New-York tribune., 1918-08-02


opening battle, the only difference b..
ing that the Giants lost heart afts,
their rivals had scored one rur
whereas the Cubs continued to sbo,,
the same stamina and life to the end
with the result that the league leader.
triumphed by a score of to 0 and
went further out in front.
One James Vaughn, who in bveorA
ages was on the twirling staff Of ths
New York American League Club. was
IN his finest fettle for the fray. Onlv
one hit did the Giants secure from hi,
southpaw shoots, Heinie Zimmermen
being the lucky fellow in the second
inning when he drove the ball safely
past Hollocher at short.
Toney Relaxes in Ninth
The Giants had Fred Toney. rec.ntl,
purchased from the Reds, for their
finger and he did fairly we'll until tba
ninth, when, seeing his mates had
thrown up the sponge, he relaxed and
was hammered for four hits. which rc.
suited in three wholly unnecessary
runs. 1t was the bunting tactics nur.
sued by the Cubs that smoothed the;,
pathway.
In the fourth inning Max Flack, fol.
loving the instructions of the best aid
Miracle Man" ever had, Fred Nit.
chell, manager of the Cubs, bunted to.
ward first and beat the ball on Gloss
play. Hollocher sacrificed with another
bunt that Doyle handled in time to
dispose of the batter. Mann also
dropped the ball down to expire at frst
on Zimmerman's toss to Toney. Flack
reached third on the play and scored
on Paskert's single to centre.
The Cubs picked up another run. the
NTH, when the bunting programme was
again IN vogue. Merkle led off with q
tap toward third which he easily beat
and went to second on a nassed hall hall
Deal sacrificed and Merkle scored on a
perfect squeeze play, Zeider attending
to the batting end.
Giants Hunt Hits in Vain
The Giants all This time had been
trying vainly to get line on the sort
OF twists Vaughn was putting on the
ball. Helnle Zimmerman's single in
the second with one man out was bit
cheering, but Thorpe and Sticking were
unable to drive the ball beyond the in
field, so the lone hit of the Giants went
for naught save to help Heinie's indi.
vidual average.
In the fifth after one man had sue
cumbed Jim Thorpe managed to coax
walk out of Vaughn. Sticking met
the ball nicely, but it shot straight to
Deal, who threw to Zeider, forcing
Thorpe, and the relay of "Bunion" to
first was in plenty of tine to snuff out
Sticking.
The ninth extinguished every bit ot
the flame of hope the Giants had burn
ing. After Flack had flied to Doyle
Hollocher singled to right and Mann
doubled to the same territory, putting
Hollocher on third. Paskert finished
matters with single to right centre,
which tailed both Hollocher and Mann.
Paskert took second on the throw-in
and stole third, whence he counted on
Merkle's single TO left.
Giants Get One on Base
The Giants got one man on base in
their half of the final frame, McCarty
walking only to have a good view Of
Bill Rariden tanning as a pinch hit
ter for Toney, Burns popping to zeidsr
and Young skying to Paskert.
Polonius Perritt probably will en-
deavor to even up things with the Cubs
to-day, but even though he succeeds
in scoring a victory the Windy City
lads seem to have the inside track in
the dash to Pennantville.
1t, indeed, looks as though the sun
had set for the waning baseball year
over Coogan's Cliff.
Two thousand sailors from the naval
training station at Pelham Bay will
attend to-day's game. They will be
accompanied by three bands, and John
3. Foster expects a big afternoon.
The first intimation that Toney was
a full-fedged Giant and had finally
signed the "papers" was flashed to the
in front of the grandstand to warm up.
The "Maggots" move in a mysterious
way their blunders to perform.
The fielding feature of the tragedy
Of yesterday was the catch Fred Merkle
made of foul fly from the bat Of
Burns in the third. Merkle after
long chase picked the ball right Oh
the top of one of the boxes back Of
first.
Inasmuch as Vaughn is southpav'
the two new players of the Giants
Jay Kirke and Pete Compton--had I:
vacation. Zimmerman covered first ana
Sticking third, while Thorpe chased the
ball in left field. This arrangement
left the Giants with only two left
"Hitters" is the wrong term here, 10,
Heinie Zimmerman was the only real
hitter of the day as far as the CLANS