New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Insults Cuban
Into Beating Pirutes
Drops Rodriguez Below
Pitcher-Don's Triple and
Kaua $ Double Win, 3 to 2
By Charles A. Tavlor

1@dy l4.-The Gianfs
managed to win the last game ~ a.
series with the Pirates here to.oav ~.
1T was a. tight squeeze, the count -
to 2. Bezdck's Buccaneers wnro G.,
ing every minute for a clean swson
the crazed fans of Smoketown wers ~.
again in goodIy numbers to be,n -
worthy cause. "eip the
This vistory of the Giants 90,
chiefly to the insult Manager NC aue
handed to Don Jose Rodriguez i..taw ina. h
lore play was called. John ] has hSt pc
more than satisfied with the f;ald;neen oeen
Jose since the Cuban was called r ei
10 take the place Of Larry Dov,ap ,apoh
second, put the substitutes hittins "a,
liol Deen so praiseworthy. Therefa.ss .ss
Mcuraw notified Don Jose that ;nster', ;s.p.s
ol gong to bat fifth he would havs heso
pitcher. osiofe the
. +. This Particular CuSan is bisb,v
strung, as most of his race are .na
strong thirst for vengeance ~. M, ana
oeen inspired in Don Jose. Va nay, nave
enough, 1T was his triple in tho ss ~uuiy
inning. that scored TWO runs and Ieeona
sible. VIC 'iahts pos
Benny Also Carries Grouch
a word TOO, should be said in heb,,,
~ .ne ehueayors of Benny Kauff. wsa
nard work to get the pronar .n,.ia ,oLno IT
the slants of the Pirate pitcher s's on
ny was plumb disgusted tosdsv Den z
celebrated his peevIshness hv ny, m.,: ana
a double and single. It is the tns
oase olow ne struck that deseryes sro
Slai empnasls, as it led to the third ans
aGecldlng tally collected by the Giant n.a
80 to Don Jose Rodriguez and Ran.s Rans
Nau1 1uii credit must be given for ~
1act that Bezdek's Bucs didn't oct .va mn
WIN three games in a row. 's
me IIants were called upon IN f,,.
une FRANK Miller, who has in the nas.
peen p more or less troublesome to '1,s ths
oio urounders. In the first inninp tbe
returns showed that Miller altbona, nS
ne walked George Burns. had fanned
ana" ane u I"'9n.y men OF swat as h. Kaua
1t was a most ausnicious s+x.
Miller, but he had not taken sso. saeo 10.
OF the insult to Don Jose Rod,;o. dsouns
and the peevishness of F Kaug ,.s .sus1
crouch had been still more apcr.vatsa
Dy ms strlke-out experience in th..
opening frame. ' :" '"e
me insult to Don Jose bore fru;t
IN the second. Arthur Fletcher t;rs,
nan up, singled to left field Waltsr
aioihe shot a safety to the same snot
and Lew McCarty sacrificed Nov, 'yba tha
lnsuited and humiliated Rodr;e7,ez an s
peared with his baton. So far II haa ap
not been effective enough to merit taa
name bat. "'eii' inc
Outhelders Show Contempt
Well, all the Pirate outaelders c.m.
r1ght IN close to the infield araS
10 squelch any little drive in their d;.
rec uec'lon Don Jose might perpetrate
j" men Don Jose saw this added insult
ne clenched his teeth and got maddar
and madder. In truth MIR. Cuban MAS
reai angry, and the smile he gave that
bail was wonder. Carev. in centre.
held. and Casey Stengel. in right. saw
IT coming, and then they saw It poinp.
IL kept on going, too, until both run
ners had Tailed and Don Jose had
rounded second and was speeding on to
third. tSN'''s oA "
Casey: by this time, had managed to
seI ms hands on the sphere and threw
TO Mckechnie, but Don Jose beat the
loss with ease and lay contentealy or
the Dag. smiling Up into the visage of
that terrible McGraw in the coaching
box; Don Jose had his revenge. and
could even smile at the fellow who had
so grossly insulted him.
Benny Kauff's inning was the third.
He then banked out his two-bagger and
went to third on McCarty's second sac
rlhce hit of the afternoon, after Burns
mad been tossed out by McKechnie.
Helnle Zimmerman hit to Cutshaw, who
threw home to shut off Benny, but the
ball arrived too )ate
Jess Barnes, the Giant boxman, all
t1is time had been having heaps of
worry. but had succeeded in prevent
ing the Buccaneers from crossing the
plate. In the sixth the home boys
finally broke through and scored two
runs.
Pirates Die Mighty Hard
With one man cut Max Carey walked
and sped to third on Casey Stengefs
safe smash, which bounced off Fleteh-
er's right foot and on into centre field.
George Cutshaw beat out hit to short
and Carey counted. King singled to
centre and Stengel tailed. The stands
were in an uproar when McKechnie
hit to Fletcher, forcing out King.
Schmidt, after missing a double down
the left sield foul line by inches, was
purposely passed. filing the bases. Bill
Hinchman, pinch hitting for Miller.
brought hush over the assemblage by
grounding out, Zimmerman to Holke.
The Buccaneers kept up the fight in
the closing innings, getting a man on
base with only one out in the seventh,
eighth and ninth, but were unable to
put over the blow that would have
tied up the game
The Giants left here tonight for
Cincinnati, where they will be the
guests of Mattv's Reds for five days
The denoted Don Jose Rodriguez is
aoping something wili happen in Garry
Herrmann's town to make him real
angry again.