New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17

to life with remarkable vim, making
might have helped a lot during the
Art Nehf, with fine support, held
the Cubs safe until the seventh, when
he commenced to wabble. He was
taken out in the eighth and Jess
Barnes finished the game.
1t seems that there is something in
the legend that the jinx turks for the
Cubs At the Polo Grounds. They have
Is yet to win game there this season
from the Giants. This legend does not
hold good for the Reds.
Frank Frisch, the Fordham STAR
played his usual hashy game. George
Burns continued his spectacular field
ing acts in left and was also there with
the timely wallop. The awakening OF
the Giant hitters was the main event
though. A few persons, inclined to OPP
tinism. even ventured to state that the
Giants still had chance-a matnemat-
teal chance at least-if the hitting
kept up.
Many on Casualty List
The Giants went YEARLY into battle
With a couple of substitutes in the IN
fieid. that had been depleted by casual
ties in the "croocial" struggle with the
rampaging Reds. Frisch, the amazing
recruit from Fordham, held down sec,
ond base, while the sad-faced Miguel
Gonzales, of Cuba, worked sorrowfully
at first. Davy Robertson, OF the Cubs,
was on the fragile and broken list, and
Lee Magee worked in centre.
n. 1~k N
inning. Flack beat a poke to Frisch
and went to second on Hollocher's sac
rifice. Heinie the zim did fine piece
of retrieving on this bunt and nailed
the Cub shortstop at first. Lee Magee
bounced a hit off Tletcher's shoulder,
and Flack scored.
The Giants seemed galvanized into
something more than passing flicker
of life in their half of the first inning.
George Burns started it with healthy
smash to right field. Then, with two
out, Zimmerman pasted single to
right, scoring Burns. Tim got to Sec
ond when Hollocher made wild peg
to first on the relay.
Then came young Frank Frisch, of
Fordham. He smashed a blow to right
and scored Zimm 1t would have
gone for a double if Flack had not
executed some fashy fielding. With
this blow the Respondent multitude,
which had been grieving over the very
probable absence of a worlds series
here this year, began to take q little
interest in the game. So did the Giants.
Burns Smothers Rally
The crowd continued clipper when
Snyder opened the Giants half of the
second with a double that plastered
against the left field wall but they
started to brood again when Snyder
Gied there.
George Burns, who has been putting
q lot of melodrama into his fielding of
late, blocked rush of Cubs to the
scoreboard in the third, when he robbed
Vaughn of an apparently certain HIT.
The ball was dropping into short left
for Texas Lacquer when Burns came
trundling in and got it as it kissed the
grass. Burns skidded for quite q dis
tance on his face, but he came up with
the ball still hooked in his fin. He go.
the reception of q conquering hero
when he trotted back to the dugout.
Some little acrimony developed in
the region of the plate in the fourth
when Herzog was busted lightly by
Nehf and claimed base on it, Umpire
Rigler dissenting. Whereupon Mitchell
and Magee joined in the debate, but
b
the conversation over the league of ma
tions.
Herzog finally got to first on Fletch-
er's error. He stole second, and, being
fixed with the ambition to emulate
Greasy" Neale, who stole everything
in the Polish Grounds Friday, was
nailed at third. This furnished exer-
else for Herzog, but got the Cubs no.
where i'll particular
Another Double by Snyder
Grover Cleveland Alexander, who
probably will work this afternoon. was
stationed at the first base coaching
line. Alexander found time between
acts to exchange repartee with Ser
geant Sam Drebin, wearer of all the
crosses of war in existence The sus-
tanned walloping Of Frank SNYDER
brought considerable more cheer to the
stanas. And it began to look as though
inc INK which fastened on the Cubs in
this vicinity was still getting in it's
In the fourth Kauff singled to r;oht
and went to second on Migue, Con
Zaies's out. Then Snyder came THROUGH
with his second double of the day. Il
went 10 the slgnboards in left centre
himself scored when Burns drove 9
single to centre
1t looked as though the Cubs mich,
crash through in the fifth, but tho ae;i'
ny OF the sad-faced Miguel Gonzales
hrst basing under protest. INTERVIEWED
., hiliefer singled to left End afta,
vaughn had popped out to Flack cot r.
nrst when Gonzales dropped Zimmer.
mans throw. Then Hollocher, in Al
atempt to bunt, lobbed one out r.
miguel Senior Gonzales reached the
Rellet desspondently and doubled
RACK at the bag. The decision was
close and Flack, after scattering dust
on himself, ran after singing RilI
Byron protesting until William becan
70 chant his death song, ITO the, clnb.
mouse you must CO."
frank Frisch continued to scintillata
IN the meantime. In the Giant haIf
OF the NTH he singled to right and
mace spectacular steal of second
snooting INTO the bag in a cloud ~
ous,. IN the sixth inning the ,ate
prlde OF Fordham made wond.rs,,I
stop OF what looked to be certa;n
wsiiop oy Herzog and nailed him o+
Giants Score Another
Snyder came up for his third hit in
tne slxth. 1t created only moderate
entnuslasm, because it was a mere
single ana Frank was forced moment
later by Nehf. The Giants got one
more in the inning. however,. when
George. Burns cracked a two-bapger
to the left centre corner, scoring Nehf.
Burns tried to elongate the WALTON in.
TO a triple and was caught at third.