New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
Black Cat Leads
Giants to Close
WmOverR Red,
lakes McCraw' $ pl.o
Coaching Box Till Loc.,. IN
Tie Score ''
BY Charles A. Tavlo.

-. Taylor
stray scrawny black cat ,o,,
place OF John J. McGraw on ~ .'0A The
ing line at first base in the '.'s co coach
nail OF the fifth inning of yestsrs,'. S,sa's'
game between the Cincinnati; 's''sy's p
the New Workers, and the bos suS aat
promptly tied up the score ana ~ 00y'
ually won by the count of 4 ~ event.
!, mas been customary for Job,.,.
sepnus to stay under the shade s'.'' NJ
bench when things go wrong w;.s NE
men, who were steering straisbt .A -. nl'
ara Pennantville until the .s'', WV,
Cubs spilled all their dreams r. as'
one-run advantage apparently we aseh q
ticlent nc TO discourage Mac, judgins' ssu sui'
'he way he has acted recentlv s IRON
put the stray, scrawny black c..,
never played baseball, and hs h nal
meyer venturcd on the coacb;ns ne mad
Delore. He was accustomed - ihe
rare IN the back ALLEYS and o'' w ws''
backward fences, and such p h,a .h,a'ne 'ne
quitting would have made hin, ing as
like a Hun. AOe MIN feel
The black scrawny cat wos
ted to stay in the coachina permit
the Giants were we'll starred ID ua,ll
road to victory, and then if was oh 'ne
INTO the grandstand by one of IINea 1--we
fablan's assistants. hehfy
Might Have Won Immediate,v
If Mr.. Cat had not been ey;lsa :.
when he was it is possible .u tSs. Just
GIANTS might have scored tbo ,o". Inc
10y necessary to win right in tb.,
Iialne. But three runs and a tie uas.
pefiectly satisfactory to the cat 'v,s srs
a Dig surprise to McGraw, who nsyas
l,era i'ed that a cat could do mo,a
enlcient work than ne in the cosch;ss hvss
line. ''e ooaehlng
Bob Steele. the soutbnaw ro,...,
acquired by the Giants, did the twirlir,
1or the Cliff Dwellers," his opponsn
on on the mound being one Ring. who '%, ;n
'lmes past was a member of the YarL,"
aggregation. At the outset in s...
until the advent of the black scrswD" ,1v'
cat, Rlng had the better of the bs,,l.
!, Inc REDS, with shifted line-un -,
the result of the one-round hout 10
tween Lee Magee and Al Neale ths Ssr Se
previous at Ebbetts Field and tbe bo.
wave which still waved over the po. nG,
grounds, went right after Steele frOm
.ne beginning of the game. The vie
itors banged out two hits in the frs,
inning and 1t was only a foul ay n
Slcklng from the bat of Sherwood NJ.
gee mat rescued the southpaw
Reds Get BUSY.
In the third the Cincinnati; loa, 90.
really busy. Heinie Groh drew rss,
as an eye-opener and NeaIe hoo, Fsa' aa'
hit in front of the plate. Pouch ss. Wv
riticed and Chase hit a lonc Tu'a a., S'.
compton in left, Groh SCORING after u.
catch. Sherwood Magce beat -'or ont 'As
nigh bouncer to Fletcher and ye,ls
counted o "eaH
The Reds gathered another +.un :,
their half of the fifth. Whom A' G,,s
singled to left and went to secorSs1 S'r
Sicking's poor throw to FIRST seSomu oS.nn% ~ "
Giant third baseman had nabhes rei ,s,
nes.1 1Seaie pop bunt. Roush singled pas.
Doyle ana Groh crossed the platter.
y everything looked lovely for the
heds until that black, scrawnv cat took
up ms statlon on the line near first in
the Giants half of the fifth. Pete
"ioe safety TO centre and
Jay klrke beat out hit to the infeN
Sticking worried Ring into giving him
tree transportation, and the gases were
al ocupled. Lew McCarty drove the
eall at Cueto in short and Sticking Wa,
forced at second, Compton scoring
Giants Score Two More
McCarty reached second on passed
ball and Steele anchored safely on first
when Cueto threw the pitchers
grounder wildly to first, Xirke and Nc
Carty registering on the error. BUNS
forced Steele at second and was then
caught off first by a quick toss from
hing to Chase, who relayed the ball to
Cueto at second to nab the runner.
Just before Burns was caught nap.
ping the black, scrawny cat had been
removed from the coaching box. This
fact is important for it took the Giants
until the ninth inning to get going
again.
Fletcher opened the last frame with
single to left and sped to third on
Doyle's double against the right field
wall. Pete Compton ended the game
with a single over Cuetos head in
short.
1t is too bad the black, scrawny cat
was not on the coaching lines during
the series between the Giants and The
Cubs. The McGraw men might have ST
least tied a few scores.
The score.