The sun., 1916-09-14
~ O. LlED.

II the Giants were in the Pacific Coast
League just at present Gotham fans
could not be blamed II they started to
get busy with a pencil, q pad Of paper
and the league standing and did a little
figuring. To elucidate. the coast league
schedule calls for 20s games. and q
deficit Of Oh games at this season OF
the year Is not necessarily a serious
matter. Unfortunately the National
League as usual decided TO night their
1916 campaign In 1854 games.
The new Giant steam roller still Is
rolling on. II squeezed Matty's Reds
all over the Polo Lawn yesterday until
nothing but a big red spot was left. In
tho first game Of n double header Ferdie
Schupp goose cggcd the Cincinnati boys
by "A score Of 3 to 0. In the second event
the Reds abused the leather a little more
vigorously. but a batch of five runs In
the first inning put the home guard on
Easy street. the Giants winning s to 4.
There now are eight links in the fall
winning streak OF the McGraw men.
To some 1t may seem az though the
Giants are treating the venerable Chris
Mathewson with poor hospitality, but
NH'~' 'aNh hhhs NV III M Il
tortured the Reds for many years be-
fore lie was exilcd 10 Herrmann's vii
lagc. However. Big Six Is to get a lit
tie balm before he leaves us. Before
Fridays game he is to be presented
with an order for a $1,000 painting,
which should cheer him up a bit.
Winso Full Of Song.
The Reds took their double defeat in
a happy. care free demeanor. and the
Giants won with as little violence as
was possible. Once Heinie thinner.
man poked his finger n,o Bill Nc
kcchnie's eye. and the Bronx boy was
Just as sorry and sympathetic as he
could be. 1ieinie also is As considerable
OF the jumps rs Hughie High. Hughie
never was angry in his life.
Ivy Wingo eve took the second de-
Feat ~singingly: at least Ivy SANG all
the time that he warmed up Pete Schnei-
der. Some one asked Ivy why he was
so full OF song. Wingo was honest. lie
replied. I'm through in fifteen days"
The bali James had to share the at
tent'on with a gent from Holyoke, who
wore n brown derby and carried a
package. lie had several buns in his
package and had a reading acquaintance
with most OF the New York sport writers.
Some persons with packages 20 in for
strange designations. Some like to hire
a taxi just to see the numbers move ana
others i,ii- special trains.
This inebriate. however. was different.
He found enjoyment In purchasing Harry
Stcvcns's stock Of peanuts and lombard
ing the occupants u the press stand
with them. bag al "A time. lie occupied
a box just behind the press box. and
hurried peanuts at the reporters and opcr.
a'ors Just AS fast as he could buy them.
]; became so bad that one reporter had
to watch the plays while the rest ducked
the squirrel food. Perhaps he had the
press gang doped right. After there
were enough peanuts in the press stand
tn keep the Bronx monkey house in
eats for "A week, he started to throw
them all over the place.
Schupp Finds Reds Easy.
In the second game he thought the
newspaper boys looked hungry again. and
started a fresh volley. Then he tried 70
throw them into the Giant dugout. lie
next bobbcd up with "A box OF cigars. and
passed them around the press stand,
after which he played football and
puntcd his box ali around the stand. BY
this tirnc he had gone far enough. and
was escorted back TO his cage and told