New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-05
independence Day Is No
Such Thing for Nc
GraW'S Men.
ROBINS TAKE TWO
HOLIDAY BALL GAMES
Poor Pitching Sends the New
Workers Down TO Double
Disaster on Diamond.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

X may have been independence lay
COR some people, but for the Giants
j.. was the Day Of Bondage, with the
clsnking Of iron chains in the Prison
Of Vanishing Hope.
That vivid splash Of scarlet which
YOU may have seen at the Polo Grounds
was Giant gore pouring from two gap
ing wounds. The last was close upon
a death stroke, for as a result Of two
Brooklyn victories McGraw's strug-
Cling cast sank eight and a half games
below the summit. an expanding mar
gin that is beginning TO call once more
Tor the miracle stuff of May. The
high-Aying Robins moved four full
games beyond the Boston Braves by
beating the Giants Z 70 IN the morn
ilg and TO in the afternoon. Nearly
nine games from the top, the New York
club is banking once more upon the
Western harvest that begins tomorrow
and that back in May left them fat
and flush after an early spring OF
famine. That same harvest may be
waiting again, but it will never be
gathered BY the system which the
Giants have used since the first OF
June. since when they have lost eigh-
teen out OF twenty-seven games.
Story Is Drab One.
Il was the same drab story Of a
dcfunct defence. Brooklyn found the
entrance open 10 double triumph on
tGo Fourth through New Hork's shat
Nred defensive line, the one weakness
that has driven NcGraw 10 desperation.
Ragged pitching and ragged support
are twin sins that are not 10 be wiped
out by the wa.lop.
In the forenoon the Robins drove
Poll Perritt from his perch. and when
Mathewson followed, his support csved
no so badly that five Giant runs IN the
urst inning were soon left behind.
In "a afternoon the Robins plas-
tered JEFF Tesreau for twelve hits,
yielding nineteen bases. This ash
tinted onslaught, mixed in with passes
and errors, was more than enough 70
carry Sherrod Smith safely through the
final contest. where 26,0O0 fans watched
the Giants fading out against the July
horizon.
The leaders rasped the Ozark Nam
moth for eight singles, three triples
and a double, and when JEFF was not
yielding a safe blow his pals we're busy
delivering a swift kick to fairly easy
chances. There is no telling how
many runs Brooklyn might have
scored in the fifth inning OF the after
noon game If Nike MOwrey had not
fallen before his ambition 20 break
worlds record by stealing second with
the bases full A few daring souls
have tried 10 before, but no one has
yet succeeded in putting the play
safely through. At the time Mowrey
was on first, Wheat was on second and
Stengel was at third.
There was but one out, with two
runs over As Tesreau started his
wind-up Mikes flying spikes began TO
scatter dirt in all directions. At first
glance the big crowd thought that Mike
was engaged in making a daring bluff
But as he held the even tenor Of his
way and rushed madly by Doyle for a
dive al the bag, still occupied by the
astonished Wheat. the crowd realized
that the rare spirit of John Anderson
still pervaded the atmosphere of the
game. John Anderson is popularity
known as the Father Of the Phantom
Steal. All this play did was TO cut
down the bulk Of the massacre. 1t had
no effect upon the final result, but. as
u came of. Wilbert Robinson, coaching
at third, came within less than an inch
Of swelling up beyond his final limit
One more enraged puff and Robby
would have exploded with a terrible
crash.
Here Is the Answer.