The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-21
CAUSEY REMOVED
IN THE NICK OF TIME
Prompt Action by McGraw in
9th Saves Giants From
Possible Defeat.
ELLER Is SENT TO COVER
Young's Wonderful Catch Fea-
lures Contest at Polo Grounds
Reds Beaten, Z to 5.
ELLER Is SENT TO COVER

The TO victory OF the Giants over
Cincinnati yesterday afternoon at the
Polo Grounds was due almost entirely to
tho fact that Prof. John McGraw is
usually able TO select the psychological
moment for an exhibition of presence of
mind. 1t was in the eighth inning that
the manager of the Giants was i'm
pressed with the necessity of taking
action to dispel the shadows of portend-
ing events The shadows were cast by
the burly forms of Neale. Groh and
Roush. who were roosting on three cor
rers Of the diamond, while Kopf was at
the plate eager to bring them home.
One man was out. and Neale and
Groh had walked. while Roush had been
hit In the lumbago department with a
pitched ball. These events caused Nc
Graw to order an instant shower bath
for Red Causey. who had pitched like
the first string hurler Of the Kankakee
Comets. and to send Jesse Winters to
the first line trenches. Before Winters
got the kinks out of his salary wink
kopf slammed out n single that sent
Neale and Groh over the rubber With
two on bases and two runs needed to tie
the Giant score. Winters Induced Jake
naubert TO hit a fly to Burns and brought
the inning to an end.
As the Reds failed to sco-e in the
ninth, the game ended I to in favor of
the Giants. thus justifying McGraw'e
intuitive belief that Causey would be
more useful in the dressing room than
On the diamond.
Hold ElIer Bombarded.
Pat Moran, manager of the Reds. also
hed an attack OF presence Of mind. but
the symptoms failed to manifest them
selves until it was too late. Hold Eller.
young but promising pitcher who had
achieved the proud record of hurting
twenty-five innings in succession with
out run being scored. was toiling on
the mound for Moran. and as Filler was
not scored on In the first inning of the
game his total of scoreless innings
reached twenty-three. But in the second
session the Giants began to thump the
ball TO the far corners of the pasture.
with the result that runs piled up in
profusion.
Doyle and Kauff opened with singles,
Am contributed a double. McCarty a
sacrifice and Causey a single, which ac-
counted for three runs. Still the intui-
tive faculties of Pat Moran slumbered.
and in the third inning the Giants
treated the youth with equal severity
iorngs pass, Chase's sacrifice, Doyle's
walk and singles by Kaufr and Zim
yielded three more runs.
Mitchell Replaces EIler.
Elm made such a clatter with his hit
mat Moran awoke. decided that six runs
IN less than three innings off a pitcher
who had not been scored on In twenty
three innings was all he should be
asked 10 DO on a cloudy afternoon.
Therefore Mitchell replaced Eller and
got the side out without further damage.
Bnrnss single and Young's triple &C
counted for "A run in the fourth. and that
ended the scoring by the Giants. Bress-
Ter pitched the final three innings and
The Giants retired in one two three
order
Il seems impossible that man could
pitch much worse game than Causey
dd With seven TO one lead over the
Reds, he was solidly hit ten times. gave
SIX bases on balls. hit one batsman, yet
VIII go down In the records as the "win-
ner' Of the game.
He had superb support from the field.
the only costly slip being that of
Fletcher in the seventh on an ugly
Erounder from Kopf that got away and
resulted in the scoring OF two runs.
Young Makes Great Catch.
But this error was Offset fourfold by
Ny. Ross Young of Sinner, Tex. who in
the fourth inning made one of the
greatest catches ever seen on a ball field.
That catch saved the game then and
there
Roush was on first as the result OF
tumble by Fletcher. and Kopf. who
had his batting eye on the ball. smashed
liner to right. Young started with the
crack OF the bat and sped up the field
TO meet the whizzing spheroid. 1t
seemed an impossible feat. and as he
neared the ball. the chance of getting
his hands on it were small. Roush made
q dash for second. lust as 1t appeared
that the ball would hit the ground. |
Young made A flying leap, stretching
out his hands as he shot head fore !
most
The ball disappeared from view, but
Young rolled over sand held aloft his
hand cutChing the leather. Then. while
IN sitting position, he threw the ball
u first and completed a double play, |
for Roush. vito was hurrying back to
first still Was twenty feet from the bag.