The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-24
u, WILLIAM u. HANNA.

The Pirates keelhauled the Giants
twice yesterday. beat them. 8 TO !, IN
the first game. then crowded them out
of the way In the ninth inning OF the
second game and beat them again. this
time ( to 3 The Pirates are just one
Of thos. fair to middling to mediocre
ball clubs which are running around
loose IN the National League this year.
and the Giants have their share or days
when they are not that good. Yesterday
was one OF those days. The Pirates out
played them and outstayed them.
Fresh. or stale. from an unwilling two
day vacation forced on them by rain. the
Giants played baseball which ranged
from bad to worse and back again. in
Guiding stupid. and the Pirates. fresh.
or stale. from u two day vacation forced
on them 10y rain. though doihg nothing
brilliant hut having first class pitching.
entered and went through the hsht Tor
fourth place II livclier, more alert and
better hustting ball club. They dis
tinctly pu, It over the Giants to the eN-
tent of two occasions Of detection.
II was in the pitchers box that the
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To do with their winning each game. II
was there that existed the principal and
only material difference between the two.
The Pirate pitchers, Adams In the first
game and the MamauN-tooper partner
ship IN the second, were more effective
than their big town rivals. The Pirates
shocked Matty from the knoll In the first
game. while Adams was Il crafty. steady
artiiicer.
-, I.l NnlIthu tluN nIslalan
Matty's acknowledgement the way 10 IT.
Thrc. runs were made of him and three
off Ritter. who paraded "A good deal OF
pitching skill and also suffered the draw
back of %dcliuuent fielding. Frequently
one Giant wouldn't know another
was going to do. Giants would hardly
let the left hand know what the right
was doing. Hits fell safe which would
have been caught but for absence OF
rudimentary cooperation. The Giants
were just nine men playing together
without rehearsal. Tesreau burst wide
open in tn. ninth inning of the second
game, and the child wonder. Mamaux. off
whom the Giants had gouged "A one run
lead with little hitting, had the in
valuable assistance of Cooper in convert.
ing this game into a victory.
Il was hard dragging at any time for
the Giants 10 make runs. In the FIRST
: innlnR OF tut HtFl dll pui S''SHh
but two forces interviewed between his
| hit and a two Dagger by Fletcher. which
brought Eddie Grant to his journeys
md. The Pirates Jagged until the third,
and there were two out in this inning
before they did anything. Then they
did a heap and likewise a plenty.
Carey splashed a grounder 10 Merkle
and was faster getting 10 first than
Matty was scooting there TO cover,
Carey started n steal. Doom threw,
Fletcher caught the throw, put the ball
on Carey. then dropped il. cockill. the
~tireless gum chewer. called Carey out,
but OF Course gave him safe when
Fletcher dropped the ball, Carey
reached second or a plain error, not on "A
steal. A single by Collins and a home
run by Johnston were the inconsequen-
,ial happenings which followed before
the side WAS retired.
Carey made a hukr two Dagger on
Ritter in the ffth after Adams had
famed. 1t was Grants ball. but Merkle
backed out for it. Eddie stayed away,
then Msrkle lef, it to Edlie. and Eddie
couldn't do more than make despairing
lunge for IT.. \ pass and a double steaI
and a couple Of hits followed this little
zap in the New York defence.
Obtuse and heavy handed fielding con-
ferrcd two runs on the Pirates In the
first ming Of the second game. carey
walked. Collins hunted and Meyers
changed his mind about fielding the
hunt. lie did-pullcd. to he in the lit.
erary mode of the ~diamond-an after
YOU, UJnus. lionus did his darnedest
but while the chief was after-youinG
Collins was letting no grass grow
under his feet. lie arrived At first on
shake OF a lambs tail ahead of the
throw. Thereupon Johnston up and
hunted and Jeff fumbled fatuously
Hinchman brought I'm the two runs wit!
a base hit. lie struck out Wagner and
bal,ed up a play at third when Neeocks
or Viocks, or Neeo hit to him, bu,
~wrIggled through without further an
uoyanc".
The New York second was eventful
Snodgrass walked with two out anc
Meyers tripled, Neeorks-Viocks-Nec
missed Tesrelus grnunders and Mey
ers scored, Burns singled into a crow
OF Mustered felders and Ties pounded
to ,rird. He and Burns tried tn,
double steal, .ipn M the dirt IN ap
provai style and Jared the earth 4
10 core. l. looked very much as /
Gibson dropped The rr,urn throw. some
thing KLEIN didn't see. The New Yorl
team protested II asked cockIll /
lie saw II, lie didn't, although nu
merous persons sitting back of the plat,
said Gibson dropped the ball, II h
did 1t escaped the umpires md Tes
leau was out
After this players on the New Yorl
bench KEEP, yapping at KLEIN until h
had II bench cleaning. There wcr,
eight or Observation-Disclosures the exodus
KLEIN carried out this discipline in