New-York tribune., 1920-04-16

The game was remarkably fast and
revealed some of the most brilliant
short stopping seen on our lot for
many day. Maranville made the
greater number of dazzling stops and
throws, but Art Fletcher, of the local
troupe, made one pickup and toss that
made the eight thousand gasp.
The tough luck of the massive and
now melancholy Mr.. Toney came in the
~seventh. Cruise started off with hit
to center which only put more power
= into the arm of the massive Frederick,
who proceeded to strike out Holke with
'smany grunts. Boeckel swung hard for
the third one, and as he did Cruise
started down to second.
Larry Doyle on Job
d. McCarty made mighty heave toward
second, but the throw was wide to the
right, Fletcher made desperate stab
for it, but it was a foot beyond the
reach of his glove. If Larry Doyle had
not been backing Fletcher up the ball
, would have been rolling yet. Mann,
!. scowling at Harrison, with whom he
:, had been debating, took swing and
: plastered the ball to right, and Cruise
came home.
= Toney stamped in the box after the
. ponderous fashion of an elephant about
- to go cuckoo and tear things up. Field
Captain Fletcher had to massage him
gently with an imaginary goad to get
. him slightly calmer. He struck out
). O'Neill, making three that he famed
in the inning. That is why Frederick
went out into the garden after the
: game to eat worms.
= Maranville, a rabbit in action but
terrier at heart, started the scintilla-
,tions in the shortstopping department
. in the Giant half of the first inning.
-. George Burns shot one many yards out
p of his territory and it seemed a mere
. question as to whether it would be
single or double:
s. Something slight volpaned close to
Z the ground and connected with the
: ball. While in a horizontal position
) this strange being whipped the ball
over to first an inch or two ahead of
, Burns, who found himself out beyond
q doubt.
Which seemed to cause Art Fletcher
to mutter to himself, CAV that amt SO
much. III betcha l could do it if
got the chance, III betcha," after the
l. fashion of the freckled boy in the car
toons of Mr.. Briggs. And surely enough
the chance came in the second inning.
!, Fletcher's Wonderful Play
E Boeckel shot one that seemed utterly
beyond the reach of the Giant short
stop. Fletcher did something that was
q cross between a slide, slip and a nose
, dive and got the ball with his gloved
: hand. Even then it seemed impossible
to do anything further, for Boeckel
was winging' toward the bag and
Fletcher was tied in double bow knot
with his feet to the south and his head
to the north and the rest of his an
atomy distributed in all points of the
compass where they would not nor
mally be.
Fletcher made the throw by indirect
fire, as they say in the artillery. He
seemed to have the range from the bag
to any old part of the shortstop's terri
tory very we'll charted in his mind, for
Long George Kelly did not have to
stretch any part of his pliable frame to
reach the ball. 1t came right into his
NIT before the runner could reach the
sack.
From that time on the competition
was fast, with the remaining honors
going to the Rabbit. He nailed what
looked like certain hits from impossible
places, and his throws were as accu-
rate as rifle shots.
On the showing made in the first
two games George Stallings, erstwhile
Miracle Man, has quite ball team-a
better team than it appeared on paper.
Aireduy Cne early plckerS are Degln-
ming to wonder if there is any chance
Of the Miracle Man regaining his title
and retiring with it.
The Frank Frisch Association of
Fordham alumni and their friends and
relatives had plenty of time for re-
joicing at the performances of the
: Flash yesterday. He sent few chills
down the otherwise very normal spine
: of Mr.. Oeschger in the second inning,
han t,a tv11 1
, center.
In the same session McCarty and
Frisch started the double steal, and
Frisch was trapped between third and
the plate. 1t looked as though the jaws