New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-02
SUPERBAS Give
GIANTS ANOTHER
BAD DRUBBINC
Star of Rucker Refuses TO
Set and He Shines in
Box as of Old.
TESREAU DRIVEN
FROM THE MOUND
Schauer and Schupp Are Also
Offered as Sacrifices TO the
Batsmen of Flatbush.

The star Of G. Napoleon Rucker re-
fuses to set No matter how low /,
may sink on the horizon. it may be de-
pended on to rise again in all its former
glory. RuckeY pitched for the Superbas
yesterday afternoon at Ebbets Field
and guided mis- team through % is
second consecutive victory over the
Giants. The score was TO 2. Ths
New York team clings with feeble
grasp on sixth place, only four points
removed from the next lower position.
which is held by Brooklyn.
Rucker pitched as the old Rucker.
Under the influence OF the sizzling
heat, his muscles lost every semb ancs
Of kink and twist. He curved the ball
over with sharp hook on 10; he sen.
the fast one through with d savage
hop and more speed than IN any game
thus far this year, and mixed IN with
II was the same old tantalzing drop
that seemed 10 stop and hold CONVEX
sation with the blades OF grass Whils
en- route to the plate.
The combination Iudiciously manipu.
lated was quite sufficient. The Giants
hit, and hit hard, but 20 no purpose.
Any number Of times they threatened.
but Rucker had one asset with him.
He pitched quite as much with his
brain as with his arm. And that de-
cided the issue.
The return home has acted a a tonic
upon the Superbas. While abroad they
could not nit. Yesterday they could
no, stop hitting. They smashed the
delivery of Tesreau. Schauer and
ochupp into cooked hat and then
looked around for more. but McGraw
refused to offer up any more sacrifices.
Fourteen hits were made of Tes-
reau and his successors. Five runs
were the toll off Tesreau in the third
inning, which, incidentally, was JETS
last; hut IL may be said IN all fairness
that he was not favored by any lucky
breaks. OF the five hits made. only
one was to the outield. The other
four were pretty sickly affairs, bu.
they accomplished their purpose.
Schauer came next, and for three inn
ings ruled with negligible success. A
salvo of hits produced three runs and
Rube let a pinch hitter bat for him.
Schupp was touched for one run.
Fred Snodgrass was excused from
his duties in centre field early In ths
game. After gathering a single mt,
his average in the first inning Fred
drove into a double play in the second
inning and compounded the felony BY
refusing to run his hit out. McGraw
put Murray into centre field, 20 the
great delight of the fans
Nor was red Jack the only member
Of the bench brigade to get his chance
70 shine. When all was lost. Louis
Wendell, the young catcher, was sent
IN TO relieve Meyers. Louis Is a New
York boy. He spent his kid DAYS IN
the shadow OF the Polo Grounds. and
his civic pride is boundless. He struck
two blows for his team and city; two
singles in two trips 70 the plate. bus
aid not score. He caught a good game,
too.
Every man on the BROOKLYN team
with the exception Of Buck Wheat gos
at least one hit. Otto Miller was ths
leading slugger with three hits, and one
Of those was a three Dagger 70 tho
centre field fence. A feeter runner
than MoOnie might have cinched tho
circuit on this wallop.
Gus Getz continued 20 kill the ball
and got two hits, as did Daubert and
O'Mara. Larry Doyle shone for tbs
Giants with three hits. There was
nothing IN the defensive play Of either
team that was especially worthy Of
commentator.
The Giants gathered in half .heir
runs in the first inning on singles BY
Snodgrass and Doyle with a couple O.
infeld outs. The other tally came in
the eighth on singles By Doyle and
Merkle. The Superbas scored in pls-
toons and all went merry.
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