New-York tribune., 1920-04-19
Phillies Pound
Nehf's Curves
Hither and Yon
J. Miller Gets Homer and
Bancroft Makes Double;
Meadows Steady in Box
By w. O. Mcclellan

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out something like $4,000, but the spec
tacle they witnessed was more or less
tragic. Our Giants were trimmed by
. ;the Phoolish Phillies by to score
and Art Nehf, one Of our very best
southpaws, was plastered all around
the lot.
What happened yesterday throws
some light upon puzzling geological
question which has been puzzling many
naturalists hereabouts. The question
is, "What makes the wildcat which the
Giants introduced as mascot wild 2"
The answer to date seems to be, "the
Giants"
Evidently the $4,000 were lured to
Coogan's Bluff by the belief that yes
terday might be the afternoon which
the Ouija Board had picked for the
Giants to get started. But it wasn't.
The Phillies fell upon the big south
paw, Art Nehf, in the very first inning
and three runs were plastered across
before it was over. Lee Meadows, the
only pitcher in the big league who
peers at his victims through cheatcrs,
held the Giants to a lone run.
Fletcher Alone Active
Long George Kelly, own nephew to
Big Bill Lange, who was the target Of
the organized derision Of the Polo
Grounders on the opening day, drove that
one in. The heavy artillery of the
Giants didn't get started. Art Fletcher
was the only one of the upper section
of the batting order to do any flirting,
and when the upper section of the
Giants does not hit the Giants do not
win ball games.
Despite the fact that the Phrenzied
Phillies started out with a rush, break
ing out into a vertable rash of base
hits, the multitude fingered to the last
waiting for the Giants to get started.
Once or twice they showed a few flick
ering symptoms of doing that thing,
but just when the stage was set for
the rally and the big battle the machine
would wheeze painfully and nothing
happened.
There must have been at least one
stranger among the $4,000 for a pop
bottle was tossed in the general direc-
ton of Umpire Hart after he called
Ross Young out when he was trapped
off first by Meadows on close decis-
ion. Regular Polo Grounders always
return the empty pop bottles intact
to Harry Stevens so it is certain that
the impulsive person who hurled that
one yesterday was complete stranger
to these parts or laboring under the
impression that he was. in ST. Louis.
The crash came when all the stands
were filled and there were few bare
spots in the bleachers, in the very
first inning, in fact. Bancroft, the first
Benjamin Kauff. Benny got one
bunch OF digits on it but it slipped
through and went for two Dagger.
Williams plastered one. out to right
field. Young pegged it in the general
direction OF third and it bounded into
the Philadelphia dugout while Bancroft
scored and Williams continued to
third.
With Casey Stengel out, Meusel
Williams scored. Then Jack Dots Mil
Ter rammed one on straight line into
the right field stands for home run
and the multitude began to express
considerable peevishness in regard to
Art Nehf, the expensive southpaw
who was received from the Braves after
the exchange Af many players and
much currency.
Frisch Scores Run
The lone run of the Giants was &C
compiished in the second inning by
two of the young Giants. Frisch, of
Forham, drove single to right with
two out and stole second. Then Long
George Kelly, the goat of the opening
game, drove in the run with a nice
hit to right center.
In the fourth the Phillies again
started to pick upon Mr.. Nehf. With
two ou. they brought one run across
with three straight hits after two
were out. Pauiette, Ralph Miller and
Tragesser singled in turn and the run
went up.
The Phillies got after Nehf again
in the fifth for three hits and one run,
Lu. the run cost them moro labor.
Bancroft singled and tried to take
third on hit by Williams to right,
but was caught by an accurate peg by
Ross Young. Stengel singled. Will
hams got to third on a long sacrifice
hy by Meusel.
Stengel ard Williams started the
double steal and Stengel was trapped
While the Giant inheld was absorbed
in playing tag with Stengel Williams
game scooting across the plate witt
the run. Whereupon the game of tae
vas called and Stengel permitted him
self to be put out.
Meusel took hit right away from
Ross Young in the very frs. inning
Young aimed at the left field fence
and he would have made builscye bu
Meusel got.one Of his fins in the wa!
az uCOhtN tsIc Ddil d4ItT a villa leGt
into the air. The crack had Meadow!
| nervous for some time afterward. Il
looked for a few brief feeting instants
as though the Giants had started al
last, but they hadn't
. In the sixth inning the Frank Friscf
Association of Fordham had a chance
to express the sentiment Of the mem
bership. Paulette drove one down tc
third at terrific speed Frisch came
in, scooped it up. and made as pretty
put tout ss ever Heinie Groh did al
that same corner.
In the sixth and the eighth the
Giants seemed juste about ready tc
tear everything wide open. The bases
were packed in the sixth when Benny
Kauf came up and shot out Ions
high fly. Again in the eighth witt
the stage set for the big getawa,
Larry Doyle lifted out another long fiy
In the ninth George Kelly doubled
into the crowd that was hopping out
Of the left field bleachcrs. but there
were two oIt at the time and it wa.
quite c1idcnt that the Giants were
not ready TO start that afternoon.
The score:
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