The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-30
BY WILLIAM u. HANNA.

Strong hitting. equally strong neld-
ing and the very even. excellent pitch
ing Of Jeff Tesreau made the Giants
a strong team at the Polo Grounds yes
terdsy afternoon. much too much 20
for the ~Brooklyns. The P~rooklyns have
been galloping faster than the Giants
for some time past, but yesterday they
were outplayed clearly. The Giants beat
them. s to I, and won a game which
was a tiptop entertainment for the Sat
urday crowd and permeated with ornate,
vigorous and spectacular feats of compe-
tition. A live. bus,lins. wholesome
exhibition. baseball at its best for the
most part.
The Giants sailed into Pfeffer In one
ming the Brooklyn fielding tottered
a bit while the prod was being applied
to Pfer and the four derivative runs
added a clean cut victory to the Giants
none too swollen stock Of that valua-
BILE commodity.
There was more hitting In this game
than safe hitting that IL to say. base
hits weren't in fair proportion to the
vigor with which the ball was driven.
Foot work In getting to liners to the
outfield or in getting under long wal
lops and expert handtwork in scooping
holly driven ground balls in the inffeld
auashed some earnest slams and turned
them into outs, ,
The Giants did more OF this unre-
warded hitting than the Brooklyns. Getz
and Cutshaw cut of smoking rap In
the first line of defence and Wheat
and Zimmerman. with sensational nab
berry. smothered heavy smashes. Red
Murray interfered with Rrooklyn's de-
signs with a running seizure OF a liner,
and in the inield Fletcher and Merkle
covered ground by the section and
snatched brands from the burning with
out a CULVER.
There would have been more hits on
Tesreau with less capital fielding. and
there would nave been fewer hits of
him IL the Brooklyns hadn't managed TO
bound a few scratchy ones across the
inheld plain. The Giants played like
a confident. well drilled troup instead
of the in and out Uncertainties they
have been. Their fielding was perfect, IL
there IL any such thing as perfect
fielding.
No runs were made until the last
half OF the fourth. and while the zero
age was on both sides tried a double
steal for n score. They tried II. but
on each side the courier who was seek
ing the plate while the lesser half OF
the attempt at larceny vas going to
second was thrown out by an eyelash.
The Giants tried the double steal In
the second. They did their first hitting
then. Merkle singled with two out.
McLean's looping single To right put
him on third, Mclean ambled down
and drew a throw. but McCarty handled
Cutshaw's return so cleverly. at the
sam time blocking the plate. that he
pulled the ball down on A.erkle as the
latter slid.
The Rrooklyns tried theirs in the
fourth. an inping just subsequent to one
In which Murray. Tesreau and Burns
hit the ball terrific thumps on the nose,
but not safely Murray hit to the left
field fence. hut the efficient Brooklyn
guardian Of that demesne chased TO the
foul line and ba ked himself up against
the boards 90 that the ball dropped into
the Wheat shock.
Stengel was the principal in Brook
lyn's effort TO work a double steal. He
reached third on a hit. a steal OF Sec
ond and Cutshaw's force Of Wheat. who
had walked. Doyle returned the ball
low to Mclean. Stengel slid through the
soil past the plate and Eason didn't give
any decision until Mclean tagged Stem
gel. who by that time considered tina
he was safe beyond peradventure. But