The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-16

Cts LOUIS III nlCdEos
Pitteburg In Cincinnati.
Rube Marduard. winner Of a twenty
one inning game and tho longest in Ma
iional League history OF Giants vs.. Pr
rates last year. winner of nineteen
straight year before last. yesterday
again Rratifcd his hobby for perfor-
mances which are different He and the
other Giants shut cut the Rrooklyns NJ
the Polo Grounds and Vanguard pitched
no hit game in connection with the
frescoing. No hit games as performances
AREN'T as unusual az the other two feats
OF the RUDE, but they are the ambition
OF every pitcher. and Il was the frst
time for Vanguard. II was the sew
enty-sixth time in major league base
bail. the first one dating 1875, which in
baseball is as far back as paleoliths are
IN the worlds age.
!; was a fine performance that Mar
guard gave while pitching the no hit
game, and the way nc did II was OF
more satisfaction TO the Giants and their
rootcrs than the actual accomplishment
They regarded II az an excellent Sign
OF what to expect from Marquard this
year: that he is himself again. In parts
OF games he has been doing well all
spring. and yesterday nc did still bet
ter for whole game. Considering the
no runs, no hits and the clean cut win
for the Giants IL Is comforting to know
that Rube didn't stay jumped to the
Federals. OF course had he remained
with the Feds he would have been all
in anyway. good riddance and that sort
Of Thing. but the fact of his return ~
something We can stand. since he Is not
100 decrepit to be able to slip in no
hit game now and then.
MarQusrd had the qualifications for
no hit pitching yesterday. His work
WAS sufficiently above the ordinary first
class work to merit being unsC chrd.
He was on edge with his fast ball his
curve snapped and oscillat.d 10 com
mand. his control WAS good He was
helpfully handled by Meyers and he had
support from his fellows. which WAS
rarely accurate and spirited, The
Giants kept on with their new found
pepper and We're on springs from the
start. even IL they did slip a cog or two
IN base running. The latter fault had
The virtue OF being due To an excess of
zeal.
What the Rrooklyns did in the line Of
solidly hit balls was attended to by
The New York fielding, but Marquard's
own GOODNESS did its bit. Fletcher, who
made the only error behind Marquard,
more than atoned by scoOping up hot
shot The Dodgers thrust only three
balls beyond the diamond, and Il fell
to the 10, OF each New York outhelder
10 take care OF poke past the turtle
back region. Burns and Snodgrass each
made clever running catch.
With only a little less dextrous pitch
ing ny Marquard. Rucker would have
figured In a pitchers battle of very un-
certain issue. for that veteran made runs
hard to get. although hits We're punched
on him twice. The Giants kept AT him
until they solved him hut then the hits
weren't so closely woven as TO produce
runs IN more than struggling array.
still Rucker benefited by having ringing
drives go straight TO tielders
In the first six innings Casey Stengel
was the only hostile to reach first, He
did SO on a pass in the second inning
with two out. and Cietz made a noble
effort TO advance him. He poled liner
toward loft. but Lobert grabbed It.
I.obert made a sharp play on Millers
grounder in the third and in the sixth
made sharper one on Miller's bunt
DOYLE threw out Meyers in the fourth
after Juggling that PLAYERS sizzling
grounder Merllle made difficult catch
" a foul in the nth Fletcher's seizure
If burning shot along the grass by
schultz In the sixth was play of the
swiftest skin,
With one out in the seventh Wheat
vas passed and Fletcher. eager for a
double play, fumbled on Cutshaw. Hum
mel flied to Doyle and Snodgrass wen
out and captured McCartys fy. Cut
shaw had the unique experience OF reach
ing second base. That was the further
most point for tho Dodgers
Lobert, very much In the game al
the time was the only belligerent Il
mako two hits. and ne made one o
them in the fourth Fletcher's out sen
him 10 second and Burns scored hin
ny rushing n two bagger 10 the rish
teld wall. Thorpe worked Rucker 10
four in the Nth, and being fast II wa
no trick at all for him to go to thir'
when Meyers unloaded a two Dagger II
me Wheat field. Although tho play wa
right in front Of him Meyers kept on Il
..cond and ran smack into an out
Wheat threw to second and not to third
a, Meyers expected and tho coacher a
at allowed the Chief to bunder 10 hi
demise
Meyers's untimely end wrecked larg
opening, schultz wrecked another Il
the sixth Getz missed grounder an
l.obcrt was safe, Fletcher sent hi
SnAls1InG down the loft foul line. whic
was hit until Schultz, agile and quicl
throw himself AT II and made an ama2
ug one handed stop, lie came up wit
the ball still smoking and tossed Il t
second for "A force.
The Giants buffetcd RuCkcr for fou
~. and one run IN .hc aovcn,h. Merk,
rolled an 'nfield single TO Getz, VIII
overthrew fret base, From the mdwa
Merkle was brought home by Marquard
soaring single TO right after Thorpe ha