The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
ny WILLIAM n. HANNA.

n short, spruce ball game at the Folo
Grounds yesterday terminated the New
iork-Chicago series. II hummed along
at a / 80 clip. and the Giants won it. 2
to 0. The eighty brief minute which
tho game lasted weren't too short a
space OF time for Mathewson and Rob-
ertson to star themselves as ringleaders
in the quelling of the Cubs. The pitch
ing OF the venerable one. the batting and
fielding of the adolescent other; and
there We have the product OF two crafts
men which did most 10 pen the Cubs in
a runless lair.
A model game in some ways. moving
rapidly and skilfully played. Games Of
an o and twenty minutes would not
be popular as a custom. They're all
right as exceptions, but for a regular
thing the fans want som thing more
expansive. This particular display.
however, was neat and trim and had
the further virtue Of being free OF
~wrangles. cholerics. brawls. The I'm
pires had no occasion TO get up on their
high horse or hand out discipline the
players had no occasion to snarl at the
umpires. The little boys of the Giant
and cub classes received from Teachers
Byron and Eason dtportment cards with
marks of SO per cent.
Matty, with an occasional fadedway,
such as he used TO advantage on Schultz.
and an infrequent fast ball. but always
with hairlire control of the Matty kind.
made the cubs shake hands, sit W on
their hind legs. jump through hoops and
wear horse collars. and made them like
II. He made them respect his gray
hairs. Matty has come to that advanced
age where we don know whether he
pitches with his arm. his head or the
ball. but whichever II was it sutiiCed.
Whether he had the ball fairly reeking
with stuff or whether II was as barren
Of smoke and slants and such. the pres
,nce of which is largely a matter of
guesswork - and sometimes bunk -
whether there was AZ little of all this
az on an apple hanging TO "A tree. Ne are
In doubt, but whatever II was the Cubs
couldn't break through II.
The Cubs hit the ball squarely and
sometimes far in the first half Of the
game. but II 1t didn't go straight to
fielders, fielders went straight 10 il, and
the old mans hacking was immaculate.
In the second half. the Cubs ceased to
land squarely. The ball ceased TO shoe
away from their bats, showing that they
were RettIlS Only the euSes'
The Giants didn't make any more hits
than the Cubs-hve each was the yield
but they punched three in the fourth
inning and won. Robertson. who
started this rally. broke up the Cubs
attack in the first inning with a Won
derful catch, and that was really the
only critical time for Matty. \ hard
rebuff at the outset as they were wading
in. "A staggering COUNTER flush on the
nose. and the Cubs were easier to
handle the rest of the time.
Good opened the game with a single.
Fisher hunted along the first base trail
TO Merkle, and Good went to second on
the sacrifice. Schultz landed like a
mule kicking and the ball went streak
ing to right centre, no bigger than "A
grape, Good turned third on his way
for home. There wasn't anything to il
but a run, and probably two. unless
something sensational in the grab line
was done In the New York outfeld.
That's where Robertson came in.
Dave had started with the report and
was bounding over the plain bent on
cutting into the line OF the catapult.
His path and hat of the ball made
an acute angle, where they intersected,
but after they did intersect Dave con-
tinued his rush, due TO momentum,
while the ball went with him. 1t was
impaled in his left hand. It had stuck
there when he sprang for il in deep
right centre,
Good, being on the far side of third
hadn't time to return. Still, he was able
to return half way. Fletcher was at
second ready to take Robertson's throw,
but Dave vas a little bit excited and
heaved way over Fletcher. Matty was
out there to lend whatever help was
necessary, took the throw on the line
and passed the much ira yelled ball to
Fletcher for a double play.
Second base was as far as the Cubs
went They made two hits in the sixth
inning, the only time they did. Phelan
began with a single and was forced by
Archer. HUMPHREYS singled. Good flied
to Robertson and Fisher forced Humph-
ries. Fletcher doubled In the second
with none out, but Merkle's attempted
saCI iiCe was "A prod to label, who made
a nice play. His throw to Phelan can
cclled Fletcher at third.
The Giants knocked Xabel out i'm the
fourth inning and all there was in the
game of closely sequentidl batting was
just there. Robertson singled. on the
run and hit he took third on Doyle's
single He tried to score when Fletcher
bounced to Fisher. lie saw he couldn't
and turned back. Archer raced after
him. That's where Archer made a mis-
take. lie thought he could catch Robert
son or thar Doyle would come busting
down to third ana that he'd have one
man anyway. Nothing like II.
When Davey got in striking distance
OF the base he dow" for T.. Archer dove