The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-30
ONE Big INNING IS.
ENOUGH FOR GIANTS
Baffled for Six Frames, New
York Jolts Smith for Six
Runs in Seventh.
by GEORGE d. UNDERWOOD.

by GEORGE ID. UNDERWOOD.
For six innings at Ebbets Field yes
terday Sherrod Smith, the Brooklyn
southpaw, set the Giants down with a
lone hit struck out six and from a pitch
Ing viewpoint acted perfectly scandalous.
Then In the seventh, inning, just when
the erstwhile Top Sergeant in the A. e.
r. was remarking to himself. 81 GER
tainly am pinning these babies shoulders
10 the mat. beau coup" the Clan Nc
Graw touched mine OF under him and
down toppled Sherry's castle of dreams
IN the debris OF a to defeat
one OF those sudden baseball breaks
like the tide in the affairs of men which
taken at the flood, leads on to fortune,
turned the game topsy turvy there in the
lucky seventh. In twinkling OF an eve
the Giants hurtled six runners across
the platter and 'snatched victory from
the jaws OF defeat.
When the seventh opened Brooklyn
was leading, 1 to 0. Pep Young, who
had struck out in his other two trips up
pried off the lid with a single to left 1t
virtually was the second hit the Giants
harvested Off Smith, though, according
10 the official scorer, 1t was the third
The official scorer gavs Fletcher a hit In
the first frame on what almost every
other ablebodied fan in the assemblage
agreed was a pure and Nnadulterated
error on the part of Ivansolson Frisch's
rap to right in the second was the only
real hit the Giants nicked Smith for up
TO Young's lash to left in the seventh.
Following Pops seventh inning blow
FLETCHER went out on a good catch by
AtyArs in left centre. Then came the
aforementioned break that suddenly
turned the tide.
The Tide Turns.
Zimmerman sent an easy roller toward
Johnston. Under ordinary conditions
Johnston would have scooped UP the
ball and forced Young at second. Lively
play might have resulted in the doub-
ling up OF Zlm at first But Konetchy
somehow or other got 1t into his head
that 1t was his ball.
LAUNDERING over in front OF Johnston
Big Ed thrust his paw out at the ball.
Ills Judgment of distance was bad and
he touched ii only with the end of his
fingers, detecting II away from Johns
ton and sending it rolling into right field.
1t went as a hit Before the ball could
be retrieved Young was on third and
zimmerman on second.
On the next play Johnston came in
too fast on Frisch's hot poke. The ball
struck Jimmy's shins and caromed off
toward Olson, who touched second base
for force play on Zimmerman. Young
Ealloping in with the tieing run. Then
came the deluge.
McCarty was sent into bat for Kauff,
who had struck out twice. Lew leaned
into the first ball his old battery mate
pitched to him and laced a liner to left.
King ran for McCarty. Chase followed
with two sack soak to centre that reg
tstered F'risch- Smith issued his first
gift. q pass to Gonzales, filling the bases
Nehf swept the paths clean as the
prcverbial Dutch kitchen with a double to
right. registering King. Chase and Con
zales Burns brought home Art with
lash to left and took second when Young
singled to left for the second time dur
ing the inning. Fletcher ended the agony
by forcing Pep, Olson to Johnston.
After the fatal seventh Smith eteadied
down again and exercised his old wiz
ardry over the Giants. allowing no more
hits. The damage had been done, how
ever.
Nehf In Form.
Art Nehf pitched some beautiful ball
for the Giants. though In the early in
nings 1t looked as II Smith was going to
have all the better OF the duel He held
the Dodgers to FIVE scattered hits and
only issued one pass
Brooklyn's lone run came IN an a
rather freak hit IN the fourth inning
Griffith launched the Dodgers Off by
beating out hit to Fletcher. Nehf
famed the mighty Zach Wheat The
best the mighty Myers could do was to
force Griffith at second. Frisch to
Fletcher. It looked as IL Brooklyn's
rally was going to die a borning
On the hit and run. however, Konetchy
lifted a high fly back OF second. Fletcher
chased back and Kauff chased In after
It The ball was 30 high that Myers had
rounded second before II dropped just
out Of reach of Fletcher. Kaufr made a
quick pick up Of the ball. but Myers by a
greyhound dash beat the throw to the
plate. Konetchy took second on the
throw. Kllduff got q life on thinner
man'e boot, but was left with Konetchy
when Miller flied to Young. Till the
seventh inning collapse of Smith. how
ever. the lone Dodger run scored in the
fourth doomed up mighty large.
Tho fielding features of the fray were
contributed by Frank Frisch. After two
plays of his yesterday It VIII be hard to
convince Brooklyn fans that the Ford
ham Flash isn't better, fielding second
baseman than Eddie Collins was at the
crest of his careenis Frank made two
beautiful stops and throws, one Of which
was a classic. It required quick think
ing and quick action.
With Miller, on first In the second In
ming Smith, Laid down a beautiful bunt
toward first. Gonzales. Nehf and Chase
all came In after it Gonzales reached
the ball when Smith was only ten feet
from the bag. Sherrod was on a line
with the throw and Miguel had to shoot
It towards first the best he could. The
throw was low and to the right of the
bag. 1t was race between man and
ball.
Frisch could not take the ball leaning
over. Apparently It was a safe hit. but
Frank with a lightning sizing up of the
situation slid feet first at the bag and
TOOK the throw as no came siding In.
beating Smith by the proverbial whisker
and turning the hit into sacrifice.
In the seventh Frisch made a lunging
dive along the greensward and speared
Mlller's apparently safe grounder. Frank
snapped a throw 10 Chase from a sitting
position. The score:
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