New-York tribune., 1919-05-17

pitched pennant winning baseball,
tanglements behind him. Benny I
four potential long hits and capert
pretty fair imitation of Iris Speakt
for Pitcher Barnes.
So far the Giant pitchers, over whom
number Of New Workers were de-
epondent at the start Of the season, do
not look so bad. The Giant attack, if
It can be sustained at the clip at which
It has started, ought to have the Ma
kional League race somewhere near de-
sided early in the season.
Barnes, aided and abetted consider
ably by Benny Kauff, held the Cubs to
Just four hits and they never looked
dangerous. The only time that the
Cubs seemed to have Germans
chance was when Pick slashed two
bagger to left, Mitchell hurled in the
Cub reserves, the veteran Paskert and
o'Fsrre,lA who sometimes bust 'em
hard. Hut Paskert flied out to Burns
OTarre;l started what looked like a
three4ksgger. but Burns bumped
agairx5 the left field wall and
speared it.
McCarty Starts Trouble
The Giants started a short plunge
IN the sixth inning, when Lew McCarty
led off with a single to left and got to
second on Barness sacrifice. With
Burns out on an infeld fly, Young
drove one that bounded over Holloch-
er's head. Barber made a dive for it
and missed. The ball rolled on through
centrefeld and McCarty had plenty of
time to reach the plate.
Considering that both Barnes and
Tyler were pitching the tightest sort
of baseball, this lonely run was enough
to decide the game, but the Giants took
advantage of the utter decentralization
of the Cubs in the seventh and brought
In two more runs. With Doyle out on
long fly, Kauff reached first when Hol
locher made a wild heave of his drive.
Then the Giants continued one of
those fast and flashy attacks that have
made other teams besides the Cubs
blink and wonder. Zimmerman singled
TO right and Kauff was off like a fash.
did not even hesitate. Flack started
the heave to third to cut him off. Zim-
norman dashed for second. Deal, miss
pose of Zim. Hollocher dropped the
ball, leaving a man on second and a
man on third.
Fletcher lobbed ono down to Pick,
who fielded the ball but stood medi-
-
He was evidently considering a heave
to third, but saw that it would do no
good there Then he looked toward
first, but did not see Merkle at his ac-
customed station. While he was thus
absorbed in meditation over the
vagaries and the manifold complexities
of the great American pastime Kauf
dashed home, and Fletcher reached
first Mr.. Pick still held tho ball and
meditated until the shouts of the null
titude reused him from his revery.
Tyler Starts Meditating
By this time Tyler, who had been
pitching a fighting game, began to
mediate upon the peculiar qualities
OF bone which incase the heads of the
various inhelders and outfelders of the
was absorbed in moody thoughts upon
ossifcaton in its various phases he
absently put one where Lew McCarty
wanted it.
McCarty interrupted Tyler's bitter
mediations by driving the ball to
centrefeld and Zimmerman and Fletch-
er started running in the general di-
rection of the home plate. Zimmerman
reached it in safety for the third run,
but Fletcher was caught by whisker
on the relay to third. That ended the
scoring, giving tho Giants the lead in
the league and Fred Mitchell a pain In
the head. Other members Of the Cubs
seemed TO have nothing In their heads
to sustain s pain of any consequence
While Benjamin KaufF did not shine
particularly at the bat or fatten his
beloved batting average to any ex-
tent he certainly was of considerable
use in that outfied. The Cubs started
to pelt Barnes with bats and Bennie
made the Marathon distance several
times running down long high ones
that looked decidedly dangerous. He got
six all told.
The result of the series with the
Cubs has instilled large hunks Of con-
fdence into the Giants, not that the
New York Nationals ever lacked much
of this element of baseball success.
They tackle Pat Morans battling Gin
cinnati Reds today and the Reds are
nusned with triumph after stopping
the nervous dash of Wilbert Robinson
Dodgers.
All OF the Giant players wore mourn,
ing bands on their arms yosterda,
IN memory Of the popular Herman
/ schaefer, who died suddenly yesterday
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