New-York tribune., 1918-07-27
Cardinals Are Blanked by
McGraw' s Enthusiastic
Wallopers

The Giants had an easy time of it
with the Cardinals at the Polo Grounds
yesterday after the sixth inning. or
rather, after the word came from
Washington that the life of the 1918
baseball race had been extended until
September /. Up to the seventh it
had been simply spirtless, mechan-
ical, doddering game of ball; after the
message came over the wires new life
rushed through the veins of the Giant
clouters. They fell upon Jake May
young Cardinal lefthander, and in
the seventh batted clear around the
order for a tumultuous six-run rally
They seemed to feel hat there was
something to live for, something to
work for, something to fight for, and
they went at it, working and fighting
with will. The final score of the
game was 8 to 0, Bob Steele, the new
est Giant pitcher, taking care of the
job of keeping the visitors away from
the plate in real Giant fashion.
The big inning began with thinner
man and ended with Zimmerman
Henie was playing first base in the
shoes of Walter Holke, who has left
the Giants for the Bethlehem Steel
League. Walter received his draft
notice from his Rochester board We'd
nesday night, directing him to get a
job at real work or to do some real
fighting. SO Walter, although he won
the second game of Thursdays double
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goodby to National League ball and
has gone to take up Steel League ball.
Hence Zimmerman on first and Ed
Sicking at third in the place of the
transposed Heinie.
Heinie Starts Rout
Back again to Zimmerman and his
big bat: Heinie opened the seventh
with stinging single to right. Jim
Thorpe drove a beautiful liner be-
tween Heathcote and McHenry, which
yielded three bases, and Zimmerman
came in: Sticking popped to Hornsby
and McCarty popped to Paulette, and
it looked as thought the chance of get
ting Thorpe home via the sacrifice fly
route had failed. 1t had. But George
Burns knew better way. He hit tow
ard centre. Mays glove DETECTED the
on first and Thorpe across the plate.
Steele moved on to third by fast
running Then Burns caught Mike
Gonzales mapping, stole second and
Steele got home at the other end of
the steal.
Pep Young singled, making this the
twenty-third consecutive game in
which he has perpetrated such an as
sault on opposing pitchers, and Burns
took third. Pep moved to second on
the throwin and scored on Burns's
heels when Arthur Fletcher jammed a
blazing single to centre field.
Larry Doyle hit a dropping fly to
centre, which Heathcote dropped af-
ter a hard run, and Fletcher scored.
Then Zimmerman, up for the second
time of the inning, forced Doyle at
second
Burns First to Score
George Burns produced the Giants
first run IN the very first inning, when
he doubled to right. took third on
Young's grounder and scored on
Fletcher's sacrifice fly, a tremendous
clever capture, but which was so far
away from the scene of operations at
third base that he had no chance to
make a throw to the plate.
Zimmerman alone was responsible
for a second Giant run, for in the sec
ond inning he boosted one of Mays
cross-tire slants into the right field
stand for a clean homer. He is doing
much better hitting at first base than
while he was at third.
The only time the Cardinals had a
real chance to score came in the fourth
inning and the Giants were saved from
trouble by good pitching by Steele and
clever fielding by Sticking. Heathcote
opened the inning with a double to
right. He pulled up at third when
Fisher blazed a smoking liner to left.
The dangerous Paulette sent a tre-
mendous wallop down the third base
line close to the bag, which looked az