The sun., 1919-07-15
GIANTS VICTORIOUS,
AGAIN LEAD LEAGUE
Chase Miller to Showers in
Third and Defeat Pirates
by 5 to 4.
DUBUC TO THE RESCUE
Veteran Checks COrsairs After
Causey and Winters Are
Routed.
DUBUC TO THE RESCUE
ny FREDERICK &. LIEB.

ny FREDERICK &. LIEB.
Help came 10 the Giants from an un-
expected source yesterday. Those
'phoolish, pheeblc Pills surprised even
themselves by taking a tall out OF the
feckless Reds, and as the Giants won
narrow to victory over the Pirates
on the Polo Grounds, the Harlem lads
again are on the top perch OF the Ma
tional League.
Both McGraw and Bozdek did lot of
guessing yesterday before they could find
pitcher who could pitch John missed
twice, but he drew the lucky number
Is on the third try. said 10" belongs
10 Jean Dubuc
The corpulent Hugo dug up a real
hero pitcher on his second attempt. and
1t made his poor first guess stand out all
the more glaringly. After Bullet Ball
Frank Miller blew away the game in the
third inning, Bezdek called in a one hit
pitcher In Harold Carlson. the youth who
carried a machine gun through the Ar
Eonne Forest last summer.
Carlson took charge with one out in
the third and from then on only one
Giant reached base on him. Chase was
the Giant Hal got a triple in the third
when Casey Stengel tried to make a
shoestrins catch of his drive and missed
This hit drove in what proved to be the
winning run. In the next five innings
took their little swing, and marched
back to the bench.
human nature being what II is the
Second Guessers' League, PittsburE
Council, will give Bezdek quite a hay-
Ing this morning
Pirates FIaI Causey.
McGraw started off with Red Causey.
the sandy haired Floridian, but Cecil
Algernon did not prosper to any extent
Sausey has been on the hospital list
with sore arm, and this is the first
time he exposed 1t to public view in a
fortnight. Then Jesse Winters recently
Lieutenant in Uncle Sans Army, got
call. Jesse had been wondering why
he never got any pitching exercise out
sloe or the bull pen. and now he under
STANDS lie faced three men in the
third and fourth and they got to him
Tor two hits and a base on balls
Dubuc went to his aid in the fourth
with two on the bases and none out,
end emerged from the mess unscathed
Jean did some nifty pitching, holding
the Pirates to four hits in six innings
Vic Safer. pinch hitting for Carlson in
the ninth, lifted Dubuc'S first pitch into
the upper right field stand for a homer
IL wasn't a homer by much, and Nc
earthly growled about 1t, but 1t went.
1t looked like old times to see Vic pole
one into the stand. Half a dozen years
ago Vic used to give that right field
stand more OF play than any visit
Ing athlete calling at the Polo Grounds
The Pirates had lot Of trouble with
Hisler. In the fourth inning Chase
dropped Stengel's foul near the foul
lin' but Rlgler ruled that Casey was
out for interference This brought a
terrible yelp from Casey while Bezdek
also had much to say about it.
But this was mild outbreak COM
pared with Mollwitzs conduct in the
sixth, when Riyler ruled that his drive
TO left was a foul. Molly" let out a
string Of cuss words. Nothing happened
to him.
The Giants got their first run off
Miller in the second inning Kauff
walked and took second on Zimu's out.
hase shot back one of Miller's speed
balls in to right and Kauff ran home.
The Pirates took the lead with three
runs in the fourth. Schmidt jolted
Causey for double to left. Miller sent
him to third with neat sacrifice and
he scored on Bigbees single to centre.
The plate began to look smaller and
smaller TO Causey and no filled the bases
by extending complimentaries to Terry
and Stengel.
zimmerman's Good Play.
Zimmerman made a fine play on
southworth's hopper after it got by
Fletcher. and threw 10 McCarty, forcing
Bigbee at the plate. Cutshaw then
cleayed clean single to centre, scoring
Terry and Stengel.
That finished Causey. Winters trotted
in and Mollwitz greeted him with a sin
gle TO centre. Jesse was smart enough
to cut in on Kauffs throw in and he
caught Southworth overrunning third
base.
The Giants then won out with four in
their half OF the fourth. Burns singled
to- centre and took second after MolI-
WITT caught Youngs foul against a field
hox, Fletcher walked Baird's single to
centre scored Burns
Kauff drove into right for a base
sending in Fletcher with the tying run,
Miller jumped to cut in on Stengeps
throw in but DETECTED 1t into foul terri
tory and Baird also scored while Benny
pulled up at third.
That finished Miller. Hal Carlson was
his successor. In trying to duck a wild
shoot the ball hit Zimmermans bat and
rolled to the diamond. Carlson threw
him out at first. Chase then sent a low
liner to right. Stengel tried to make
diving catch but the ball rolled through
him for a triple, Kaun scoring what
proved to be the winning run. Hal was
the last Giant to reach base. McCarty
closed the inning by striking out The
score:
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