New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Giants Much off Color
When They Face Lavender
McGraw's Men Saved from
Extinction by Walter
Ho!kes Home Run

Phlaaslphis. April s1.-Jinuy Lar
s-5er. o. ths Phlliss. seems % have
IRE sane eEect upoa the Giants -
,hs fragrant fowsr from vAieA be
gets his roni,ker hAs c. re moths.
MeGraw's formidable performers faced
James here to-day. ard again they
locked As sex IS the unpopular house
hold insect after few whis, o. ths
lavender.
The fnal score CO the smo;hsr;ng
eortss. vas 20 I. TIE Gsnis we're
saved from extinction By tAe fast thss
Walker uo.ke IS no. atrait % lanA'e
Lavs-5er's pitching. he peeled oas
cut o. ths To-. for a homer.
Too Cold for JeH
JeT Tesrsau. Who was In ne box to-
the Giants, did not have anything
Ike ore Of his best days. I, was tae
mixture q bases or balls ant hits
allowed ~ the BeSr Hunter OF ne
Ora-ks that piled Up the runs Tor tAe
Phillles. JETS s0upoous does nos
thaw out until midsummer, anc 70
day was nothing re&r temperature
favorable 20 che easy running or TIE
said soupbore.
The Giants had sao,her invalid 90
cav Heiaie Zimmerman, who VA
spiked II = previous game, showed -
with one cf his feet IN = sing. ~
spikes had nailed hin N he same
ulsce where the late Achilles 30. his.
and YOU viii recall that Achilles did
no more work thst week.
The deg IS On the blink" Heinie
announced. But I guess that u will
BE al right in = few days.
Herrog IS still nursing = strsined
hack a. his csn:Alcrpe plantation IN
Maryland. I; is not known just hoS
soon he viii be able % Sc. back ir.e
the game. az course. the absence OF
I'm and HerZog ceprives the Giants
OF 50 per sent OF is marvellous In
6tld. and il IS in the said in6ela that
the Giants strength IS believed % se-
pose.
Fluent ConyersationaliSts
Moreover. Zimmerman and Herzog
are TWO o. the most fluent converse
tlonalistS among the Giants, am. as
everybody knows. conversation of an
epigrsmmstic kind Is an impo; .an:
factor IN the new Giant strategy.
The Phl.lieS started 20 worS IN the
second inning JET Tesreau could not
get them anywhere near the plate, for
Crayath and the Cactus passed 20 first.
George Whitfield. the Tar Heel Terror.
planted a neat sacrifice IN Jef's 6iree.
tior. Luderus famed. Realizing that
il would take some drive 20 get
Cravath all the way home. Neiho!
slammed out 70 deep centre, anG TFs.
yath managed 20 mauRuvre IN ahead
OF the throw.
The liveliest inning WAS the sixth. lie
the Giants half OF the same Wslter
Holke. the stteruated bur setiye first
baseman. showed his contempt for
Lavender By polling one Of his ofFei-
ings over the right held barricSde
This tied the score. but the count did
not remain IN that condition long
enough 20 be noticed.
After the three behind Holke had
been retired in order, the Phillies
came up uttering shriu shrieks Of ven-
geance. The Tssresu soupbone seeued
20 be concealed for the time being, and
things began 10 happen with consider
able rapidity.
\ Stormy Inning
pode Paskert received base on
balls. Bancroft bounced a hit OF the
righ. field wall that went for double
but Paskert drew I'D AZ third Stock
was passed. filling the bases, and c.
Philadelphia populace began 70 ask
What d you mean, Giants.
Crayath rolled one over 20 Holke and
PaSkert scored Then George Whitted.
the Tar Heel Terror. dumped ane "a
front Of the plate. Big JEFF TeSroRz
started after it with the charCs 90
furious hippotamus.
Just as the Bear Hunter reached
down % pick up the ball his feet be-
came crossed and he Sprawled forward
Bancroft. IN the meantime. was charg
ing in for the plate. JET wiped sn
acre or two Of the Quaker soil out o.
one eye and threw 20 head him OF
But the throw went wild, almost reach
ing the screen. Not only did Bancroft
come home. but Stock. who had started
from second, also came all the war
around
The final run OF the PhillieS was
scored IN the eighth. Bancroft got 4
base on balls and advanced on Stocks
sacrifice After Cravath had taken bis
Moriarltv. Whitfield bounced a single
off the right field wall Of the tricS
Baker Park and Bancroft scored.
The accustomed ninth inning rally
OF the Giants did not materialiEe.
Burns and Robertson contributed a hit
each to a rally that might have beep,
but the fight seemed 20 be out OF the
Giants for the afternoon. Perhaps it
was because two Of their best two
handed scrappers were absent.