New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01

made a long hit TO centre field. Then
he began to take long leads off hrst.
Finally he made a dash for second
base. McCarty made a perfect throw
to Herzog, who was standing directly
over the bag.
Cobb Plants Spikes on HerzOg
1t was apparent that Cobb was out
by couple of yards. The ball was in
Herzog's hands when he started to
slide. Cobb raised his feet high and
slid full into Herzog, planting his
spikes on the Giant second baseman's
thigh.
For an instant the two men were
rolling about the ground. interlocked
in a cloud of dust. Arthur Fletcher
gave a yell of rage and started to the
rescue of his team mate. But even
before he could get there the field was
flooded with the purple and white jer-
seys of the Giants. They came up
double quick, with the belligerent form
of Manager John McGraw in the centre.
and it be gan TO look decidedly like a
free-for-all fight
Cobb was hauled from off Herzog and
shoudered to one side. The crowd be
gan to hiss when they saw the red welts
on Herzon's thigh and clamored that
Cobb be ordered off the field.
Coward" was the mildest cpithet
that the Texans epplied TO Cobb.
This incident aroused the fighting
spirit of the Giants and for the other
four innings they put up about as true
ulent a game as was ever staged. Jones'
the young third baseman of the Tigers,
tried TO hold Arthur Fletcher at third
when the later was circling that bag on
the way home Fletcher gave Jones the
football shoulder and half stunned him
as he threw him to the ground.
Umpire in Jaws of Death.
A little later Kane. the local umpire,
unconsciously attempted suicide. Kane
missed a play at third and when Man
ager McGraw came out to demonstrate
with him, Kane started 10 order Nc
Graw from the field. Fortunately Kane
reconsidered Just before the Jaws of
death crunched on his fraD form.
Heinie Zimmerman naturally caught
the spirit of the auspicious occasion
and was riding everybody in the lot:
II did not seem that the game could
last the full nine innings without some
more serious trouble. In all the MS
tory of turbulent Texas there was not
such combative ball game staged
PLAYERS on the Giant team that mad
never even made a protest oefore were
placing chips on their shoulders.
The Detroit team had one run lead
when the trouble started. IL came
when Heilman lifted one OF Scnupp
a ....l,s Eal1
In the fourth inning. Immediately
after the spiking of Herzog, the reused
Giants took the lead right away from
the Tigers. With two out, Fletcher was
passed by Emke. Bonnie Kauft, VINO
has finally learned the trick or letting
the bad ones go by, laid one against
the centre field fence for two-bagger'
Fletcher Fells Jones.
Fletcher started to tear around Tor
the plate. As he rounded third young
lanes crossed his path as though 10
block him. BY this time Fletcher was
in the mood to slay anything wearing a
Detroit uniform. He crashed rlgnt IN
10 Jones and sent the third basemah
sprawling. NJ.
isb 70 third to cut off Kauff. Lew NC
Carty smashed one past third anu
scored Kauff. II began 20 look IKE d
massacre. until George Burns tanned
with the bases tlled. .L
The Giants took three more IN the
sixth inning. With one out Eillsoh
iuggled his poke. Schupp forced Nc
Carly Kauff scoring on the play
George Burns laced out clean two
ha00er and scored Eolke. Charlie Her
zog drove a long hit TO centre field ana
Scbupp scored, Burns being thrown out
at the plate.
In the seventh inning the Tigers be-
gan 10 show signs of life once more
With one out, Jones walked, and stan
age and Nicholson, pinch hitter
singled. filling the bags. Schupp be-
came a little wild and walked, Bush
forcing in a run. Young forced Bush
at second and Stanage scored on the
play.
Crawford Strikes Out
Sam Crawford. the next up, had
chance 10 cover himself with glory by
sending out a long hit at this time ana
tying the score, but Samuel did moth
ing but swing at the ball, and MS
chance to be the hero Of this dark and
bloody field vanished into the thin arr:
Herzog's injury may keep him out OF
the rest of the series, though he in
sisted on playing the game out to-day
7 hat ne was not more seriously injured
was not due to any conjunction on the
part Of Tyrus Raymond Cobb.
To the lookers-on in the grandstand
the action Of Cobb looked like a
fragrant attempt to injure a player, and
for 70 particular purpose. II seemed
that he lost his temper at being caught
in the attempt TO steal and that he
vented mis- rage on Herzog. He had no
chance 10 reach the bag.
For a while Hughie Jennings started
to insist that Herzog be ruled from the
field, too, but the Texans began to rear
I'd and below at this idea. The crowd
was with Herzog, and Jennings finally
abandoned his protest. This action Of
Cobb's was reminiscent of the time
when he spiked Home Run Baker at
Philadelphia and put Baker out Of the
game for several weeks.