The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-30

OF SIZZLING HOT WARFARE
Honus, Bound Up in B~andages, Delivers Pinch Hit That
Gives Giants First Game-Johnny's Homer and
His General Brilliance Win Next for Braves.

behind Perritt. The playing was better
h the umpiring. Hart gave two or
three decisions against the Bostons
which were grotesquely awry, and Rig
Ter booted a few on balls and strikes.
The Goldfish coterie made as many
hits In the second inning " the first
game as they did In all the other eight.
They scored twice or singles by Smith.
Naranville and Gowdy and a throw In.
The Giants halved their lead in the latter
half OF the second. Merkle, handy with
the stick all day. bounced a two Dagger
OFT a mural decoration in right. He
roamed to third when Grant despatched
a grounder to Schmidt and s%kedaddled
to the plate on a wild pitch. The wild
pitch doubled on itself and carromed
back into the diamond. When Gowdy
chased IL he left the plate ~unguarded
and Merkle n the advantage Of that
lack wit play by him OF the carrot
cupola- He should have stayed at his
post and let Rudolph do the retrieving.
Hut the Giants should gnash their teeth.
smith did an unethical thing in the
ninth. He took a wallop at one Of
warmup pitches-cheap bust
ness, and which, after his high riding
into a bag the day before. endeared
him all the more to the local public.
lie hit the BAN to right, but was called
back by Rigler. He grounded to DOYLE,
who shot this at him: Anybody can
hit when nobody's In position!'
Robertson's bunt started the Giants
parading in the ninth. Robertson Is n
fash OF light to first and OUTRAGED Ru-
dolph's hurried throw. Merkle singled
to right. and Grant to the same prairie
Grants contribution sent Robertson in
and. being fumbled by Gilbert, allowed
haTkla 70 nuGh M 10 tAl.I ---
was passed, so that a force play might
be made at the plate. but Lobert jumped
a single out of anybody's reach.
Double plays n others were made
with such celebrity and sureness by the
Giants In the second game that many
Hubese were left. Grant and Doyle
started doublays from difficult pick
ups. and Meyers started one by catching
a man mapping at first Just after a strike
out. Two Hubonlans and two Harlem
ties were caught mapping in the course
OF the warfare. Anybody who closed
one eye at any time was n goner.
Gilbert's throwing from right field in
terfered with the Giants on the bases.
they tested his arm several times and
Sost out on every test. Meyers rapped
to the right field wall In the sixth in
ming and tried to make second base.
Gilbert was on the ball in no time, his
throw TO second was low and straight,
but that Meyers was caught was the
result Of nothing short OF sorcery. Evers
had to reach and help the throw and
Their he partly stretched and partly
swept himself around, the ball caught
and held in his glove. being applied to
that side OF Meyers that at the moment
happened to be his underside. It was a
play OF a kind all its own and was q
unique exhibition Of one handed skill.
In the next inning Evers made his
homer after Hughes had walked. He
left n trail Of raspy outlaws in his
wake as he kidded spectators on mis-
way from point to point. No Giant
coursed as far as third base. The score:
FIRST GAME