New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-28
Charley Herzog Turns the
Tide with Triple in
Ninth Inning.
By W. ]. MACBETH.

Twenty-three in a row for the GIANTS.
The plucky band OF McGraw in one OF
the most sensational and exciting
finishes seen in New York this season
took the closing game from the Car
dinals in the tenth inning yesterday by
a score Of 3 TO 2.
Macs wonderful team won in spite OF
Fred Anderson. II looked million TO
one. swinging into the ninth inning, as
if New York's great chain Of victories
would be broken at last. Anderson had
spotted the Cardinals to two runs be-
fore McGraw called on RUDE Benton
The southpaw pitched beautiful game,
but il seemed, with two gone IN the
ninth inning, that Mac had locked the
stable door after the horse had beeh
stolen. The faint-hearted, resigned TO
fate, were moving TO the exits when IL
happened.
Charley Herzog, whose pretence has
made of the Giants q new team OF new
driving power and new resolution, too
was the chief contributing cause to the
happy end of an apparently depressing
day. With two out IN the ninth the
cantaloupe king tripled to right, drlv-
ing McCarty and Burns home with the
tieing runs. But We are getting ahead
of the story.
Puny Pop-Up.
Holke came up first IN this ninth.
The rooters, who had never gwen up
hope up to this time, inplored the
young first baseman for hit. His best
was an easy fly TO Jack smith. NC
Carty, who had relieved Rariden, was
lucky enough 10 draw pass from BOD
Steele, the colt port-sider Of the Cards.
Kelly went in 70 bat for George smith
the Columbia recruit, who succeeded TO
the hill in the eighth after Benton had
stepped down for pinch hitter Lobert;
With the world before him Kelly raised
puny pop-up.
The fans were ready 70 concede the
game to St. Louis then. They started
eorrowfullv toward the exits. The
Giants were ready TO concede nothing.
NcGraw, coaching at third, and Nike
Doolan. over b. third, screeched madly
TO Burns to hit it out. Steele got
George in the hole with two strikes.
Steele then tried 70 slip fast one
mast Rurns's bat. The little sun iield-
or was N waiting. He met the ball
fairly with a full swing, and the leather
whietled two feet over Bohen's des-
perate leap for the most adored single
Of the afternoon up 10 that time. =
more sprigh.ly runner than McCarty
might easily have made third, but Lew
was content 20 pull up at the midway.
ID came Herzog, brandishing three
bats. Buck fouled fast one TO the
boxes. The next was wide curve
which Herzog passed up. Then came
a fast one. Herzog's bat swished
round 10 meet it az Just the proper
instant The ball could not have been
thrown more true between Bethel and
Miller
Chief Wilson saw he could never in
tercept the drive before 1t reached the
wall. but he played the carrom poorly
Smart fielding would have held the
safety 70 one base. perhaps, but nc
fielder could have shut off McCarty's
run nor kept Burns from third base
The ball bounded in behind Wilson and
fifty feet or more toward centre neld
Before II could Be retrieved Burns
too. had counted with the tieing run
Herzog had legged his hit into triple
Bedlam Let Loose.
BtNldiN was GuUQd[ oNNOoA AAAl'
pared 70 the excitement then. II was
not tremendous crowd. But how II
DID carry Oh, Women and men alike
rose. shouted, clapped hands. waved
handkerchiefs or tossed hats high 10
the air The demonstration LASTED
minutes after Robertson popped UP fol
the third out. More than one iron hat
was knocked clean out Of its rim. Case
hardened rootcrs ran about the stand:
embracing friends. The vendors so fai
forgot themselves as TO pelt the Ste
vcns merchandise about in reckles:
abandon.
Every one knew then that II was
simply matter of time After such
a gallant rally team with twenty-five
victories behind it could not fail. Rit.
ter, recently recalled from Rochester
faced ST. Louis in its tenth. lie got
the side on six pitched balls, two to d
batter. Smith drifted lszily TO Burns;
lornsby tapped to the box; Wilson
| lined to Robertson.
II was different Steele who came
back at the Giants in their tenth. Gone
was his iaunty strut. Gone the air OF
confidence that marked his mastery OF
the first eight rounds. Bob looked
about as strong as Bethlehem TIL Her
zog took his number in the ninth. lie
.k,u.d ahput az much atacritv col np