New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-10
McCraW Men
Sink Deeper
Into the Cellar
Stallings Decides to Recon-
slider Hog Raising Plan
and Will Stick to Baseball
By w. O. Mcclellan

george Staiilngs, the Georgia planter,
who announced his intention of raising
hogs instead of baseball teams and
other disturbances in the National
league, was reconsdering his rash de-
cislon yesterday at the Polo Grounds
The Georgia planter and about $4,000
other spectators saw the Boston Braves
blank the Giants by score of to o.
Hog raising never could be that easy
or that profitable.
BY tramplng the Giants still further
into the cellar the Braves retained
their dizzy perch at the top of the Ma
tional League standing, incide ntally
splitting many thousand kopecks into
the clubs till. On present quotations
hog meat is high, but George will con-
tipue to mediate before he quits the
diamond for the sly
The Braves bumped Fred Toney in
the second inning for three runs. In
the eighth they chased Art Nehf, their
former clubmate, right from the
grounds for total of four runs and
five hits. In between the Giants never
showed even a threatening look. They
had the bases filled with two out on
Hearne. but when McGraw sent Lew
McCarty in, with orders to commit
simple or compound assault. Hearne
was Withdrawn. and Dick Rudolph, who
worked the greater part Of the game,
was not even annoyed by the Giants.
Polo Grounds Packed
The first real baseball afternoon of
this nackaS Tho
Polo Grounds with the exception of
small patch in the beachers. Many
wealthy plumbers, bricklayers and
landlords, who would not sit in the
cheap seats even to see a baseball
game, turned away when they heard
that there were only planked seats
left.
The distress started in the second
inning, when Toney, who opened as
started to wobble. He passed Cruise
Then Holke, a discarded Giant first
oaseman, hit to center. Boeckel
slammed one out to right field for a
triple, scoring the two ahead of him,
After Mann had been thrown out by
Doyle, Lark Hank Gowdy laid a bunt
IN front Of the plate and squeezed
Boeckel home
For d few palpitating moments in
lneIr halr OF the same innings the
Giant. looked as though they might
multitude became excited. With one
out, STATE singled and Lear drew
base on balls. Long George Kelly was
thrown out by Hearne. Then came
snyder, and Hearne used some trategy,
passing him purposely, which filled the
bases.
At this juncture Manager McGraw
oecame somewhat strategically in
cllned himself. He sent Lew McCarty.
me p,n h y hitter out to slam Where
upon the Braves coppered that strategy
aud yanked out Hearne, putting in Dick
Kudolph, and Richard was himself for
The full duration of the pastime.
heLy and Lear succeeded in prevent
ing the possibility of another run for
the Braves in the fourth. Sullivan, who
'ook the place of Cruise as soon as
Nehf, the ieft-hander, went into the
boz, was safe when Lear fumbled
poke. He went to second on a sacrifice
oE Holke Boeckel lifted a high foul
tioSe TO the grandstand wall on the
hrst base side. Long George Kelly
Nprlnted after it and made circus
eaten In the mean time Sullivan
started for third as soon as the ball
Int Kelly's NIT. George made fine
peg 10 Lear, who caught Sullivan.
Giants Were Rrutally Treated
The remains Of the Giants were
Nlcked about the grass in brutal fash
ION IN the eighth. Powell bounced a
hit past Doyle and went along on a
sacrifice by Pick. Mann shot out one
that went over Doyle's shoulder. Sulli- /
van hit to right field, scoring powelI. ,
Holke hit to left and scored Mann.
Boeckel assisted the procession b.
driving one out to left field. As George
Burns came in for it be slipped and
sat on the ball. While he was rolling
about on the little spheroid Sullivan
scored. Meanwhile hit one along the
tirst base line and Holke scored At
this juncture the Giant board of strate-
gy decided it might be we'll to lift Nehf.
Winters was substituted and Hank
Gowdy. through sheer fatigue, hit into
a double play.
While waiting for the change Of
pitcher Rabbit Maranville pillowed his
bean upon the first sack and feigned
slumber. Some of the occupants of the
stands were not pretending They were
sleeping IN reality at this stage Of the
game.
Young Arnold Statz, the best golfer
IN baseball played nice game while
they kept him in. He got himself hit
and he made great running catch out
OF the markings of sure two-bagger
by Powell. Sullivan, Of the Braves.
who is used to hit left-handed pitchers,
proved that he could do it and ANNOYED
Nehf all through the game.
The Giants left last night for a. long
tour of the West, during which they
hope to come out OF the cellar for a
little air.