The sun., 1919-08-27
After Nehf Subdues Corsairs
by 8 to 1 Adams Beats New
Workers by A to 1.
BY FREDERICK G. LIEB.

BY FREDERICK G. LIEB.
The Western wing Of the National
League closed its 1919 campaign on the
folo Grounds yesterday when the Giants
and Pirates halved a double header
me Giants had a picnic in the first
event. winning by margin OF to l.
The rejuvenated veteran, Babe Adams
was too clever for the Harlem athletes
In the second. Babe won an even break
on the day for Barney Dreyfuss by
pitching his team to to 1 victory
Sittsburg also earned an even break
on its Tour game series with the Giants
me Giants won ten out of seventeen on
their last home stand against the West
They won only two out of six from the
Reds, but beat the Cubs two out of three
ana The Cardinals four straight and
divided four games with Pittsburg
with the magical Cincinnati Reds
going twenty-four rounds to beat the
phils in double header yesterday, Pat
Moran5 carefully nurtured lead grew to
nine games. A swell chance to catch
the flying Reds.
McGraw called on his left handlers to
repel the Pittsburg boarders, but Artie
Nehf did more repelling than Rube
Benton. Nehf can make the Buccaneers
! look like n tame crew of flabby land
| lubbers. The day before he reported to
the Giants in. the West he held the
Bezdek outfit to two hits. In the first
game yesterday Pittsburg got to him for
seven. but Arthur. who acquired his
wisdom teeth early in life, distributed
them in seven different innings.
Southworth on Batting Rampage.
Benton pitched a pretty fair game in
the second encounter, and would have
| won against less worthy opponent than
Babe Adams. Then Billy Southworth
declared little war OF his own on the
RUDE. Billy started on a belated effort
to regain his 1918 batting laurels. He
soaked Benton and Dubuc. the Rubes
successor. for triple and three singles
In four attempts. and was mixed up in
most of the Pirate scoring.
Too bad the Yanks couldn't get in
from the West in time to watch the
| Giants reel of the double header. Most
| OF the Giants are married men, and
! they don't like to get bawled out for
coming home when the dinner is cold.
The double show let out at 4:45 p NJ
Despite the fact that ten runs were
scored in the first game. the teams
played the contest in an hour and a half
The second was five minutes shorter
than that. The Yanks get their chance
i
day. The last time the Yanks and Sena-
tors mingled In a twin bill It lasted
nearly six hours, and neither game con-
| tanned any extra innings
Interest in the Giants continues to
last About 10000 were out for yes
tcrday's bargain show with Pittsburg.
About $4,000 saw the three day war
fare with the Pirates. That's pretty
good for a team which has been knocked
out of the race.
Giants Display Punch.
In the first game the Giants showed
some of the punch they displayed in the
early part of the season. They stung
Bullet Frank Miller and Pander, the
aviator, for sixteen hits, though some
OF the base knocks were of the comic
opera variety. If George Whitfield
didn't cover first base il never occurred
to any OF his mates to do SO. Twice
Whitfield made good stops in this game,
only to have his play spoiled when no
one took the trouble to cover the bag.
Kauff got a single on a bali that any
schoolboy could have caught in his back
pocket. Cutshaw and Carey did lot
of bowling and courtsying to each other
and let the sphere fall safely.
All OF the lads took part in the bat
ting frolic with the exception of Jiggers
| Statz, who was an added starter.
Frank Frisch and Miguel Gonzales led
with three bingles apiece. The hits
will serve as quite tonic to Havana
Mikes anemic batting average. The
Cuban is hitting under 200.
| Miller, who is a tough bird for the
Giants at times, had little with which
! to deceive yesterday. There was nothing
resembling a bullet to Bullet Franks
projectiles. The Giants gave him
sturdy welcome in the first. Burns
cracked a triple to left centre and
scored when Young banged two Dagger
TO the same locality. Young got to third
on Fletcher's hoist to right. but was
nipped at the plate on Zimm's bouncer
/ to Miller. Heinie got second and scored
on Frisch's single TO left. The Ford
ham jewel lost out trying for a double.
/ Get SIX Runs in Third.
The third was one of the widest
| rounds seen on the Harlem greensward
this season. Everything the Giants hit
went safely. and there was no stopping
the locals on the bags. They linked
seven hits with Ave steals for six runs
Five runs were over before man was
out.
Nehf started it with a double to right
and then Miller fumbled Burns's sacri-
fee bunt Young slashed a single into
centre, scoring the Giant southpaw
while Burns raced to third. That fin-
ished Frank Miller. Ponder. who pitched
a two hit shutout against the Giants
in his National League debut in 1917,
then tried to stop the rushing New York
ers. Ponder Joined the aviation service
after the 1917 pitching and doesn't look
as promising as when he first came up,
Fletcher tapped a slow one TO Ponder.
| x,,ho threw too late to Schmidt to get
burns Fletcher was credited with a
single. Reducing the rest of the inning
10 its succulent ingredients, Zmm.
Frlsch. Kauff and Gonzales followed
with singles, Zimm and Frisch had two
steals apiece and Kaurt one. Twice the
double steal was pulled on the Corsairs.
Pittsburg scored Its only run in the
eighth on Lees triple and Bigbee's roller
to Chase.
who kept the New York bingles scat
tered. while Pittsburg made its safeties
S,hen they did the most harm. The
\ Giants got seven of Adams. but only one