New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-21

more closely it is raked the greater
The figures .494 do not indicate the
percentage of team; they merely ap-
proximate it. Anybody with pad and
pencil and proper leisure can carry
the figures much further. Thus, II
team had won two games and lost one
its average might be represented Oy
Observation-Disclosures. Even that would
not be the end. You might 90 on add
ing skies until parallel lines met or
the Brooklyn ball club won a pennant.
Infnity is the place where these sur
prises are supposed TO occur.
But to return 70 the iniqulty OF
home town mathematics, we calculate
that the average Of the Giants is actu-
ally only .499506 plus. The mark Of
St. Louis is .49416S92 plus Pittsburgh,
if the truth must be told, has an aver
age of .493s672905 plus. And in our
slipshod way we call them all .494 and
give the Giants the edge in the aver
ages. It's all wrong.
If it had not been for Miller Hug
gins, the Giants might have had a
clear title 10 the first division, instead
Of being forced TO fall back on technl-
calities. Higgins won the game by re
moving a pitcher in less time than II
would take UlpeL iududStAo " oNiiN go
alternate out 10 warm up.
Dan Griner held the Giants 70 three
hits during the first light innings, and
he came into the ninth. buttressed be
hind three-run lead. George Burns
jarred him a little by driving clean
single 10 left, and Davey Robertson
stood still and received base on balls:
The first pitch to Grant was bad, and
Higgins walked in from his position to
talk with Griner.
There wasn't a trace Of anxiety in his
manner. He was smiles and assurance.
How did the old arm feel? he wanted TO
know, and would Dan just take things
easily and put the ball over the plate.
Rut an the time Higgins talked with
Griner. discussing this and that, he was
looking out of the corner of his eye
into deep centre field, where a tall left.
handler was furiously winding himself
into a working perspiratlon.
OF sudden Higgins turned his back
on Griner and waved 10 the outhelder.
Sallee walked toward the diamond
briskly, and Griner, as soon as he had
recovered from his surprise, took the
long Journey TO the bench at snalls
mace. There was no convincing him that
the judgment of Higgins was correct
for he had a shutout victory almost IN
+
he slung his glove into the dugout.
There's no telling how Griner rooted
during the rest of the game, but If he
nraved for the success of Sallee his 10y
altv is unbounded. When Butler fun
bled a slow grounder from Doyle the
bases were full, with no one out. In the
pinch Sallee was much the better man
than Griner. Left-handed though he
may be. Slim hasn't an ounce of tenn
permanent. Hug could take him out Of a
hundred games and he would never
think Of manifesting chagrin. Sallee
has been around longer than Dan Girl
ner. and victory or defeat doesn't after
his pulse-beat by fraction.
With three Giants on the bases, Sal
lee made Fletcher wait impatiently. at
the plate while he borrowed a plug
from Higgins and got l. going. Then
he went back to pitching. Fletcher al
most ended the game then and there by
putting the ball over the left field fence,
but it was a foul, and he finally went
out on a long fly, which sent Bob
Bescher all the way back to the LETT
field fence.
Burns scored on the sacrifice, bat
Merkle was out on a grounder TO Mil
Ter. The runners moved up on the out,
and only a single was needed TO tie the
score. Sallee filed the bases up again
BY passing Hans Lobert. He planned to
get at Darlington, the young college
recruit Of the Giants, who had replaced
Snodgrass earlier in the game, but Nc
Graw surprised him by sending Chief
Meyers TO the plate. Meyers met the
ball hard and drove II toward third, but
Bethel made an excellent stop, and had
only 10 step on third base to force
Grant for the final out.
Marquard began the game as the OPP
pOnent of Griner, and until the sixth
neither pitcher was in trouble. Mar
Guard was found three runs in that
inning and left the game in the latter
half TO allow Brainerd to bat for him
Ritter ard Schupp swept out the lost
game
Merkle and Long were chiefly respon-
sible for the loss of the game. With
one out in the sixth, Butler singled, and
stole second while Merkle held the ball
which had been thrown over to catch
the runner mapping. Dolan hunted and
Doom threw TO first, but this time
Merkle did not hold the ball. and the
runner was safe. Long Grove the ball
10 deep centre and Snodgrass could dc
no more than touch IT with his finger
tips. 1t went for a home run.
SO rapidly did Long round the bases