The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-14
Former Giants Instrumental
In New York's Downfall in
Double Bill AT Polo Grounds
Henie roh and Slim saee Once Worked for John Nc
0aw largely Responsible for Gothamites Dropping Open
ing Games With Rediegs-Forty Thousand Fans Witness
Crucial Battles

nant hopes. He hit a, home run that
nroyed the deciding tally Of the first
game. and all afternoon he was a
source OF evaporation to 10000 people
who dearly desired the Giants to win.
With Heine Groh was another chick
en- coming home to roost--a lean, leath-
cry, leisurely old rooster. so to speak
an ancient bird Of evil omen to the
New York Giants in the person of Sal
Sallee. who used to beat EN- by the
magic OF his old left arm when he was
down In st. Louis and who is back EN-
In the uniform of the Reds. after serv-
it.g florid period under McGraw
In the second game. Sallee held the
Giants to three hits. while sherry"
Magee. quatntest character that ever
rcarned the big leagues. knocked home
the two runs that won the game,
I'm having hard time out there in
LETT field picking out the ball from
among the pop bottles. when / go after
n.y." complained sherry" Magee.
ENORMOUSLY. which is indicative Of how
dearly some OF those 10000 desired to
see the Giants win.
On the bench of the Reds. or on their
coaching lines. perched during the aft
ernoon-not another chicken. perhaps,
but a sort of baseball Frankenstein
reared by John J, McGraw to his own
pennant destruction. as the red muz-
z}ed Pat Moran. leader of. the Cincin-
natl club. urged his men on.
Canned" by the parsimonious owners
OF the Philadelphia club. Moran caught
on with McGraw as coach for the
Giants, hut when managerial vacancy
developed at Cincinnati. McGraw sent
Moran there. The ways Of baseball fate
are inscrutable.
Two games Of baseball do not make
season, II is true, but this Is August.
and August Is drifting on into the
shadows OF early fall and the worlds
series And the Cincinnati club Is six
and half games ahead of the New
York Giants. II McGraw overcomes
that lead. he is the new miracle man Of
the game. indeed.
Most people regard this series as
the deciding series OF the National
league campaign. That Is the reason
why 10000 people were at the opener
this afternoon.
Until the last man was out in the
ninth inning Of the second game Nc
Graw was on the coaching line driv-
ing his players. His anxiety to win
was evident in the way he talked TO
them between the innings and from
the lines. and there were moments
when he could not conceal his vexa-
ton when some play went wrong.
In the Giants end of the eighth in
ming OF the first game, when Hal
Chase tripied after pass to Arthur
Fletcher, sending tie short stop OF the
big town club over the plate with a
run. an old-time scene was enacted by
the crowd.
II was one of those sudden up
botlings OF enthusiasm which only a
baseball gathering can produce. The
roar OF voices went riiiing out across
the field in mighty volume. followed
by harrage Of straw hats and a great
cloud of white paper.
II was a repetition OF the worlds
series scenes of 1911 when Manha.-
tan Island was baseball mad In a
world series, however, the crowd
must be seated in the baseball yard.
Standing il not permitted. Today
they were standing fifty deep back OF
the seats in the lower stand. They
were standing in TIE upper tier. They
We're even standing behind the seats
in the bleaehers. The gates were
locked about 2:3o. 1t has not been
necessary to- do that at the POLO
grounds in years. a big delegation OF
Cincinnati people came on for the
series and their aumber was aug
mented by the ex-OhIoans who live
In New York. Between them and
with the assistance of a lot OF folks
who are roofing for the Reds on gem
~ a. ~ th~AtASc titSy ilfA1S aodbu-
ance OF racket
Before the first game John j. Nc
Graw. manager of the Big Town club,
conducted a solitary parade across
the field, and he got great hand.
When the Red face Of Pat Moran.
chief OF the Cincinnati club. doomed
up like rising sun In the distance.
there was another great demonstra-
ton. However. at no time was there
anything like the feeling shown In
Cincinnati when the Giants played on
the Reds home grounds couple Of
weeks ago
New York fans take their baseball
rather dispassionately. Few Of them
are able to lash themselves into the
fury that the old game produces in
the hearts OF fans elsewhere--and
notably in Cincinnati those August
days.
During the excitement at the close
of the eighth inning OF the first game
when Reuther was walking back to
the Reds bench, = pop bottle came
flying out OF the stand. and crashed on
the concrete roof o. the players coop.
The thrower was roundiy Kissed.