New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-18
Cardinals Furnish Step
ping Stone Which Brings
Them Out of Cellar.
THREE CARD PITCHERS
GET A POUNDING
Fred Anderson, Former Fed,
Feeds Opposing Batters a
Funny Spit Ball.


out Of last place. Walloping the
crumblng Cardinals in a way that
called to mind the pennsnt-winning
Giants of another day, McGraw's men
passed the Pittsburgh Pirates, who
were held in idleness by frigid weather.
1t was the seventh consecutive vic
tory for the boys of Gotham. II took
them a long time to get under way
but. like all great bodies once started
their force may be irresistible. They
are two points ahead Of the Pirates
and are within five points OF the Gin
cinnati Reds. The score was 9 to 3.
IL was a real New York day. The
men from the great metropolis fell on
the offerings of Bill Doak, Ford Mead
ows and Steele for a total Of fifteen
rousing hits that went 20 all distances
and all corners Of the lot.
Steal Everything.
Then. taking fresh courage from
their success with the stick. the Giants
tried their hand al base running. They
stole about everything but the grand
stand props. and with no less deadly
thrower than Frank Snyder behind the
bat.
Affairs came to such a pass that
Miller Higgins finally took Snyder out
Of the game and put Brottem in to
stop the raiders. Brottem was a bit
better than his predecessor, but he
suffered. The defence of the visitors
was rock-ribbed and the pitching gilt
edged. No wonder the Giants won.
Shake hands with Fred Anderson,
you New York fans. He is real
pitcher and easily living up TO the
promise Of greatness he made during
the training trip. His spit ball was
most elusive, and while the Cards
found IL for safe hits eight times, the
way they missed at times was most
funny. Il was not until the game was
all safely packed in camphOr and put in
the bat bags that Fred gave the slight
est sign of allowing the home talent TO
become familiar with the base lines.
In the ninth inning he just lobbed the
leather up and TWO runs were made off
him. The louder the fans cheered at
what they held TO be a rally the
broader Fred smiled. He was master
throughout.
Fifteen hits, even If they are con-
fined strictly 10 the single base variety,
are quite enough TO make all manner Of
trouble for any team. But when
doubles, triples and home runs are
mixed ID with bases on balls. stolen
bases and errors Of the hand AMI brain
in one gleesome goulash 10 is com
bination hard 20 beat.
There were Kauff, Fletcher and Nc
Kechnie with their triples, Fred Merkle
with a home run. Larry Doyle with
couple Of doubles. and all the rest OF
the happenings. IL was enough to take
the Joy out Of any rivals life.
Porch Climbers.
Burns. Doyle. Merkle. Rariden and
Kauff were the men who were sworn
into the porch climbers league. They
stole bases, and were not at all
abashed in their mad careers Of lar
cenv. In the third inning Doyle and
Kauff worked double steal, the for
mer making third while kauH made
second easily.
In the fifth Burns and Rariden per
formed the same feat, with Karlden
making the far corner in safety. In
the first inning Doyle made of with
second. and after Kauff's single had
sent Larry to third, Benny himself pill
fered the midway. The Cardinals DID
some stealing. and on the whole the
bases never knew TO whom they be-
longed
To an intents and purposes. the
rame was over i'm the fourth inning
Pv that time the Giants had amassed
eight OF their nine runs, and II was
more due to good luck than good man
sgemcnt by the Cards that the figures
aid not mount still higher than they
did.
New Workers gathered tally IN the
second frame. Merkle was safe on a
wild throw by Corhan, stole second,
and scored on a bingle by Rarlden.
That single run furnished the spark
to fire the team with spirit to 90
ahead. In the third frame the real
troubles Of the Cards began. Every
one began 10 hit the ball, and before
order was restored four runs crossed
the pan. and these with the usually re-
liable Ford Meadows In the box.
Robertson was out easily, but Doyle
doubled 10 right Kauf walked, and
moment latter Benny and Larry dashed
Of in a double steal Fletcher's triple
scored them both. and then Fred
Merkle drove q homer into the right
centre field fence. That settled the
case Of Meadows. and Steele came into
the game McKechnie tripled. but died
a. the plate trying 10 score on a Wild
ritch. Rariden walked and then An
0ersOn famed.
kauf Clears Bags.
In the next inning Robertson beat
out a hit and took third on a double
bv DOYLE. KautTs triple cleared the
bags. and Flctchers long fly scored
Kauf. The rest Of the game was de-
voted 10 holding the Giants in check.
but they had scored enough runs, and
anyway, the boys were beginning 20
get hungry. so they didn't care how
quickly they got over 20 the hotel.
While all this free and loose smuggling
was going on, Anderson was handling
the Cardinals without gloves. He just
made them stand around and take or
dors a. IF they had been doing II all
their lives There was just one break