The sun., 1919-05-09
KINDLY GIANTS AID
FORLORN BRAVES
Helped by Locals in nth, Bos.
ton Wins First Game Of
Season-Score Is 3 to 9.
~ FREDERICK G. LIEB.

nv FREDERICK G. LIEB.
II was a foresone conclusion that the
pos,on Braves would win their fret
ioor,,s game some time this spring, but
iocsl fans could not quite understand
rcsterday afternoon why II was neces-
sary for the Giants to make the Bean
Rows a present of 1t on the Polo Grounds.
poston's long row of defeats. which
seemed to have no ending, came to an
,nd In the eleventh inning.
Ross Young and Heinie Zimm checked
the downward fight Of the Bostonians in
me overtime period when they rendered
weston material aid and comfort in the
construction Of a run. George Tweety
s,aIllngs, the Big Chief of the Braves.
was on the verge of doing a war dance
on the concrete roof Of the Boston dug
ont when the end came. The Braves
srored their first victory by a SCORE of
ito .. after absorbing nine consecutive
lambastings.
John McGraw was out IN Pittsburg
Yesterday trying to win Mike Gonzales
from Branch Hickey and the Giants
sred Ike a tiny urchln without his
nurse Playing under the direction of
Christy Mathewson the Giants gummed
M or otherwise ruined scoring chances
with a regularity that got to be monot-
onous.
signals Crossed in Eleventh.
But I, wasn't until the eleventh that
The Harlem lads actually went out OF
their way to give the Braves q lift.
Dayey Robertson had just run for Jean
pubuc. and George Smith took care of
New York's pitching burden.
<ahf first I'm. lined sharply 70 Doyle
Meanwhile next raised fly to right CEN
ire. and II would have been easy for
either ksuff or Young had the other re-
NAMED away. 1t was clearly Kauffs
bali, but just as Ben set himself under
It Young came swooping in on him, and
Benny wac knocked northwest and the
ball southeast. The Rabbit pulled UP
a. second.
Henie Zmm hadn't been keeping very
close track OF the game. and he got it
Into his head that two Bean Boys were
on the bases instead OF only one, the
Rabbit at second. Hence when Her
Eog, the next batsnRn, hit to Zimm, in
stead OF bottllng Meanwhile between
third and second. Heinie bravely tag
ged third to force Maranville and
whipped the ball over TO first thinking
he had completed snappy double play
But under the rules established in 1871
Zimms force ut third was not permit
ted, and Meanwhile proceeded unmolest-
ed TO that bag. From this point Of
vantage the Rabbit scampered home with
the winning run on Powell's infield sin
gle, a grounder which Fletcher knocked
down in deep short
In the Harlem half of the eleventh
Zimmerman got around to third on a
double and an out. but was left when
McCarty rolled peacefully to Herzog
for the exit out Being left on third was
one OF the best things that the Giants
did yesterday. Perhaps 1t Is just as well
that McGraw was in Pittsburg! At that,
some Of the boys may have felt their
ears burn when Mac read the bulletins.
Second Brave Victory Since 1917.
But who would begrudge the Braves
the ,omfort OF this lone victory? There
IS historical Significance connected
with It 1t was the first game the Braves
have won on the Polo Grounds since
September 1917. and only the second
game Boston has won from New York
since 1917. Think of the Joy of Char
ley Herzog in again playing with a win
hing team on the old Harlem lawn.
"HerZy" hadn't been on the winning side
IN Polo Grounds game since Schupp
BANKED the White Sox in the fourth
game Of the 1917 worlds series.
between Artie Nehf, the little Brave
left handler, and Jean Dubuc. the Cana
dian slow bail artist Both men did their
best work in the pinchea They repeat
eoly worked their ways out of holes and
soysses which threatened to engulf them.
In the early stages the rival boxmen
were almost unhittable Up to the sixth
inning the Giants made only one intield
ut and the Braves had only one more.
oh al
times, there were plenty OF worthy plays,
Chase and Holks both doing some fancy
Tricks around first base. Prince Hal
made one Of the prettiest plays OF the
year on Eolkes hot smash in the sixth.
Powell! was on third at the time, and
Harold had TO make a complete throw to
get on his throw TO the plate. but he got
MS man. Riggert made a running catch
On McCarty in the ninth that would
away.
Braves First to Score.
The Braves were the first to draw
p!ood, scoring a run IN the second. Rig
cert walked and got TO third when
Holke's roller Uttered through Doyle.
walter stole second. Wilson hit a hot
one down the third base line that Zimm
oehected with his bare hand. Rggert
scoring.
Benny KauT sent the Giapts out in
iront in the sixth inning. with one out,
ioung spun single TO centre and Chase
slapped another 10 left Holke made a
c.eTer stop on Doyle and forced Young
az second. Kauft then bounced a triple
OF the right field wall. scoring Young
ana Doyle. ZImm left Benny. grounding
TO Hoike
The Braves tied in I've seventh. when
Neht and Naranyille hunched doubles
Both hit to right field
IN the Giants half of the seventh Du-
quo was nipped off third basa In the
eAghth Young reached third with one out,
GUY Doyle and Kaunf left him stranded
an me tenth Doyle expired for tho third
GUY with Robertson on third and Young
oa second and IN the eleventh Zimm was
.eft on third. The score:
BOSTON M NEW YORK on