The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-01
~ WILLIAM n. HANNA.

The Giants and Brooklyns gave
friends and patrons a happy instruc-
tive course in baseball yesterday. The
Giants won. 4 to 2. in the morning and
in the afternoon the Brooklyns took tho
laurels, 6 to 2. The Giants played bet
ter in the morning than In the after
room with h Brookiyns It was the
other wal round. There was 80 much
trenchant hitting by n or the other
of the contending teams, Mcoraw's resi-
denters or Robinson's commuters, IL
not In one game then In the other. and
so much more in the fielding which was
dashlng. timely aud high grade than
, there was faulty that he was a churl
and a crab who wasn't satisfied with
what he saw and repaid for his outlay
OF admittancc moneys.
There was sparkling baseball. not
outstanding lapses into imperfections'
with the morning competition the
crisper. closer and better played OF the
two. but with the other one never dull
II not OF the brilliance of the matu-
final contest. The morning game was a
beauty, bracing and crystalline. like
the weather. Plays cleaned like shaftI
OF light Off the faces OF a prism. There
were 5000 spectators in the morning
49, 900 In the afternoon. Thirty thou
sand In all drank in stimulating baseball
and ozone, a roundup of fans showtns
to what paltry proportions interest In
the game has shrunk.
Poll Perritt was a pitcher OF NOR
stamina than Galore In the morning
game. His pitching wore better. He
reeled In ono inning. but steadied and
was going strong at the finish a. be did
In most Of the innings. But h DID AAvs
ine supper Doyle and Lobert, amons
others, backed him in gorgeous style
Cadore's pitching was uneven and ths
Giants ratled hits past him ana his
assistants In clusters.
In the afternoon the Giants couldn't
time that leisurely curve OF Fuckers
and this hero of many wars used wha,
he had adeptiy. Stroud. on the other
hand. was batted harder than in any
previous game he has pitched. An error
by Doyle dug a deeper pit for him tc
scramble out of. but he was punished
wickedly enough to have been beaten
anyway.
There was a case OF two OF poor
individual management by tho Giants
in the second game. particularly by Mer'
kle. who held a bail too long once or
one play and overran second once on a
force play. The latter was a doltisf
performance. As II happened CutshaW
dropped the ball and Merkle would
have been safe had he not overrun
Either he was careless and thought HI
would surely be put out or his era,
matter s%tagnated or his emergency brake
wouldn't work. In the upper circles o.
baseball a man can't overrun any has
except first without waving immunity
from retirement. and in laundering alone
and losing the benefit OF n Brooklyn
error Merkle brought or an ENHANCEMENT
on the bases the avoidance OF which
might have put the Giants strictly ir
the game.
Various and sundry batsmen dfstin'
guished themselves by rich ARRESTS o.
hits. Dave Robertson during the day
hit safely FIVE times. getting his nv'
in successive times at bat Daubert also
made Ave hits. Getz mad four in tn
a afternoon game. and while Ph4bus wa,
still riding the ca stern sky Fletcher anc
Lobert each culled safeties by tho THO
Doyle, Cutshaw and Zimmerman also
maced with energy and proft.
The Giants first run In the hrst gam,
came oddly. In the fourth inning Lober
singled and vas forced by Fletcher
Robertson clapped a single to centre an
when Merkle forced him Fletcher tool
third. A double steal was started anc
Miller had Fletcher trapped OF third
but dropped the ball as he was about q
throw That case OF muscle not co
o~rdinating with mind gave the Giant
their double steal and run. Technically
Miller made a wild throw. but II WASH
an error because nobody advanced al
extra base.
Daubert and Cutshaw singled In tn
sixth. Stengel sacrifced n Wheat a
n three and two stat e damned hotl.
over short and herdcd home Brooklyn
only runs. The Giants tied the scor
in their half on double by Lober
and single by Fletcher. An invaluabl
factor. Fletcher. His single drove l
two runs in the eighth. First Burn