New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-28

only run of the day.
No, come to think Of il, it wasn't
Pittsburgh. IL was Max Carey, the
fash who plays centre field for
Bezdek. Carey's speed and alertness OF
mind made Wilbur Cooper's masterful
pitching stand out like the sea wall OF
Galveston. Carey, rather than Pitts
| burgh, beat the Giants. He scored the
/ only run OF the day.
His spectacular dash, which knocked
/ the pacemakers down one full game
toward the fast closing Phillies. ended
what approached a stolen trip all the
way round the hassocks. Max came 20
bat his second time with one out in the
! fourth inning. lie dropped a pretty
bunt toward third which sheer leg
power alone converted into a hit. The
bunt, hairs breadth from the foul
line, was about as close to perfection
as the Imagination can picture. No
third baseman but Zimmerman would
have disputed its safety. But Heinie
darted in for a wonderful pickup and
throw that lost out by inches only.
Boeckel raised twisting fly TO right
field. 1t appeared the easiest kind Of
chance for Davy Robertson. But some
thing was wrong somewhere with tho
centre fielder. He came in a few steps;
then halted. The ball dropped safely
ten feet in front Of him. He acted as il
he didn't see the ball. And this gift
hit set the stage for Carey's master
piece.
After fddling around a bit Carey
finally got a lead that suited him and
with a pitch lit out for third base.
He had such d break on Benton's deliv-
cry that Bill Rariden held the ball
after bluffing for a throw. The bluff
fooled Boeckel. The latter, expecting
the throw, dug for second.
Rariden then shot the ball TO Herzog
before Boeckel got two-t thirds of the way
down. A perfect peg would have had
the runner standing up. But the throw
was not quite perfect. 1t was just a
little low and just little wide, pull
ing Herzog into sucn an awkward posi-
tion that, after taking it. Charlie was
forced to dive back TO intercept a hook
slide. This left an opening for Carey.
He dashed for the plate. Herzog
made his out. all right, but he got
slightly tangled with the runner and
lost his balance. When he recovered
he was forced to act quickly. His re-
turn 10 the plate carried just a trile
| high. Carey's quick thinking had won
for Pittsburgh.
RUDE Benton did not deserve 70 be
shut out by Cooper. Robertson was
mainly at fault for the only run scored
/ by the Pirates. Had Davey been alert
Carey would never have had a chance
10 steal the game. But a number of
other Giants were equally TO blame that
this one run proved enough.
Two bad bones" in the third inning
saved Cooper from a drubbing. One
was carelessness on the part Of Bill
Rariden; the other coaching stupidity
on the part Of Hans Lobert. Rarlden
and Benton singled with none out.
Burns surprised every one with bunt.
It looked like bad baseball till one re-
membered that the paths were clut-
tered with the two slowest men of the
club. Burns, right handed hitter,
held a natural advantage over a south
paw. But hitting with Rariden and
Benton on. the paths entailed great dan
ger OF q double play.
Burns's bunt would have worked out
finely if Rarden had not Numbered. He
was slow in getting under Roadway, but
was saved when Cooper, snatching the
ball, threw wide, drawing Boeckel off the
bag. Rariden, however, went on TO
third. standing up, tripped over the bag
and sprawled full length four, feet be
yond. Boeckel tagged him before he
could think OF getting back. Herzog
foated TO right field Then kautt
damned out the longest single Of the
afternoon. IL was arrive to deep right
that should have scored even the slow
paced Benton in a romp from second
base. But Lobert halted the Rube at
third, filling the bases with two out.
Heinie. Zimmerman did a Casey.
Another "bone" fell to the lot OF the
usually auick-witted George Burns. He
drew pass 10 open the eighth. As
George started 70 steal Herzog flied
TO Carey, whose throw to Wagner dou-
bled George before he could get back.
There was absolutely no excuse for
Burns being caught. He had the play
right in front of him.
That was all, except for a few trim
mings Cooper was in danger in the
fourth, when the singles of Fletcher
and Holke were split by force out at
second. The battery boys both popped
out. From the fourth on the Giants got
cnlv two hits eff Cooper. These were
scratches by Kauf and Holke in the
eighth and ninth. respectively. Both
came with two out. Barring the fourth
inning and that was no fault OF his
own-Benton pitched quite as well as