New-York tribune., 1920-05-08

poke by Fletcher, letting in the win
were being put in and yanked out
air was shattered by long hits. The
About 5000 civilians and 5000 gobs
from the fleet were dancing and
screaming in the stands when Kelly and
Lear trip!ed in the ninth off success
sive Brooklyn pitchers and set the
stage for the anti-climax that choked
when it came, for they had seen every
thing that could be seen in baseball
game. The most expert of scenario
writers couldn't have written that
many sustained thrills because nobody
could have thought of them all.
Young King Lear, once employed as
a utility man by the Cubs, but really
used as a futility man, was one of the
heroes Of the big baseball melodrama.
He tied the score once with home
run and started the Giants to crashing
their way through in the eleventh with
triple. Long George Kelly, the butt
and the goat Of many Giant game,
pounded Lear home with another triple.
George Burns assisted with a couple
of doubles.
Pitching Duel at Start
It was such palpable melodrama for
it in reels. First flash a panoramic
view of the stands, fairly we'll stuffed
for a weekday, with the three thou
sand gobs distributed in the upper
tiers, munching frankfurters. For the
first three reels show Rube Marquard
and Rube Benton, southpaws, both en-
gaging in that interesting but unex-
citing act called pitchers duel.
In the movies the first few reels
are just to introduce the characters
and start the plot to spouting all over
the films anyhow. Then we begin
to. get down to the real art.
REEL 4.-zack Wheat, the Brooklyn
left fielder, comes to bat Cut in sec
in an attitude Of alteration. Zack slams
the ball past third base for single.
Myers lays down a sacrifice and sends
him to second. Konetchy raps the ball
to. third. King Lear retrieyes it and
seems to have Wheat trapped, but he
throws the ball to first to get Kon-
etehy. Cut in strip of Giant fans
registering disapproval over this act.
Neis singles to center field and Wheat
scores. Cut in Brooklyn section 60
ing wild. Elliott drives one down TO
FLETCHER, who lets it slip by. Statz re-
covers the ball and makes a wild throw
This puts one on third and one on sec
onA. Marquard walks and the bases
are filled. Brooklyn fans register
great expectations. Olson lifts fly
to Burns.
REEL 5-Fletcher retrieves himself
for the error in the previous reel.
Johnson drives an impossible one down
past him and Fletcher dives through
the air and stops it with one hand,
making a perfect throw to the bag.
With one out King Lear comes up to
bat. The Giant fans are stilNfegi ister-
ing disapproval. Rube Marquard is
registering unconcern. Lear swings on
the ball and puts it into the left field
bleachers for home run. Mr.. Mar
GUARD registers lot of surprise, while
the New York fans register consider
able appreciation, which is indicated by
the tossing of bonnets into the air.
Burns Slams Out Double
REEL 6-George Burns comes to Bat
and slams the ball along the left field
lines for q two-bagger. Mr.. Marquard
registers discontinue, with a touch of
annoyance accompanying it. Young
gets base on halls. Up comes Arthur
Fletcher, the doughty field captain of
the Giants. He hits to center and
Burns scores.
REEL This reel introduces a lit
tie comedy relief. Rube Marquard
comes to bat against his old teammate,
Rabe Benton. Marquard swings at the
ball and sends it crashing against one
of. Mr. Benton's bunions. Benton regis
ters anguish and Marquard reaches
first and remains there for the entire
inning.
REEL 8-Rube Benton comes to bat
still registering grief over the bruised
buniOn. He swings, but the ball is
nailed by Myers. For the next few
feet of film you can cut in the same
used in Reel 6, for George Burns hit
another two-bagger to exactly the same
spot where he hit it in the previous
reel. Konetchy is standing with his
bat. Before Konetchy can assemble
his feet Young crashes the ball be-
tween them for hit and Burns comes
home. Fletcher hits to center and he
and Young execute double steal.
With Doyle out McGraw sends in Lew
MeCarty to pinch hit. McCarty does
fade out for. close of reel.
REEL Gut in view of Brooklyn
fans shrouded. in clouds of gloom, also
strip of Giant. fans cavorting gleefully
toward the exits. Myers walks up and
konetchy hits double along the left
field lines. Get out the panorama
camera at this point in order to show
the full width of Wlbert Robinson
waddling into the breach to rearrange
the attack. Kruger is sent in to bat
for Neis and Hood is sent in to run
for Konetchy. Kruger goes after a
wide one, hurting his ba. at it. The
ball plops out in right fioid for sim
gle and Myers and Hood score. The
score is tied and the Giant fans pause,
registering a dot of CONSERVATION. Ell
lott Is thrown out by Bo-ton. Mar
guard fans. Olson hits to right and
Baird, running for Kruger, scores.
Cut in view of Brooklyn section going
mad with the heat.
Uncle Wilbert Alarmed
REEL 9-(Giants half of it, Lear
gets base on balls. Long George
Kelly drives single to right. Will
bert Robinson in great alarm rushes
up to the plate and calls out Rube
Marquard. Fred Mitchell is sent TO
the box. Show Mitchell holding the
ball to his mouth to indicate that he
is the clubs legal spitballer. Snyder
pops out to Schmandt at first. Con
zales, batting for Benton, gets base
on. balls. Burns forces Gonzales and
almost, but not quite, bats into double
play and Lear comes home. The score
is tied.
REEL 10.--In this reel show the sus-
pense Of the multitude. Cut-in section
of the gobs from the feet with their
half eaten frankfurters and rolls
clutched convulsively in their hands.