New-York tribune., 1918-06-13
Perritt and Tyler Clash in
Pitchers Duel at Polo
Grounds
By Charles A. Taylor


in the first inning brought victory to
the Giants in the second game of the
series between the National League
champions and the Chicago Cubs. Thia
was the only run of the game.
Polonius Pcrritt, who was on the
mound for the McGraw men, pitched
wonderful ball, but George Tyler, the
Cub boxman, deserves at least equal
praise. Tyler held the Giants to two
hits, as against the six gathered by the
Cubs. How, pray, should Tyler know
that one of these safeties was to be q
homer and lose the game for him?
The triumph of the Giants broke the
winning streak of the Cubs, which had
reached nine games.
Despite the clouds that lowered over
Coogan's Cliff goodly crowd gathered
to find out what was the matter with
that these McGraw persons didn't
amount to much. They left the pas
time fully assured that something was
wrong in the baseball dope they had
been feeding upon. For these Giants
played the game from start to finish.
That home run of Burns in the open
at the offset, and when they saw this
decisive blow backed up by thrill after
thrill in the way of fielding they were
positive that the reports from the Polo
Grounds had been censored.
Follows Good Advice
If memory serves us right old Pol
onius told his son as he was about
to depart for foreign climes to be care
full. ITO thine own self be true" was
one of the lines, old Polonius sprung.
Polonius Perritt was an apt pupil
yesterday. He felt in his bones, and
Poll is mostly bones, that it was up
to him to curb these terrible Cubs
How Poll welcomed that home run
ware" to himself. "These pals of
mine are liable to do the geyser act
at any minute. 1t behooves me to keep
those other fellows subdued." Poll did
it. He twirled magnificently, not only
when the going was smooth, but even
when danger threatened and the path
way was awfully rough.
The first inning opened most insig-
nificantly. 1t didn't seem possible that
decided here. Ross Young famed.
Benny Kauff popped a high one to
zeider, which Bunions gathered in be-
tween his bow legs. McGraw was
squatting at first base and old George
Gibson at third for the purpose of
coaching any person that happened to
get on the bags. But nobody had at
tanned this distinction yet, and they
were bemoaning their fate.
1t was a mere formality for these
coachers. Not a single member of the
Giants had started anything worth
while, with two men out all season. SO
the two sentinels kept on squatting and
soliloquizing as George Burns ad-
vanced to the plate bearing a brand
new bat. History was about to be
made by this new war club, but Nc
Graw and Gibson kept on squatting and
soliloquizing and the fans lighted up
fresh cigarettes as they murmured,
"Three men out"
Burns Is Eccentric
But this man Burns is eccentric. He
doesn't rave much when he is called
out in some of his many pilfering ex-
he is called out on strikes He doesn't
rave at any time. He just plays ball
every minute. What may have appeared
to the soliloquizers on the coaching
lines disturbed Burns not at all. He |
Just swung at the ball offered him by
Lefty Taylor, and it was some swing.
Between centre and right shot the :
Ola hOrSenlde, and even the aged, but |
experienced and fleet, Paskert was un-
able to get his paws anywhere near it,
Flack came dashing from right to the
centre field bleachers to render aid
He finally made grab and then
sprawled at full length on Henry
Fabian's green.
Burns was burning up the pathway
around the bases by this time. and not
until George had crossed the plate
and was half way to the bench did the
ball he hit return to the waiting
Killifer. 1t was mighty swipe, ana
it won the old ball game, but nobody
knew it at the time.
Nothing More Happened
Inning came and inning went after
Burnss homer, and the fans sat ex-
pectantly through it all, but nothing
more happened in the way of run
making, although thriller after thriller
was performed by the fielders, who
spoiled base hits galore by their brit
liant. work. Ross Young stood out
among them all in the third inning,
when, by wonderful toss home, fol-
lowing Hollocher's hit, he nabbed Flack
at the plate with what would have been
the tying run.
The Cubs inserted one Barber into
the lineup as a pinch hitter in the
ninth. The tonsorial person took
crack at the first ball Polonious Per-
ritt served him, and was tossed out by
Fletcher for the final out of the game.
1t was, indeed close shave for the
Giants.