The sun., 1919-05-19
$1,000 FANS SEE
GIANTS BLANK REDS
Benton Triumphs Over Sallee,
Former Mate, in Heavy
Hitting Game, 5 to 0.
CIRCUIT DRIVE FOR YOUNG
Victory Gives New Workers. q
Winning Streak Of Seven
Straight.
CIRCUIT DRIVE FOR YOUNG
NJ FREDERICK q. LuEn.

~ FREDERICK q. LLEn.
IN. Goddess Of Fortune beuueathed
nine h,t. 10 both the Giants and C.ncin-
natl sscs on tho Polo Grounds yestsr-
day. and let them work out their sun
day baseball problem from that basis.
To epscution OF the lads who draw
nay from tns golfers Of tho Giants WIS
t,- N adyancs of that OF tho hlrelings
Who swear fsalty TO Patrick MorAn.
whereas. the Giants NEEDED fvo runs
OFT Of their nino singles. the Reds wero
unable 70 coax a single run out OF their
nit harvest. AS result the Giants
banked tho ohioans in tho nrst til
OF the set by a score OF ) TO o.
The Giants surely are blazing the old
victory trail in front OF tlcm. Yester-
days decision over the Reds wes the
seventh straight success achieved by
the Harlem lads.
Another capacity crowd Of $4,000
was out to SEQ the Giants play their
recond Sunday game on the Polo
Grounds under the new Sunday law. As
was the case two weeks ago. 1t was
necessary TO stop the sale for the lower
seats at game time, and by the third
inning nothing was left but the bleach
ers Several thousand fans turned back
rather than take their chances in the
,un-seats Again II was an orderly.
good natured crowd. handled without
the semblance of confusion.
Benton and saIIee Pitch.
The crowd saw an interesting left
handed quarrel between Rue Benton
and Slim -Sallee. Until Benton Joined
the Giants-in 1915, his pay checks were
signed by A. Hermann. of Cincinnati,
while Sallee was a Giant until last sum-
mer Moran had primed the lean kith-
osue especially for the game. and Sal
lee went at his task with a vim. When
ever a pitcher opposes his former team
he always let's out an additional notch
However, Benton had all the bet
ter Of II yesterday. While the Reds
tapped him for hits at regular inter
walls. the Carolinian frightened whenever
ne got runners on the bases. In both
the second and sixth innings the frst
two men up singled. but there was no
Red score. Benton also had the ben
eft Of alright support. Young saved
Rube a lot Of annoyance when he shot
down Roush at third in the second in
ming when Eddie tried to take two
bases on a single. Roush got Off to a
hne lead. too. as II was on the hit and
run play.
A shift OF umpres brought Handsome
Hank O'Day and Ernie Quigley, his
partner with terpsichorean inclinations,
to the Polo lawn for the first time this
season.
Then Fletcher threw up barbed wire
defence around the shortstop position.
Twice the Giant captain started double
plays. and in the third frame. when Ben
ton made quite an effort to hurl the
sphere into centre field, Art balanced
himself with one toe on second base
and pulled Rube's throw out OF the air
forcing Rariden. When Benton was in
further truoble in the sixth Fletcher
roamed into deep short for Kopfs warm
drive and threw him out with a beautl-
tul cross-country peg.
Giants HIT for Extra Bases.
While the Giants made no more hits
than the Reds, their bingles carried more
distance. All of the Cincy hits were
singles, while the Giant collection in
Guided a homer by Young. triple by
McCarty and doubles by Fletcher and
Chase. 1t was Halls first hit after
twenty-five futile official times at bat
It was as welcome as trainload OF
American -four in Vienna.
The Giants started to turn the lever
Of the scoring mill in the second inning
and ground out a run. Useful Larry
Doyle larruped a pretty single to left
but the midget Cuban. Cutie Cueto. fas-
tened himself to Benny Kauffs sturd,
ny. Ben had a hitless Sunday, much t.
his disgust
Zimmerman walked, showing Doyle
10 second, and Fletcher raped single
to right, scoring Doyle. Greasy Neal'
whipped the ball into the plate ahead
or Larry. but Doyle slid nicely under
Whoa Bill" Rarden. formerly OF thes
parts, who was guarding the plate fol
Cincinnati. The play put Zimmerman
on third from where he tried TO stea
home, but was called out when he over
slid the plate and whoa Bill" got hin
with second stab. Heinie then bawlet
out Benton for not giving him prope
gangway' at the plate.
Giants Score Again in Fifth.
The Giants scored second run II
the NTH inning when Fletcher knocke'
double over the brow OF Cueta, tn
havana necktie connoisseur. Mozart,
GROVE a single TO left. scoring Arthur
sallee met his real Waterloo in tn
sixth Pep Young opened the round b
arcning a homer into the right fell
seats, Just foot in fair ground. Wit
ms to encourage him, Chase double
INTO left centre field, his first hit sine
me previous Sunday. Hal took thir
o. Doyle's long fly to Roush. and Kaui
MI little tap in front of the plate
hsriden. creeping over the ground. trie
70 beat Chase to The plate, but Hs
SID home ahead OF the Indiana farmer
Huether another lefthander, was Il
me box for the Reds in the seventh
MeCarty tripled to deep centre with on
OUT, Benton expired on an infield tai
ana Burns walked. McCarty scored o
double steal worked in conjunction
WIN Burns. Kopf helped things alon
nicely, his return throw to the plat
sounding high over Rariden's heat
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