The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-20
GIANTS UNABLE TO
HIT SLOW RENDERS
Make Only Five Hits OFF
HOuston's Pitchers and
Are Shut Out.
KAUFF MAKES A SINGLE

HousroN. Tex. March 1e-with O.
ttano playing short and Lemon ump!ring
the Houston Buffaloes forced h % Giants
to swallow the SOU end OF a ehutout
hero this afternoon and Great was tho
rejoicing of 5000 fans, who had not an
tickated any such punishment OF
McGraw's regulars after the colts
blanked the Buffaloes here Yesterday.
Tho score to-day was . to 0 and there
are no alibte. Both cams played an
errorless game in the field. but the
Giants committed many errors OF Judg-
ment and made only iive hits on old
Dode Crisis and young Glenn. Both OF
IIouston's runs were well deserved. for
they were produced by clean hits. The
Giants placed Sust three runners on sec
Ond base and none of them reached third.
Crisis and Glenn dished w a bewildcr-
ting variety OF curves. The Giants hooked
and Jabbed in vain at these benders In
the nine innings the Houston pitchers
threw hardly more han n dozen straight
balls. Criss did not have speed enough
to break a pane OF glass. His fast
one looked like Bill Ritter's slow one.
II Dode had used a slow ball ne would
have a 90 carry Il w to the plate
himself TO make 1t slower than his fasl
one. However, the Giants could not hit
anything he threw and the old war horse
retired In the fifth inning with only three
hits charged to him.
The Giants performed as they usually
do when McGraw Is not looking. The
manager remained In Galveston TO see
the colts perform and Larry Doyle was
sn charge here to-day. The worries OF
nanager lay on Doyle 40 heavily that he
did not maxi a hit Benny Kauff delivered
q single to centre In the sixth. his first hit
In three days. The Giants missed tn
bludgcon OF George Kelly. wh,se only hit
was wasted. However. Kelly failed only
once. he was up three times and was
hit by the pitcher once. Nor did he have
n opportunities TO throw unners gu,
at first base.
Kauff stole Kelly's ~favorite play ir
the eighth inning when he picked ~ n
base hit and by heaving the ball on n line
10 Rariden cut OF a run NJ the plate
As the Giants were favored by nc
Houston misplays and Criss gave thu
only base OF balls of the game, the
crowd joshed the New Workers unmerci.
fully as they swung in vain.
Hub Northen, formerly of the dodgers
padded Ritter and Schauer for three
hits. hut none Of his blows counted
The real bad boy was Tony Citrano
whose triple in the third inning scored
W IISt Tu1. An lHIleIu MT nv jenkins
rut the other run over In the fourth
inning.
Ritter was slammed for both nun.
and seven hits In the first five innings
Schauer did not permit a Houston bat
ter to reach first base until tho eighth
when Citrano singled. Frierson sacri
feed and then Northen helted one I,
centre. ka,ir grabbed II on the frs.
hound and his tremendous hea,e to tn.
plate spilled Citrano.
The Giants fiddied along awaiting III,
usual blow up and failed to take ,d
vantage OF several opportunities. I'll,
pitching. especially CRISIS, looked =.
casy that they tried TO murder II An,
got nowhere, Several times batters hi
when tho count vas three and non,
or three and one.
What few hits they made were Dc
itvercd with one or two out and IN,
timely pinch did not show once. No
once did they start an inning with ;
hit. ~
Word was received from Marlin tina
Eddie Rousch arrived there this after
noon to begin training. The score:
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