The New York herald., 1921-07-25
KELLY POUNDS IN
ALL GIANTS RUNS
His Sixteenth Homer and a
Double Beat Phillies
4 to 3.
BILL RYAN EFFECTIVE
Young Twirler Holds Visiting
Batsmen in Check i'm Lat
ter Innings.
BILL RYAN EFFECTIVE
BY SAMUEL J. BROoKMAN.


To relate the deeds of George Kelly at
the Polo Grounds yesterday is to tell the
story OF the ball game, Little else was
, of great consequence, for Long George
batted in all of the runs scored by the
Giants, and so practically beat the
Phillies single handed, 4 to 3. Aside
from such other incidentals as polling out
his sixteenth home run of the season.
helping himself to double and single
and figuring in play that cut off
Philadelphia run at the plate. Kelly's
work was nothing to brag about but it
completely overshadowed that of any
other player engaged.
The first time Kelly advanced 10 the
plate with his dangerous bludgeon there
was no one on base. He started a rally
that went as far as filling the bases. but
nobody scored. In the next inning. the
third. Kelly found conditions ripe for
cleanup hit, for every corner of the dia-
mond held n Giant runner. In the emer-
gency Kelly whacked the ball over third
base for two base hit that brought two
runs across. But the Phillies came back
and tied the score. and It was up TO Kelly
again when he came to bat in the fifth
with Ross Young on first. This time
George net the ball on the nose and 1t
sailed high and far out to the left He:d
6iea, hers. where 1t found a IS log place
in III. Lands of a delighted fan. hey
trcttcd home behind Young with tic
ru1 that proved to he the wi ll.'
Ryan Fans seven.
Although the Phillies are not the
strongest attraction in the league.
crowd OF $4,000 came to watch the
Giants in their last game before the trip
West. They saw n contest in which in
terest never Jagged, since peppery plays
came often and since the score remained
close to the end. There were four for
mer Giants on the Philly squad, ana
every one of then,-Goldie Rapp, Jimmie
Smith, Lee King and Bill Huobell--was
accorded q fine reception In the early
innings the visitors threatened rather
seriously, and 1t looked doubtful whether
Bill Ryan would last the nine innrgs,
bit the young twirler grew stronger and
mora effective as the game 5dvance1 so
that in the last five innings the Philies
were unable to get more that two hits.
Ryan famed seven of them and yielded
only eight hits all told.
Rapp by way of acknowledging the
applause when the game began raped
the ball to left for q clean hit and stole
second Smith famed and King flied
to right. but Lebourveau sent hot one
over first that looked good for two
bases. Kelly. however. by hurling HIM
self at the ball managed to stop it with
his gloved hand. Recovering his equi-
poise he threw to Ryan on first, but
too late to get Lebourveau. Ryan was
thrown off his balance as the runner slid
into him at the bag. and Rapp thought
he saw an opportunity to score. He
went sprinting full speed for the plate
as Ryan lay on his back with the ball
in his hand, but Bill without waiting to
rise threw the ball home from his
awkward position and caught Rapp by
a stride.
The Phllies scored their first run in
the next inning. but 1t was no fault of
Ryans. Frisch threw Konetchy's
grounder over Kelly's head and a sac
rince brought the runner to second base.
whence he scored on Peters's single after
Parkinson had famed. There were two
out in the fourth when Parkinson sim
gled. Ryan made the mistake of throw
ing a slow ball to Peters, and the Philly
catcher picked" it for a three base
hit to left centre that brought in another
run. Peters was left stranded on third.
The Last Rally.
Not until the eighth did the visitors
threaten again in the slightest. Rapp
opened that inning With his second hit.
~ uouDle one OF Ryan y HOdleFSs anu
Smith sent him to third with q single
Of similar ball. King hit into a fast
double play. but Rapp scored. Then the
attack on both sides subsided for the
day.
Barring Kelly the Giants were not
taking any liberties with Hubbell's
pitching. on the whole he was fairly
effective. A base on balls he gave Burns
in the third inning proved costly. for 1t
was followed by Bancroft's single and
ISelly's double. In the previous inning
singles by Kelly and Rawlings started a
Giant rally. but Hubbell snuffed it out
by deliberately walking Earl Smith and
retiring BIZ Ryan for the third out In
the fifth Frisch by tall sprinting beat
out a bunt. Young forced him at second
and then Kelly added to his home run
collection. as has been told. II was his
third homer In three days. With Ryan
pitching as he was the Giants felt that
they had enough runs. and so it proved.
The score