New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-19
Giants First
Squad Takes
Tight Melee
Gibson and Robertson En-
able Polo Crounders to
Defeat Houston Team
Nv W. O. MCCLELLAN

Houston. Tex, MarCh 10 nc 49,
souad Of the Giants took the Houston
Bluffs here to-day by 5 to score III
q tight melee. the result Of which was
oujvering on the scales until the IaS'
man was down in the ninth Inc
mcandcring Polo Grounders' no"
rounding into form, played a stead!
game. winning by Just the shade wh'ch
distinguishes the big lcagucrs from inc
icsscrs. 1.. ..orl,
NJ Coorgo Gibson. the backstop, thaV
was largely responsible for inc wy
cory George was there with the Wen
known timely wallop and the cduaHg
we'll known noodle His activity anu
, clean home run BY Davy Robertson
,,c horo OF Watered Knee. were inc
main factors I'm the Giant scoring.
The FIRST five innings were pltcheGi
by Cecil AlgernOn Causey, me lor.u
Floridan. who was recruited ltom
Waco. Cecil pitched nice workman
like session. with only one bad inning;
when the Rufs found him clearly anu
distinctly, and simply walloped III theIr
tHo runs.
Smith Succeeds Cecil
Cocil was succeeded by George smith;
Tho Columbia Collegian, VINO paraueu
INTO action in Claripg new red nan
mol undcrshirt The boy from MORN
.noside Heights started a bit uncer-
family but he got together with con
.idereble haste. and played sale UNI,
tho ninth. when all the beans looAed
TO be spilled for a moment.
Alfred Moves. one Of the most popu-
lar local favorites. found the Column
han for lust the kind Of ball that ne
liked and he poled 10 out to deep ecu
tire. II looked like the home run that
would tie the score, but bashful ben
ME Kauff managed to relay the pai.
back in time to hold the big Noyes. vi
Houston, at third. Ihere were W.
down when this melodrama occurred.
The Bluffs trotted out a pineh nit1er
nv the name Of Query, and the Hous..
to,ians vent wild over the chance OF
q tic in the ninth. with a considerable
number of extra innings 70 90. query
landed upon the ball. and it looked as
though he would get it past Herzog'
bnt that distinguished aviator vol
nlaned TO the left and speared the
smash with one hand in time TO nan
Query to the bag.
Robertson Makes Home Run
Davy Robertson, the very healthy
cripple, started the good work Tor the
Giants in the third inning. lie took
a long swing and landed the ball some
where near the centre field fence. Inc
ract that David is supposed to nave
water on the knee. and bucketstui OF
il at that. should have deferred nm
from scamDering about the field on the
high. but il didn't. David forgot the
bad "dog" and made the HIT go for all
four bases.
He showed such burst of speed that
McGraw is considering the advisability
of having all of his base runners try
water on the knee 20 increase their
travelling ability. If Robertson can
move that fast with water on only one
knee. how fast would he be able TO go
with water on all two knees. Figure
il out for yourself.
After Bonnie Kauff struck out and re-
ceived the Rio Grande rag In the
fourth, young Holke was given base
on balls. George Gibson brought him
through with clean three-bagger TO
centre.
The Bluffs tied the score and might
have done even better in the NTH.
Glenn, the pitcher, started 10 l0Sats
Cecil Algernon Causey and grabbed
himself a single. Harold Hemingway
sent triple past Davey Robinson
scoring Glenn. Britain got triple on
one past Bonnie Kauff and Hemming-
way scored At this juncture the Buns
unwisely tried to pull the squeeze plan
and Britain was nailed hard and fast
at the plate. The rally that might have
brought enduring fame to the Houston
Bluffs ended at this in one melodlous,
melancholy moan.
The Run That Won the Game
Gibson pulled his popular saye-a-
game stunt in the sixth. With Holke
on. Gibson smashed very healthy sin
gle to centre, and with big league per-
ception he stretched II for another on
the throw in as Holke sped to third.
Holke came through on a long fly by
George Burns. This was the run that
gave the game 10 the Giants.