The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-29
~ WILLIAM b. HANNA.

The inestlmable advantage Of playing
two games within ~forty-eisht hours
something they hadn't lone for a week
put the Giants back in their stride yes
cerday. and they beat the Cardinals. IL
to 4. How long they'll stay In their
stride Is another matter. but they were
in a big one yesterday. They made
eighteen hits, all the way from four
for Fletcher to ones for Lobert. Merkle
and a few other stragglers. Everybody
made a hit of Perdue. and the Giants
knocked everything OF the ball as
pitched by him. from cover to sputum.
While the occupants of the leagues
lowest perch were adding a black and
blue shade to the Cardinals. many Of
their fellows shifted the battle from
was nobody on the New York bench
when the Giants were In the field ex-
cept Chief Meyers and Eddie Grant. All
the others. except McGraw. who was
the first to feel Eason's wrath and who
disappeared through his private exit un-
der the stand looked on from the border
Of right field. where they had been sent
by the umpire.
McGraw had words with Eason over
Perdue's delivery and was sent from the
field. He left through the aforemen-
toned private door. There is a great I
deal of curiosity a. to whore this door
leads. Some think II leads to asst place.
Anyway. after McGraw left others on
the bench took W the matter and dis
quie,ed E,ason as we'll as Miller Hug
8t,.u a.tth thAtr AhnttAr IytODinQ rnrn- |
planned and Eason entered the dialogue
long enough to send five or six Giants
from the bench. Snodgrass went next
after his chief, and on his way stopped
apparently TO tell Higgins what he
thought OF him. which wasn't much from
the length OF time 1t took him TO tell II.
Spectators deduced that Snodgrass's
opinion OF Higgins wac In inverse ratio
TO the number of words used.
Tesreau and Mclean were the last
Of the Giants TO be declared ineligible
for the bench. making a fine rear guard.
Remained only the incumbents OF the
regular positions and Meyers and Grant.
Therefore the reduced player limit is
indicated. The Giants won with only
men and two supernumeraries, The
advocates of this far fetched measure
can now maintain that reducing to nine
men would he still better. since games
frequently are won with hat number.
Perdue was hit hardest In the first
and last innings and the Giants would
have had more runs with more perspi-
Guilty in base running. Two OF them.
Burns and Smith. were caught moon
gazing and Fletcher was fooled by a
THROWN which went only to the pitcher.
However. the smartest base runners have
to take a chance OF being tricked on
that play and F1etch's wrong guess
uyua unInlts haaatIon In uyna fnktnO a !
chance. Burns and Smith were caught
because they weren't watching closely
enough. Fletcher's batting was strong
and productive. lie batted in four runs
and helped to bat in two more. More
over, he fielded well.
Vanguard stopped an onslaught in the
first inning. The Cardinals went at
him with considerable show OF spleen.
but he took them in hand readily and
made them walk a chalk mark. lie
didn't have a tight game TO pitch, didn't
have to pitch his best and had the
better Of the Cardinals all the way.
His pitching had nothing of the theatre
cal. but was steady. effective and
marked by the best Of control. He
de~adheaded nobody.
Higgins doubled In the first inning
and Beck singled. A squally start, but
salvation carpe when Dolan popped to
Fletcher. That allowed the inheld to
play back and let a run In while get
ting the hitter at first. II worked out
that way, Fletcher throwing Miller out
as Higgins traipsed home.
Burns opened for New York with a
single, but was caught nodding. The
balk dispute. tho sequel of which was
a New York bench with nothing left
thereon but silence n atmosphere.
started right there and continued, with
variations, Through the next inning.
Doyle put a lucky double in left. but
was collared at third when Lobert
grounded to Butler. Fletcher quad
rupled into the bleachers. Robertson
singled and as he got under way on
a run and hit play he scored all tho
way from first on Merkle's single. Pretty
running by Dave, who Is one OF the
~feetest men in the game.
Beck and Dolan got busy with hits in
the nth and Burns fumbled Dolan's
hit, Beck, by splendid running, scored
on the hit plus the error. 1t was a
daring rush and made the dust Az.
likewise caught Burns on his guard.
Reing caught off guard is happening
often to certain Giants OF late. That's
been one trouble, That's one reason why
they're In the cellar, Two scratch hits.
one regular hit and a tumble gave the
ca rdinals their last batch OF runs.
Doyle and Fletcher hit a run around
in the NTH. and Fletcher and Robertson
hit two around IN the seventh. A two
hagger by Robertson went to the stra.
tus clouds. but high as il went, Wilson
nor Butler. nor polan. coming from ar.
ferent directions. wa3 able to get under
1t, II brought In two runs.
The fve runs made by the Giants in
me eighth were on OF free. slashin9
batting Seven men In succession hit