New-York tribune., 1916-07-29
Benny Kauff Drives In
Winning Run in the
Tenth Inning.
NEW YORK MOVES
INTO FOURTH PLACE
Herzog Has Poor Day in Field,
Making Three Errors-Epi-
demic of Wild Pitches.
By GRANTLAND RICE.

The Dig Stampeue. SShVu"iNN "
week for Sheepshead Bay, had trial
spin at the Polo Grounds yesterday
without any fatal results. In what you
might call a wild pitchers battle the
rising Giants bit another hunk out OF
the depressed Reds, using ten innings
70 win by the count Of TO 2.
OF the FIVE runs scored by both CLUBS
three resulted from wild pitches that
came bubbling and popping out between
every other breath. Rube Benton wild
pitched the first tally over, and in the
eighth the Giants jumped ahead on
clean blows by Burns, Robertson and
Kauf. Daredevil Dave drove over the
tieing tally, while Benny Kauf slugged
the Giants into the lead.
With the game apparently won In the
ninth, c. Lincoln Herrog, who was in
the deadly throes Of an of day, booted
one, and Benton wasted only one false
motion before he wild-pitched the sec
ond Red over the rubber. This tied it
up. but the epidemic of wild pitches
had not yet run its force.
Schulz Poor Rescuer.
In the ninth Matty supplanted Clsr-
ence Mitchell with Heinie Schulz.
Heinie went one inning in faultless
.tvle. but in the tenth the call of the
wild pitch submerged his untamed
nature. and after Burns had singled
and Clarke had pegged Doyle's saeri-
fee to right field Heinie opened the
throttle and let the third wild pitch
escape. With this last unkempt hease
went the ball game, with the, Giants
moving upward in the general uirec-
tion that counts.
oueerest and auaintest affairs OF
ttoki,, b;zarre season. The Giants
conldn't hit Mitchell and the Reds
eouldn't hit Benton. But Herzog hso
a ricketv day at short, an unusual oc-
currence for this earnest athlete, ana
IN the course of the scrimmage man
coed IN work in three miscues.
When Herzv would boot one the
Pube would waste very little time IN
wild-nitching the enemy home. Ano
vet with good support Benton woulu
have scored a clean shutout by WIN
ming to 0. p.L,s
II was the combination Of Bucks
f.dav and Benton's wild pitching thst
nroduced the runs. The errors wouiu
not have been fatal if Rube hadn't IN
sisted on pegging the ball into the dirt
AZ Rariden's feet. On the other pinloh
there would have been no wild pltches
without errors, for in each case the
aide would have been retired. But as
long as the Giants peeled of another
victory. why dig into any post-mortem
that was not vital TO the job
Wild pitches or no wild pitches. the
Giants would have added at least TWO
other runs but for super-felding by
Eddie Roush. Roush put IN hectlc
afternoon. He robbed Lobert and
Burns of triples by the most spec
tacular sort of outfield work, but up
at bat ne had FIVE happy or unhappy
chances to help his mates without be
ing able to produce anything resem-
bling blow.
Fine Play by Roush.
Each time Eddie gummed the rally
by forcing some hustling mate at the
next bag. But he had whale OF a
time in the outfeld TO make up for
this. In the second inning he went so
fast and so far for Hans Lobert's
mighty wallop that Hans refused to
believe the ball was caught, and In
sisted upon sprinting from sack to
sack.
Mitchell held the Giants helpless
and hopeless until the home outtieid
finally became aroused in the eighth,
when the count was l to in favor oil
the Reds. Burns opened this inning
with a single, and, with two out, ne
stole. Dave Robertson then cracked
one TO right, sending George over. A
second later Dave stole, and kauh
scored the Virginian with a single to
right, which Griffith foozled.
Leading 10 !, the home cause ap-
peared to be safe enough. Clarke
went out, but Herzog fumbled Fish
er's tap. The Rube could feel another
wild pitching coming fast. so he passed
Groh. Roush went out, but Benton
cut one in under Rariden's glove for
the tieing run.
In the concluding rounds Heinie
Schulz toiled for Mitchell. and Heinie
got away too fast for his own good.
He turned three Giants back swiftly
In the ninth, but in the tenth, after
Burns had singled and romped TO third
on Doyle's bunt and the resulting wild
throw, Heinie took careful aim at a
spot ten feet beyond his catcher's
range and made good with the wild
est pitch Of them all. While Heinie
had only one wild pitch TO match
against two for Benton. Heinie's was
twice as wild and this should give him
an even break
One of the busiest athletes on the