New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-27
Giants Helpless with
Marquard on Mound

fast ball broke with the same old mop,
his curve swept over, eluding the
lunges of the bats, and his control was
perfect. The two passes he gave TO
Merkle and Rariden were given for
strategical reasons, and events proved
the soundness of his judgment.
The Rube was in difficulty in the final
inning of his game. but Jimmie John
ston saved him by making a clever
catch of McKechnie's fly and holding
Artie Fletcher on third base.
With one hand out Fletcher tripled
10 left, bringing Merkle up 10 the bat.
RUDE walked the big first baseman TO
take a chance on McKechnie. The last
named hit fly 10 centre, but Johnston
caught il coming in, and was in posi-
ton TO make an easy throw 70 the plate.
Fletcher made no attempt 10 score.
Rariden was passed as dangerous, and
McGraw tried to cross Vanguard up
by sending Kelly in to hit for Rube
Benton. Kelly forced Rariden on a
grounder to short.
Daring Bit of Strategy.
A daring piece of strategy won the
game for the Robins. Cutshaw singled
to start the twelfth for Brooklyn, went
to second on Olson's sacrifice bunt and
made clean steal of third. easily evad
ing McKechnie's stab. II WAS an unex-
pected play, and il went over. Miller
was passed TO get Vanguard, but Robbie
pulled the RUDE down, sending Nc
Carly up to hit in his place. Lew poked
bunt down toward second base. scor-
ing Cutshaw with the winning run of
the game.
Rube Benton, who opposed Msrquard
for eleven innings, was no less etfec-
tive than his rival. When he stepped
down for Kelly TO hit in his place he
had the score tied at one run all. and
was in condition to go along for an in
definite period. He allowed seven hits
in his stay on the rubber, and gave
only one base on balls. This gift proved
the foundation for Brooklyn's victory
Otto Miller's ringing triple followed it,
and Cutshaw, the recipient, raced all
the way from first base. SO it hap
pened that Brooklyn's second baseman
scored both runs for his team. The
run off Marquard came in the first in
ming, a single by Burns, a passed ball
and Fletcher's hit accounting for it.
The first game was one of the sort
that caused hopes to rise to the heights
and then sink TO the depths in turn
The lead changed and changed again
while the outfielders ran themselves
thin and batting averages scared. No
pitcher was too cunning TO escape, and
there were times when law-abiding citi-
zens were tempted 10 send for the re-
serves TO restore order.
JEFF Pfeffer, star of the Brooklyn
pitching staff, was knocked out of the
box in four innings. by which time the
Giants had rolled up half dozen runs
on ten hits. Buster Mails, the young
left-hander, was the next to make his
appearance, and he was found for one
run and four hits. Robbie took him
out in the seventh after Merklc had
opened with single, and sent Smith
to the rubber. Sherrie was quite as
easy as his predecessors, and the four
runs which pro I'd sufficient TO win the
game were scored off him.
Poll Perritt started for New York
against the Robins. and he simply
swept his opponents before him during
the first four innings. He was in no
distress in the fifth, it seemed. for
Cutshaw and Olson were the easiest
sort of victims, tap to the box and
foul TO catcher accounting for their
deaths.
At tins point, however, Mccarthy
almost tore the hands off Artie Fletcher
with drive that was ticketed for the
fence, and Mails hit TO left for a single.
Events followed with startling rapidity
then and Brooklyn lost its mind for a
while. Burglary and arson might have
been pardoned on the grounds of emo
tional insanity.
Drives Come Fast.
Johnston singled. Daubert doubled,
Stengol duplicated this last drive, and
Perritt went out Of the box, while four
runs crossed the plate.
Schauer came in, and Wheat singled,
as did Mowrey. Another run resulted
from this, and Schauer went out, Matty
entering. Cutshay then made his home
run, and Brooklyn was in front for the
moment. That smashing attack spread
leaven OF confidence over the Brook
Ign team and sympathizers, but the
work of the Giants was not yet COM
pleted. The New Workers had yet an
other blast 10 fire, and fire they did.
One run in the ruck in the seventh,
Merkle singled. Rariden hit safely,
Burns was passed, filling the bases,
and then Kauff hit for three bases,
clearing the paths. Dave Robertson
singled, scoring Kauf, and the game
was over 10 all intents and purposes.
With the exception OF the pitchers
every man on the New York team got
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