New-York tribune., 1920-08-07

pitchers to stop the headlong rus
of the McGraw men, but they made
little difference to the rejuvenated
Giants. Alexander the Great and
Lefty Tyler were both subjected to
severe bombariments Now that the
home players have disposed of the
Cubs three best twirlers, they bid
fair 70 make clean sweep of the
series.
Giants Get Early Lead
The Giants got away to an early
lead in both contests and were never
headed. They outplayed the Western
ors IN all departments of the game.
Southpaw Rube Benton, who was on
the mound during the first game, gave
& splendid exhibition. He yielded
only six hits and kept these we'll
scattered. He frightened up nicely in
the pinches and only one of the
visitors reached second base in the
first seven innings. A base on balls,
an error and a single in the ninth
deprived him Of shut-out.
Shutflin' Phil Douglas occupied the
box in the second half of the double
header and his showing was a classic.
The prodiral one allowed only three
scattered sa1eties and he had the
Cubs virtually eating out Of his hands
from start to finish. He, too, was
practically invincibe with men on
bases. He eased up in the eighth and
his opponents managed to shove
across two runs on base on balls, a
triple and a sacrifice fly.
The Giants intielders accorded both
pitchers wonderful support. Time
and time again they bobbed up with a
sterling play end turned back the
visitors. Not in many day have so
many spectacular plays been seen
under the shadows of Coogan's Bluff
IL single afternoon. Bancroft's
work since the McGraw men returned
from their recent tour Of the West
has stamped him as the greatest short
stop in the game and yester erday his
showing was even beyond his usual
standard.
In the sixth inning of the first
contest Bancroft made a great stop
OF Terry's hard grounder with his
right hand and retired the runner at
first, and in the sixth inning Of the
second game he made another sensa-
tional grab of Barber's fast bounder
near second base and threw to Kelly
for the put-out
Frisch Saves Day
The brilliant Frisch also felded in
his usual superb style He extracted
Douglas from rather tight hole in
the fourth inning and retired the side
without run. The bases were full at
the time and there were two out.
Daly smashed a terrific line drive to
the box and Douglas DETECTED the ball
with his glove 1t looked like Ger
tain infield hit, but the Fordham Flash
pounced on the pellet like a hawk and
nailed DAILY at first by step.
The great Alexander opened the first
game for the Cubs, but he was far from
his customary form. He fingered on
the scene for just four innings and
during that brief period the New York
ers pounded him for five runs and
thereby settled the outcome Carter
and Bailey shared the burden for the
remainder of the tilt and both held the
Giants hitless. but the damage had al
ready been done
Lefty Tyler. who had been going
very we'll lately, failed to stem the
McGraw mems onslaught in the second
contest. He lasted for exactly six inn
ings and during his regime eleven hits
flew to the various corners of the lot
Percy Jones relieved the battered
Tyler in the seventh. but again the
outcome had been long since settled
The Giants started with 81 rush that
swept the Cubs off their feet in the
opening contest. The ever-reliable
Burns led off with a single to left in
the very first inning. Bancroft struck
out, but Young drew q base on balls
Frisch went out on pop fly to Kill
lefer, but Long George Kelly came
through with a single to center, chas-
ine Burns across, and Young also
scored when Paskert made a poor
throw to the intied.
Three Runs in Third
The McGraw men resumed their as
sault on Alexander in the third and
scored three more runs. Young, the
first batter, was given another base on
balls. Frisch tried to sacrifice, but
went out on fly bunt to Merkle Kelly
sent Young to third with his second
hit, single to right. Spencer then
grounded to Merkle, but Young beat
the first baseman's throw to tho plate
while Kelly reached second. Larruping
Larry Doyle then slammed one to the
fence in right center for a triple, scor-
Ing Kelly and Spencer. Snyder popped
to Terry and Benton ended the up
rising by lining out to Terry.
In the meantime Benton was going
along at a great rate, but he eased up
in the ninth and the Westerners
tailed twice. Merkle, the first batter
walked and Paskert was safe on Ban
croft's error. Deal shot a single to
center, scoring Merkle and sending
Paskert TO third. Both runners ad-
vanced on Friberg's iniield out. Paskert
completed the circuit on Killefers
grounder to Frisch, and O'Farrell, who
batted for Bailey, grounded to Ban
croft for the final out.
The Giants waited until the third
inning of the second game to get
started, but once they did start they
wasted little time on the way. After
Snyder had grounded out to Terry in
the third, Douglas paved the way for
the bombardment that followed by
dropping one in left for single
Burns sent Shuffln' Phil to third with
a two o-bagger to right. Bancroft scored
both runners with single to center
and took an extra base when Paskert
fumbled the ball. Young fouled out to
Deal and Herzog pulled down Frisch )
line drive.
The McGraw men added three moro
in the fifth, on Burns's triple to the
fsrec in left, Terry's error, base en-
balls, single by Frisch and Kings
double to left. They increased their
total by one more tally in the sixth
through three successive singles by
Bancroft, Young and Frisch.
A base on balls, Terry's triple and
Rarbers sacrifice fly netted the Cubs
S1eir brace of runs in the eighth.
There was a little excitement in the
second inning of the first game, when
Umpire Bill KLEIN refused to stand
for Earl Smiths remarks on his de-