New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-05
Giants Beat YankS
For Sweet CHARITY
Little Balm in Well We,
Victory for the Minions
of McGraw.
DONOVAN PITCHES
FOR FIVE INNTNGS
Triple by Fletcher, in Luch
Seventh, with Two on Bases
Turns Tide of Battle.

Ten thousand baseball enthuh,rl
saw the New York Giants triur,,
over the Yankees az the Polo Grou,s,
yesterday afternoon, in a special N
hibition game, played for the benea:
the poor Of New York, IN der the dire
ton Of "The Evening Journal" Tho.
who wandered elsewhere 70 spend q.
sultry afternoon missed a rat..i,t
good bali game. There wa touch L
Irony in that the Giants should h,r'
captured this battle watch camel
count in the average. while the C-.
cinnati Reds defeated The Cardirt,!
twice and plunged New York back ir,,
the National League cellar. The eco,
of the interleague battle vas to3
President James A. Gilmore. Of IA
Federal League; Lee Nagee, managed
of the Brooklyn Tip Tops; fOrnsI
Corporation Counsel John A. Whale
and numerous other well known ne,
were among those present. Tier,
were numerous girls from a musial
comedy playing in this CITY who liz.
posed of flags and sm..es-all %,
charity.
These same girls later sneaked o.:
on the field where no one could Sc,
them and posed for a series Of PEI.
ures. Hans Lobert tried 90 instuG
one fair twirler just the right way .
kick her foot when she pitched. The
I i - -. -. a tro-rrt t.frr. "a -
Wendell tried It. There was ban!
concert and the other little specialtiet
Donovan kept faith with ,ae fans b.
sending his first team into the faI
The Giants had Lew Wendell, Il.
Young catcher behind the bat, Will.
the sibilant twins, Schupp and Schausi
guarded Mt. Fabian for NcGraw's nsn
Otherwise the same team which NOV
holds forth in the cellar faced tAl
Yankees. Indeed, Donovan went Tx
limit in being fair. lie went in snt
pitched five innings, and retiring, lea
his team one run in the lead. dcGrsI
was not prominent IN the affairs o.
the afternoon.
Arthur Fletcher delivered the frs
blow to the hopes Of the Yankees. VII,
the score tied, two men on bases an.
two down in the lucky seventh inning
ne smashed the ball 90 the rose0ush D,
centre field for a triple, and dfoy'
Burns and Robertson home. Arias'
died on third, while Lober- was retire.
at first base. After this, FI0e ocha1ef
who was in the box for the Giant,
never gave the Yankees @ chance Z
familiarize themselves with the pan
10 the plate.
But there were anxious moments ~
the followers of the Giants In the eafl
rounds. Ferdie Schupp, left handed
heart and in the arm as we'll mig,
have posed for when a Fel.er Needs
Friend" The Yankees hammered b.
southside delivery 70 their hearts con
tent and pushed over three runs. The
hit the ball hard, too.
Singles by High and Peck, Wit
Doyle's low throw 20 Wendell, score
the first run in the opening trans
Peck's walk and Pipp's triple % cent?
scored the second count IN the tnir
frame. and the last came .H The ~
on drives by Maise. and Hartzel.
Now. while all this was going o.
Wild Bill Donovan, he Of the cheerfg
countenance, had no trouble in curbia
the Giants. In the fifth, however b
hit Snodgrass, and after striking o.
Wendell and Schupp, grcoved one 70
Burns, who hit il into the LETT Eel
stands for a home run. The next inn
ing COttrell. a lcft-harder. came o.
the mound for the Tanks a burt b
Merkle, LObert's double and a long z
by Snodgrass pushed over the run TIA
tied the score. Then, a5 told previous
ly, Fletcher struck the winning Blot
in the seventh.
No championship game was eve
graced BIZ pretty plays Nunanaak.
and Boone broke up a double steal 81
tempted by Merkle and l0bert, in "a
second inning, in fine stgle. The oa.
was handled with a prec. sion that DO;
dered on the automatic HughIe Hig
made a wonderful catch o. Lo5ert's =
in the eighth inning and there "e'
others who thrilled.