The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02
REDS ROUT GIANTS,
NOW LEAD LEAGUE
Bunch Hits on Toney and
Dubuc, While Eller Rescues
Ring-Score Is 8 to 2.
Special Despatch to The svS.


CINcrNNATI. Ohio, Aug.1.---In the pres
ence Of 1900 wild eyed fans and play
ing under leaden skies which disgorged
fitful rainfalls the Giants were humbled
by the Reds to-day by score OF to 2.
The defeat enabled the Reds to dislcdge
the Giants from first place in the league
race. and Cincinnati Is baseball mad to-
night
Fred Toney. who opened for the
Giants, failed to survive and retired at
the end Of the fifth inning. He was
succeeded by Jean Dubuc, who lasted
only one inning, Joe Oeschger finishing
the game. Jimmy Ring started against
the Giants and pitched shutout ball for
five innings. Like Toney. the Brooklyn
boy failed to stick and gave way to Hod
Eller after he had filled the bases on
passes with none out in the sixth
Showers in the fourth and fifth made the
ball wet and slippery and Ring could
not control 1t in the sixth.
The Reds furnished Ring and Eller
with a stonewall support The batting
and fielding Of Wingo featured the game.
Roush drove In two runs in the fourth.
Wingo launched a rally in the fifth and
Rings sacrifice, Rath's single, Young's
error and Daubert's timely thump ac-
counted for two more runs. After Ring
had walked Frisch, Burns and Young
in the sixth, Filler came to the rescue.
Fletchet's single scored Frisch and,
when Doyle smashed into a double play,
Burns registered. Wingo tripled In two
more Cincinnati runs in the second half
Of the sixth.
Fans Abuse Giants.
The fans TRADE had its beginning
when the Giants took the field for bat
ting practice. They were loudly branded
as yellow" hounds" "boneheads' and
worse. Toney was alluded to as a
"slacker' and a "jailbird''
The tension among the rival players
also was strong. and in the second inning
Kauff. called out at second base on an
attempted steal, became enga ged in
heated debate with Rath. Kopf and
Groh II threatened to lead up to a
passage at arms In the fourth inning
Umpire Klein threatened to clear the
Reds dugout IL the players did not dis
continue the haunting OF the Giants.
The Reds started changing the scor-
ing bell in the fourth. Fletcher took
Paths short a. 70 left hut Daubert
worked Toney for a pass. Groh singled
to left, Daubert pulling up at second.
grounded one into the dirt In front OF
the plate, and McCarty. failing in his
frantic efforts to discard his mask, could
not locate the ball. though 1t lay almost
at his feet Daubert raced to third and
Groh to second on the wild pitch.
Roush than pasted a single to centre.
scoring both men, and dashed to third on
the throw in. Neale moved Roush along
to third with n -sacrifce.
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Reds went to bat, settled into steady
downpour, but the game went on. The
rush of the fans across the field delayed
the game for three or four minutes.
Kopf brought the inning to a close by
striking out.
Ring turned the Giants back in reg
ular order In the fifth, but the Reds pro-
ceeded to fall on Toney for two more
runs. aided by an error by Young.
wingo Launches Rally.
Bressler led off with fly to Rauff.
but Wingo singled to centre and adj
vanced base on Rings sacrifice. Rath
singled to right and Young. having in
mind a throw to the plate to head of
wingo. tried to throw the ball before he
picked It up with the natural result that
the pellet skipped through his legs,
Wingo scoring and Rath reaching third.
Daubert followed with single to centre.
registering Rath. Jake was forced at
second by Groh.
Frisch. the Fordham youngster, batted
for Toney in the sixth and drew base on
balls. Ring couldn't control the slippery
bali and the pitcher from off the sand
lots of Brooklyn also walked Burns and
Young, loading the bases. He was waved
to the showers by Pat Moran and Eller
succeeded him.
Fletcher greeted the relief pitcher with
a single to right, scoring Frisch. Doyle
hit into a double play. Rath, Kopf and
Daubert. Burns scoring on the play.
George was marooned when Kauff fouled
| to Groh.
Dubuc took up the New York pitching
burden in the sixth. Roush started a
rally on Jean by beating out hit to
Zimmerman. Neale pushed Eddie along
with a sacrifice. Kopf hit to Fletcher
and Roush was run down between sec
ond and third. Dubuc could not locate
the plate for Bressler, who walked.
Wingo then walloped one down the right
field foul line for three bases, driving in
Kopf and Bressler. Ivy languished when
Eller ended the inning by striking out.
Oeschger. who relieved Dubuc In the
seventh, prevented further Cincinnati
scoring and the Giants could do nothing
with the offerings of Eller for the re .
mainder of the game. The score: