New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
THsreQu ShOWS Cards
"Specs'' Are Useless
"a Wins His First Game
for Many Moons in
St. Louis

:. Louis, June l. ne N'@''' '"'
.,.8 their first Western tour BY
s;r, on Miller Huggins's cripples
fo,o / victory. There wouldn't be
sr,b credit 20 the accomplishment
I. for the fact that it entailed the
-,.s;ng Of varied jinxes.
r;-,. Of all this is one town where
,.c..v's men usually bump into ?
~. ~ trouble. Next, Tesreau beats
s'.f n cardinals about as often as there
,o,sl eclipse Of the sun-and not
-, of,ener. Besides. Tesreau was
,.., 20 tear of Lee Meadows, the be-
...,,,,c5 .wirler of the Mound City
~ !. usually just about as tough for
-, Giants as pitchers can come.
Plenty Tough Enough
ca fsrss Meadows is concerned, this
l., xas no exception. He was plenty
..",b enough. Tesresu had to be at
=, hest to land the verdict. Until the
.,, man was out in the ninth inning
=. pjlerims we're never sure Of the
,,nors Tesresu held the Cards to
s.g, hits. New York got only six or
y~.rs base knocks decided the YER
-. N this respect New York was the
~. fortunate. A couple of extra bas"
ars,. fell lust right for McGraw S
zen and cheated Meadows out OF
lucky afternoons work.
on late the Giants have had 10 do I,
Il, Of fighting with the umPires as wei
,s ,rainst rival clubs. Al Orth wei
s,nsa the New Workers By putting Ar
,SrT Fletcher out OF the game IN the
,sro,d inning. The crack shortstop
I,Stbe misfortune 70 get into an argu-
rsrt with the umpire, and OF course ran
'.eord best in the debate. FIetcner
III rad his blow, a pinch double, IN
s;s ors time az bat. Otherwise the
Giants might not have got the winning
T;..Ie Pete Kilduf. who succeeded to
.hs hort field patrol, was all that could
hs desi-ed as a fielder. but he was shy
s'j,S The ash. Meadows had the midget
tied I'D in knots. 49,
4 ereat dea! OF the action of this
zane was crowded into the flrst three
'rn;nrs. AZ least all the runs were
scored in this part Of the pastlme. res
rcsu and Meadows were botn DIT ln-
steady at the start, but from me Iour'h
on the opportunities on both sides were
decidedly limited.
Frror nv Gonzales
In the first inning Robertson vas
safe Oh Gonzales's error, but was
caught :rying 70 steal second. IN St.
Louis's half Miller singled and stole,
vith two out. Tesreau threw out Con
lales.
Heinia Zimmerman opened New
forks second with a single and took
third on Fletcher's double. Kauf's long
A. 70 Long scored Zim. Holke struck
cut Then McCarty was purposely
passed, filing the bases. Tesreau
ioged 70 Gonzales.
The Cardinals got this run back in
70 Robertson Long tripled. lie raced
ssme on Snyder's 1y TO Robertson.
The Giants made play al third base,
slsiming Long left the bag before Rob
srison caught the ball. but Orth ruled
differently. Il was in this argument
ihst Fletcher finally got the gate.
A lucky trinle b. Burns paved the
ssy 70 New Tork's victory The ball
tropped just inside the chalk mark in
sft field. Herzog was hit by pitched
ball. Robertson hit to Miller and into
a double plav. but Burns meanwhile
scored the winning run.
s.. Iouis's best chance hereafter
,sne in the fifth inning. but was ruined
By double play. Long singled 10 left
Siih none out. Snyder fouled 20 Nc
Csrty. Tesreau gathered +. Smiths
wicked drive 20 the box and started a
deubls play by way OF second base.