The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-08
Giants Receive Double Lacing From Reds
Matty's Boys Have Easy Time Taking Both Ends of Double Bill-Bressler, on Furlough, Twirls Sec
 ond Game for Cincinnati.

New York. Aug. S.---Perhaps Christy Mathewson got a certain amount of fun out of that double leader on the Polo Grounds yesterday. As his Reds had failed to win a game in Harlem all season Matty Just naturally could not hide his pleasure when Cincinnati twice trampled over the Giants. What is 8 little heat to a double victory? The Reds were sturdy clubbers They whaled out their victories by scores of to and to 2. As a result of their twin win the Reds climbed into fourth place.
 A lot of folks will remember August z, 1918, as the day in which the heat record was fractured, but J. J. Mo Graw will probably remember it as the date that 26 Giants were left on the bages. What the stubby Jonathan thought about the heat was mild to what he thought about the Giants, as inning after inning the side would be retired with two or three men on the lanes. Fourteen Giants were left in the first game and full dozen in the second game.
 The Giant lineupv was a sad con- glomeration. George Burns was called home, as a younger brother had been
 
 of the game because of the heat. Young was limping badly, but it didn't bother his batting eye, for in the first game he knocked out a tri- ple q double and two singles and drew a walk. In the second game he got another base on balls and reached base on a fielder's choice, but he limped so painfully in going after a double by Bressler that MCGraw ex- . 'cused him for the day.
 Perritt took another fierce beating in the first game. At that Polly pitched q freakish game. In the first two innings the Reds tore into him for eight hits, including two homers after which he permitted only ySene hit in tlA next five.
 The second was a terrible inning, when Cincinnati hammered out five runs. Griffith singled and was out at third trying to take two bases on Cuetos 1nfieId single. Blackburne forced the little Cuban. and Wingo singled. Big Pete Schneider then whanged a home run into the left field bleachers. Groh singled to left and scored ahead of Neale when Greasy punched a home run to deep right centre. Schneider was slowing the effects of the neat and Mat.y took him out in the fourth, sending in Eller. By that time the Giants had whittled three runs off the Red lead. The Giants had no trouble getting men on base on Eller, but cDuld not score them. However. there seemed to be a chance for New York until Schupp was selected to finish the game and in hn nit runs on a single by Wingo, a pass to Eller, Fpush's single and Sherry Ma gees triple.
 The second game was pretty much a repetition of the first. The Giants threatened in every inning but the last two, but nothing ever came of their threats. Rube Bressler the Redland southpaw who now is in the National Army, pitched this game for Cincinnati He obtained a short furlough from Camp Merritt. Demaree started for the Giants and was knocked out in four innings. The Reds got two runs in the first. Groh was safe on F1etcher's tumble and stole second, scoring on Roush's sin gle. Eddie was caught off first, but ! beat the play to second, and ran honi- ! on Griffith's single.
 i The visitors got two more in the fourth. Cueto doubled to left, took third on Blackburne's infield out and scored on Wingos sacrifice fly Bress- Ter doubled to right and scored or Groh's single to the same patch He;nie taking an extra base on Comp. tons tumble.
 The Giants got their first run in the first. Passes to Young and WiIhoi and Fletcher's single filled the baset with none out Doyles out scored Young, but Thorpe famed and Kirk' grounded to first.
 In the second the Giants scored ] their other run, while two more wert shot down at the plate. With on out Rariden doubled and Demare got an infield hit. On Young's raj to Cneto. Rariden was out at tn plate. Wilhoit walked, filling tn bases Fletchers single score Demaree, but Roush nailed the limp ing Young at the plate.