The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-08
GIANTS AGAIN LOSE
TO BOSTON RED SOX
Worlds Champions Make 1t
Three in q Row--Schang
and Walters Injured.
By FREDERICK G. LIEB.
Special Despdfch 10 Tur Suy,


Special DespatcA TO THr SON..
GAINESVILLE. Fla. April THE Red
Sox handed the Giants another wallop
here to-day. but all the casualties were
on the Boston side. The worlds cham
pions made It three straight. winning at
to 2. but the Giants cut down both OF
4arrow's star first string catchers,
Wallie Schang and Al walters
Artie Fletcher gashed a hole into
Schang's ught arm trying to score In
the third inning. and two innings later
Earl Smiths spikes penetrated Wal
tsrss right leg Both Boston maskmen
were compelled to retire from the game.
and Mcneil. q rookie from Providence.
catcher. Neither Schang or Walters was
seriously hurt. and both will be back in
the game In few days.
To-day's game was by far the best Of
the series II was full OF fielding gems.
4 tumble by Fletcher on a hard chance
was tho only error. 1t was nipp and
tuck all the way.
The Red sox broke a tie score in the
NINTH when Amos strunk drove in the
second base. New York again fell be-
fore the remarkable defense OF the Bos-
ton team. In the three games OF the
series the Red sox have not made an
error. The Giants damned q double and
four singles into the fourth inning, but
the Boston defense was so alert that
New York was able to extract two runs
from all these singles. Gainesville
rooted hard for the National Leaguers.
and when the Giants scored their FIRST
run all the automobilists began honking
their horns and the stands went wild.
Mayor Throws Out Rail.
The game attracted q crowd OF about
5000, which came from all over Alachua
county. Mayor Gordon r. Tison, in
Panama hat, white hannels and white
shoes. pitched the first ball. while his ad-
miring fellow citizens yelled their ap-
proval.
Carl Mays, the submarine pitcher of
the Red Sox, came back at the Giants.
but he went to pieces in the fourth In
ming. In the first and second innings
not a man reached base, but in the
fourth the Giants gave him lusty tan
ming. Joe Leslie Bush OF speedball fame
pitched the last Ave innings for Boston,
and belied the remarks Of Boston critice
that h. was slower in getting into condi-
ton than any Hub pitcher. Earl Smith
snacked the fret ball Joe pitched for a
triple. but in the next 1--WE innings the
Giants got only two scratches of him.
RED Causey led of for the Giants and
pitched nicely. The breaks went against
him in the second inning when an error
BY Fletcher and II lucky single by Witt
enabled Boston TO SCORE its nrst pair OF
runs.
Bob Steele. the left handler. succeeded
Causey. and twirled hitless ball In the
sixth. seventh and eighth, He cruu1bled
IN the ninth, walking Mcneil and Bush.
the weak hitting Boston battery. after
Scott opened UP with a triple.
Steele struck out Babe Ruth twice,
though each time Babe hit Bob for a
nurderous fowl, which came near soar
ing into the adjoining county. Ruth
doesn't maui left handlers the way he
does boxmen who pitch with their right
raw. He got only one single to-day in
I'VE times UP.
Boston Takes the Lead.
Boston got off to a two run lead In
the second inning. McInnis was safe
when Fletcher fumbled McInniss hot
grounder. aud Stuffy took third than on
the hit and run play. Witt laced q single
TO the left On Scott's attempted sacri-
fice Causey made a pretty pickup. and
forced McInnis at third. Schang smote
a single to centre. scoring Witt Mays
then forced Scott at third base, and then
Hooper hit a high bounder. which took
a foolish jump over Z!mmernan's head
for . single. and Schang scored. The
Giants came near scoring in the third
when a great play by McInnis on an at
tempted squeeze play nailed Fletcher at
the plate. II was on this play that
Waffle was spiked.
The fourth was the big Giant inning.
Young led of with a double to center.
Chase then got one of those lucky hits
b. hi al ~
Wits head for a single. It sent in the
young Texan. Kauff sent a single to
left. his first hit OF the series. Doyle
then smacked to Scott, who converted
II into a double play. Chase scored
when Zimmerman also broke the ice
with a single. Fletcher also singled
for the NTH hit of the inning, but Nc
Carly ended II by grounding to Scott.
Earl Smith batted for Causey in the
nth and was the first batter to oppoae
Bush. He smote Joe's frst pitch far
into centre field for three bases. but
was out at the plate on Youngs bounder
TO MoNally.
The finish came In the ninth; Sect.
irst UP. also hit the first pitched for a
centre field triple. Steele then seemed
20 lose all sense OF direction. He walked
Mcneil on four straight balls and fol-
lowed II up by passing Joe Bush.
Steele then worked hard to extract
himself from this situation. With the
count two and three, Hooper hi. TO
Chase. who forced Scott at the plate,
Fletcher caught McNally's pop fiy. but
StrInk sp cd the beans for New York
when he rgled over second. sending
in Mcneil nd Bush. The great Ruth
then famed for the second time. The
score:
BOSTON RED sox NEW YORK GIANTS.
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