The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
HOME RUNS BY PIEZ
GIVE GIANTS GAME
One in Ninth With Flanagan
on Base Makes Final
Score 5 to 3.
DALLAS WEATHER SNOWY

DALLAS, Tex. March &C. ricz and
q. Boreas were prominently Identified
with the opening Of the Giants exhibit
ton sea son and the dedication Of Gard
ner Park, n new baseball plant. here
this afternoon. The hefty hitting NJ
Piez. who damned two home runs over
the left neld fence at opportune times.
went far toward bringing a victory to
the New York Giants over the Dallas
Giants. n the frosty Efforts Of Boreas
tried hard TO prevent any bail game and
any defeating
The score was : 10 = in favor OF New
York. and hurries Of snow, much gusti-
ness of wind and chilly atmosphere pre-
coded the game and piez's brace of
homers. The New York players took
their o~vercoats az we'll as their sweaters
IL the park with them, and as thtN sat
on the bench between innings they re-
GREETED that they hadn't brought oil
stoves
Under tho weather circumstance the
lack OF pepper in the game was en-
cusable. though mechanical excellence
was not wanting Both teams had th't'
though the Weather and the soft ground,
which wouldn't allow a hare hit ball TO
travel and slowed up base unnlng
onerated gains dash. Each side had
trouble getting It's base hits. but NC
Graw's selection OF mostly youngsters
had SANDY riez on their side to SWING
the balance of power. The youngsters
PLAYED as good a game as aHNhodN
could have played in weather better
suited 10 curling
4 smell OF Witness by Bono. the bal
las pitcher, extending go tine" Walks,
followed hy a scratch single by Holke.
sent the Giants away with Two runs n
tho rrst inning In the fourth llez
smacEed the ball to outer darkness ana
brought IN the third ru.
In the sixth The locals jumped IN with
a clattcriug OF hits and tied the score
and the Giants w.n ia the ninth ~lNn
Flanagan preempted first on a very
! auky hit. and a prodigious punch over
the fence 10y Piez followed.
The pitrhing was good all along thu
limo Big cine worked an admirably
7 controlled chang OF pace so ctertlNtlN
that Dallas never had n nance 10 score
m him. He held the fort for five inn
ings. and I'm hat time was tapped 70
three singles. two Of them scratclN
one ~ the singles was a Jah 20 rlgn'
jim Thorpe was picketing mat pasture
He came in ON the ball and was All
SET to throw the batte> out at hrst
only TO tumble as he was on tho Vergf
of accomplishing that inirequent feat
The Dallas folk harvested their three
runs of Flanagan In the sixth inning
II was the FIST inning for Flanagan
who is called Mike on account ~ th'
Flanagan. hut whose name isn't Min"
IL whose name isn't Mike. hut wh
= one I'm looks. vas pr'dded FOR twf
doubles aud a singh before he hc-t'
using his stun. when he ceased merely
sticking the hall M there and took i'
mixing In speed ne stopped the hos
tile hitting promptly
\ little matter of batting out of turn
went With New Y'rk's two runs In M
ninth inning, hut it was ~unnoticcd ~
the home team, and the chances arr
tho two runs would nave been made
anyway. one run anyway, sim" the
rodouhtahle TreZ stood in tn" hr'a'i
10 swing q mighty mace Marshall
who pr viously had hl' FOR tiipo. shout
have hit i'm ninth place again in TN
ninth inning. but instead hatted -
smiths order. where Flanagan shoul'
have hit. with Flanagan ON by mean.
Of a safe poke IN front of tho plate
Picz sent thu bali over the fence an'
ont ~ Tho city and y was then to'
late TO- the misplaced batting ordc
to hc pouali2ed The score: