The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
GIANTS BREAK EVEN
WITH CHICAGO CUBS
Alexander Takes First, Only
Victory of Champions in
Harlem This Year.
BY FREDERICK G. LIEB.


Like Riddy saving his sweetest tidbit
until the end of the meal, the Cubs
waited until their last appearance of the
year on the Polo Grounds to win a game
on Harlem loan. The Giants and Cubs
concluded their series yesterday by
hslvIng a double header on a muddy
turf ..-
The great Alexander won the first
rsme for the Bruins by score OF to
1.-THE one bright spot in Moose Mitchells
1919 campaign on the isle OF Manhat-
tan. In the second game the popular
Jesse Barnes chalked up his twentieth
victory OF the year for the Giants. The
wiry Kansan turned back the fading
National League champs by score OF
sto /.
Barnes is the first finger in John
Heydler's circuit to record a score OF
Victories. Eddie Cicotte of the White
sox Is the only other boxman in the.
majors who has reached the twenty
victory mark.
However, that first defeat took n lot
o. starch out OF the homo lads, The
seoreboard showed Cincinnati had taken
hs first game from Brooklyn and was
batting out another victory in the sec
ond. The Reds lead spread out 10 seven
full games, and the Giants assumed a
what the deuce Is the USE attitude.
Kauff especially showed this Don't give
a rap" kind OF spirit.
Up to yesterday Alexander had bro
ken even on his life's warfare against
the Giants. He had won nineteen from
McGraw's team and lost the same num-
bert. During that period the Giants
batted .215 against him. Aleck came
here with two straight shutouts behind
HIM. He blanked the Giants just before
New York returned East and did little
whitewashing in Brooklyn last week.
Alexander got in two-thirds of another
shutout yesterday before the Giants be-
gan TO modest him. McGraw's Erena-
diers shaved down a four run Chicago
lead to one run and gave the great
Aleck some ticklish moments before it
was over.
The Cubs beat Phil Douglas in the
opener 1t was the second tims they
have tripped up the Shuffier since he
came to the Giants in the Robertson
deal. Phil is recovering from an attack
OF ptomaine poisoning. He wasn't at
his best and Chicago got to him for nine
hits In six innings. But the breaks were
against the big boy. Gonzales's failure
to play ball hit through his zone let in
the first Cub run and wild throw by
Fletcher enabled Alexander to score the
fourth.
Hits Scarce in Second Game.
Hits were scarce in the second game
The Giants got only FIVE off Hendrix
and the Cubs bagged eight off Barnes.
New York actually stole this game from
Hendrix and Val O'Farrell, his catcher.
In the third inning. when the Giants
scored three runs and clinched the game.
hey did everything but steal O'Farrelrs
breast protector. Three runs were
scored with two out on one hit. -Four
steals did the trick, Hendrix walked
FIVE men and four of them scored.
With Chicago four runs to the good.
the Giants started after Alexander IN
the seventh. Young doubled and
reached third on Fletcher's single. He
scored when Zimm forced Artie.
The Giants got two mora in the
eighth and had men on third and sec
ond, when G. Cleveland stiffened and
got the next two men. Snyder singled
With one out, and Doyle. batting for
Winters. walked. Young Statz. the Holy
Cross collegian ran for him. A passed
ball advanced the runners and Burns's
pass filed the bases. Young crashed
second double to left, scoring Snyder and
staz, Burns taking third. Aleck then
pulled himself together. Fletcher popped
to Herzog and Zimmerman grounded to
Aisok.
The Cubs were the first to score In the
second game. Singles by Paskert and
Merkle and BARRIERS sacrifice tiy enabled
Dode to score. Paskert got into the
first game when Flack injured his leg
sliding to second on an attempted steal.
Davey Robertson. another Cub fly
chaser, is out of the Chicago lineup be-
cause OF a charley horse.
Giants PiIfering Features.
The Giants showed some rare base
running in the third. Chase walked and
got around to third on two infield outs
Burns walked, and Hal scored while
working double steal with Burns.
George stole third, and after Young
walked he also filched second. the fourth
steal OF the inning. F1etcher's double.
which took high. awkward bound to
Paskert, scored Burns and Young. 1t
was the only hit of the round. The
Giants scored two more runs off Hen
drix in the sixth on Young's pass and
doubles by Zimmerman and Kauff. The
scores:
FIRST GAME