New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-21
Rats of Merkle, BeScher
and SnodgraSs Defeat
San Antonio.
yIRMAYER EXHIBITS
A FAKE SPlTBALL
poor Throwing by Meyers and
poyle and tumble by Fletcher
Prove Costly.
Bv HAYWOOD BROUN.

Ca, Antonio, Tex, March 20.-With
..,.s uascent golfers leading the at
,,ek, the Giants defeated San Antonio
,,r. to-day by score OF 4 to 3. No
,,;,.r test Of the efficacy Of golf as a
,-D,arstion for baseball could have
-, devised. FOR Fred Merkle, Bob
s,seber and Fred Snodgrass came al
INST directly from the course TO the
diamond. and these swingers of the
lr,ssie and vielders of the niblick used
heir bats TO such good effect that four
An. Of total Of seven hits made by
"a, Giants fell to their lot.
II has been said that golhng shortens
he batting radius OF a hitter by in
aueing him 10 scoop at the ball, but
both SnodgrsSs and Bescher, who arc
rciers Of one day only, slammed the
b,Yl much further on the diamond than
t.y did on the links. Moreover. Fred
y.rkle, who putted badly, found his
,,or, game as soon as he took TO the
diamond and beat out bunt, as we'll
u forcing close play on another.
Two hits we're made Gy Hans Lobert,
disciple OF the linAs only recently re
formed. So il IS evident that but for
lie golfers the Giants would have made
lust one bit.
Fletcher singled, and it must be ad-
-jtted that he does not know a mental
hazard from = putting cleek. All of the
runs scored by San Antonio were
vrtnehed from the pitching Of Poll
perritt. The boys of the Texas League
lust stepped up TO the plate, dug their
toes in and smashed the shoots of Poll
hither and yon. During his five innings
o. service he was found for seven hits.
Yet with perfect support he would
rot have been scored upon, for the first
rsn came in when Merkle fumbled mo-
msntarly and was unable to make
plsy al the plate, although he got his
nan a. first. In the second il was
tumble by Fletcher which allowed a
Texan TO come home.
Again In the fifth a poor throw by
Meyers and poorer return by Doyle
permitted q double steal TO yield a run.
Ngnsell who was a Giant for little
y,ile few seasons ago, opposed his
i5rmer teammates. He Jared so well
il the first two innings that the crowd
began to crow after the peculiarly ir-
rating manner Of Texas gatherings.
But in the third the Giants tied the
sore BY dnt Of some excellent base
rgnning With two men out, Bescher
walked and stole second just before
DOYLE received similar gift. Lobcrt
singled sharply to right and Bescher
scored.
The throw to the plate enabled Lo-
bert 10 90 on toward second. A good
,tlow from the catcher had Lobert
beaten, but crafty Hans halted just
before the baseman could touch him.
and forced a run-up which permitted
Doyle to follow Bescher home. Doyle
bad TO exert himself to reach the
pate, and passed through the war zone
oaly BY the medium of long, leaplng
slide.
Two singles and the aforementioned
double steal in the fifth gave San An
,enio lead OF one run when Perrltt
Quilted the box, but Alois kirmayer,
Who took his place, was so efficient
hat the home town boys could score
~ AVlts hllllog q dlIONtN JN~N Wv
Il, in four innings.
Alois. or Ollie, as he is known TO
his teammates, had more speed than
his predecessor and we'll trained spit
ball as well. lie fooled the batters
irain and again by taking a spltball
and then offering sheer speed. How
rtr, no matter what form his pitching
ieok, il could not seem TO please the
Sn Antonians 10 any degree.
With the run-making of their OPP
lenents permanently curtailed, the
Gsnts set out 10 overcome the one
'Gn lead. and accomplished their task
y the sixth inning. Fletcher began by
beating out a hit TO Balenti. Merkle
rocked two-bagger to left. scoring
fletcher. Snodgrass singled, but a
great stop by knapp, the second base
nan Of the Texans, held Merkle on
third
jim Thorpe tapped grounder to the
second baseman, and his error allowed
Aerkle 10 come home. Playing as
regular with the Giants for the first
une, Jim failed TO get a hit, but he
reached first on three occasions in his
Jour trips 10 the plate. as he received
sa'e on balls, as we'll as profting by
Eo errors.
The score follows:
NEW YORK SAN ANTONIO.