New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-10
Rube Benton Allows Only
Three Hits, but Loses
His Game.
POLL PERRITT FARES
BETTER IN SECOND
McGraw Men Take Brace in
Batting-Hidden Ball Trick
Fools Merkle.
By GRANTLAND RICE

Aside from the blase fact that the
Giants merely broke even with the Car
dinals, and thereby dropped another
half game TO that Brooklyn tornado, at
least two interesting Developments oc-
Cured Wednesday aft
In the second game Dav Robertson
finally suppressed his long batting
slump by outrunning two infeld hits
Dave had been at bat fifteen times with
ont a blow, and his once proud average
was bounding swiftly down the stairs
when he outsprinted tap to Corhan.
This was something. But even more
impressive was the fact that when
Larry Doyle tossed cut his man in the
ninth be had accepted his ffty-sixth
consecutive chance without an error
Larry made his last bobble against
Pittsburgh on July 81, and since that
date the Giant second bassman has
been scooping up ground balls with the
deadly precision Of steam shovel
Take Own Medicine.
There were two other incidents Of
considerable note. The Giants drew a
dose of their own medicine in the first
by holding the Cards TO three hits and
then dropping the game. As they won
three three-hit games from the Cubs,
there is no loud roar coming from any
one save Rube Benton, who was the
- H.
The next incident was the batting ex-
hibition put on by Tex Hornsby in the
second battle, when he maced Poll Per-
rift for four spotless singles out OF four
shots at Polls gaunt frame.
Bill Doak shut out Rube Benton 80
in the first affair. the Cards employing
one infeld hit from which to MANI
facture all three runs. After this the
Rube was invincible, but Bill Doak in
sisted on placing his low curve be-
tween the Giants and run, so there
was nothing 10 it.
The Caras got their three runs in the
first on a pass. an error and an lnhelJ
hit. Not another ball was poked out OF
the 1nUNlQ. not q DdSc was SkOAtn aAiN
not another error was made. 1t listens
like a mystery until the simple details
are unfolded. Smith walked and Cor
han was safe on HerZog's error
pescher beat out tap, filling the
bases. Doyle tossed ont Hornsby and
Smith scored, the others advancing
Wilson tapped 20 Merkle and was nailed
al first with Benton covering, but be-
fore the RUDE could regain his polse
Corhan scored and Bescher came romp-
ing all the way from second for the
third run.
With Bill Doak at his best, the de-
bate closed then and there. Bill held
the Giants 10 one hit in the last four
reels 20 show that he was merely get
ting warmed up.
With the first affair sidetracked,
Perritt had no trouble beating Steele,
10 a. in the second scrimmage. Poll
held the Cards to a brace OF singles,
both made By young Hornsby, for six
\ innings and then, with a good lead, be
N gan TO loaf a bit.
n The most spectacular part of this
contest was the third inning. Robert
son and Kauf singled and Merkle
cracked one TO left scoring Dave. with
Benny at third and Fred on second,
second baseman Bethel concealed the
ball about his person and as Merkle
stepped of the bag Corhan tagged
him out. This was the first appearance
Of the Hidden Ball trick this season,
and as Fred walked back TO the bench
his countenance fairly reeked disgust.
BY this time Benny Kauf had be-
come so worked up that he could no
longer restrain himself, and as Steele
started winding up on Fletcher, Benny
dashed headlong for the plate in an
attempted steal Of home. Nothing
doing. The ball was there waiting for
Kauif's flying hoof.
Poll Eases Up.
ANY lingering doubt about the out
come of the last game ended in the
seventh. when Fletcher doubled, Rari-
den reached first on an error, Perritt
singled and DOYLE tripled to right. This
OUTPUT was good for four runs, and
as Poll had scored two tallies and had
driven over another, he decided TO
drift "a round or two and let his old
pals of other days get in whack or
two at the ball.
Chief Wilson accepted this invita-
ton in the ninth inning by driving one
into the right field stands. The only
Cardinal who had Polls goat was
Hornsby, who looks to be one of the
great finds Of many years.
Higgins is another manager who is
beginning to question the true value
of the base hit. In the first game his
club got three hits and won. In the
second il got nine hits, including
home nun, and lost. What's the use?
The Giants, while shut out in one
affair. offered signs of return to
stronger attack by mauling eighteen
hits in the two contests. Dave Robert
son feels better about it with the
klump at last cracked, and from now
on Dave expects TO 20 back after his
old mark, around $50.
Another double hill is on the card
to-dav but whether it will be on the
Cards is not TO be announced for sew
eral hours.