The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-20
ny WILLIAM n. HANNA.

The Reds nave played the best
eighteen innings OF consecutive baseball
anybody has played at the Polo Grounds
this year. In the respect noted none
of the patricians-Phillies, Brooklyns,
Red Sox. White Sox. Detroits-have
done as well, nor n OF the plebian
gentry-Giants, Cubs. Yanks and others
of the oommon people. Yesterdays
playing by the Reds was ultra fine.
as was their work the day before. and
they beat the faltering Giants. d to /.
Larry Doyle made n home run in
he first inning Off the towering Mckenry
with the side arm II other perplexing
q~uivers, but from that OF the Giants
were done. McKenry. holding them to
five sparse hits. helped to do them, and
the smartest. fastest infield playing
spread before the fans in days lightened
the labor of the spirelike McKenry.
Groh at third dove II fought with
and wrestled with spinning g%rounders
and tOrtuous twisterS and won every
one of his difficult sputs with the ball.
The rest of the infield also capered in
a style corruscant and allowed nothing
TO bust. seep, bore or trickle through.
Doyle made a home run a reckless
Red tried TO stretch "A triple into a home
run, holding the PYants cheaply no
doubt. and was thrown out for his
temerity the numerous base hits OF the
Reds were chased with great application
and speed many lack wit plays were
flashed a few boots were blended INTO
the prevailing ineficlency the offerings
of two pitchers were caressed warmly by
the Red bats and all in all our boys.
while the Reds were producing excel
lent hitting, pitching and fielding. shaped
up like insists and were successful only
at holding the bag and filling the door
nat role.
OF the three New York pitchers pitch
ing OF good quality was done by one,
Schauer. Stroud was treated to much
riddling and retired to the chaise Tongue
after three innings of rough usage.
A run of Schauer was the result of an
error, then came the INA member OF
the s. S. S. alliance. Herr Schupp, who
was subjected to a few jolts in the ninth.
George Kelly. the outiielder first base
mar from the far West. was sent to
first instead of Brainard. this move pre-
sumably part of McGraw's renovation
scheme. The Giants played the sort of
ball that early stages Of reconstruction
might produce. when the pieces haven't
been fitted together. and though ii was
bad there was nothing to indicate that
II will continue so, AS for Kelly, he
played first as II not thoroughly familiar
with the position, He was good on thrown
balls, but not sure of himself when the
Reds were harassing the Giants by sac
rificing. The bag was left entirely un-
covered once, but Kelly wasn't entirely
To blame. He was watching for n bunt
and Doyle should nave covered when
Kelly went in. The new man added
no batting strength in fact. made the
sort OF nervous entry that is likely TO
bring good things later on.
Intermittent displays of slowmsss in
the knob, dulness, inaction in the intel
ligence department were given by the
Giants. Davis Robertson earned the
BOBBY prize. There was "A man on third
and another on second when Groh flied
to Dave. The latter was equidistant
from the plate and third. He could have
thrown home az easily as to the villa
IObert, hut he chose to pig to the latter
point and hole the runner who was on
second. The other man logged in. Had
the rear runner advanced on a throw
home II would have mattered little. a.
two were out, and not trying for the
man going II was simply presenting q