New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-25
Giants Smother Braves at
Baseball and Repartee
McCraw's Men Take Rubber
Game, 8 to 2,-"Vocal'
Score Lacking
BY W. o. MCCLELLAN

the ball game is officially recorded as
New York, S; Boston, ,. The official
returns Of the contest in repartee are
not in yet, three stenographers having
been disabled trying TO keep the count.
Heinie Zimmermans record for the
day shows a couple Of healthy hits,
Fletcher is credited with the same num-
Der, while Herzog had only one. But
the repartee record Of this laxative
trio, if it had been completed, would
disclose some treasures for current lit
erature. The air was filled with bon
mots and things of that sort.
John Evers, while he did not partiei-
pate actively in the ball game, was
one OF the most enthusiastic partlci-
pants in the repartee contest. He lasted
until the other conversationalists
I among the Braves weakened and lapsed
into the silences. Hank Gowdy had
only one hit, but he showed himself 70
be one of the most pointed retorters
/ on the Braves lineup.
clash between the Giants and Braves IS
/ that McGraw's men are glued to the
/ top rung Of the National League climb
/ ing apparatus. The Braves slipped into
third place directly under the convul-
sively clinging Cardinals.
Feigned Contempt for schupp
The Bostonians started by feigning
contempt for our young Mr.. Ferdinand
Schupp and still greater contempt for
/ the rollicking rhetoric OF our famous
! diamond conversationalists. But be-
fore the eight and a half slowly NOV
/ ing innings were completed they showed
a wholesome respect for the rising
/ young lef. handler and a regard that
| bordered on reverence for the rapid
eloduence of Zimmerman, HerZog and
Fletcher. The Braves might be said 10
have entered like the more or less well
/ known lion and to have taken the gate
after the fashion of the hardly less
widely known lamb.
Purely baseball features that might
| be mentioned in connection with the
! dual contest were a running eaten by
! George Burns and an Intellectual at
/ tempt by Lew McCarty TO fathom the
weird, inscrutable mind CT Hank O'Dsy,
the umpire.
Allen, the hurler for the Braves, got
to-the three and two stage of accumu-
lating strikes and balls. The fourth
was sent over, and McCarty, who is ad-
dicted to original thought at times.
thought il was a strike and playfully
tossed the ball over Zimmerman
head Allen got as far as second base
before the little pellet could be recoy-
cred.
The Braves started valiantly enough
in their part of the first inning. Rabbit
/ Maranville was hit with the ball By
Sehupp as an opening salute. Twombly
singled after Massey was thrown out,
placing the Rabbit on third. Sherwood
/ Magee lobbed one to zimmerman, VINO
! thought 10 nail Twombly at second, but
| the throw was late and the Rabbit sour
ried home with some of the activity
which is displayed by the little animal
after which he is named.
This start made the Braves quite
chipper. and their language began 70
! scintillate. But in the very same inn
/ ing the Giants put over two runs Burns
and Herzog got a base on balls each
and Robertson inadvertently poked
himself into a double. Heinie Zim
walked up. eloquent and ready 10 do
/ things with his ba: He scored Burns
with a single TO right and stole second.
( Fletcher. another Giant in eloquence
and baseball, doubled 20 centre, scoring
1 Zimmerman.
TwO-Bagger for Herzog
In the third Herzog shattered the
moist and muggy afternoon with a two
base hit 70 left field Heinie thinner
man, chewing gum and breathing den
ance from both throat and nostrils,
singled to centre after Robertson struck
out, and brought in Herzog.
In the fourth and fifth innings there
was very little doing in the run getting
line. but considerable entertainment
was furnished in the matter of. con-
versation. Zimmerman tipped his cpl
grams from the Giant bench 10 the
Braves dugout Herzog sent his all
the way out 70 centre and left fields.
Fletcher had no general dlreetionsi he
just talked over the lot.
John Evers. from the Braves coach
ing line, threw pieces OF rhetoric at any
Giant head that happened TO be in range
Those in the grandstands decided that
it was a better game to listen to than
to watch, and cupped their ears as the
conversation became general.
McCarthy's eccentric toss, which gave
Allen two bases instead of one on four
balls, revived the Braves hope in the
sixth. But Meanwhile famed, Massey
Popped out to Holke and Schupp tossed
out Twombly.
With two out in their half Of the
L Ill ~. II
/ Sherwood Magee, put another over.
Fletcher singled and Kauff took a base
on balls. II was here that Sherwood
Magee dropped fy by Holke and
Fletcher scored Allen then purposely
passed Mccarthy, despite the protests
Of the multitude. and filled the bases.
Ferdinand Schupp, who is decidedly
more familiar with the ball than he is
with the bat, was out on three called
strikes.
Another Chance in Eighth
In the seventh il looked again a.
though the Braves might have chance
TO even things up; Konetchy forced
field. After Kelly was nailed on a long
hy. Hank Gowdy. the rangy converse.
tionalist. smashed a single that scored
Konetchy.
Barnes, a right handler, relieved Al
len in the same inning, and met trouble
almost instantly. Burns carromed hit
off Smiths knee and went to second on
Herzog's out. Then Dashing Davy Rob-
ertson, the beaming bridegroom, sent A
triple 20 the right field boundary line,
scoring Burns. Robertson scored on
Zimmefman's out
In the eighth inning the Giants added
two unnecessary runs. Holke doubled
20 right and Mccarthy dubbed 10 left,
scoring Holke. Sehupp singled 10 left
| and scorad NeCa.tk. o.. a,