New-York tribune., 1921-06-07
I Pirates Snatch
Victory From
Barnes In Ninth
Cutshaw's Single Brings
See-Saw Game TO an
End; Score Is 5 to- 4
specta, Dispatch to rhe Tribune

PITTSBURGH, Jane 6.-~The Giants
yielded frst place to the Pirates to-day
in q see-saw game that Gibson's men
won in the ninth inning. The score was
5 to a.
Jess Barnes, who pitched for the
Giants, was reached for twelve solid
blows. "Whitey" Glazner was picked
by Gibson to turn the visitors back, but
had TO step down in the fifth inning,
and Babe Adams finished the game eff
fectively holding McGraw's sluggers in
check.
After loading up the bases with one
out in the first inning, the Giants threw
away a chance to score. Burns led off
with single, but Bancroft was cut
down at frsS on Maranville's fine stop
and throw. Frisch walked, and Young
got hit on hard rap to BarnhaYdt.
Here Kelly failed to deliver and was
called out on strikes, while Walker ex-
| pired on an easy roller to Marsnville.
| In their half of the first the Pirates
| hoped off TO one-run lead. Bigbee was
| disposed of in a fast play at first base,
Kelly taking his sharp grounder ard
tossing to Barnes. Carey shot single
through the box, stole second and
scored when Maranville singled to left.
The Giants took the lead in the sec
ond inning. Rapp drew a pass, and
Smith crashed one to right field for
three bases, scoring Rapp. Grimm
killed off a potential hit with a one-hand
catch of Barnes's sharp liner, but
Burns drove a sacrifice fly to Whitted,
and Smith scored.
Walker set a brief but effective
Giant attack in motion in the fourth
INNING. He tripled to right, his hard
hit ball hopping over Whitted's head.
Rapp was an easy out on a high bounder
to Glazner. Smith doubled to the
bleacher wall in right center, scoring
Walker.
Gibson's men got run in their
half. Whitted opened with single
to center, but was forced by Barnhart.
Grimm singled to center, putting
Barnhart on third, and took second on
the throw in. Barnhart scored while
Bancroft was throwing out Schmidt.
The first of the fifth saw the last of
Glazner. Bancroft soaked one to the
fence in left center for three bases.
Adams, called to the rescue, got rid of
Frisch, who was thrown out by Cut
shaw, Benny making no attempt to
score. Young brought the little short
stop in with sacrifice fly, which
Whitted caught almost at the edge of
the right-ield bleachers.
An unearned run fell to the Pirates
in their turn. Frisch pegged wide to
first after fielding Bigbee's grounder
Bigbee went to second on Carey's out
and to third when Maranville was
retired. He scored on Cutshaw's single
to left.
A deadlock was created by the
! Pirates in the eighth. Whitted singled
to left and Burns fumbled the drive,
permitting Whitted to go to second.
Barnhart laid down bunt, which
Barnes felded and threw to Rapp too
late to nail Whitted at third Frisch
flung himself at Grimm's grounder
and knocked the ball to Bancroft with
his gloved hand. thereby starting q
double play on Barnhart and Grimm,
Whitted scoring.
Adams started the ninth inning rally
that won the game for the Pirates with
a single to right. Bigbee singled to
left and Mokan was put on to run
for Adams. Carey bunted to Barnes,
who forced Mokan at third with a
throw to Rapp. Maranville hit to
Kelly, who whirled and pegged to Ban
croft, forcing Carey. Cutshaw smashed
a single past Frisch and Bigbee scored
Tho crcra.