The sun., 1919-04-03
BENTON BUMPED BY
FLETCHER'S TEAM
BOmbardment of Rube Causes
Downfall Of Jim Thorpe's
Nine, Z to s.
ny FREDERICK q. LIEB.
Rpncial pishntch 10 Tnr srN


GAINESVILLE. Fla, March 2.-The
fates seem to operate against jim
Thorpe, the noble redman Of the Giants
Jim has been on the losing side all
spring and to-day. he tried a change
in fortune. In an effort to divide the
strength of the New York squad more
evenly McGraw had Jim and Artie
Fletcher pick sides this afternoon.
1t seemed Jim had the better OF H.,
as he drew Hal Chase Benny Kauff,
Heine Zimmerman, Lew McCarty and
RUDE Benton to his side, but Jim just
simply Is out OF luck Fletchers boys
gave Rube Benton an awful humping in
the third Inning. They gathered a block
Of Ave runs which enabled them TO
win by a score OF to S. II was
red hot game from start to finish
and contained more pep than all Of the
previous contests Of the present trip.
Dividing the strength OF the Giants
proved n wise move. as II furnished
the men with a real contest and the
ball played was by far the best the
Giants have shown this sprins. Only
one error was made and there were
plenty Of pretty stops and catches
Lieut.. Jesse Winters and Frank Noel.
the former west Pointer. pitched for
the winners and did nicely. Loot" as
the boys call Winters. rapidly Is round
ing into form. He turned on quite a
bit OF speed for this early In the year.
Noel's work In the last three innings
was surprisingly good. Only two hits
were made off him. Chase and Zim
banging out hits with two out In the
fifth.
benton q Mark for r1etcherites.
nonka.,. ,.f. as-a.a hxaas.. 10000
to be the most pleasing to the Fletchers.
They smote the Rube for nine hits in
four innings. six Of them coming In the
third. when the Carolinian yielded two
triples. three singles and a base on balls
before a man was out
John Paul Jones' whom the boys have
nicknamed> THE ADMIRAL" succeeded
Benton. He had a 1T Of wildness in
the sixth when he walked Noel ard
Young and hit Burns, the first three
men to face him. The Fletchers were
the first TO score. They pushed over a
run In the first inning when Young
rocked over one Of Benton's btnders to
deep centre for homer The Thorpes
took the lead in the second. Kauff
walked and scored on Thorpe's triple,
the ball taking a lucky bound over Pitts
thatch. Holden. the former Yank. then
niiocNeu u siHSic u Tlsht, sCoTiiis jim,
the RedYflan.
The third was the gala inning for the
Fletchers. Jesse Winters took hold Of
Bentons first pitch and drove II down
the left field foul line for three bases.
Had Jesse turned on his engine full
speed he could have made home run.
Burns drew a pass and Young cieaved o
single to left. sending home Winters.
Fletcher beat out a bunt, hlling the
bases.
Doyie's HN clears Sacks.
Larry Doyle then made the banner
wallop when he tripled TO right field.
Burns. Young and Fletcher riding home
on the hit. BY this time the Tletchsrs
were giving Thorpe an awful riding
Pitt got an infeld single to Zimm, Doyle
being held on third. Pitt stole second.
but Doyle was retired at the plate on
Smiths flelder's choice. Even Tod Mil
Ter got hit, his single sending In Pitt.
That gave FTetcher's team four run
lead. but the Thorpes fought. back nobiy
and came within a run Of tying the
score They scored twice In the fourth
when Zimmerman doubled ana scored on
Kaufrs triple and Benny drifted home
on Pitts mum OF Holdene fy. They
scored again In the NTH on Chase's
double and Zimmerman's single. Burns
clinched the game for his side in the
sixth when he walked, stole second and
third and came home on McCarty's wild
throw.