New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17
Appleton Makes Bow as
Big Lacquer and Stands
to Task Splendidly.
PERRITT WEAKENS
IN NINTH INNING
Zach Wheat Starts Batting Fest
in the Final Frame with
Home Run.
Rv HAYWOOD BROUN.


much the same as other folk. The In
mates Of the club across the river
thirst. hunger, love. hate and suffer
particularly suffer, Just like their more
fortunate fellows. More than that,
Wilbert Robinson's men are not devoid
Of ambition. They are by no means
reconciled 70 defeat. This surprising
discovery was made at the Polo
Cropnds Yesterday, when the Superbas
became so petulant-Tommy Rice VIII
cav aggressive" in "The Brooklyn
Faele"-that they went right out and
defeated the Giants by a score OF 10 10 o.
Petulant is the correct word. VIII
bert Robinson and his men falrly
whined their way TO victory. MOST Oh
the moaning was addressed dlrectiy 70
Charles Rigler Indeed, it was IN an Ell
fort 20 spite the umpire that BrookIyh
Numbered into a victory IN the ninth
GIVE them everything they ask fori"
Ollie OMara had said with palpable
irony, and Otto Miller had loudly I'M
plored the arbitrator to "use little
Judgment" just previous to the time
when Zach Wheat came to bat In tho
ninth to adjust tie score. Inc ols,
trust Of the Brooklyn club had reached
such proportions that Casey Stengel
suddenly conceived suspicious regard
ing the ball. lie rushed out IN the dia-
mond and halted the game.
Took at that ball, Rigler!" he shout
ed. The umpire complied, but without
enthusiasm. To him II was Just DaSe-
hall. and he has seen so many. stem
gel continued to argue that the pail
was too soilcd, or too square, or TOO
. L. or n
umpire refused to place II on me re
tired list. even though Zach Wheat
joined in the protest. Rigler's only an
sver was TO toss the sphere back 10
Perritt. Il was then that peevishness
paid.
game 7 will" said Wheat. And he did.
His drive landed deep in the rlght helo
end of the stand for the longest home
run of the season. Before their anger
had abated the Superbas scored twice
more and established a substantial par
ricr against a Giant rally IN the nlhIh'
The game marked the first appear
ance of Poll Pcrritt as Giant and the
debut of Edward Appleton as DIG
Lacquer or, TO be more exact, as a
member Of the Superbas. The recruit
had the better Of the pitching al
though Poll Perritt worked well enough
until the ninth. Appleton stood to his
task splendidly, even in the face OF
moor support. He is q big man, only
81 shade smaller than jeff Pfeter, ana
McGraw feared him from the moment
he stepped into the box, for his halr
was trimmed straight across the PACK
Of the neck. it may be merely comet
dence. but the fact remains that all the
pitchcrs who defeated the Giants IN
the South also were brother badgers.
Perritt is a pitcher who is bound 70
interest the fans. To see him is to be
stimulated. One look impels the spec
tator TO rack his memory in the EFFORT
10 call 10 mind whether or no he has
ever seen a homlicr man. Polls feat
ures are rugged. So was his pitching
until the third inning.
Lobcrt began the trouble then by al
lowing McCarty to reach first on vide
throw, but Pcrritt made the situation
worse by passing Appleton. O'Mara
tanned a sacrifice to the box and Myers
smashed a fierce hit through Lobert,
which scored both runners.
The Giants tailed once in the sixth
when Snodgrass was passed, went to
second on a balk. took third on Doyle's
infeld single and counted on Lobcrts
clean smash 10 right. II was Snodgrass
who scored the tieing run in the eighth.
lie walked and stole second. Loberts
third hit, this time to centre, pushed
him home.
Until the ninth Pcrritt had allowed
only four hits, but after Wheat's home
run all sorts of things began to hap
pen. A pass to Hummcl, Cutshaws
sacrifice, Stengel's double to deep cen
TIRE and McCarty's line single TO right
brought tho total for the inning up 10
three.
Errors enabled the Giants to begin a
rally in their half of the inning after
two were out. O'Mara fumbled an easy
tap from Meyers and the chief scored
when Myers dropped long fly from
the bat Of Davey Robertson, who was
hitting for Perritt. But Snodgrass
famed.