The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17
BARNES SHUTS OUT
CUBS; GIANTS LEAD
McGraw's Players, in Snappy
Fielding Exhibition, Rout
Champions, 8 to 0.
MAKE 1T FOUR IN A ROW
No Chicagoan Reaches Third
Base; Burns's Catch of
O'Farrell's Hit Features.

n the Cubs are fortunate enough to
retain the championship Of the National
League. and the outlook for the Mitchell
athletes by no means Is bright, they will
not soon probably forget tho quartet of
drubbings ending with a 3 to o shutout
yesterday, at the hands Of the rejuve-
mated Giants this bright but chilly spring.
time. This victory gave the Giants n
clear lead In the race. as the Dodgers
dropped game to the Reds.
The Chicagos won the pennAnt last
summer simply because they were able
TO defeat the Giants fourteen out of
twenty games, but II the title hinges on
the contests between the McGraw and
Mitchell forces this season II looks very
much as II the Polo Ground experts
would capture the bunting.
Beyond doubt tho dose Of whitevash
that the Cubs received yesterday In the
presence Of 10000 enthusiastic fans was
tistasteful in the extreme
Jesse Barnes Turns Trick.
Tho man who welded the decorative
brush was Jesse Barnes the Oklahoma
osk, who pitched nine inninss with ali
the rare skill. ooolness and accuracy for
which he has become noted. He moved
down the Chicago batters like q farmer
with q sharp scythe amputating grain,
and when he was not engaged In in
ducing the Cubs to hit easy grounders or
pop dies his associates became enthusi-
aricaily active in the pursuit and cap
ture Of vasrant drives and Founders.
Owing to this paucity OF hitting only
,h,.s ~ .,n.,.. "sH
" one on oouoio' onc oh
-, 80. 80 zig y" tuihole' anu Oh 'hese
I,,,ar 80 i ' sooona
80 ~ s"e ainu Iniiihs
~ o1 Aons 70 SECOND on
49, W. q. nrst
.,-ssh gu $780, uoupie 20 ,eit IN tne
the next three batters retired. The only
Cuos VINO got close to third base were
me Chicaso ooacners.
Ine neloihs OF the Giants was superb.
hAun mAoe Six captures In centre and
snut OH Two runs IN the third by max
ing sensational running catch OF Hol-
iochers vicious drive that looked like q
-FOUR sacker. ksun ran back nearly to
the renee In right centre and pulled down
the drive. As Tyler was on second at
the time 1t readily can be seen that had
the hit escaped Kauff the complexion of
the game would have been changed.
Fletcher made a wonderful one handed
stop of Merkle's whizzirg grounder in
the fourth and followed with a splendid
throw to first
No game would be complete without
at least one sensational play by George
Burns His chance came in the eighth
inning. with PICK on second and one man
out O'Farrell who had beep sen, in 10
bat for Killefer. hammered n hot liner 10
left lust inside the fouI line For a time
Il looked as though the hall would clear
the bleached wall for a homer hut Rurns
made a lam and shared the Az nc leather
Ne hunned Into IN. vail fror, bis 81
to,+ hu, he,d ~. hau ,hu. c,,,,inS N,
on. run 10 a cer,airty ard nroho hIy tvo
-
Tyler Also Pitched Well.
rb- evs s,,ccs.s,vo ,r,in.s tho Giant.
rot notbina ,h.. r.r,n,ai,, r.sau,h,as .
IN h,,t 4, tha s,rth -, NcCarty n,,t
one n, hi. ,svoritn angle. doan the
third hasa linz atter 1.hich he rornned
n second on Harnss.s naat,y .rsc,,,sd
sacri6ca Rrrns trisd hard 70 hrins, An
Tho r,n hr, he ,,iah a., 80 eaths-ad
in nv Inc ,,h,n,i,n,,s IIo,Iochar p.n
yonnx Ala hat.ss na,n sI.a,. go,
short on which McC,rty scemnsred
honns With a I'm ,hat looEsa ss his as
the wooiworth puIId,ng
Tho Giants addsd tvo 20 IN. .cor. In