The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-20
'TONEY REPEATS
OVER VAUGHN IN
PITCHING DUEL
On Rain Soaked Field Giant
Hurler Vanquishes Cub
Southpaw, 3 to 2.
CONTEST OF HOME RUNS
Fletcher, Merkle and Chase
Hit for Circuit-HaEs
Drive Decides.
CONTEST OF HOME RUNS
BY FREDERICK G. LrEB.

Fred Toney. the Giant husky. still !
has it on Jim Vaughn. otherwise Big
Hippo OF Fred Yapp Mitchell's Chicago |
twiring stable. This pair Of pitching
burles put on one of their famous
heavyweight twirling matches on the
Polo Grounds marshes yesterday, and
McGraw's big boy from Tennessee won
by his usually narrow margin. In
conflict of home runs, the Giants
emerged victorious by score of to ?.
The Giants have now played half OF
their scheduled games with Mitchell
alleged champions. and have bowled over
the clawless Bruins in nine out OF ten
games. Some champs
AS the Dodgers spilled the relentless
Reds in extra innings in Flatbush, there
now is some real daylight between New
York and Cincinnati Between the Ma
tional League and the Brooklyns Pat
Moran's percentage pile has suffered
quite some in the last few days.
The Giants yesterday reminded the
fans of the zap in one OF Mr. Aesop g
ancient fables, who blew on his porridge
to cool IL off and then blew on his hands
to get them warm The other day they
called Off a game on account Of rain
when 1t wasn't raining. and yesterday
when it rained they played.
Play on Field of Mud.
1t rained steadily from the second in
ming on. Every time either Toney or
Vaughn stepped off the hurting slab they
sunk in the mire up to their mudguards.
Despite the weather the teams put on
quite a tiff. In fact the game was one
of the most interesting and best played
of the wear Despite the heavy gong
both teams fielded without flaw and
there were some pretty features.
The Giants got all the breaks. Twice
with runners on second the Cub batsmen
| lined to a Giant infielder for remarkable
| catches Granting that Doyle ana
! Fletcher made catches out OF the ordl-
nary, still both were OH plays where the
, fielder made frantic stab and the ball
stuck.
Toney, the o20 pound Highlander, ana
| Vaughn. the lefthanded heavyweight
had their first great encounter in lsl''
when Fred won in the tenth. atter
neither pitcher had allowed hit up 10
that inning. When they met in chi
ca ga last spring Toncy won again, TO q.
| Yesterday both men were hit freer, put
| Toney still is boss. In fact Fred was
bumped harder than any Giant pitcher
who has opposed the Cubs on the roo
| Grounds this year. In the seventh in
ming the Cubs slugged him for four
! clean hits That is as many as the
/ Cubs made in four of the six games
they have played in Harlem this year.
2 Homers in Right Field stands.
The game revolved entirely around
home runs. Three homers were hooked
into the right field stands. Fletcher
knocked in the first in the sixth inning
for New York's second run. AS far as
the writer can recall offhand that is the
first homer Fletcher ever has hit into
the right field stand In the seventh an
old friend. Fred Merkle. tied the score
for Chicago by whackiug homer INTO
the right field stand with Lee Magee on.
Not u be outdone, Hal Chase put New
! York ahead again in the second halt OF
the seventh when he too lifted the htue
sphere into the right field stands.
While neither Fletcher nor Chase
break out with home runs az often as
Kauff and Doyle, this is the second time
this year that they have bumped out
circuit smas shes in the same game, On
May %. playing against the Cardinals
Fletcher and Chase each knocked homers
into the left field bleachers. Bill Doak
vas the victim. Bert Shotten also hit a
! homer for st. Louis that day making
the parallel complete. Fletcher ana
Chase now possess three homers apiece.
1t looked as though the cubs would
nut over a run in the fourth. Hollocher
ID of with base on balls, the only
10 Of the game, and stole second,
Ma We and Merkle were easy outs, but
PICK ,aught one on the nose and 1t sped
TO ri. It like a machine gun bullet
Larry extended his gloved hand and the
ball stuck between his glove and fore
finger,
FIetchcr's Fine stop.
Another spectacular catch deprived
Chicago of another run in the NTH.
Deal beat out n hit TO Toney and Mann
sacrificed him to second. Killeter apped
a low liner about a foot to the left Of the
bag. Fletcher. playing close to second
base. caught the ball about an inch from
the ground and tagged second doubling
up Deal
The Giants broke the scoring ice IN
the NTH. Kaufr led off with dainty fly
ius. far enough over Picks head to fall
for a single. Zimmerman drove a single
through Merkle and Benny sped to third
Chase. sent a short fly to Flack and
Benny was discreet and chung on 70
third. He scored a moment later when
Hollocher threw out McCarty at ftrst
Then came the flock of homers, which
eventually placed the Giants In front 10
stay. The score
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