The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-26
Giants Gain on Cubs
 by Winning Two Games
Latter Team Splits Even With Phillies While Gotham Team Downs Cards Twice-Ross Young Sets Record By Hitting Safely in g Games.

New York, July 26.---When Ross Young of the Giants bounded a hit off his bat in the second game against the Cardinals at the Polo Grounds yesterday he established new sea- sons batting record, for he has hit safely in 22 consecutive games.
 This is the longest spurt of consec- utive batting of the season, Eddie Foster some weeks ago hitting safely in 21 games. Young, who is not yet N years old, since joining McGraw' s club has blossomed into one of the real sensations of the season. Young is not only a bright shining light as a batsman, but hardly g. day passes that he doesn't set the crowd af1ame with excitement with his catches in right field.
 Just to show the Cards that Wed nesday's rout was a mere accident, McGraw's lads came back yesterday and grabbed two games, winning each by score of to 2. Perritt's pitch ing carried the Giants through to vic tory in the first and young Cecil Cau- sey pitched a game in the second struggle which was worthy of vet eran. As the Chicago Cubs won and lost yesterday New York crept back to within three games of the Bruins.
 The first tilt was decorated witt one complicated play which would require two or three expert account ants to keep track of. In the f1ftf inning, when the score was tied at to 1, the Giants came to the bat, ant after Young got an in1eld single Fletcher was hit by a pitched ball Young stole third. Doyle rolled z grounder to Paulette, who tossed tC the plate to head off Young.
 Then the merry -go-round started and at one time the three Giants or the bases, Young, Fletcher, and Doyle were in danger of being bottled III by the Cards. With Young dashins back to third from the south anC Fletcher and Doyle bearing dowI ' upon third from the north and north east, it looked as if the Giants force! were headed straight for a pocket.
 Everybody in the Cardinal infielt took a hand at tossing the bal around, and finally Young got back tt third safely and Doyle got to second but Fletcher was all dressed up be tween third and second with no place to go. He was tagged out by Pau lette. Well, you mak ask what Pau lette, a first baseman, was doing owe at third. He saw the crowd owe there and so went over to see wha was going on. The outfielders als deserted their posts to come in an see the fun. At the time that Flet cher was trapped everybody wa crowded around third but the spec tators
 Zimmerman rolled to Hornsby, bu Young scored when Gonzales droppe the ball, Doyle going to third on tn play. Red Ames, who was doing tn pitching for the Cards, then unrav eled a wild toss, and Doyle scored Those two runs resulting from tn topsy-turvy melee were enough t win, although the Cards threatened rally in the ninth and did push owe one run before they were checked b Perritt.
 Red Causeys slim frame stood be tween the Cardinals and victory the second game. The tall lad fro1 Florida had something on the bal Six hits were all the Cardinals coul muster, but they made four of thes manufacture two runs, one each i the second and eighth. At all othe times they were helpless before tn youngsters speed and baffling curve