New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-01
Superbas Make Life
Miserable for Rube
Make Seven Hits in Row
in Eighth Inning and
Rout the Giants.
SLANTS OF PREFER
PROVE BATTLING
McGraw's Men Unable to Garner
Run-Snodgrass Makes a
Sorry Showing.

Rube Marquard weakened in the
eighth inning, Fred Snodgrass made
most remarkable display Of tempera-
ment and the Giants were beaten by the
Superbas at Ebbets Field yesterday
afternoon. The score was 70 ..
A storm of HIS for all distances
broke from the Brooklyn bats IN tnat
eighth inning, and ragged until SIX runs
had been hammered over the plate
There was no science about the NC
tory-brute strength prevailed. ana
while that shower Of safeties was fall
inc the temperamental Snodgrass
sulked in his tent. So it happened that
the Superbas celebrated their return
from the road with victory.
The lapse of Marquard brought
about a cyclonic termination Of one OF
the most sensational pitching duels OF
the wear, in which McGraw's angular
southpaw found himself outmatched oy
the giant JEFF Pfefer. For seven inn,
ings they waged bitter warfare. and
the points were only slightly In favor
of Pfeffer He allowed one hit in tnat
time-a single to Snodgrass. Mar
guard was found for two.
The run Brooklyn scored in the hfth
inning was the result Of an error oy
Merkle. But the pace told, and IN the
eighth frame no fewer than seven nlts
were made in succession, and SIX run
ners crossed the plate.
California has produced many famous
athletes. The name Of the plucky lie,
land Stanford eight-oared crew still
fingers on the lips of rowing enthusi-
asts. And when yesterdays game was
over the name of Fred Snodgra So
fingered on the lips of the fans. ms
exhibition in the field in that eighth
frame, Just when Merquard needed MIN
most. was unusual, TO say the least.
/ To begin with, he didn't play Getz
nit any too well, and the batter took
two bases on it. Perhaps that got on
his nerves. He then proceeded TO LOAF
or Daubert's single, allowing O'Mara
to 20 from first to third on hit which
entitled him to one base. Daubert at
once betook himself to second on the
belated throw TO head off O'Mara.
Fred then crowned himself. Wheat $
home run took a crazy bound and
hopped away from Snodgrass, who pro-
ceeded to walk after the ball, while
Robertson chased madly from deep
right to the fagpole to get II. There
were other counts in the indictment.
When Freddie came back 70 the
bench the spectators booed. He looked
right through them as II unable TO
trace the source Of the hubbub. But II
Snodgrass couldn't see the crowd, he
had nothing on the crowd.
But there were many bright sides TO
the game, and not the least OF these
was the mastery pitching Of Jef Ptef-
fer. Just thirty men faced him in the
nine innings. Five of these came up in
the first inning. From then on until
the ninth the Giants might as well have
used match sticks for bats.
For seven successive innings three
men walked up 70 the plate, took g
hack at the ball and walked away shak-
ing their heads. They popped il up or
/ dribbled it along the ground, but hit
/ it safely they could not. In the ninth
/ McGraw sent Eddie Grant up to hit in
place Of Marquard. He singled 70 cen
/ ire and stole second and third bases
Lou McCarty refused to recognize
strangers. Snodgrass and Burns flied
4 to OMara, while Doyle ended the game
with a foul 10 McCarty.
OF fielding thrills there were few, for
so great was the speed of the pitch
ers and so pulling the curves that the
arms could not guide the bats with
sufficient accuracy TO obtain the desired