The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
HERZOG RETALIATES
FOR WORST BEATING
Giants Lick Reds II to 5 in
Opener, but Are Shut Out
in Next Encounter.
SLIPS1IOD BALL ALL WAY
Nv WILLIAM n. HANNA.

CINCINNATI, Sept. 12.-Four and a
half hours Of poor baseball were served
up in tho heat at the ball park this
afternoon and the Giants broke even
with the Reds. The worst beating Her
zog's henchmen have taken this year
was forced on them in the ffirst game
the score of which wal II to o.. The
Giants were shut out 5 to 0 In the
second tilt. but though they did poorly
in that contest the memory OF the
trouncing they ave the Herzog mob,
whom they love none too well, IN tho
other engagement made the vicissitudes
of the defeat so much easier TO bear.
Second rate playing predominated
during the long and hot afternoon. 1t
took the form of furnished fielding and
loose pitching. Performers who were
exceptions to the epidemic OF sipshod
serving were Benton in the first game
and Toney In the second. Both OF
these mound dwellers purveyed pitching
of the first class. The rest was third
class or worse and was done by Stroud,
Dale, Sneider and Callahan in the hrst
alteration and by Perritt in the second.
The Giants hit handsomely In the
first game and the Reds nicely in the
next, and the ihacerating was work OF
merit. although largely Off twirling be-
low the ordinary In quality. Bases on
balls and wild pitches. passed balls and
hit batsmen-all the battery error truck
that could be sprung-were as thick as
weeds In n neglected lawn and while
there were traces OF designed and skill
full play what went on was Tor the
greater part an inchoate mess OF en-
deavor.
The quartet of pitchers whom Herzog
hung al the Giants in the first game
varied from poor 10 worse. Dale was
hammered from the start and Groh ana
Rodgers booted and threw wild behind
him. Cincinnati pitchers were thick In
The sixth inning. Three of them hur-
ricd In and hurried out in that run
6ecked round. McKenry was Wild.
Schneider Wa a mark and then came
Callahan. who did well for a while but
was lost In a cloud OF hits in the last
three innings.
Stroud, although his mates gave him
q big lead, jeopardized the game with
his ineffectiveness and lack OF control
and was yanked before he became 100
deeply involved. Before Benton the Reds
were as red simians. He had them help
lass and ooled with them.
The Giants fattened their long hit
collection IN this game as well as their
stock of s,ngles. Burns ripped a home
nm throughout the remote defiles OF
oentrefeid and two triples and two
doubles garlanded the New York batting.
Dave Robertson was the pacemaker
with the mallet- He landed a triple
and two singles in the first game and
two singles IN the second. There were
only three bits off Toney and Dawes
two were a lions share.
Two runs by the Reds in the third
timing OF the second contest were due
TO simon pure hitting. Killifer, Herzos.
Grflth and Mollwitz made hits and had
the harasscd Perritt wiping his feverish
brow. Impure fielding opened the road
to three runs IN the sixth. Brainard
gave a grounder from Leach an expert
kick, Sohang made a wide throw on a
sacrihce and Rodgers poled Poll for a
three Dagger. Rodgers fitted in when
Brainard, by some astute reasoning,
chose 20 throw a man out at first In
preference 10 make a plate play for the
man going IN from third. TIT latter
play was as easy as tho one at first, and
the mental sc.ntillating by Bra.nard.
which chose the latter. presented the
Reds with a run.
Fletcher bumped into the displeasure
Of Hank O'Day in the fifth inning and
was removed from hostilities. Fletcher
wns going 10 second when Becker lined
to Herzog. He turned back TO first and
Herzog's throw hit him in the back. He
scutrled Tor second again. and was
standing there when tho ball. duty re-
trieved, was passed around a while, until
Il arrived at the Villa Mollwitz.
Thereupon O'Day showed thumbs
down. meaning you're out" Hank said
Fletcher never returned and touched
first and Fletcher asseverated with all
the positiveness al his command that he
did. His sharp features were close 10
Hanks blunt ones when he said 1t. The
debate ceased with his ejectment. The
scores: