The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
RARIDEN'S THROW
CAUSES GIANTS TO
LOSE TO PHILLlES
His Bad Peg in Third Inning
Helps Quakers to Score
Three Runs.
Nee Travis MEN GET ONLY
SIX HITS OFF DEMAREE

hampton Jhlules Deat Inc GIANTS In She
iibber game Of the opening series by a
score OF s to Z this afternoon. II was
ne same tally that the t%itleholders hung
ip opening day and victory came to
catcher Bill Rsriden was instrumental
lnis afternoon, as on Wednesday, In I'M
derinin!ng a pretty good afternoons
eork for New York.
harden spilled the beans In the third
inning with a very senseless throw that
,ided greatly In the manufacture Of three
'urs for the phiilies. The Giants IN a
same uphill fight got back those three
runs. But 1t took a lot of deep think
'rg on the part cf McGraw to accomplish
nat much. Mac had to jugGle his pitch
ers and pinch hitters so that he came
down to the last inning with his hopes
resting on the more or less untried Ruoe
Scnauer. Bill Harden could not handle
aube's speedy ones. Between the two
Il them they fused around I'LL they SIM
ply pressed the game on Philadelphia.
II has been said that the Phillies were
'ucky champions. They looked the part
io-day. Everything broke in their favor.
. The Giants got only six hits on Al DEM
aree. last years hoodoO. but they hit
the ball hard enough to have amassed
twice that number under ordinary cir
cumstances. On the other hand the
pills had several very scratchy blows.
III: every one Of them figured directly In
rup making.
Giants Los In the Third.
The phillies won in the ninth. Hut
New York lost In the third. Bill Rar;den
was not alone at fault. though he shoul-
ders the blame in the box score. Those
Usually reliable old %standbys CAPT. Larry
Doyle and Fred Merkle got crossed up
IN a crisis like a pair OF sandlotters.
Rarider's sin lay in shutting his eyes
20 the fact that they were twisted M.
rol perritt got OIL badly In the third
~ passing Al pcmaree. the first man up.
Art Fletcher played Milton stocks hop
per with his wishbone instead Of his
hands, Tho error put two on. with none
out. Bancroft acted perfectly natural ;
ne brn,e,l. 7, was Perritt's bail ny right.
The pitcher might easily nav cut down
The halter At first. But Harden buttcd
n on the play. lie made a pretty quick
-<-rovery t1a, He would have headed
Bancroft all Fight for his throw cut first
base a yl%d ahead Of the runner. Un-
fortunately there was no one there to
receive the throw.
Merkle had started in with the hunt :
~ had "a lied 10 go back 20 his station
when Rariden took the responsibility on
ME shoulders. Doyle, who should have
seen under these circumstances that first
vas properly covered, left the job to
licrkle. Rariden's throw rolled to the
.. -pnce IN deep right heid. Demaree and
ne nay t. third. He scored later on
Lndcrus's single.
Thar II how tho Giants lost the game
Nov here is how the ,Phillies won H.
And in winning they deserve no end OF
eredit. \ team that has the nerve 10
ty a squeeze play with such an ice
Wagon a. Eddie Burns or third base
: entitled To get away with It. That's
what the champions did. Paskert squeezed
Burns h.Xrnr with n out In the ninth.
schauer IL . BIT Worried.
Eddie Burns opened this good night
number with "A scratch hit on hau
passed bail put the catcher on second
RAriden didn't hustle after the spilled
pitch. He thought 1t a foul tip and nc
argued long, but TO no avail. with Rigler
The presence Of +. Burns on second wor'
led young Schauer perceptibly. Finally
ne passed pemaree. q. Burns made 9
neat catch Of Stocks Texas Lacquer and
held the two base n but Bancrof'
worried a base or balls out OF the Rube
Here Moran ordered the squeeze play
Burns went racing In az Schauer started
his motion. He vas almost to the plate
when Paskert laid the ball down the left
Inc. McKechnie. playing his first game
with The Giants, made "A gallant try. buI
nc necessary run already WAS over wher
rs PEE whistled between Rariden's legs
1t was - perfectly executed squeeze.
perr.tt's wildness started that youni
gentleman on the road to ruin. III
landed stock his base at the very start
IN infeli out and Paskert's singh
brought In Philadelphia's first run. Tw,
zee tickets we're mixed up In the calam
~ Of that third. Ritter pitched tn
sixth and seventh innings. and p!tche'
hem Well too. Hits started both rounds
but the young man got out OF troubl
by tanning three batsrnen. In the sixtl
NehoN was doubled stealing as 4
Burns whitfield. In the seventh Rite
struck gu, both Bancroft and Cravatf
Rube Schauer breezed Whitted and Me
aoff IA the eighth. But the ninth wa
another inning.
Harrison, the new umpire from tn
International League. ruined a rssN
great opportunity for an old I'm Clan
rally in the sixth inning. The Giants 90
,he run here. But for Harrison's ap
%parentiy unjust ruling they might HAY
lad a shower Of tallies. Rariden. U
frs, doubled to right. McGraw aske
Robertson TO hlt for Perrltt. Dave
flashed a clean single to right. Georg
Burns MT sharply 10 Demaree. Al thre'
~ second 70 force Robertson, but Dave
l'al ihe toss. Bancroft then relayed I
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