The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
REDS HAND GIANTS
A DOUBLE LACING
After Barren Season on Polo
Grounds Cincinnati Wins by
Scores of 8-3 and AZ.
n, FREDERICK G. LIEB.

nv FREDERICK G. LIEB.
Perhaps christy Mathewson got GER
,.,, amount OF fun out Of that double
header on the Polo Grounds yesterday
A, his Reds had failed to win a game
in Harlem all season Matty just nat
nr,,ly couldn't hide his pleasure when
C,neinnati twice trampled over the
Giants. What Is a little heat to a
double victory? The Reds were sturdy
clubbers. They wnaied out their VIC
,orles by scores Of s to 3 and 4 to 2. As
result OF their twin win the Reds
climbed into fourth place.
lot OF folks will remember August
I, 1918, as the day in which the heat
rscord was fractured, but J. ]. McGraw
will probably remember 1t as the date
that .wenty-six Giants were left on the
bases. What the stubby Jonathan
thought about the heat was mild to
what he Thought about the Giants, as
inning after inning the side would be
retired with two or three men on the
lanes Fourteen Giants were left In the
first game and a full dozen in the second
game
Inc uldHl was a shu tou-
rlomeratlon. George Burns was calle
home. as a younger brother had been
killed, and Zimmerman still was out OF
the game because of the heat. Young
was limping badly. but It didn't bother
his batting eye. for In the first game
ne knocked out a triple. double and
two singles and drew a walk. In the
second game he got another base on
balls and reached base on a felder's
choice, but he limped SO painfully in
going after a double by Bressler that
McGraw excused him for the day.
Perritt Again Trounced.
Perritt took another fierce beating in
the first game At that Polly pitched a
freakish game. In the first two in
nlngs the Reds tore into him for eight
hits including two homers, after which
he permitted only one hit in the next
five
The second was terrible inning.
when Cincinnati hammered out Ave runs
Griffith singled and was out at third
trying to take two bases on Cueto's in
field single. Blackburne forced the little
Cuban, and Wingo singled Big Pete
Schneider then whanged a home run
into the left field bleachers. Groh sin
gled TO left and scored ahead OF Neale
when Greasy punched a home run to
deep right centre.
Schneider was showing the effects of
the heat and Matty took him out in ,n..
fourth. sending in Eller. BY that time
the Giants had whitfield three runs of
the Red lead The Giants had no trouble
getting men on base on El,er, but
could not score them. However. there
seemed to be a chance for New York
until Schupp was selected to finish the
game and was pounded In the ninth for
three runs on single by Wingo. a pass
10 Eiler. Roush's single and Sherry
Macee's triple.
Bressier Wins Second Game.
The second game was pretty much a
repetition OF the first. The Giants
threatened In every inning but the last
two but nothing ever came OF their
threats Rube Bressler, the Redland
southpaw who now Is in the National
Army. pitched this game for Cincinnati.
He obtained 4 short furlough from Camp
Merritt
Demaree started for the Giants and
was knocked out IN four innings. The
Reds got two runs in the first Groh
was safe on Fletcher's tumble and stole
second scoring on Roush's single. Eddie
was caught of first, but beat the play to
second, and ran home on Grlflth's
single.
The visitors got two more In tho
fourth. Cueto doubled to left. took
third on Blackburne's ihreld out and
scored on Wingos sacrifice fly. Bressler
doubled to right and scored on Groh's
single 10 the same patch. Heinie taking
an extra base on Compton's tumble
The Giants got their first run in the
first, Passes to Young and Without and
Fetcher's single filled the bases with
none cut, Doyle's out scored Young.
but Thorpe famed and Kirke grounded
to hrst
In the second the Giants scored thein
other run. while two more were shot
dowr at the plate. With one out S'ridcn
doubled and Demaree got an infeld hit.
On Yo"-r's rap to Cueto Rariden was
out at t. 0l1te. Without walked, filling
the bases. Fletcher's single scored
bemaiee. l:cush nailed the llnping
Young at the plate The scores:
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