The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-02
By WILLIAM n. HANNA.

By WILLIAM n. HANNA.
er LorIs. Aug. 1.-Misplays ny the
pitchers. one each by Marqu1rd and
S%chauer, lost the first game of a double
header for the Giants to-day, a game
which lasted ten innings. Then habit
reasserted itself and the Giants won
the second game. They have been play
ing douhle headers and dividing them
for such a spell now that II has grown to
he a confirmed custom with them. The
score of the opener was I to 3. Of the
second { 20 !. The teeming afternoon
began with roasting hot weather. so
much so that the Empirical pair, Eason
and Byron. dehed convention and APP
peared In shirtsleeves to do their ar
bitrating Byron WAS attired in a robin's
egg blue waist and frequently doused
looking Eason wore fresh Numbered
white. II was cool and raining when
the battling ended and dusk wasn't far
of. The st. Louis pitchers. chronic
al Sl'N, N'lifu u pIoiol6 ne SltEe,
which. however. never WAS dull.
Although outbatted many times over
in the first game. the Giants made 1t "A
stubborn tilt. They hadn't much chance
Sallee. slicing of few and far apart
safeties, but they plugged along and
pestered the Cardinals by getting runs
out OF little. They pared a three run
lead down to nothing and the second
New York pitcher. Rube Schauer, was
just effective enough to have kept the
argument going Indefinitely had he not
grounded "A Wild pitch and thus put a
or a hit by the demolishing slugger
Frank Snyder.
That wild pitch by Schauer was re-
sponsible for the run which brought the
first section of the soiree To "A close. and
an error by Marquard in the first inning
lowered the portcullis 10 two runs,
Briskly batted though the New York
pitchers were, they fell down BY reason
of pool support Of themselves. Still the
Cardinals were in a similar boa Their
errors were the outlet 10 all the New
York runs. There was some slashing
support behind both Vanguard and
Schauer. Burns and Fletcher weaved
over the verdure making lightning plays.
Poll Perritt deity outdid BIZ Doak In
the second game. faunts and Jeers and
denominations were flung at Poll con-
stantly by certain OF the rooters, but
Poll paid not the slightest need. II was
verbal ammunition wasted and was re-
ceived with entire Indifference oy tho
former Cardinal, who attended to his
business without allowing anything to
disturb or distract him and twirled a
game OF commanding excellence. They
damned a run across on him In the firss
inning. hut from that on he bew.ldercd
them with "A change Of pace n his
cleverly compounded mixture.
After Long had made a hit in the first
inning Of the first game MarQuard had
a double play all spread out and beck
oninp when Miller grounded 10 him. But
he shot "A scatter braine toss 10 sec
ond. Burns helped him on the next play
by throwing "A man out at the plate Oh
Dolan's single. hut he couldn't do his
re, and a walk and a hit sent In two
runs. Snyder was passed to get him
Out u Nv 81 'bN 'NoN' " W. Nv '''N'
d~iscredited. made the run devising hit.
In the fourth the Cardinals ran their
largesse up to three runs. A couple OF
hits and a muffed throw by Doyle were
the agencies, An error on Snodgrass
In the sixth and singles by Burns and
Fletcher scored two Giants, and In the
ninth Fletcher dropped a bunt to the
grass which caught the entire Cardinal
infeld Nat footed. 1t was "A hit right
-. l.- av Ia. a .s..ht
field It was the equivalent of a three
base hit. Sallee didn't allow the next
three batters to poke the ball beyond
the infeld, but as the 81, Louis inheld
never came In Merkle's roller to Butler.
which bounced of the bat without the
batter beine ready brought in Fletcher
with the tying run. As the inning turned
out this run could nave been shut off. but
the Cardinals preferred a tie to taking
chances of more New York runs. which
was conversatism with a capital c and
the antithesis of nothing venture nothing
,had.
Still the Cardinals hoard Of strategy
doubtless calculated that the Giants
couldn't score again, which was exactly
correct. Long singled in the tenth,
Miller popped TO Doyle and Wilson
struck ont on a wild pitch. which tun-
relled through Meyers and allowed Ions
TO take third. Snyder, whose war club
Is especially deadly 10 the Giants,
rammed n single past l0bert.
Bob Bescher tok himself from plate
80 plate In the mrs, inning Of the second
game and was the only Cardinal who
had the honor and the enterprise TO do
a belt lire trip on Perritt. Bescher
walked, sCoOtod to third on Longs sim
gle and anne through on Wilson's fly.
In New Works second Fletcher was hit
on the elbow, the spot whore all the
tingiiug sensations ONE from, worked
his 'pas"s ge TO third on two outs and
slipped 10 the n arthstOu" on B%rainard's
infeld mi. An active contributor to the
onward movement Of the Giants. Brain
ard. II was New Works. good fortune
Baseball - day, $50 T.. ". Y Amcri.
e'nt '' '!Soo>o fo.o Grnunda, Adm. SOC.