The sun., 1919-09-13
GIANTS WIN CLOSE
GAME IN ST. LOUIS
Though 0uthit 18 to s, New
Workers Defeat Cardinals
by a Score Of 6 to 5.
Special Despatch to TIE srx.

ST LOUIS, Sept 12-Now that their
goose Is cooked the Giants are having
one OF their best Western trips in years.
After winning three out of four In Chi
cago the New Workers. advanced to st.
Louis to-day. and though outhit nearly
three to one, they beat Rlckeys bat
tered Cardinals in the first game of the
series by score of to s.
Fred Toney, who collapsed from the
neat when the Giants were here on their
second Western trip and who has been
ailing more or less ever since, pitched
Tor the Giants to-day and went the route
TOT the first time in weeks. Toney was
nara pressed at the finish. The Car
ulnals scored three runs on him in the
eighth and came within a marker of
tying the score
hickey used a quartet Of pitchers hut
the game was blown before he found
some one who could hold the Giants in
the person of Oscar Tuero, the little
cuban. jake May, the midget left
handler, started or. but he was wild and
Woody in the first inning. Hickey pulled
MN out OF the game after three runs
nso been scored in the opening frame
with only two out.
Woodward Also Hard Hit.
Then hickey tried Gene woodward.
one of the youngsters he obtained from
Philadelphia in the Meadows trade, and
after "Woodie" was prodded for two
runs In the third he too got the gate.
Tuero then took charge and pitched
We'll the Giants getting their eighth in
ming run on him as the result of two
errors. After pinch hitter batted for
.he cuban In the eighth Elmer Jacobs
hurled the ninth for ST. Louis.
The annoying thing to Branch Hickey
was that the Giants made only FIVE hits
on his four boxmen while the Cardinals
stung big Toney for thirteen. Branch
no doubt now is convinced that thirteen
is unlucky. Milt Stock, former Giant.
almost matched the five New York hits
himself He got four in Ave times
McHenry raped out a double and two
singles in FIVE attempts
Mays wildness gave the Giants a
running start in the first. The Giants
garnered three runs before Jake was
yanked. He walked Burns and Kaunf.
Frisch, in attempting to sacrifice, forced
Burns at third. Doyle then doubled
against the right field bleacher fence,
scoring Kauff and Frisch Fletcher
filed to Shotton. but young Statz raped
single to right, scoring Larry. That
ended May. and Woodward tried it.
Kelly shot another single to left centre,
and STATE. who got In motion with the
pitch, tried to score all the way from
first, but was nailed at the plate
The Cardinals got one run back in
their half of the first on single by
Stock and double by McHenry.
Bases on Balls Help Giants.
Bases on balls helped New York to
another pair OF runs in the third. Kauff
walked and took second on Frisch's
sacrifice. Doyle's second single scored
him. The fourth ball to Fletcher was
wild pitch and Doyle went TO third
He scored on Statz's infield out.
St Louis scored its second run In
the fourth Schultz led off with a
single, and Clemens walked. Lavan
hit into a double play, Schultz taking
third. from where he scored on Tueros
infield single.
The Giants scored what proved to be
their winning run in the eighth. Frisch
beat out bounder over second and ad-
vanced to second when Hornsby threw
wild to first trying for a play. 1t
was contagious as Clemens threw into
centre field in an effort to catch Erisch
off second and the F'ordham lad scored
The Cardinals put on quite a rally in
their half and scored three runs. Nc
Henry and Schultz led Off with singles
but Clemens forced the former at third.
Lavan beat hit to Doyle, filling the
bases. and Sherdel, batting for Tuero,
singled to centre. scoring Schultz and
Dilhoefer. The latter was running for
Clemens. Smith ran for Sherdel and
stole second. Shotton lined TO Fletcher.
but when. Doyle missed Arts throw to
double Smith off second, Lavan scored
from third. The score: