The sun., 1917-07-14
GIANTS EARLY LEAD
TOO MUCH FOR REDS
Zimmerman's Homer Gives LO-
Gals Three Runs i'm First In
ning-Score Is 4 to 8.
~ FREDERICK G. LIEB.

The Reds tried hard on the Polo
Grounds yesterday to extricate them
selves from the effects of homer
Heinle Zimmerman, the noblest Bronx
oman Of them all. swept into the lett
field bleachers in the first inning. I'm
like Greasy Neales homer last Thurs
day, the umpires did not call time as
Heinrich slapped II, and 1t started the
Giants of with three run lead. The
locals won yesterdays fray, to 3.
. Harold Chase, former Yankee man
ager, did a lot for Garry Herrmanns
cause yesterday. He poked out homer
and a single, but Prince Hal also spiked
the most promising Redland rally OF the
afternoon by taking a snooze of second
base in the seventh inning. Benton had
just been knocked out on three straight
hits and Tesreau relieved him. As
Tess" came in he must have notified
that Harold's eyelids were hanging
heavy. as the first thing he did was to
catch Chase of his base Of supplies at
second base 4 few moments later Rari-
den nailed Tommy Griffith stealing, and
a grand Cincinnati rally went to seed.
BentOn's FreaISIsh work.
Benton. the Cincinnati exile. who
pitched most OF the way for the Giants,
twired a rather freakish game. In the
first six innings only one Redlander got
on base and he skipped blithefully from
sack to sack. Chase tearing home run
into deep right centre in the fifth inning.
After three out of the first four Reds
in the seventh inning touched up Benton
for singles he was hurriedly withdrawn
in favor of Tesreau Big JEFF had TO do
some pitching to hold the lead in the
ninth.
Clarence Mitchell the only left handed
spitballer in baseball. twirled for
Mattys men. and he was shot up for
three runs in the hrst inning. The
Giants kept on prodding the left handler
and in the sixth he gave way to Jimmy
Ring. the Brooklyn boy and former
Yankee farmland
Yesterday was Walter Holke day on
the Polo Grounds Holke had his best
day OF the season, lie smashed out a
double and three singles in four times
up. Strangely enough only one OF
Holke's hits had any bearing on the
Giant scoring.
Robertson made one OF the best
| catches of the year on the Polo Grounds
when In the third inning he took Tommy
! Clark's hard smash on the right field
wall with his gloved hand. He crashed
| into the concrete after the catch, but
|
The Giants launched their big drive in
| the first inning collecting three runs in
| jiffy. Burns walked as a starter, and
| Herzog was safe on kopfs tumble. Try
| ing to sacrifice. Kauff forced Burns at
third base. Zimmerman then followed
with his home run drive into the left
field bleachers. Herzy and Benny form
| ing his vanguard.
After Fletcher rolled to Mitchell
| tO mo nd
was nailed at the plate trying to score on
| Hoke's double TO left
The Reds scored their first run in the
| NTH when Chase opened the inning with
his four cusion drive down the alley
between Kauff and Robertson
Giants Win In sixth.
The Giants scored their fourth run In
the sixth. and as events transpired. II
was quite a handy run. Robertson got
a life when Groh boxed a short bout
with his roller and Holke sent him &c
third with single to right Ring ther
replaced Mitchell. and Rariden dropped a
Texas Lacquer into centre field. Robert
son scoring, Jimmy then got rid Of IN,
next three men without further damage
The Reds launched their big drive II
the seventh. but poor base runninl
botChed IT, Kopf singled to left. tn,
second man to reach base on Benton
Roush flied out, but Chases single sem
Kopf to third and Grinith's single drov,
him home. Tesreau then relieved Ben
ton and caught Chase taking the snooz,
already described.
The Reds again were troublesome II
the ninth. and Chase had chance I,
tie It up. McKechnie, batting for Ring
singled and was forced BY Groh
Heinie took second on Kopf's out an,
scored when Roush bounded single OF
Tesreau's glove. Chase could hav,
, walked had We not swung at bad ones
, but he was swinging for an extra bas
hit. He did get a hefty swipe at tn
ball, but Kauff camped under It far fl
J left centre,