New-York tribune., 1916-07-30
Giants Take Two Games
from PittsburgherS at
Polo Grounds.
CHARLEY HERZOG
AIDS IN VICTORIES
McGraw's Men Forget Ad Signs
and Hit the Ball
Kauff Speedy.

The Giants seem 10 be passing
through n period OF rejuvenation, ana
one Buck Herzog. late manager of the
Cincinnati Reds. seems TO be largely
responsible for the same.
Yesterday McGraw's men took
double header from the Pirates, the
first game being ten-inning struggle
and the second q mere demonstration
Of Fred An6erson's spitball when 1t is
working right. The long drive was
won by 10 8 and the pitching exhibit
,ion was 5 TO 0 victory.
The doublc-headcr drew the record
crowd OF the season, something like
$4,000 fans. For once the distant
bleaehers were almost as we'll populated
as an East Side ward, and the upper
tier Of the grandstand was danger
eusly near being full. The lower stand
was SO packed that you could not have
found a creviee 10 stow a Harry Stevens
sandwich.
The first game was one Of those tense
and melodramatic things. When the
score was tied in the sixth il began 20
look as though the battle would extend
far into the night. 1t became test
OF endurance, and while the Giants
stes6ied under fire the Pirates began
10 wilt. Two costly errors let the
winning run across the plate.
No Chance in Second.
In the second game the puzzled
Pirates never had q chance. Fred An
derson wound rings around their necks,
and Pirates walked the plank from the
plate with monotonous regularity. They
did not come even within reaching dis
tance of a run. On the other hand,
Ksntlehner, the lopsided twirler who
started for the Wagnerites, was pretty
soft for the Giants. They removed
him in the eighth, but the damage was
done.
The Giants got busy in the first half
Of the initial inning Of the long game
when Burns ripped two-bagger that
followed the third base line. He
scored after Johnson had retrieved
Dovle's fly and made a wild throw.
Mr.. Baird, of the Pirates tied the
score all by himself in the third inning.
He sent the ball into the bleachers be-
tell you that this is some eiout In
linear feet.
Ii began to look like an essentially
Tiratieal celebration in the sixth.
Those two venerable persons. Wagner
md Hinehman, started the excitement.
Honus shot q clean single to centre
field. and Hinchman. who was up next,
sent the ball into the right grandstand
for q home run. bringing IN wagner
ahead Of him. 1t began 20 look like
sorrowful occasion for the Giants.
Giants Forget Signs.
But the McGraw contingent forgot
that the lights and shadows at the Polo
Grounds were bad for the batting eye
and they tied it up in their half Of the
same inning. Doyle singled TO centre
END got 20 third on couple Of outs.
Modest Benny Kauff beat bunt and
Doyle came home. Merkle singled and
ksuf got 20 third.
At this juncture McGraw put the en-
tire issue on the speed Of Merkle and
Kauff. He wigwagged from the dugout
for double steal. AS the ball shot
down 10 second Mr.. B. Kauff shot
across the plate, evening up the score
again.
After that Mamaux started to pitch
very superior brand of baseball, and as
Poll Perritt was in beautiful form il
looked as though their little duel would
last until il was too late 10 stage an
ether game. But in the eleventh Far
ner juggled poke from Lobert. Rari-
den cracked out a single and put Lo-
bert on third.
Here MeGrsw retorted to a pinch hit
ter in the person Of Hunter who shot
a. IxLt AL 70
Gibson, but he missed il on the second
bound and Lobert crossed with the
winning run.
Fred Anderson Stars.
The second game was largely a nine
inning drama written TO star and feat
ure the spit-baller, Fred Anderson. He
held the Pirates to five scattered hits,
so that they never looked dangerous.
On the offensive he made two clean
hits. almost a third, and scored two Of
the runs. Which is the popular idea Of
a busy afternoon for pitcher
In both gTmes Buck Herzog starred
On the defensive. He made some hair
raising stops of some utterly lmpos-
sible chances, and ne was the star OF
two double plays that brought thirty
thousand TO their feet In the second
game Buck cracked three-bagger
against the fence and accounted for one
Of The runs. His third time with the
Giants seems TO be the charm. and it
may be charm potent enough to put
the Giants within reaching distance of
the pennant once more.
Carey robbed B. Benz jamin Kauf Of
certain three Dagger in the first game
when he made a running backward
catch Of an awful swipe 10 centre.