New-York tribune., 1919-07-14

collection of eight runs, while the
brace off the southpaw slants of oul
Yesterdays was game that bespoke
promise of better things for the Giants
in the immediate future. Such ball
as Benton pitched will land a victory
nine times in ten. Such a punch as
New York showed will do the same.
And the defence of the 'challengerst-
well, it was thing of beauty, worth
q days journey any kind of weather.
The locals showed plenty of dash,
plenty Of color, plenty of scrap. Why,
even two of our most peaceful ath-
letes-the aforementioned Rube Ben
ton and Captain Arthur Fletcher
came very near to encountering in
game at fsticuffs because of some in
field mixups that resulted in Pitts
burgh tying up the game in the fourth
inning.
More Humor Than Tragedy
The impromptu bout was far more
humorous than serious. The partici-
pants themselve realized how ridicu-
lous they must have appeared before
teammates offered to split them apart.
The tiff was over and forgotten almost
afterward they had shaken hands and
laughed over their hot-headed display,
which both seriously regretted.
IN taken flying mare at his cap
tain Benton bumped his Fight eye on
the hard earth in front of the dugout
and finished the game with little
mouse for .npany. But as to any
serious disturbance of the peace of the
Sabbath, why. the very thought is
ridiculous. The flare-up, had it oc-
CURED on the bench or on week day,
would never have been noticed, and
is regfettable only because of the pos
sibility of nti-Sabbathites making a
great ado of the circumstance.
However, getting back to the
game. This portrayed the possibili-
ties of little things toward great ac-
complishments. New York entertained
the great holiday crowd to an exhi-
bition of run-making not to be seen
every day. In the sixth inning ten
men went to bat, contributing six hits
for half dozen runs. And still, one
fiukey. little, treacherous bound was
responsible for all this 1t spelled the
margin Of New York's victory
Most of the picture centres around
that particular high light Earl Ham
llton, the venerable southpaw, after a
bad getaway which allowed the Giants
run in each of the first two innings,
pulled himself together, and barring
tendency to wildness, was travelling
great guns before the break in ques-
ton came. For three innings he had
not allowed the semblance of a hit.
And then it happened.
~ 'Fletcher's easy grounder, which took
head, opened the sixth. Trying to pre-
vent sacrifice by Baird, Hamilton
finally passed the batter. Kauff sac
rificed. Zimmerman rolled weakly
toward third, but in his anxiety to
cut off the run at the plate Ga play
that would have been easy for third
out), Cation fooled the ball into a
scratch hit. The fat was in the fire
once Fletcher had scored.
Savage Hit by Chase
Chase's wicked welt shot past Cation,
still drawn in, for the cleanest of sim
giles. Gonzales hammered one to the
same field and took second on the
throw-ir. Three runs were in, only one
out and men on second and third.
Erskine Mayer relieved Hamilton and
struck out Benton.
Burns, however, doubled into left
field, scoring Chase and Gonzales.
Young doubled to the same spot, scor-
ing Burns. with the sixth run of the
round. Fletcher, up the second time of
this inning, after driving one only
inches foul into the left stand, struck
out.
The Giants earned their first two
runs. With one gone in the first
glove, took second on Fletcher's infield
out, and Tailed on Baird's clean single
10 left. Zimmerman opened the second
with a ciout to the right field exit.
Heine might have made the circuit on
this blow but Matty played it safe and
stopped him at third. He got in later
on Gonzales's grounder to short Ben
ton got his monthly hit, but was
snuffed out at second when Burns
missed on a hit-and-run play.
Southworth opened the Pirates sec
ond with single. Benny Kauf played
1t into q double, trying for an impos-
stble. shoestring catch. An out put
Sbuthworth on third, where he was
side-tracked as Chase made a wonder
ful play, retiring Mollwitz single
handed, and Cation grounded weakly
to Baird.
Then come the visitors fourth.
which led up to the little family quar-
rel noted above. Terry opened it with a
solid single to left. Stengel repeated.
Southwark hunted, but Benton made a
fine play and threw to Fletcher in time
to force out Stengel. Cutshaw raped
wickedly but right at Zimmerman.
There was plenty of time for a saving
double play.
Zimmerman's throw was both fast
and true, but in his anxiety Baird
fumbied and nobody was put out, Terry
scoring mean while. With Mollwitz at
bat, the sign was given for pitch
out 70 trap Southworth off second
Fietcher raced over to the bag with the
pitch; but Benton didn't pitch out far
enough. At least, Mollwitz very wisely
reached out and pulled a roller through
the spot Fletcher had just vacated
Which filed the bases and allowed
Southworth to tally the tieing run on
Cations long fly to Burns.