New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-11
Sees His Giants Go Down
Before Minor League
Team by 4 to 3.
THIS IN THE FACE
OF TWO HOME RUNS
Jim Thorpe, Slugger of the Kill
or-Cure School, Makes One,
Fred Merkle the Other.
By HAYWOOD BROUN.

by NIL W OOD bhOON.
Richmond. Va. April 10.--McGraw
may be a little Napoleon, but he is no
Grant. The capture Of Richmond was
difficult for General Grant, but for
McGrsw IL was impossible.
Jack Dunn and his recently import
ed International League team defeated
the Giants this afternoon by score
o. TO in the most exciting game
of the training trip.
The winning run was not scored IN
Ill one man had been retired IN the
ninth. With a sharp thrust here ana
a foray there, the Giants were ef-
fective enough in their attack, but
when pressure was applied at point
in what the military experts call inner
lines, break was discovered. me
game was thrown into the dirt JUS
one foot short OF the home plate.
Fletcher did the throwing.
Hans Lobert also did some throwing
on his own account. In fact, he start
ed the Richmond rally by pegging wide
70 Merkle, after making splendid
one-hand stop Of bail hard hit by
Neall Ball. The error enabled Ball to
reach second. Kellogg's sacrifice 70
Marauard sent the runner 10 third, and
when McInnis tapped TO Fletcher the
shortstop made the low throw and
Ball scored the winning run.
Naturally, the name Mclnnis had a
disturbing effect As matter of fact,
Dunn's young man is a brother 10
"Stufy." Of the Athletics
For the most part. the game was
battle Of home runs. Each team
scored twice by this popular medium
Of attack The home runs of the Gil
ants were longer and more frequent
than the home run Of Richmond. he
ratio was two 10 one, but both the
smashes of the Giants came when the
bases were empty. With the score
tie at one to one. Hoffman, made the
first homer Of the game. His drive
was long one, over the head OF Snod-
grass. But better return might have
limited the hit to three bases.
Jim Thorpe. the well known slugger
Of the kin or cure school. lifted the
ball high over the fence in the seventh
inning for what the local experts
called the longest hit ever seen at the
grounds. Jim held his record for just
one inning and then he had 10 turn 1t
back
In the eighth Fred Merkle put the
ball over the same fence at almost eN-
actly the same spot, and Fred's hit was
the longer, for the crash of the ball
and bat sounded a note one octave
higher than the pitch set by Thorpe.
This hit tied the score, but the com
plication was solved in the next in
ming.
Poll Perritt was the first pitcher for
tho Giants. and he showed better form
this afternoon than in any previous
game since the Journey northward be-
gan. He was wild. but effective. Just
one run was scored against him. This
came in the fourth inning, when
Johnny Bates raced home on sac
rifce hv. after two passes and single
bad filed the bases. !,
NJ The sacrifice fly which was propelled
by NcInnis might well have been
home run but for an admirably con
ceived and executed running catch by
Fred Snodgress in deep centre field.
So safe did the mighty wallop seem 70
be that the runner on first ventured
beyond second base and was doubled
up for the third out.
A good many Of the fans we're OF the
impression that on account of the dou-
Bile play the run scored by the man
on third did not count. The umpire
made public announcement 70 let the
Richmond rooters know that their men
had made a run. The point in question
is well covered in the rule book by
clause and section which we can find.
hut cannot quote from memory.
Narouard followed Poll Permit and
PLAYED well. although he yielded two
runs IS soon as he began 20 pitch by
. issuing a pass and then tolcratirg 2
home run.
A consoling feature 70 he noted. even
'- in defeat, was the fact that the Giants
showed much more life than they have
displayed recently. IL can hardly be
said that they we're aggressive, but at
least they proved petulant, which is a
q step in the right direction.
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