New-York tribune., 1920-05-31

Mr.. Long Kelly
On a Rampage
Will, His Bat
Nephew of Bill Lange Scores
Two Runs and Drives Six
Others Across the Plate
By w. Q. Mcclellan

by W ~. 4Vi1NISSlA1AA
Its Ions worm that has no turn
ing" or words to that effect. mused
John J. McGwaw at the Polo Grounds
yesterday. kong George Kelly, the
worm Of the Giants turned there with
considerable vehemencc, batting in six
runs and personally conducting two
others across the plate The turning
Of the longest worm in baseball was
largely responsible for the Giants trim
ming the Phi'les by a score of 10 to s.
Also it hoisted the Giants back into
sixth place.
You will recall that Long George,
who is own nephew to Bill Lange,
came in for considerable derision upon
his first appearance here and frequent
ly thereafter. Long George, who .
2 Native Sor. is built upon the gem
cral lines of the sequoia gigantea or
California redwood. which is some lofty
piece of timer This is not saying
that the timtar line of Long George
extends above his neck.
Over twenty thousand saw Long
George perform yesterday in q manner
befitting a nephew of Big Bill Lange,
anu some of the vacy persons who
gave him what is commonly known as
the raspberry" at the start of the
season were out there cheering for him
Yesterday. John j. McGraw always
maintained that Long George would
come through, and he showed some
considerable symptoms OF making the
prediction good.
Gallia Starts Well, But
Galha. the pitcher who was wished
right out of the Washington American
team right into Philadelphia. started
wonderfully we'll, but he was Just
naturally plastered out of the box
whom Tho Giants located him, and Belts
replaced him.
Fred Tonoy went along nicely for the
Giants until the eighth, when he was
so badly ulaetored that his nearest
friends and relatives failed to recog-
rjze him as he tottered from the box.
raid Of the pills led by Casey
Stengel with q home run jolted tred-
orick right back on his ear, and Hub
bell had to be called in to stem the
rush Of the aroused and ln1urlatcc
crcv from Slumbertown.
The runs that Kelly did not gather
for the Giants were mostly accounted
FOR bv "Ol" Smith, NcGraw's youngest
and scranpiost catcher. benjamin
Kauff was plasterihg them also and
Doyle and Fletcher, the veterans, also
cot their wallops. The Giants seemed
TO start with some apathy, but later on
thev recovered considerable interest N
bad news for QuakertoWn.
The visiting p1stimers got couple
in the first inning. Bancroft drew
base on balls and Williams shot one
pa5 Sick ing, sending him to thlrd.
Williams stole second and Bancrott t
scored on StengcFs sacrlhce ny: "A
englc by Meuscl brought Williams
nome.
In the second the Giants began to
-how sipns Of animation. Doyle got
base ON balls and Benny Kautf, com
ING up truculently, drove a hard smash
at Stcngc' It was a good single, but
Casey iugolcd it into the equivalent OF
trinlo, scoring Doyle. Sticking was
safe when Galla fumblcd. Then came
Long George Kelly with d sure enough
double that Tailed kauf and Sticking.
Another Double for George
In the third inning, with one out,
Fletcher and DOYLE singled in turn.
Sticking was hit by wild one. Then
came George Kelly. baseball's champion
turning worm This time the longest
nephew Of Big Bill Lange Just spattered
Fl double against the RIGHT field wall,
shattered it with the ease and grace
with which a custard pie is plastered
a@alust the expressive countcnance OF
Mr. Charles Chaplin. The Int just
cleared the bases as rapidly as the
sound Of the dinner bell clears the
dclds Of harvest hands.
Long George Kelly scored himself
q few minutes later when young "OP
Smith shot a hit to right. AS Long
George came back to the dugout quite
few OF the inmates of the stands who
once had been panning Long George
with considerable vehemence were
standing upon their hind legs and tear
ing NO their new straw lids to denote
their q Election and aDDreciatiOn for the