New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-29

made his rulnatlon official by Slamml
in the last part of it, scoring three (
The heat wave was responsible for'
other things besides. 1t brought out a
heavy crop Of straws, mostly of last
seasons planting, and it caused she'd
ding of the "bennies." Only one Of
the latter could be seen, and that was
six-day race catsoff, worn by literary
person Of scholarly and distracted
mien. The heat and the disaster to the
Giants on the previous day combined
caused Harry NJ. Stevens, in fit Of
gloomy abstraction, to ride past the
Polo Grounds for tho first time in
twenty-eight years and find himself at
Woodlawn.
The heat had a most benefcent effect
upon the bunions OF Rube Benton, soft
ening them and permitting the RUDE to
appear at his best. When the frost is
on the pumpkin these bunion are very
thawed yesterday, the bunions become
springy and pliable. 1t is true that
the Rube was pasted rather vehemently
In spots, but when he found himself in
a hole he would reach down and yank
himself right out by the shoestrings.
An effective slow ball that broke like
shattered camembert helped him greatly
at these points.
"Oil' Smith Starts Trouble
The complete ruination of Eppa
Jephtha occurred in the third inning
"Oil' Smith started it. "Oil" Just
busted one out to the right center field
for three-bagger The brashness Of
"Oil" so habbergasted Eppa Jephtha
wire screen that protects the gentle
manly inmates of the pest box from foul
balls or acts of premeditated violence
upon the part of the athletes. That let
"Oil' romp right in from third with the
first run. And that was only the be-
ginning.
With the RUDE out George Burns
got, the orthodox base on balls. Young
laid down a bunt along the first base
line and beat it to the sack Art
Fletcher hoisted one TO right field.
Then came Larry Doyle. Ordinarily
Larry favors right field when he starts
TO poke them out. But yesterday he
crossed everybody. He switched his
range finder and pointed at left field.
The ball went right into the bleachers
in that district on line and Larry
NehiiiN l4Oi4iC IlIcHlHS VIC OCIltI IMO dliCau
of him. That sewed up the perform
ance for the afternoon.
The Phillies did stage something of
a threat III the fourth inning, with two
out. The passing cool breeze affected
RUDE Benton's bunions for a brief
space. j. Dots Miller, who was in no
way terrified by the Rube, got hit
to right. Paulette, by way Of variety,
got one to the other side, and it looked
as though the RUDE might be busted
right out of the place. Ralph Miller,
the long-armed Phillie third baseman
who can tie his shoes while standing
erect. drew base on balls. This crowd
ed all of the corners and there was
considerable apprehension about
Cactus Seizes Club
The apprehension grew acute when
Cactus Cravath waved Withrow into
the dugout and seized a club himself.
home run would tie the score and
have decidedly depressing effect up
on the Giants, who have been rather
susceptible to depression of late. But
the melodrama did not happen. Gavvy
swung al q couple with Yehemence, but
not with effect, then he was thrown out
by Fletcher. and the Giants were saved
After that nothing of note happened
Eppa Jephtha was not sent to the show
ers after the busting, but he was made
TO continue through the game. The
Giants never seemed able to annoy
him to any great extent after that one
inning. Casey Stegel dropped one foul
and was more or less reminded of it
during the remainder Of the afternoon.
Lee King, the youthful centerfelder
who worked at Benny KaufT's old stand
yesterday afternoon, added three hits
to his batting average and otherwise
distinguished himself. But the most
cheerful part of the afternoon was the
home run drive of Larry Doyle. 1t was
one Of those healthy pastes that would
have gone for four bases on any lot at
homo or abroad.
The most startling thing about the
Giant exhibition these days Is the reti-
oence Of John Evers, the Trojan. Argu-
ments with the jumps are frequent but
they never have Johnny in them. Vixen
one happens the Trojan looks the other
way and pretends that he does not
hear or that he is not interested. John
has sworn off so thoroughly that he
does not even look Grossly at the UNI
pires.
When Johnny went out to the first
base coaching line for the first time
yesterday he observed to Umpire Rig
Ter, Good afternoon. Charlie. It's
nice day, itsn't it?" Rigler is still SUI
fering from the shock of this formality.
He is beginning to think that Johnny
has something against him.
The score:
PHILADELPHIA, N. ~ NEW YORK, CSS. ~
bancroft. s. S o. o Burns NJ. 3ll 90