New-York tribune., 1920-09-21
.Nehf Is Victor.
But Champions
Batter Benton
Croh and Daubert Help
Locals Win First Game;
Rath Clinches Second
BY w. O. Mcclellan

double-header at the Polo Grounds yes
terday, which leaves the race for
second place in the National League
statu quo, as it were. In the first game
Heinie Groh and Jake Daubert staged
a couple of wild heaves which offest
some good pitching by Ray Fisher, and
the Giants won by 5 to 9. In the second
game the Reds just knocked Rube Ben
ton loose from his bunions and pounded
their way to 9 to 3 victory.
Morris Rath, of the Reds, led the
pounding of Benton in the second game
with two home runs, both of which re-
mained inside the lot. Long George
Kelly also got home run in the fourth
inning Of the second contest and it
looked as though it would be the only
Giant run till the ninth. when the locals
staged a near rally that came to an
! abrupt conclusion when Long George
struck out and Lee King rolled to Dau-
bert.
There seemed casualty imminent in
the second game when "Hod" Ellcr
beaned Long George with fast one.
The ball caught Long George full in
the think tank with q noise like some
thing striking lignum vitae. George
thought that the ball hit the bat, and it
was only after Umpire Klein told him
to take his base that he learned that
the bali hat hit him in the head Then
he looked annoyed.
Reds "Blow" in Sixth
In the opening game the Reds
started after Art Nehf in the third in
ming. Fisher drove two Dagger along
the left field line and Rath brought him
in with double to right. The thing
subsided into a pitchers duel until the
sixth. Then the Red infield began to
toss the pastime to the fitful breezes
With two out Beauty Bancroft con-
nected for two-base hit and Young
got base on balls. Frisch dumped
one down to Groh, who made a wild peg
to- Daubert. When Jacob recovered the
Pill he shot it to the plate to nail Ban
croft and it rolled to the Red dugout,
giving everybody chance to score.
IN the eighth inning George Burns
himself base on balls. Young sent
them along with sacrifice. Burns
scored when Groh threw out Frisch,
Kelly brought Bancroft home with a
single.
The Reds got one in the seventh,
when Duncan and kopf singled in turn
, ana ana moved along on sacrifice by
when Wild Bill Rariden rolled one
down to Kelly
Rube Starts, Pol Finishes
Kuoe Benton started the second
game for the Giants, but the veteran
Polonious Perritt finished it. The Rube
was raped with considcrab BILE emphasis,
whlle Hod Eller, of the Reds, was n
hard one to locate. The preliminary
pounding of the Rube came in the third
inning, when the Reds Rath. with one
out, drove the pill to right center sec
I1on @ OF the fence for home run. Jake
Raf. Pauoere snot twister past Beauty
| caromed two-bagcer off the right fioId
| fence VAC 's"' "e!o
Roush lined one at Kelly. who seemed
to get the ball on the fly and thraw h't ~ "
third for double. But Emslie r",eJ W
that 1t kissed the grass before it landed
IN the mltt of Big Bill Lange's longest
nephew. An impromptu Democratic
convention was staged over this, but
the ruling went, and Roush was safc
at first, while Daubert scored. Ban- are
croft tossed out Duncan and Rousb
scored. A'0"'"
IN IN the fourth inning Long George
heily caught one on the nose and
hoisted it nigh into the left field bleach
ers TOR home run. In the fifth Groh
and Roush started double steal. Groh
was Snicked at the plate, but as he slid
IN ne bumped into Snyder's knee. Sny-
der went off limpinC and was replaced
by "Oil' Smith.
In the sixth came more trouble for
benton. kopf started with a single to
Ie1t and went to third on a single bv
Fat Duncan. The Rube then heayed
one against the screen and Kopf scored,
while Duncan went to third.
Second Homer for Rath
Wild Will Rariden, the Hoosier
planter, laid down bunt along the
third base line and beat it to the bag
and Duncan scored. Then the Rath Of
the Reds broke loose again and he poled
another OF the Rube's pills into right
field against the fence for another
home run, pushing the Hoosier planter
IN ahead of him.
kube Benton took all Of his bunions
out with him in the seventh and
Polonius Perritt relieved him. Pol was
made unhappy in brief space of time.
with one out Roush doubled along
the left field line. Patrick Aloysius
duncan sent two-bagger to left CEN
ter and Roush scored. In the Giants
half they had the bases filed when
Young started with a double, Frsch
| beat an infeld hit and Kelly was
nlcked in his think tank. But there
were two out when this started and
E.ler famed Lee King.
The near rally of the Giants came in
the ninth when George Burns, who had
struck out three times, connected with
two-bagger to left field and stole
third Beauty Bancroft singled to
right and scored Burns. Young
singled to the same spot and Bancroft |.
moved to third. Frisch hoisted long
fly to right and Bancroft scored Then
Long George Kelly struck out with
considerable emphasis and King rolled !