The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-30

Pat Morans champions fell upon Nc
Graw's Giants like a ton Of brick in
yesterdays double header at the Polo
Grounds. Eppa Rixey. the southpaw.
took the measure Of Fred Anderson by
TO D in the opener and the
ancient and honorable Chippewa chief,
Alfred Bender. resurrected himself in
the thawlng rays OF the not midsummer
sun and beat a flock Of Macs lesser
pitching lights-Poll Perritt. Rube
Schauer and Ferd %schupp-ln the closing
engagement by a score OF S to 2
BENDER did not pitch as we'll as Rixey.
Yet he pitched Just about 100 per cent.
better than Perritt, Schauer and Schupp
combined.
Somehow it seemed in keeping with
the sad chain of fatalities that have at
tended the home struggles of the Giants
that McGraw picked the toughest pos
sible spot for his most consistent
twirier. Fred Anderson. New York lent
absolutely no encouragement to this
spitbali expert. The team couldn't get
even a run. The Giants got two runs
off the Chief. \ rank error by Ban
croft WAS directly responsible for tho
first. A wild pitch ~ the redskln ar
ranged Tor the other one.
Against the Giants Rlxey showed by
far hts best game OF the year. II is
significant that only three batters faced
him in each OF the nine innings. Rixey's
control was perfect. He didn't pass a
man and he didn't hit one. Only twenty
seven batters faced the collegian from
Dix!eland. New York got only four hits
of Eppa and they we're widely scat
tered. Robertson beat a slow tap to
Bancroft with .No out in the first in
ming. He was caught stealing. All the
other three hts opened innings-the
second. third ami ninth respectively
and on every occasion the hit was fol-
lowed by a double play.
In the second inning Doyle was
caught stealing as Fletcher struck out.
TIE count was three and two on Arthur.
so that the captain simply had TO go for
general protection Rlriden was unfor-
tunatc enough 10 spoil Mckechnie's clean
singles ~ the ;hiid and ninth. E1ch
time he raped SHARPLY 20 tne box and
each time the rangy R!xey ;elescoped for
high hoppers and started double plays
by way of Bancroft 20 Luderus. From
the fourth until the ninth no Giant saw
first base.
No, only did the Giants fa!l to lend
any encouragement 10 Anderson. bun II
seemed they took occasion 20 dlscouT-
age him. Luderus scratched a single
TO Doyle. starting the second round.
! Benny Kaur then made a horrible error
on whit.ed's sharp single. The drive
rolled through Benny and away to the
fence. Before II could be retrieved Luz
derus had rumbled home and Whitfield
was perched on THIRD. Whi.ted scored
while Doyle was throwing out Bancroft
Georgia Burns made a costly muf on
C-avath. first up in the fourth. The
easy ny carried so high that the slow
gated Gavyy reached second. Luderus
sacrificed and Whitfield squeezed in tne
run with a ~ hi. to Mckechnie's yard
Another squeeze" play landed Phtla-
delphia's final score IN the ninth. l.u
derus, in the midst Of a batting frenzy,
opened this last section with n double
down the right line. Whitfield sacrificed
and Bancroft walked. II was killifer's
bun, 10 McKechnie. with the squeeze
sign put. that gave the counter.
\ crazy chuck on the part Of Bancrof'
sent New York off to n one run lead IN
he frs, ming OF the second gam"
Benny KauM nicked Chief Bender for 4
clean blow 70 right with one down. Rob
ertson singled to left, Bancroft gath
cred Doyle's sharp grounder near me