The New York herald., 1921-04-04
GIANTS RUN WILD,
BEAT MUDHENS 11-5
After 10 Years Waiting Mem
phis Sees the New York
Club in Action.
BY DANIEL.
Special Despatch to THE NEW YoaK HraALr


Special Despatch to THE NEW YoRK HERALD
MEMPHIS. Tenn. April 3.-For ten
long years the Giants kept coming into
Memphis every spring. and for ten long
years Memphis waited In vain TO see
The New York club in action. 1t always
raned. This afternoon there was
warm sunshine out OF the clear blue
skies. but again II rained. The Giants
iained hits and runs all over Russell
Park and at last recorded a victory
over Memphis of the Southern League
by IL to 5.
The sweetness which came Of the
splendid showing Of the Giants was
rot, however, unmixed with bit OF
| loss. Hard luck seems to be deter
mined to get in its occasional wailop
at the New Yorks. To-day II took a
shot at Ross Young. In sliding horne
In the sixth inning Young came into
collision with Hungling. the local
catcher The New York right fielder
injured his right knee and had to De
cs rried to the bench.
After 4 while Young was able 10 walk
without help. but his knee still pained
reverely Young left the game and
Billy Patterson. the shortstop from San
Antonio, who Joined the Giants yester-
day. took his place In right field. Pat
terson. BY the way. got his frs. nit
! with tile New Yorks. and II was quite
waliop. TIe got three bases on q
| slam into tile crowd in left field. In the
| eighth inning.
| John McGraw's men were in their
usual Sunday form. They felded like
real champions, hit the ball hard, ana
were as full OF pepper as dish oi
| tabasco sauce. In all they gatnereo
Sc venteen hits. Their best work on at
tack came in the sixth inning, In which
eleven New Yorks went to bat and ac-
! counted FOR seven runs. Fred Toney
worked the first four innings for NC
Graw and held the Mudhens to three
bits and nary a run.
saiIee Not Ambitious.
Slim Sallee followed the big right
| rander and in three innings yielded
two hits and three runs. Three safe-
| ties and a couple OF runs were made on
Pat Shea. who pitched the last TWO
| sessions.
| The support behind Sallee was OF the
| Barnun- Bailey variety, and Slim nm
| self did not seem to care whether schooi
kept or not 1t was apparent tnat tne
Giants wanted to hand the Memphis
outfit couple OF runs, and this was
| accomplished with the aid OF an at
! tempted circus catch by Burns. Burns
did not make the catch. the slam went
| for a two baser by Nemitz. the second
of Memphis's pitchers, and handed the
locals couple OF tallies.
The beating was something of a hard
pill for Memphis to swallow. the locals
| | ad been taking the measure OF every
thing which had come this way and
Judging from the tone OF the nome
press they looked for victory over
the Giants too.
But the Giants were on their toes
from the start and soon demonstrated
that tho Mudhens were rushing to
fau The New York's reached Zahniser
for brace OF hits and a run In the
opening inning and kept at him with
yigor. but II was not until the big
sixth inning that they finally got TO
him In earnest and blow him on the
mound Nemtz. a left handler. nnisheo
the fracas. That run in the first came
on a three Dagger by Burns and q single
by Friach. The sixth was an inning
fun of hits and other developments
zahn,ser started trouble for himself by
walking Monroe. Foreman then dropped
FrHch's fly. Young and Kelly followed
with singles. An error by MCMILLAN, 1T
tie Tommy, who used to be with BROOK
lyn--on Brown. nelder's choice on
Rarp. and singles by Gatson. Sallee ana
Burns ali figured in the scoring Of seven
runs
The attack demoralized the entire
Memphis club and the Giants just ran
wild. A tip of on the doings may be
furnished with the fact that Sallee went
oil the way to third from first on a
short single by Burns Just picture that
Singles by Kelly. Rapp and CASTOR
gave the New York's two more In the
seventh, of Nemitz. Williams's error on
| Monroe. and Patterson triple accounted
for the last New York run. In the
eighth.