The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-23
TWO HOMERS help
GIANTS TO VICTORY
They Bcat Waco After Kelly
and Mcrkle Drive Ball
Over the Fence.
KAuFF FANS THE AIR

VAC. TEX, March c2.-The Giants
made only four hits or the Waco Pitch
e-s this afternoon. but two OF them
were home uns and these long drives
helped them 10 victory. The score was
10 :. Hits that cleared the fences
Necc ,Ac only means of scoring to-day.
WicoS two runs. which tied the score
@or y moment. resulted from the only
tdse on balls OF the game and a sur
rrs.r- lift over the right field fence
by III. the Waco pitcher.
NtG:aw brought his regulars up here
to-day 10 return a favor to Ellis Hardy,
,he Waco manager. who sent the Texas
tsJsIo champions over to Marlin last
wee to play Il benefit game. About a
thousand fans turned M for the con-
test The Waco boys outhit the big
leac.ors. Neither Larry Doyle nor
Fcuny kduff got "A hit. Louis Drucke,
formerly a star pitcher for the Giants,
oNi,iatcl as umpire.
IN limited the Giants to four hits
in az innings and they failed to get
a man 80 first base on Naylor. The
wi.o left handler had Doyle and Kauff,
NcGraw's two left handed batters, fan
rrg tho air. They were up three times
each and lin slipped a strikeout over
an each OF them. II was the first
s,r.keout for kaur in an exhibition
ame
~, ralc was reeled off in one hour
and ,h.tty minutes. None Of the Giants
x,it 1, bat more than three times.
The fielding was good or both sides,
81, Waco's two errors were both spilled
IN the sixth inning and materially aided
a.. Giants To- score the winning run.
James gave the visitors a foothold on
ne bases when he dropped Tesreau's
A.. Burns forced the big pitcher. stole
second. took third on a wild throw by
Il. catcher and scored on Lobert's
s.agl, tn right.
The Giants were not b to cash
~, home runs for more than face
value. - in each Instance they We're
uradIUod by men first at bat. Kelly
started the scoring when he ook a shot
a, 'i, right field fence in the third
.n..ur and cleared i by several feet.
N,rklc made a longer drive when he
drove the bail over the left field wall
IN the MN.
Jp - this time the N~avigators were
tcip.css before Fred Anderson's spitters.
T. ~, sixth Tesrcau INC Doom Went in
81, , battery and Waco tied the score
before big Jeff could get his bearings.
He Ntiked Reilly and then BIZ mashed
cu, us homer.
Tho Giants got another run in their
hsf of the sixth. MAYOR slammed a
II 30, over kaun's head in the eighth,
bu' djtd on third.
N1;rtw took his men back to Marlin
Tonight. n tomorrow the last full
=. o' practice will be staged. II will
te ''t'u~cd by a game between the colts
l.1 r,-ullrs. The Detroit Tigers will
'.-t ne Giants on Friday. The game is
O. benefit FOR Martins new athletic field.
81 midnight Friday the Giants will
'ettr Marlin. The colts go to Sherman
20 .',st their exhibition tour. while the
reg ,is company the Tigers to Dallas,
vNo." they continue their series. Until
Thursday of next week the headquarters
O. 'c team viii be in Dallas. games
N"'- s'H"dul"d there, in Waxahachie
~ Worth IND corsicana. After tina
he - ants VIII move South. They will
plsr th"i' 'inal game with the Tigers q
wee trom sunday at Houston. The
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