The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-27
n, WILLIAM II. HANNA.

The Giants were beaten. > to ], by
the Pirates yesterday. Most OF the time
they were occupied IN two ways They
either were wasting away at the ba:
with men on bases or they were guard.
Ing the home plate against the lnroads
of Pirates. They did both well. They
were strong and healthy on defence ,
their offence was, one detail excepted,
llep; and jaurdiced. They were pro-
iclent I'm base running. On the other
hand, the winners were poor in that
respect, Yet they wcn.
On he promonotory aKntlehrer was
more effective than Stroud, with both
pitching a game Of clean cut merit.
The ratcnetty. elbow delivery of the
Pittsburg left handler suppressed the
Giants when there were men waiting
to be batted in. stroud too was good
in pinches. His pitching was smooth
and steady. but the Frates plnched off
two runs, ore at a time. BIZ Hinchman
did much to help them do II. His two
Dagger contributed to the first run, his
sacrifice fly to the second. Thu eph.
emeral punching OF hits in these two
ltlAllREt NV WI III ~ b'hA
Stroud, who was beyond Fttsburg So
luton in the others.
The Giants gave good protection u
ether points beyond the gateway than
the plate. Two Pirates were thrown
out at the plate and two were trapped
between third and the plate through
poor base running. Another was doubled
off n base partly through negligent base
running and partly through a slashirS
catch By Doyle still another was forced
and enc as yet unclahslfied was caught
mapping, The bases were no safe re-
treats for the Pirates They foolishly
wandered away from them and were
erased, But they had more Of the old
pristine punch than the Giants. more
81 the eye and beef that produce wal
lops, and thereby hung the tale OF their
victory.
Doyle played "A fine game for the
Giants-tine second basing. to borrow
from the strained cant OF the day He
was slick on mean bounds No less 50
was Doc Johnson, who smothered two
sharp ones with one hand and race
or to the bag ahead ~ the hitters.
Doyle's double play In the second pre-
vented more thar one run. Hinchman
hit "A hit to right, going for which Rob
ertson slipped in The soft turf and
. ~ " llilhH ldh - bDublf 'rltHl waite
for Wagner's bunt TO roll foul and is
still waiting, II rolled fair and tho
DutChman rolled to first. Mccarthy
propped his bat against a single and
brought in H,nchman, Doyle effected
"A running scoop Of Baird's grounder an
threw u Wagner at home. and bowl,
! took GibsOn's fly In the outield and
doubled Baird, who had Numbered dowr
to second.
Carey Tailed in the third on a hit bS
himself. an infeld safety by Collins, n
base on balls and Hinchman's ny Il
Robertson. and that was an end OF
Pittsburg scoring. The nearest the Pi
rates came to II again was IN TN,
ninth. In that inning, off Schaue,
Wagner reached third on "A two baggel
and a wild pitch. but was sidetrackec
at the plate, Brainard to Meyers
Mccarthy reached third on "A walk. d
Wild pitch and Wagner's demise. bu
was run down on when he and RaifC
gave II fimsy imitation of a doubl,
steal.
The Pirates ran ba ses with the dash
and acunien of string halt frogs. W
the dashes OF the Giants for second
though thrice successful, awaited then