New-York tribune., 1919-04-13


appralse the Polo Grounds candidate
The boss magnate and his attendantS
couldn't have seen the club to better
advantage, for making due allowances
in class, the Giants still played lone
OF the most impressive performances of
the SPRING Baltimore was good
enough, at least, thoroughly to test the
defensive skill of McGraw's machine.
The old combination stood out like a
stone wall, in particular the infeld.
Helne zimmerman gave such a per
formance as was his wont back in 1917.
when he was considered the class of
third sackers. Hal Chase was the
Chase of old; enough said there.
Rube Benton should have had no.
hit shut-out in his six innings, fy
misjudged by Benny Kauff being the
only hit off him. When Steele was
unleashed in the seventh the Giants
already had the game so securely
cinched that Bob simply dallied along
with the boys.
Show Wicked Punch
OhcnsiYcly the Giants showed -
wicked punch against any and all as
sortments of pitching presented by
Jack Dunn. Every regular got at
least one safc blow. Captain Arthur
Fletcher and Burns led in the slug
g1ng. Fletcher. who scored three runs.
nad double and two singles in four
times at bat. Burns who doubles in
three times up.
me Giants put Rubc Benton on casv
street with snorting rally, organized
as soon MS Bill Brennan turned tho
game loose. Much heavy hitting, TINT
brought into play johnny McGraw'g
complete batting order rolled ~ Gy.
runs IN rs many innings and climi-
mated kneisch Of German name and
southpaw proclivtca right from the
picture
George Burns organized this sortie
by his patience. He drew pass with
out much trouble. George was forced
at second by Pep Young. Then the
heaVy artillery got t he proper range.
chase ratified pretty double of the
short right field wall. KauT singled
sharply to right, scoring Young and
chase. zimmerman popped an easy
foul 20 Deal. but Fletcher walloped off
the left field wall for two bases, and
Doyle tailed behind Kauff, when Egan
dropped Maisels relay from Clarke
McCarty doubled to deep centre. scor-
ing Fletcher Rubc Benton, the ninth
batter of the preliminary melee. lined
to right field
The Giants picked up another run in
the second. After Maisel had whipped
out Burns, Young worked Frank, ,
right handler, for walk. On hit and
run play. Chase pumped wicked one
down Maisel's alley. Young slid around
Fritzle to safety on third. forcing tho
., little third sacker to make hurried
play on Chase. The result was low
throw that put Hal on second and en-
abled Young to score. Kauff lined to
centre and Doyle lined wickedly right
into Deals mitt
In the language of one of his irasci-
BILE team mates, George Burns "won the
brown derby" in the fourth inning
George came up with one out and took
Tor granted that Clarke would clutch
his towering fly. Hence Burns got only
as far as second when the fielder lost
the pellet in the sun. A moment lator
Young beat hit to deep short. hut no
runs developed. The runners were
held to their corners when in hit and
run play Chase raped wickedly to the
box. kauff lined to right centre field.
Fielding Slip Helps
fielding slip by Pitcher Frank
helped the Giants add brace of counts
to their tally sheet in the fifth He
threw wild on Zmmerman's easy
bunt. giving Heine three bases on what
should have been an easy out. Fletch-
ers single to centre registered Zim.
McCarty skied TO left, but Benton as
tonlshcd the natives as we'll as himself
by singing to left field. Burns then
to
line that scored Fletcher and should
have scored r fast man from first.
Young walked for the second time. fill
ing the bases, but Hal Chase ended il
with fly to left
Mr.. Benton meanwhile had been step
ping along in mid-season form as if
bent upon no-ht shut-out By grace
of the cunning of Rube's left arm and
gilt-edged assistance from his support-
ing cast, the Oriole batters fell in one.
two, three order for four innings. This
no-hit performance might have gone on
indefinitely had KaufF not misjudgcd
Clarke's easy fly in the fifth. which
presented the batter with n two-baso
hit Clarke reached third on a wild
pitch, bu: Deal waited gently to KnuF.
Our. old friend Hcine Zimmerman.
who played brilliantly spectacular de-
fensivc game the kind that earned him
/ '~'''~~'". III ! % 81 SOL tnc 'rHZ
from the crowd in the sixth. when ho
blundered into short throw to prc-
vent double steal. Zim had SINGLED
with two out and raced TO third vixen
Fletcher shot single to right on the
mt and run. Heinc fell for that worm
eaten play. throw to the pitcher
In the last few innings the Giants
appeared satisfied to get the game over
with as quickly as possible McCartv.
who opened the seventh with a double
of the left field wall, was caught steal
ing third after Benton Whitfield. Bob
steele and substitutes Sticking and
Baird were thrown into McGraw's line
up in the seventh. Thorpe had pre-
ceded them by an inning. Honig
scratched Texas league double to
left with only one out in the seventh.
but Chase made brilliant running
catch of Boley's Texas Lacquer and
steele struck out Clarke.
The Giants got farewell run in the
ninth. Sticking was hit with one out
o'Neil singled and Steele scratched n
MT through the box, filing the bases.
thorpe flied out to left, but Young drew
pass. forcing home Sticking with q
run. Miller. batting for Chase, famed
tor the third time out.
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