The sun., 1919-09-06
GIANTS BAFFLED BY
NTYCHELL'S SHOOTS
pOdgers' Spitball Artist Causes
Downfall of McGraw's
Men, 3 to 2.
nv FREDERICK O. LIEB.

-...,rv eraft-a left handed spitballer
:, AZ his slippery slants at the Giants
- ,hs Polo Grounds yesterday with
,-oatable results to the borough Of
BROOKLYN.
There was only one inning In which
-. Giants showed any familiarity with
r,nuce's damp delivery. In the eighth
,,nlug they brought their ashes ana
elbows to bear on It with considerable
-onentum. and for a few. minutes It
,sos.d as though the Dodgers were about
"A AXE their daily ascension.
The Giants did tie the score in the
,,,b,h. but they couldn't keep II that
~sv The Dodgers knocked out a third
-, IN the ninth, and Brother Mitchell.
lowering his equilibrium and sang froid
/. ,hs Giant half, the F1atbush players
-ornped of with the game. The score
v,ssto2 The Dodger victory tied the
hs, marlborough series OF the year. The
aasl game will be played to-day
II any one still is keeping track OF the
Alliance separating the Giants and the
R,s,. the space between them was not
lrcreased BY the Manhattan loss. Jimmy
PIns pitched for Cincinnati, and as usual
v,s beaten, 1 to 0. The Giants still are
~yen and half games behind, with the
Reds having only eighteen more games
to play.
Barnes on Mound for Giants.
Jesse Barnes. the clever Kansan.
pitched for the tribe OF McGraw. He just
barely escaped his seventh defeat OF the
year. As Jesse now has twenty-five VIC
tories against only six defeats he Is Just
az well satisfied that he got out Of the
game in time.
When he gave way to Lew McCarty,
q pinch sticker. in the eighth the
Dodgers had lead OF to o. When the
Giant pinch militia tied It up In the
eighth Jesse Winters got in the game In
tine to lose It.
There were eight bingles on both sides.
ard one can't say. either. that the Giants
didn't bunch their hits. They got two
cgether in the fifth and four were
crowded into the eighth. Mitchell got
two hits off Barnes, while George Kelly
surprised some of the lads by cutting out
tvn singles
Chase's wrist was bothering him again
and he spent the day on the coaching
Line He strained II again In pulling In
q wild throw by Fletcher In Thursdays
game.
There were no juvenile bands on hand
yesterday to help while the afternoon
away, but frankie Frisch did some
smart stops around second base for the
Giants. The Fordham kid handled
eieyen out Of twelve chances. The odd
one was an easy roller which slid
through his legs. His best play was on
Myers in the fourth. when he had TO
ome in fast to get HIS hopper and
Gmpleted the play by a pretty. true
urow from an awkward position
Dodgers First to Score.
The Dodgers started in by scoring a
nun in the first inning. The abused Ivy
Olson, who Is knocking them to all fields
this year. slapped a single to right and
Johnston fouied to Gonzales. Myers
cracked single to left, and then George
Burns did an unheard of thing. He let
the little sphere roll through him, and
BY the time he ran II down Olson. the
swede, was over the plate and Myers on
second, Zachariah Wheat and Konetchy
persisted on infield grounders.
In the fifth inning Ernie Kruger
put He lifted one of Barness speed
balls into the left field bleachers for
homer. 1t went in deep, too. way down
near Eighth avenue. Kruger gets
around about as fast as a hogshead of
frozen molasses, but the boy has good
shoulders and carries an awful kick in
his bat. The same day the Giants re-
eased him to Brooklyn few years back
Ernie knocked one into that bleacher.
mus do McGraw's chicks come back TO
roost
There was hit-of excitement in the
attn With two out. George Kelly took
TWO Aoriarties He swung again, and
70 and behold the ball sped over second,
snere Johnston knocked it down for an
mneld single. Gonzales sent a low liner
right and Griffith just failed to clasp
~ Grins throw was coming true to
Alidun to get Kelly, when Olson did
wise thing. He cut in on the throw
Nnu prevented Kelly's retirement. But
sn was we'll Barnes popped to Kruger.
Giants Rally in Eighth.
The Giant outburst in the eighth was
real rally. Again 1t was Kelly who
s1Itel 1t. The nephew OF Bill LANCE
auggsd single to left and took second
~ ~ Gonzales's out. McCarty,- batting
oE Barnes, whistled double past the
OF Peterkin Kilduff. scoring Kelly.
~ .se h'ns' chief of the bench squad, ran
vi Lew and scored on Burns's single
etI Young lifted to Meyers, but
,'etcher shot another single to right.
y was up to Heinie Zimm- The Bronx
10Y popped to Kruger
WY, winters faced Brooklyn in the ninth.
win one out Kildufr bounced a triple
w the right field wall. Young could
!, ave played 1t for a single. but ne tried
make catch close to the wall and
uhen ne m ssed the ball caromed or in
SHolher direction. Griffith sent Kilduff
s sOlne with a sacrifice fly to Myers. The
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