New-York tribune., 1915-07-18

who used to cook dinner and the olu-
..,bioned man who ate it? Who puts
-. b.b;.s 20 bed and sets the table
and sweeps out and winds the clock
,,5 attends 10 the other hard work
,hout the house? The answer to the
fret question is where? and the solu-
go, ~ the second is who? Twenty
Two thousand nersons went to the Polo
C-ourds AT the beginning OF the after
noon. and only a handful lett before
tbe last man was out in the twilight
encounter.
For Miller Higgins, manager OF the
Cardinals. there was consolation
W;ilsr appeared 10 be peevish during
the heat Of battle. but when he sits
down and thinks about the two games
10 cannot but rejoice at the fact that
his Judgment has been vindicated.
MANY weeks ago, when Poll Perrltt
vas starting frequently and finishing
seldom. il was stated in some quarters
,bat Miller had put something over by
handing Perritt to McGraw. This ac-
evsation was Indignantly denied by
Higgins.
"Perritt is a good pitcher" he said
aHcTl win twenty games this season
or ! miss my guess.
perritt won two of the twenty yes
terdav. He pitched only the hnal INN
ing Of the first encounter, but he was
responsible for the entire nine innings
Of the shutout which followed.
sixteen innings made the Longest
came plaved at the Polo Grounds this
season, and coming as II Jld on one
Of the hottest days of the summer il
was quite a tough afternoon for the
members of the Baseball Writers AS
sociation Of America.
Waybe il was little hard for the
ball players, also. Each side found IL
necessary to change pitchers. Sim
SalIce fegan for St. Louis, and though
he would seem to be built fer hot
weather. he wilted in the ni1th. Hub
perdue relieved him in that inning and
continued until TIE end.
Schauer relieved Marqusrd a, the
beginning of the ninth, and Thched
brilliantly through the fifteenth, IN
which inning he made way for a pinch
hitter. Poll Perritt finished the game.
The official scorer recommended that
the victory 60 TO Schauer, but, as Poll
cane in with the score tie and stood
10 bear the responsibility OF defeat
# the Giants had lost, it would seem
10 be only just that he should receive
credit for winning
Byron and Eason have gone, and
Quiglev and Emslie are here in :nelr
stead. but John McGraw found before
the afternoon was over that, like the
coloneps lady and Julia O'Grady, um-
pires are similar under their skins.
McGraw contained himself until the
fifteenth inning. when he put forward
a claim that Higgins had bunted the
,hird strike, and pressed it so vigor-
cusly that QuiglCy banished him 70 the
Black Hole of Calcutta for the rest OF
,he afternoon. McGraw would not 90
until the umpire had produced watch.
Rooters pelted the umpire with final
editions Of the evening papers tightly
rolled, but none Of the dull, blunt in
struments reached its mark.
ST. Louis came into the ninth inning
with a .wo-run lead, and lost II when
Sallee wilted. Robertson began by
striking out. but when Salee fumbled
a tap from Dovle the batter was safe at
first Fletcher grounded to Butler for
what should have been an easy force
play, but Huggins dropped the toss and
both men were safe. Merkle singled
10 left, scoring Doyle. Bescher made a
fine throw 10 third to get Fletcher, and
Bethel put the ball on the runner with
one hand in time for a put-out, and
then he dropped il. Merkle reached
second on the play.
Perdue was called in to take the
place Of the heat-fagged Salee, and
Lobert sent long fly TO Dolan, which
permitted Fletcher 70 score the tielng
run. S1odgrass walked, but Doom
struck out and the teams had to play
seven innings more before the issue
was decided
Robertson began the sixteenth with
fine hit down the third base line,
which was good for two bases Doyle
sacrificed the runner along 10 third
with a hunt, which Perdue felded.
Fletcher then hit a clean single to left
and the long fight was over.
st. Louis made its runs one at a
lime, crossing the plate in the first.
fifth, sixth and seventh innings. In
The first, Higgins singled and took
second on a tumble by Robertson. A
single by Butler sent him home.
Longs single and Snyder's triple ac-
counted for the run in the fifth. The
WANTS litQ LNe score III tit ldtNti h~--
Of this inning on Doyle's double, But
ler's wild throw of Fletcher's grounder,
Lobert's single and a double by SnId-
grass
The Cardinals went ahead again in
The sixth on singles by Butler and
Long and Fletchers tumble. Another
as added in the seventh on triple by
Bescher 70 short right field and a
tumble by Marquard on tap from
Butler
Perritt pitched steadily in the &C
ond game and received splendid sup
port Davey Robertson, for instance
caught a line drive from Hyatt IN the
seventh inning with a dive which re-
CURED two complete roll overs before
ne could check his momentum.
The scoring was all concentrated in
me fourth inning, when the Giants
propelled two men across the plate.
Davey Robertson, who had a pretty
Inc day Of il, with FIVE hits in all, be-
gan the attack by beating out bunt.
Doyle was safe on an error by Jack
Miller, who was shifted 10 short for
MS game. Fletcher moved the run
hers up with a sacrifice, and Merkle
left
Larry Doyle injured his leg in the
nx'h inning and Eddie Grant finished