New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
Hit by FriiscR
Brings Victory,
To New York
Pitching Duel Between Tvlen
and Barnes Brought 10
End by Fordham Rav
By r. ]. Kellv

ninth inning broke up a pitcb;n. . sas
between Jesse Barnes and Leftv ~. ~
and gave the Giants victory owe, ~. !
Cubs in the second game Of ths s.,;ss
with the Cubs at the Polo Grou,ss
yesterday afternoon by the close ,..s'
Of 2 to /. The third and final cort..s
Of the queerly arranged series will n.s !
be played until September %
The triumph put the home nIav.,. :
only half game behind the chams;.. {
Reds, who are in second place, hut a.
the same time they lost some ground >.
the Dodgers, who are now LEADING ~.
pack by three full games by virtns 40
their double victory over the Cardin,Sa
! The Giants were ahead by one rur ~
the end of the eighth inning bnt tts
Cubs broke through and tied the s.oas eSs
IN the ninth on two singles, sseriSes
bunt and sacrifice fly The home nisS
ers came right back in their half box.
ever, and gained the decision hy shov.
ing enc run across on Bancroft's SINGLE
1oungs sacrlhce and Frisch's single.
Barnes Wavers in Ninth
Barnes pitched great ball until b.
wavered momentarily in the ninth snS
yielded two hits. He had previonsiu
yielded only four safeties, and no tws
of these came in any one inning. He
handed out three bases on balls. ons
| of which was an intentional naas AZ
Dave Robertson in the ninth inn,na "
Jesse was given great support bv NJ
mates, and this helped him considerahiv
on several critical occasions.
Tyler also gave good exhjbit;on
AND was found for only seven hits. bpt
TWO OF these were paired in the fourth
and two more in the ninth, the inninss
in which the New Workers scored ths;,
two runs. The visitors infelders. nsr.
ticularly Terry and Deal, accorded ~.
Ter flne support and they were guilty. .,
only one error, and this misplay did
no damage.
Up to the final inning not one Of the
visitors reached second base, although
SIX OF them got as far as first. Frank
Snyaer dld great work for the Giants
behind the bat. He not only illustrates
two attempts to steal second. but he
picked Merkle off first base in the 6fth
! inning with snap throw to Kelly.
only three batters faced Barnes in
each of the first five innings. Paskert
got the first hit off the home twirler in
the second inning, but ne was nailed
stealing moment later. Fack drew
base on balls with none out in thu
fourth, but he also was cut down in
trying to steal. Merkle opened the
fifth with single to left, but he wa,
caught fiat-footed off first when Pas
second.
The Giants went out in order in Che
frst two innings, and Grimes then
opened the third with the first hit Of
Tyler, single through Barber. Grimes
attempted to take third. however. on
Snyder's grounder to Terry, but Terry
made a great stop of Merkle's low
throw and tagged the runner.
Locals Break Deadlock
The McGraw men finally broke the
deadlock in the fourth and took the lead
Dy showing one run across. George
burns came out of his batting SLUMP
and slammed one off the right field
wall. The ball came within few inehe,
OF landing in the grandstand, but il
bounced off and went for double. Ban
croft laid down a neat bunt along the
third base foul line, and Burns took
third. Young splashed slow roller
toward third and easily beat it out
while Burns came home. Frisch forced
Young at second on q grounde. to Ty.
ler and the Fordham Flash then stole
second. Long George Kelly lifted
long ny to Robertson for the third out
The Giants passed up chance to In.
crease the lead in the fifth when King
Led off with single to center Grimes
popped to Deal and King was caught
stealing with yards to spare. Snyder
drew base on balls. but Barnes ended
the uprising by striking out
The Cubs also had an opportunity
m <Yn lat
Barnes frightened up and turned them
back. With one out Deal slammed
terrific line drive off Frisch's appraised
glove, but he tried to reach second on
the hit and Bancroft, who recovered
the ball. cut him down with a fine
throw to Grimes. Tyler was given
free pass to first and Flack smashed
one off Barnes's hand which looked
like sure hit but Bancroft grabbed
the ball as it was passing over second
base and Tyler was forced out.
, Burns opened the Giants half OF
the sixth with a sharp single to Terry
bancroft went out on a foul fly 70
, Deal and Burns stole second. The
play on Burns was rather close and
the Westerners put up an awful howl
at Umpire Rigler's decision on the
: play, but to no avail When peace
was restored Young hoisted fly "
Hlack and Frisch lifted another 70
Robertson.
Cubs Tie in Ninth
The visitors came to life in the ninth
and evened the count by scoring. one
run. Tyler, the first batter aided bis
own cause with sharp single through
Grimes, and Flack promptly FOLLOWED
with another to center. Both runners
advanced on Terry's sacrifice bunf 70
Barnes. The dangerous Robertson was
purposely walked. filling the bases.
Merkle raised fly to Burns and Tyief
completed the circuit after the eateh'
Bancroft made a great stop Of Pat'
kert's grounder and threw out RossiF
son a. second.
The Giants lost little time in breas.
ing the tie, and they did this in the9s
! half OF the ninth. Bancroft LED On
with single to center and then seox
second on Yeung's sacrifice. Bsroei
covered first on the play and was as
cidentally spiked py Young. bafos'
was forced to retire and Twombly n
placed him. Frisch then came throasaa
with his single to left center s's
Bancroft sprinted across the plats.
The McGraw men will open q thIss
game series with Branch Klehess
Cardinals this afternoon.