The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-28
GIANTS MAKE UP
FOR ONLY DEFEAT
Journey by Trolley to Corsi-
cana and There Meet and
Conquer Houston Club.
BENTON PITCHES WELL

ror,.-,<,. Tex. March 27.-Thc
Giants and tho Houston Texas lcaguers
became o~Htanglcd in another shutout
hon. this afternoon. but his time 1t
VAS the bg leaetrrs who applied tho
brush. san the Texan were IA mighty
lose second up TO the ninth inning.
when the Giants scored two OF their
runs. The final our vas I 10 o.
This engagement was fought on neu-
,-al ground. and it was the third an
ru,l meeting between these teams for
Tho ,diication OF fans hereabout.
co,sicana once had a al In the Texas
teag,ie that established the record for
cssccu.ive victories and made sixteen
romc runs IN one game but long ago
- baseball glory departed and II is
now lust a place for exhibitions.
A. the game in Houston is the only
Asfcai tho Giants have sustained in
re,,s This spring the MCGrawites fig
,d they would Ice amply rcvenged on
polc Griss this afternoon, as they have
pesu batting well in the Detroit games.
However. ItisS did not pitch and they did
no, d, much with Napier, who did pitch.
I'm. crisis. Napier is II OF IN" many
Texas dercliCts of the -. Louis Browns.
and ne s'ill retains enough cunning To
worry IN" best batters. The Giants to-
dav could no, couple any two OF their
5,s until the ninth inning. n II their
,vn pitchers had not been invincible
they might have lost again.
Probably the Houston boys would have
suffered more damage II Manager Me-
G-aw mad been around to prod his team.
Nrt;raw. however, did not fancy the two
hour trolley ride down berc and re.
NAMED IN Dallas Ia exercise "a small
SQUAD of pitchers. Larry Doyle was IN"
manage TODAY and he showed who was
Loss iv hitting "a home u over the
'ch, Hc'l fence IN the first inning and
A 'rrln ia the eighth. lie also scored
aaif the runs.
-hc Giants did no, really hustle until
no late rounds, when they became
n..ycl At the umpir. and tool their
crouch ont ou Napier. II Mc';raw had
h,.n on the job they probably wouli
nave doubled tho score. ~ they put the
-rs, man un base in o u differ, mt score
less innings.
We.dcll opened tho second with a
,rq,e and was left on third base, while
Iopc,, doubled in the third and nobody
sco~ad again in the NTH with ou'
down Wendell walked and hcnt"i
COUPLED. Nothing doing. The s"c"n'
nun went over in tho sixth on "a pass 4
noylc. Lohcr,'s sacrifice. kauff : long ny
20 right Held and Mcrkle's sacrifice ny
They got this one without a hit. In th'
eighth Doyle tripled with one out ant
lied on laird.
Bases Oh balls TO Merkle and krame'
IN the ninth, a tield, RS choice. an erro'
arl q single by Burns produced the las
NO rurS.
Rrho Rcntor. who has been p~rcvcntec
from getting an earlier start because he
hls 4 lame heel, pitched his first exhibit
ton gam, tu-day and did we'll. The
Iious,oos 90, only one run of Benton II
i've innings ard lie struck VI six. kra
r.r Mas In trouble " or three times
but always had the stuff to stop incipien
sallics.
The Giants. who are ON the trolley CIR
cut this week. returned t. Dallas by spc
c.al car Immediately after the game. To
morrow they play the fourth petroi
game AZ WaNahtchic, another trolle!
Jump from Dallas, and on "Wednesday
and Thursday they perform at FOL
Worth. The score: