New-York tribune., 1917-07-24

John Henry Wagner, who has been
impaling himself on base runners
spikes and has been further varying the
monotony of a professional athletes
life by involving himself in tsxicah
collisions, returned TO the team yes>
terday and put new life into his brothes
athletes.
The game was pitchers duel be-
tween young Mr.. Ferdinand Stubbleheld
Schupp and ]. Fenimore Cooper, OF
the Pirates. The duel was eminently
fair, as both pitchers belong to the
southpsw, or squirrel food, class OF
pitching.
Ferdinand was the frst to crack un-
der the strain of the encounter. The
detonation came in the eighth inning.
W. Wagner, who is no relation TO John
Henry Wagner, or even 20 Richard
Wagner. the more or less well known
German song writer, doubled to right
field. J. Fenimore Cooper then pro-
ceeded 20 win his own game by crack
ing a double to left field and scoring
the lesser Wagner.
Tank Looked Dangerous
The heat, the humidity or the skill
of ]. Penimore Cooper kept the Giants
Tank inside its own trenches. Tho
Giants looked dangerous in the first
inning, when George Burns started
them with a triple TO left field. Charlie
Herzog restrained his giddy ardor and
took a base on balls. That made two
on, with nobody out. Naturally y
looked as though the daily slaughter OF
the Pirates was about TO proceed.
Benny Kauff came up to bust Mn
Cooper into several thousand pieces.
But Benjamin was too eager and Coop'
er was too canny. The shrinking vio-
let of the Giants made some futils
passes at the air, and there was ona
out.
The buck was thus passed to Heinis
Zimmerman, who has been exempted
from conscription because the Borough
of The Bronx is almost entirely de-
nendent upon him. Heinie lined ono
to Mccarthy, who threw to third, nail.
ing Burns. Debus threw TO first and
begged out Zimmerman.
After that inning the Giants neyet
again came within striking distance OF
IT, home plate. Cooper having passed
through this early peril, Strengthened
up and held the Giants safe for the
rest of the humid afternoon.
John Henry Wagner celebrated his
official return to the lineup by getting
himself a hit and stealing a base. De-
spite the massive architecture OF his
neither limbs the grand old gent OF
baseball can frisk over the meadows
like a squirrel in pursuit Of left-
handed pitcher.
Charlie Herzog, who left few days
ago to take long rest, found that n?
was not in the mood for resting, ana
despite the fact that he is far from
being in the best of shape, he wene
back to his job at second. Herzog aad
Kilduff are still within the draft age,
and the management OF the Giants -
on tenterhooks lest the keystone and
the substitute in the perfect inheld be
called away from the game.
Last Game To-day
To-day the Giants and the Pirates
will play the last game Of the series
in the cool of the evening The Giants
will depart for the wild, untutored
West, where things have been breaking
very smoothly for them. They will ba
gone on long journey this time.
Hugo Bezdek, the enthusiastic fooS
ball and golfing expert, whose feet are
Just getting used TO the recently va
Gated shoes Of Callahan, was in joy-
Gus mood after yesterdays victory,
He now has visions of splitting th4
series ffty-ifty with the Giants.
As soon as the Giants vacate Harry
Hempstead's Harlem estate the sorrows
full Yankees will move in for a long
stay. Their opening engagement will
be a double-header with the White Sox,
who certainly are looking like pennans
contenders.
While the Yanks' tour was almost
one disaster after another, Wild Will
lam Donovan is confident that he will
regain all of the ground lost on the
tour once his dogs are firmly implanted
in the turf of the Polo Grounds. Ar
mando Msrsans, the Cuban outfelder,
will fill the place which was made va!
cant by Lee Magee. AS a matter Of
fact Lee had it vacant all season.