The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25
To-day's schedule.


The Giants lCaped Owe" lost groun'!
yeste day. aid VITA two defeats ~ the
Pirates. who hcaped that ,ndlcnity on
them the day before, scaled back to even
terms with the ~pittsburgers in the per
centagc ~rec,onings. The double coup
was accomplished by scores " : to I
and I TO =. and some % 00O to $1,000
persons had II iue afternoon. The b!s
gcst attendance of THO ycar. unaware
that baseball vas moribund. played ont
and on - las; legs, and despite the
Giants b"l1g IA seventh place, w%nocpel
and stretched and had q hue time "f 1t.
The Giants won cach game WI bd;-
ting. tho hes; paying part Of wh.th was
coahucd to one inning cyusad,s. These
crah,cd them 20 realize runs in clusters
OF dinereu, degrees ~ f,tress. each
sufficient 70. is ga.hc In each contest
there was hard and esp batting. hut
amass!ny of hts IA bu cr"o Was some
hing the Giants did better than tl'
Pirates. and This permitted them to via
each bl,tle handily,
The fielding and base running % t'c
Gia~ts also excelled Efforts in tn" SAM
direction by the Pirates. although ll
both outfl"lds there were catches a.
BEAUTY, with Robertson. S~polgrlss.
H'rcaman and carey the perpetrators.
The SAINTS attack was sh!fiirr. sharper
md more penetrating. Il ia more mi>rI
ard rss0urcctal. McC;raWs men we're.
Tor a charge. the better team. having
one 81 .helr good days when they tear
around eNubeiantly and make their
plays go. The Giants can swing from
Iii, .,ltL,. q. 1.v,. n~al. l.a-aI Il fRAs,,
extreme to extreme. with that quick AMI
thorough reVersal OF form characteristic
o; the most Inconsistent OF ball CLUBS.
IN twice tanning the hide OF the
Pirates the Giants also had the bette.
pitching. Better work from the box
specialists dated from thu time Stroud
was dropped from the first game. The
Pira;es h,rched Stroud for an inning
ana a fraction. hut the llwlcsSneSs
ceased vita his disappearance. MAJ
guard was much more effective and for
the rest o: the game outpitchod Bob
Harmon. an old Giant bugbear. perritt
slipped along easily through the mazes
OF the second game, faring better than
Cooper. whom tine Giants to avenge
stroud Knocked out but Prrr.tt was he
riend.d by able support IN getting 10y
with his game. Robertson, Barnard
and Snodgrass nabbed more than one
not liner ny the neck ana Cfgkeu IL int
submission. Robertson made a rip
suorting eaten which was not only
timely but stood the crowd on its head.
and Brainsrd did admirably at second
base.
This frst inning OF the first game pro-
Guced two run for the Giants aud one
for the Pirates and also on the New
York side n double escape from a ruuup
which was the most exciting occurrence
of its kind ever seen AT the Polo Grounds
and which put the crowd In an uproar.
The Pirates made their run on hits
by Carey and Johnston, who 10 a bear
at spilling hot shot to right. For the
Glants Burns opened with q single and
took second on Carcy's tumble. Robert
son beat a buut. Grant stabbed to Har-
mon and Burns was tursl'd bach from
the plate, His object was to delay be-
ing put out until Robertson and Grant
caught and before the play ended there
was a wild, prolonged chase. first OF
Burns between third and home. then OF
Robertson between third and second.
which grew wilder every instant. with
the slippery, elusive shutting Of Burns
and Robertson. the frantic efforts OF the
Pirates to pen them and with spectators
on their feet laughing. shouting and
roarlns.
Harmon threw TO SChang and Schanr
drove Burns back to third. Then Robert
son. who had come down. cut loose from
the base and diverted the chase to him