The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-11
GIANTS AGAIN TURN
TABLES ON RED SOX
Defeat Worlds Champions, a
to Doyle and Fletcher
in Wonderful Fielding.
By FREDERICK @. LIEB.
Special Despotch TO Tap Sun.

Special Despatch TO The Sun.
sPARTAEBBuRo. s. c.. April 10.-The
Giants are making a strong comeback
against the worlds champion Boston
Red Sox. To-day McGraws pennant
nspirants won another clean cut decision
over the crack Hub nine Playing on q
wretched ground, the Manhattan Island
ers backed Jesse Barnes and George
Smith with errorless support and batted
out victory by score OF l. to 1. The
of the Red Sox. with the last game of
the set scheduled for Winston Salem, n.
c.. tomorrow.
The game was played on the wof-
ford College Field, skin field OF hard
Carolina red clay. Balls hit to the in
field bounded like tennis balls on a con-
crete court Barrow considered forfeit
ing the game when the first saw the
grounds but was persuaded to play.
The field was surrounded by ram
shackle stand and the local authorities
took a big chance In permitting the
crowd to jam II.
Financially the game was the biggest
success Of the series. Fully 5000 South
Carolinians packed the rickety stands
and bleachers or stood around the field
Admission to any part Of the field was
u. The crowd chung close to the base
lines. Ruth hit q murderous foul into
the first base crowd In the seventh In
ming. Fortunately every one ducked In
time and there were no casualties
Doyle and Fletcher Star.
The most remarkable feature Of the
game was the exhibition that tho Giant
midway workers. Doyle and Fletcher,
put UP on that hard baked clay diamond.
Between them they handled twenty-four
chances without an error. Fletcher ham
died fourteen chances. Ave put-outs and
nine assists, while Laughing Larry, had
ten. three put-out and seven assists
They also ran of three double plays
The world champions were unable to
keep the ball away from this pair. Many
OF the Sox drives were right on the nose.
but Arthur and Larry always were there.
Ruth got on base three times twice on
singles and once on q pass. but each
time McInnis forced him. Ruth famed
In the fourth and McInnis then followed
with a single.
McGraw started of in the box with
Jesse Barnes. the former Boston Brave.
and kept him In six innings. Barnes
pitched masterful game. permitting
only four hits The Champions punched
three OF them in the second. but could
not score. as McInnis doubled up Ruth
after Babe had opened with single.
Hail Columbia" George Smith sue
ceeded Barnes In the seventh and Bos.
ton got to him for its only run In
the ninth. when Schang, a pinch hitter
tripled and scored on an infield out
Jones Keeps Hits Scattered.
Sam Jones started of for Boston and
did fairly well. He kept the Giant
hits scattered and two base, wild
throw ~ McNally got him of to a
bad start In the fifth, the inning In
which New York scored twice. With
the game lost Barrow trotted out Pat
Shea. a rookie right handler, IN the
seventh frame.
The Giants scored the first run Of
the game in the fourth inning. Chase
sent a low pitched ball to centre for
a single and was forced by Kauff. Doyle
hit into the right field crowd and Bren-
nan allowed him n triple, under the
ground rules, Kauff being permitted to
score. Boston let out q long yelp about
this decision. claiming that the ground
rule agreed upon was for two bases
into the crowd.
The Giants clinched the game in the
fifth. Fletcher bounded q ball or Joness
glove and in trying to make quick
toss TO first McNally. who had made
quick pickup, looped the ball over
McInnis's head, Fletcher reaching sec
ond. Earl Smith tried to sacrifice, but
Jones caught his pop fy. Barnes came
along with a handy two base whack
to centre field. scoring Fletcher. Burns
sent the pitcher home when he birched
single to left
New York scored It's last run on Shea
In the eighth. Young walked and tried
to pull delayed steal, while the Kid
Shea was fondling the ball. Young
reached second when Scott muffed the
pitchers throw. Chase slid another
single into centre field, scoring the
Texan.
Frank Noel In Reieaaed.