The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
PERRITT HELPS GIANTS
MAKE IT NINE IN A ROW
After Ralph Stroud and Big jeff Tesreau Fail He Saves
the Game and Robertson's Lusty Bat
Does the Rest.

ST. I.oris. May l9.-Poll Perritt was
the main instrument by which the Giants
accomplished many things Of note at
Robson Field to-day.
Long Mr.. Perritt trimmed the Car
dinals, turned them back after Ralph
Stroud and JEFF Tcsreau had failed. and
made them submit to a > to 4 reverse.
1t was the third straight licking New
York had plastered against the Mound
city team and the ninth consecutive tri-
umph the Polo Grounds legion has regis
tered since 1t struck the war trail
through the West.
The handsome string Of triumphs gives
the Giants. hat left home pitied and
despised. The finest run Of efficiency
shown by any major league aggregation
this frctful season. 1t Is n new record
for speed. The cubs. OF Tencr's ring.
and Cleveland. the new sensation Of Ban
Johnson's circuit. were both brought UP
short after Keeling on eight In a row.
To-day's game here was one Of tn.
most cdifying to Giant supporters that
nave been seen throughout the triuinphal
journey. A victory more or less to the
present standing Of Mc,iraw's irresist-
iblc force makes no vast difference
against the Ides Of October. Satisfac-
ton keen as a razor's edge came not
over New Works routine success OF the
afternoon. but from the undoing Of Slim
Sallec. master southpaw Of the HuKHins
pitching corps. and through a stretch OF
years one of the most pronounced
stumbling blocks in the pathway Of
Mc,iraw's pupils.
slim Sallee was good this afternoon.
About as good as he has been through
the pan of the last five m They
told us here he had a sore arm. but
surely they were joking. His fast ball
trailed OF az sharply AS the curl of Al
old schoolmaster of the Spencerian ham
His curve, "A thing OF beauty. was under
command all the way. And Sallee
showed a most deceptive change Of pace.
He pitched with rare Judgment and cun-
ming. playing ever to the weakness OK
those batters he knew. just the sort of
game or which former Giant clubs
counted themselves lucky to get a meag.
run or "A handful Of scattered hits.
To-day. Off THIS sterling portside mas
terry. the murdcrously inauling minions
OF McGraw ratified no less than eleven
safctics of various denominations. And
the beauty of Il all was that Macs left
landed s,ickers delivered more than
their share of ,louts.
II was minated above that col. Per-
q TttN WOU 1ut ~ Sdnles itaN ~ !
= fair statement OF fact, Poi saved the
game Davy Robertson won II. This
suuthpaw son Of Swat contributed no
less thar four OF the five runs neces-
sary In a just cause. He first broke
W the game on Slim Sallec with a clean
home run drive 10 deep centre with two
hopeful base runners craving redemr-
don. And then. after bad pitching had
! allowed the Cardinals 10 nibblc down
the last vestige Of New York's lead. II
vas Davry who came to the rescue
again with the beginning o! the bela.ed
la,;. thai produced the coveted tally.
Her. Is how Permit saved the game
for Robertson lie came to Tesreau's
rescue in the fifth inning after the Car
dinals had tied the score on the man.
moth manipulation of. the moist de-
livery. The count was knotted with a
man on first when Perritt reached the
box. No alien foot thereafter battered
Ger the pan. Perritt was In trouble
more than once. But always al his very
best when the Jaws Of defeat yawned
widest.
81. Louis got only one clean hi, OF
the string. That fell to Wilson, start
ing the eighth. after Polls teammates
had handed him "A working margin. Cor
han sacrificed. but Perritt whitfield the
smuggling Gonzales and held Snyder. a re-
puted slugger. who pinched for Sallee.
10 an easy fly that went Burns's way.
There were. however, "a few scratch
hits in the sixth and seventh that gave
Permits support some uneasiness. Two
in the sixth by Miller and Gonzales re-
spectively were sandwiched around Will
sons sacrifice and a strike out for Cor
han. This placed the burden on Sal
lees shoulders. His best was an easy ny