New-York tribune., 1918-05-18

needed and Niehoff it appears. was
the only man measuring up to the re-
quirements who could be obtained.
This is no reflection on Niehoff. He is
and always mas been a good ball play
cr. He is expected to report to-mor-
row in time to do his bit in checking
this mad rush Of the "Cincinnaties."
The game to-day marked continue
tion Of the slump which has afflicted
the Giants since they began their
all-around slump. Weak hitting in
Pittsburgh and poor pitching in Gin
cinnati have brought the fans in these
parts to- believe that the wonderful
record of victories set by the Giants
during the first weeks of the campaign
was due to the weakness Of the East
ern teams and not to the strength of
the McGrawites.
Blame Doyle's Illness
The alibi of the Giants is that the
loss Of Larry Doyle raised all the
havoc. Larry was hitting around the
400 mark and. was driving in runs with
remarkable consistency. 1t is hoped
that the newly acquired Niehoff will
prove that the alibi is worth consider
ing.
Poll Perritt, after a long rest, es-
sayed to do the flinging for the Giants
to-day, but his "f1ing" didn't last long.
Poll was removed from the pastime by
John Josephus in the third inning af-
ter the first three men to face him had
singled and the bases were filled. Poll
had fine control; in fact, it was so fine
that all the Reds had to do was to stick
their bats out and let Poll do the rest.
Fred Anderson succeeded Perritt in
the box, and Fred's antics settled the
ball game. He had no control and
the Reds were able to digest his slants
with ease.
Red Causey assumed the duties on
the mound for the Giants in the fifth
inning and held the enemy scoreless.
1t may be that they figured they had
collected a sufficient number of runs
from the fine control Of Poll Perritt
and the lack of control of Fred Ander-
son, but it should be said that Mr..
Causey acquitted himself nobly. Only
one hit was CLEANED from his delivery,
man to face him, did the successful
swatting.
Reds Win in Third
The big and decisive inning for the
Reds was the third. Rube Bressler, the
Cincinnati pitcher, opened with a
single to deep short. Heinie Groh fol-
lowed with bingle to left and Lee
Magee continued the cannonading with
safe blow to centre, which was too
short for run making, but sufficed to
fill the bases with no one out. This
last blow knocked out Poll Perritt and
Anderson took up the pitching JOB:
Fred made good start when Eddie
Roush hit to Holke, forcing Bressler at
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trouble finding where Bill Rariden had
his headquarters. Bill walked out to
the box a couple Of times to inform
, Andy that he was located in his usual
place behind the plate and in front of
Lord Byron, but it was no use. Ander-
son insisted on walking Sherwood
Magee and the other Magee walked
over the plate.
Griffith, the next man to confront the
unruly Anderson, was not so particular
as S. Magee. He reached out and
bases, and two more runs shot across
the platter. This, as may we'll be imag-
ined, was the big blow of the day.
Neale hit in front of the plate and
was tossed out by Rariden, while S.
Magee Tailed. Whoa Bill deserves no
credit for this performance. S. Magee
is not the fastest runner in the world,
nor is Whoa Bill the fastest thinker.
The only other inning fruitful in the
way of runs was the first, when both
| the Giants and the Reds counted once.
For the New Workers Young drew a
base on balls and went to second when
| Bressler threw out Kauff. Burns hit to
short, and according to Lord Byron the
ball came in contact with some part of
the anatomy of Young, who was de-
clared out. Zimmerman singled to CEN
tire field and Burns raced to third. The
two pulled double steal, Burns scor-
ing.
The Reds tally was the result of
singles by Groh and Lee Magee, a
sacrifice hit by Roush and an infeld
out.
The Giants have now lost four out of
five games, but as Captain Fletcher put
it to-day, eve are bound to break loose
again soon." Perhaps Bert Niehoff will
start something different tomorrow.
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