The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01
To-day's schedule
New York In 81. Louis.
Brooklyn In Cincinnati
Philadelphia In Chicago.
~ WILLIAM u. HANNA

CHICAGO. July 3l.-The cubs haNed
the Giants this afternoon in the frs;
conflict of = double bill the Giants
second. II was with about equal ease
that each club won its game, and that
was considerable ease. The scores were
: to 3 for the fr>t tussle and . to > for
the second.
Neither game was a good contest. The
winning team had 1t 100 much It's "
way.
The Giants were getting Il in the
thorac!c region with emphasis in the first
game when Manager McGraw made a
radical shift in his team and from that
moment the Giants played better bal!
The change was this:
On the sixth inning Snodgrass. who
has been in a slump for several weeks
and little more than an incubus as a
batter. was taken out and Bra.nard sent
to centre. A line drive to centre re-
vealed the fact that Brainard was lost
In that distant territory, and In the
next inning he was brought In 20 first
and Merkle sent to centre. This last
arrangement held good for the second
game too. except Babbington relieved
the versatile Merkle near the close.
Brainard played well At first base.
also did yeoman service with the bat,
and although Merkle IS too good a first
sack sentry to be shunted elsewhere as a
permanent plan, II looks as II McGraw
has some redistribution of material In
mind TO impart more hitting strength u
the Giants. who have fallen on IN their
swatting in the last week.
II Brainard could continue to hit as
he has been doing In this way station the
pr sent arrangement wouldn't be a bad
one. for Merkle can play the outteld TO
the queens. the kings. the knaye's or
anybody else's taste. Burlington Is a
caudidate for Snodgrass's place while
the latter is in the dumps and then there
Is Kelly, the big chap from the far West
who IL likely to be tried II room can be
found for him under the tw~enty-one
player limit provision.
In the first game the cubs gave
Matty "A lacing in the fourth inning AID
Ritter one in the NTH, \ few appro-
priately applied Clouts to the delivery
first OF the veteran, then OF the Young
ster and away went the ball game.
The Giants opened on Hippo Naughn
with a show of force. but good fielding
hurled them back and they didn't get
going again. They found the big south
pa freely In the last three innings, but
were too far back to be dangerous.
There was "A man on first base In the
fourth with two out when Matty began
to rock on his throne. Klein made a
wrong decision against Matty, but 1t
didn't affect the run getting and cost the
Giants nothing. Iimmerman ran into
his own hunt on fair ground and thereby
earned an out for himself. He knew II
and trotted straightway for the bench,
but KLEIN called II a foul AID called Xim
back. The boss arbiter plainly booted
ore.
However, as said, the decision cost
nothing. Xim reached first on a tielder's
choice which retired Fisher. so II was
merely a question of Fisher or Iim be-
ing on the base. knisely came along
with n single and Williams with n home
run. The Williams homer bounced back
In the field without Robertson knowing
where II was. Robby lately has been
written up as "A coming cobb, and he
hasn't done anything since, His batting
has fallen Off and on his present form
H. won't cause Cobb to be forgotten.
Ritter In the fifth was hit as hard as
Matty was in the fourth and his sup
port threw a few splints. lie steadied
after one tiustered inning, hut as the
Giants were Naughn's meat there wasn't
anything left In the game for Ritter hut
exercise and experience. Doyle and
Lobert plastered the pitching OF Vaughn.
but there was only one Doyle and one
l.obert ~ the team,
In the second ruction Cheney had