New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-07
McGraw's SluggerS Help
less Before Pirate Ma
maux's Twirling.
HINCHMAN'S THREE
HITS ALL COUNT
Benny Kauff Fans Twice-Oh
Day for Hans Wagner
Benton in Box.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

That mysterious and sinister drama
"The Curse of Home" apparently isn't
near the end of its Polo Ground run.
Yesterday Pittsburgh resumed pre-
cisely where the Reds left off. when
AL Mamaux rolled the Giants back with
five hits and beat RUDE Benton to
In a squeaky finish. with the tieing
tally on third and the winning one on
second when McKechnie passed away
in the ninth.
This Course Of Home" drama is no
part of a joke. Ii is one OF the direst
tragedies of the age. According TO
John J.. McGraw and cast. II is begin
ming 10 make Ibsen's grimmest output
resemble a rip-roaring farce comedy
Only take a brief look at the grew
some details. The Giants have now
played thirteen games at home. OF
this span they have won two and
dropped eleven. On the road, against
bad start, they have played twenty
elk games, with twenty victories and
six defeats.
Their home record now is .154.
Their road record 20 date is no.
Record Not In Dope Books.
There may be some expert who can
explain this wide divergence, but II is
well beyond any dope now written in
the book. With an even break only
at home the Giants to-day would be
several games 20 the good. But some
thing always intervenes 10 beat them
one way or another by one lone tally.
OF their eleven home defeats at least
nine games have been cast aside by
this onp-run margin.
Out West the Giants romped through
the Pirates and Reds without the sem
blance of a halt. There was nothing
to it, So far at home Reds and Pirates
have won three out of the four games
played. This weird situation can't last
forever. but it has already lasted long
enough to harass McGraw and cast be-
yond measure.
The first Piratical endeavor slipped
from the Giants largely through the
prevalence of All Msmaux, the Demon
Kid. Last season Mamsux won TWEEN
ty-one games and lost but eight in his
debut year with club out of the race.
To show that he was In earnest about
it and had no idea OF dropping back,
the Pittsburgh Kid is on his way to an
even more sensational campaign. In
Guiding Tuesdays affair, Al has worked
through ten games, Of which he has
won eight and lost two. And he hasn't
been pitching for a ball club giving
him any too many runs or holding any
lofty place in the scrimmage. He is
barely twenty-five years old, about six
feet tall and weighing about ITO
pounds. His pitching future should be
assured.
Giants Hit Easy Pops.
Yesterday the young Pirate star
stopped the Giants with a high, over
hand fast ball that carried small
hop at the finish. The Giants, all
through the game, were hitting under
this hop, as no less than fifteen Of
them went out on fly balls or easy pops.
They were duck shooting all the hazy
afternoon.
Mamaux worked so we'll that he had
allowed but two hits until Dave Rob
ertson arrived with two out in the
eighth. Mamaux had most of the Giant
sluggers helpless before his neck-hre
delivery, tanning Benny Kauff twice.
RUDE Benton worked away with
average steadiness, but needed more
batting back of him to win. The Pr
rates whacked him for eight hits in
enight innings, but three Of these were
fired at the Psychological moment, with
runners in easy distance of the plate.
There were only two Pirates who failed
TO hit safely and one Of these was the
Eternal Honus.
When Hans scuttled TO the plate in
the first the Old Boy drew a reception
that must have warmed his aged bones
and left glow around the ancient
cookies of his well known heart. Hans
failed to get a hit, but he is still well
over 300, and is entitled TO an off day
once in a while on account of his pre-
vious condition of servitude No one
could ever take him for any golden
haired youth. but he is still able TO
romp blthely from spot TO spot No
one is yet picking out shortstop as
open territory, with those two massive
hands waving back and forth between
second and third
Burns and Merkle Play Well.
Fine plays by Burns and Merkle
helped Benton along. but the RUDE was
up against more than he could handle,
the main aggressor being Bill Hinch-
man, who Joined the Reds ten years
ago, and is still peeling the hide off
the ball day by day. Hinchman came
bounding along with three hits, and
each blow figured directly in a Pirate
run. He drove in the first tally, and
scored the other two after starting
rallies Of his own.
The Pirates lost only about two and
@ half seconds going after Benton. In
the first Carey singled. and, with two
out, Hinchman walloped him over the
plate. The Giants tied this count in
the third on McKechnie's double and a
lusty single by Burns. With one gone
in the fourth, Hinchmen singled again,
scoring on Schultz's triple against the
right field wall. Benton frightened up
here and held Schultz bound firmly 10
third.
The last Pirate run came In the sixth,
when Hinchman broke off his third hit,
Schultz sacrificed, and Baird drove q
long single 70 right centre. From the
third 20 the ninth the Giants were in a
terrific stew.
Mamaux hit two Giants, Kauff and
Doyle, but the trouble was nobody
could hit him. g highly unfair advan-
tage. Dave Robertson, batting for the
RUDE, singled in the eighth, but there
were two out.
The ninth was full OF high spots and
such. Mamaux wavered a bit and
walked Roush. Doyle then singled 10
right KaufF flied 20 centre and Roush
pattered on 10 third.
A moment later Doyle stole second,
where hit TO the outheld meant tie.
Fletcher flied out, but Merkle drove one
TO left, which struck Schultz in the leg.
II went for hit, scoring Roush. but
DOYLE was held at third. Merkle then
stole second, and, with the winning run
In his feet, Fred was full of the old
pep. Mamaux slipped McKechnie three