New-York tribune., 1918-05-08


vath, Luderus and Meusel collecting
When the Giants opened their half
of the fourth inning the score was 8
to 0 against them, and Bradley Hogg,
the new pitcher corralled by Moran,
was bowling over the Polo Ground
sluggers without any difficulty whatso-
ever. But young Bradley, instead of
being inspired to greater effort by
this fine chance, he had to humble the
league leaders in his first crack at
them, lost his bearings when Benny
Kautf faced him in the fourth.
Benny walked, and Immediately
after the shining light of the Phillie
infeld, little Bancroft. made wild
heave to second in an attempt to turn
Burns's hit to short into a force-out
of Kauff. Benny raced to third on the
error and then Burns stole second.
Heinie Gets Exiled
The Great Heine Zim came to the
bat determined to make a cleanup, but
Umpire Rigler called him out on
strikes. The Bronx idol made one of
his characteristic protests, and Rigler
put him out of the game for his rash
ness. Bancroft threw out Rodriguez,
Kauff scoring and Burns advancing to
third. Fletcher popped to Luderus,
ending the inning, but it was plainly
apparent that the Phillies were wab-
bling badly. They just couldn't stand
prosperity.
The ousting of Heinie Zim necessi-
tated shake-up in the Giant lineup
Rodriguez went to third, Ross Young
to second, and Wilhoit to right field
The Giants began right where they had
left off in the previous inning as soon
as their opportunity to bat came in the
fifth. At the same time, Hogg and
and higher in the air to smooth the
pathway for the home boys.
Mr.. McGaffigan set the stage for a
rally on the part of the Giants that
netted three runs and gave them the
lead. Holke picked Mac out as a target
when he hit an easy roller to the
Philie second baseman, who fumbled,
allowing the batter to reach first. Hogg
hit McCarty, the next batter. on the
arm, and Barnes sacrificed. Young
singled to centre, scoring Holke and
McCarty. and Kauff hit safely to cen
tre, putting Young on third, whence he
tailed on Meusel's wild throw through
the infield.
The Phillies trailed from this point
on until the end of the game, despite
the insertion of relief pitcher and
various pinch hitters and pinch base
runners. They had lost their nerve
just when they had the best chance in
the world to check the on-sweeping
rush of the Giants.
The runs gathered by Moran's men
that bid fair to result in the second
defeat of the season for the Giants
came in the first and fourth innings.
In the first frame Bancroft singled and
was forced by McGahigan. Stock
popped to Rodriguez, and McGaffigan
stole second, from where he counted
on Cravath's drive to right field.
In the fourth the visitors made two
and, after Cravath had flied out to
Fletcher, Whitted and Luderus both
hit safely to centre, Stock scoring
Whitted crossed the plate on a single
to left by Meusel.
In the eighth the Phillies threatened
to make trouble, but Holke, with a
wonderful stop of Whitted's hard
smash toward right took out what little
heart was left in them.
Benny Kauff came to the bat twice
during the game with all the bases
occupied, in the sixth and again in the
eighth. Benny famed the first time,
but managed to send out a fly to right
on the second occasion, which scored
runner.
The umpiring Of Rigler behind the
plate and Moran on the bases did not
suit either the players or the majority
of the 5000 fans. The decision Of
Moran declaring Young caught off first
in the third made Moran most unpopu-
lar during the remainder of the game.
He was booed continually.
Jose Rodriguez, who started the game
as sub for Larry Doyle, who is i'll,
and then was shifted to third base, fol-
lowing Zimmerman's exit, is handy
man to have in ball club. Jose did
some pretty fielding in both positions.
The throwing of the usually reliable
Lew McCarty was not up to the stand
ard. In the first two innings McGaffi-
gan and Meusel both got away with
clean steals Of second
The Phillies made six errors, Ban
croft committing three misplays and
McGsffigan, Stock and Meusel one each.
Bradley Hogg would have given the
Giants. close call had it not been for
these bungles.
St. Johns College