave
As Pirates two in the second inning.
poyle's double and Fletcher's single
yea the score in the sixth inning. The
sifates filled the bases in the eighth
SSeiore q runner had been retired, but
eeehetehy hit into a double play, and
sl1er Carey had walked, filling the
vases again, Hyatt, batting for Gerber,
ssh out on a tap to Doyle
singles by Bescher, Fletcher and
saeograss gave the Giants two runs
ele me victory in the eighth. Fletch-
W nle was a beautifully placed bunt.
'1lsh scored BeseheT from third.
nagners home run was decidedly a
sslsSesoing element in the second game,
~ the Giants were of to a two-run
..-a N the FIRST inning and Mathewson
tsned 70 be orking much more effec-
asely than IN bis last few starts. Babe
e9slas vas the Pirate pitcher.
~ peSeher began the game by
e..l'ng 9 ball to the bleacher in left
S his bit was good for three
~ 6'; Doyle sent a sacrifice hy to Col
EplAt tapped one down the third
~ me which was just q little too
6s.i i9f wagner to hold. On Fletcher's
hta epf Burns went TO second and
ssotea on single by Snodgrass
lSeed down the third base line.
Vii sSsstello began the fourth inning
b,S q clean single, and after Collins
~. poeped to Grsnt, Wagner made his
tan. Pittsburgh broke the tie
r,ss seventh. Konetehy singled and
sslw second on . wild pitch which
sis .iesy AeLean's finger. II was
~, pl-y which led to McGraw's ex-
vI,sr gafey sent long fy to Burns
~ 49, eRsbled Konetchy 10 reach tbird
el Qerbsr's single scorsd. Tbs
esss eddsd sno;hoT nm T for in.,, ~ ~
alaih. The Giants siisS tbs s bssss y
"a 80 -. esh 9t the ninth inning, but
- .sAas, ~ brother Of the great
q The Athletics. made COED