New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-29
Beat McGraw's Men in the
Fourth Game for
Bush Crown.
LARRUP FERD SCHUPP
FOR LOTS OF RUNS
Worst of All, Bonnie Kauff Fails
to Smite Even
Single.
BY FRANK O'NEILL.

Waxahachie. Tex, March 28.-For
three seasons Ferdic Schupp has sat on
the bench Of the New York Giants
Sometimes he sat and thought. but It
hurt his head, so mostly he just sat
But this afternoon he discarded ms
habit and essaycd the task Of pitching
against the Detroit Tigers at jungle
Park. in this city.
Before the first inning was over the
fans we're thinking Of sending IN call
for the fire department 70 help put the
Tigers out. McGrsw was on the point
Of building A dam across the third base
line 10 prevent a food OF Tiger runs
Neither was done. rs a matter OF fact,
but the Jungleers laid the foundation
in that inning for victory by score
Of TO 3.
For two more innings Schupp deco
rated the centre Of the diamond. BY
that time John J. McGraw decided that
his little left-hander was too game a
man to be beaten to death, so he took
him out and sent Bill Ritter in 10 stop
the ravages. IL was mean sort OF q
way that the Tigers had Of doing
things. too. They waited until two men
were out in the first three frames be-
fore they got a runner around the loop;
They took Ritter at face value and
scored on him whenever they were able.
Taken all in all. the game may be
registered as lone Of those things
which must happen" The machinery
OF the New York club slipped several
cogs, and nothing seemed to go rlght'
Imagine, for instance, the reliaDle Lew
Wendell allowing the Goddess llgerS
10 steal FIVE bases on HIM. and WORK
perfect double larceny IN when run
ner scored. II was good thing his
mask was strapped on. Then, TOO
there were errors OF commission whlch
aided in the defeat
But. discounting all that went wrong
I, the afternoon, the fact remains that
the nitching was not of even Class "A
variety The Detroit batters laid back
and took a toe hold, and when the
leather came up they bclted It TO all
cornors Of the lot. In that hectic hrst
inning. for instance, there was double
bv Bush. a triple by Hellman, single
h. Stanare. and three bases on balls
mingled in with Fletcher's boot. until
.en men hit and four runs were scored.
So IL went. The delivery OF Ritter was
not hit so hard, but the pllfering OF
bases made runs possible.
II was a gala occasion IN this city
and some $500 of the beauty and
chiyalry passed through the turnstiles.
The grandstand was filled TO oyernow-
ing. and there was a b. ass band, 100.
The musicians in Waxahachie arc tenn.
peramental sort of chaps. Three OF
them insisted upon sitting on the top
OF the fence while they blared fortn
their tunes. J.,
The saving circumstance OF the day,
from a New York standpoint, was the
hitting Of Fred Merkle. The big first-
sacker got four blows, all TO left field
and one good for two bases. Looert
cot two good hits, while Benny kauh
failed 10 meet the ball squarely at all.
The Tigers broke camp here tonight
and moved on 70 San Antonio. From
that city they will work North by slow
stages until they pry the lid on the
season in Chicago.
Hurhie Jennings did not cavort on
the coaching lines this afternoon. he