New-York tribune., 1920-08-03

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I've Giants, by their great come
b<Sk. are fast rcgair;n. their former
popularity with the fans O: New York,
as Is evidenced from the fact that a
ercwd of moro than $4,000 was on han,l
aesr:te the uncertainty of the weather.
= vas probably, the largest gathering
chat has seen tie Giants play on a
>onday this season. The homo play
srs outhit their cocky opponents and
outplayed them in the field. They
swept the Westerners off their feet
With the strength and cunning Of their
attack.
Attic Nchf the expensive southpaw.
gave one Of his best exhibitions Of the
current campaign. He allowed only
five hits and was we'll nigh invinciblc
in the pinches. In addition, his mates
accorded him perfect support The
Reds coupled two of their hits in the
fifsh inning and two more in the ninth,
but Nehf frightened up nicely on each
occasion and retired the side. The
other safety. three -bagger by Roush,
came IN the fourth, when the cham
plo-s scored their two runs.
Ruether Hit Hard
Dutch" Ruether, one of The heroes
a. the last worlds series, VINO was on
the mound for the Reds. was bumped
with considerable frequency during
the seven innings that he fingered on
the scene. He was found for total
of twelve hits, three of which were
punched in the third and four more in
tho fourth. He was removed in favor
of a pinch hitter in the eighth inning.
and Ray Fisher, the former Yankee.
finished the game
Mr.. Ruether went along pretty we'll
Tor the first two innings, but in the
third the Giants jumped on him ard
20. away to one run lead. Nehf led
the attack with single to center and
Burns followed with another to left
Bancroft then forced Nehf at third on
grounder to Kopf. but Young came
through with a single to center. scor-
Ing Burns and putting Bancroft on
third. After driving one into the right
field stands that was foul by small
margin, Frisch flied out to Neaic
Kelly ended the uprising by forcing
Young at second. Groh to Rath
The Reds came to life in the fourth
and went the home outfit one better.
After Rath had popped to Kelly, Dau
bert drew base on balls. Roush then
got the first hit off Nehf, triple to
deep right center, which chased Dau-
grounder to Bancroft, who threw to
the plate several feet ahead Of Roush,
who was attempting to score from
third. but the runner was safe when
Snyder failed to touch him.
Giants Take Lead
The Giants came back with rush in
their half Of the fourth and resumed
the lead by tallyine three runs King,
the first batter, beat out a roller to
Rsth. Doyle then slammed a double to
right, and King scored when Neale
momentarily fumbled the ball Snyder
hunted one toward Ruether, but the
latter made poor throw to Groh in at
to catch Doyle at third. Doyl
crossed the plate and Snyder reached
second on the error.
Ruether then uncorked wild pitch,
which put Snyder or third. Nehf laid
down a pretty bunt and reached first
ahead of the throw. but Snyder lin
gered on third. Burns then followed
with his third hit of the afternoon, a
single to center, scs+ng Snyder and
sending Nehf TO second. Bancroft tried
another sacrifice, but Allen nailed Nehf
ut third. Groh then shot the ball to
Daubert and Bancroft was called out by
Umpire Quiglcy, although it looked as
Il he had beaten the throw by Mt least
TWO Iull steps. 1OuHK DfOuEnJ tnc
riotous inning to close by grounding
out to Rath.
Reds Threaten in the Ninth
The Giants added another run in the
sixth, but it proved to be entirely
supe rf,ous. Larry Doyle beat out a tap
in front of the plate and then stole
second. aided by wild pitch Snyder
then crossed the Reds inhelders by
rolling bunt toward Groh, which al
lowed him to reach first in safety and
put Doyle on third. Larry scored
moment later on Nehf's grounder to
Rath.
The Reds became threatening in the
ninth, but the Giants turned them back
without n run. Daubert opened the
inning with a single to center. Roush
fouled out to Kelly, but Duncan
slammed single to right. Kelly made
q fine catch of Bancrofts thrown on
Kopfs grounder and tagged the runner
Just before he reached tho ba. Neale
then hoisted fly to Burns for the
final out.
The score