The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-24
by WILLIAM n. HANNA.

The Giants almost won two games
yesterday, but didn't win any. They
lost two. The Cardinals beat them,
3 to 4. in the first and 4 to 3 in the
second. The seats got harder and
harder las the fans sat and watched
the Giants play ball. They. the fans,
sat for more thar four hours, and
they, the Giants, PLAYED losing ball.
The seats wouldn't have been so hard
IL they. the Giants, had won a game
or so and hadn't lost each In a dis
appointing way.
In the iirst the Giants by batting up
TO even terms after being four runs
behind stimulated the belief that they
would carry an uphill job to a success
ful termination, but in the mex inning
the Cardinals made the odd run on a
wild throw by Merkle, whose outfeld
pegging has this dlosynCracy He slams
the ball into the ground too soon and
It's likely to bounce away somewhere.
In the second game. in which Matty
pitched ball deserving of better than
II defeat. the Giants nabbed a three run
lead, and this time were disappoint-
ments by Immediately losing IL. More
than that. the Cardinals after tying
the score right away, made the odd run
In the next inning. They profited on
"a bunt and a boot. The boot was made
by Fletcher and gave the Cardinals
one run. New York errors, therefore,
though few were expensive,
Hub Perdue was "A successful rescue
pitcher. He did well in the first game
after Ames had been unlocked by de-
ferred hitting, and he stopped the Giants
in the second after they had proved
that Robinson wouldn't pass muster.
Both st. Louis victories were due largely
10 Perdue and the way his pitching
caused the Giants to curl up. Perritt
in the first game did slovenly work and
his wildness was responsible for three
runs. Schauer pitched capably except
for one wild inning. Perritt was "A
handicap which the Giants never over
came and the gifts OF him and Schauer
nine OF them-formed "A cogent rea-
son why four hits for st, Louis were
better than nine for New York.
In the second inning OF the first game
Perritt passed Long and Dolan. hit
Miller and made "A sickly grab at a
chop from Bethel. He had a chance
for "A double play on this tap. but in
stead he only kept anybody else from
handling II and allowed a run to come
In. \ force and a squeeze brought in
the next two. Schauer was all over the
place in the third inning with his UNI
controlled delivery and passed three
men, one OF whom scored on a sacri-
flee fly.
The Cardinals were dormant then
until the eighth, In the meantime the
Giants caught them. Robertson and
Doyle jounced two baggers 10 right in
the sixth. Added to these two ply
thumps vas a tumble by Bethel and an
infield out. the gross Yield being two
tallies, Fletcher, who was not at all
niggardly at cumming opportunities,
hoisted a wan fly when IT came his turn
to shoulder his truncheon, else tho up
rising had been more enduring.
Burns with "A single. Robert with a
triple and Doyle with a single fetched
In two In the seventh with two out.
Fletcher closed the chapter witt another
ny, He Was the first hitter to face Per-
due. and the chubby pitcher allowed no
more Entertainments, Schauer conferred
n fatal pass IN the Cardinals In the
eighth, and with two out and the bases
barren Miller was the passee. Bethel