The New York herald., 1921-04-22
GIANTS SUBDUED
BY PILLS In FIRST
HOME GAME, 6TO 5
Former Coy. Smith Throws
Out New Ball Before 25.-
600 at Polo Grounds.
KELLY KNOCKS HOME RUN
Winners Hammer Toney at
Start and McGraw's Men
Drop From Lead.
KELLY KNOCKS HOME RUN
by WILLIAM b. HANNA.

- . AO ohiOONitr biOeid iOtbA NtiC ~fieeahsS
are travelling in their efforts to ac-
quire and hold first place in the Ma
tional League race. For one thing the
Giants were beaten, to s. yesterday
by the Phillies in the first home game
at the Polo Grounds and lost the
league lead. The Giants played hard,
game and sensational baseball by way
OF opening the home season.
1t wss a game which, through the
sheer grit and unyielding hustle OF it,
was of a sort to encourage the 25,000
fans in their pennant visions; but In
this particular game there was an
other team engaged that never stopped
doing it's best and turned up just as
much, even more, sensational playing
and won IN spite of the relentless fight
ing back-all in uphill form-of the
Giants.
Not long after former Gov. Smith had
thrown out the new ball-the ancient,
but imperishable rite-and Gen. Mac
Arthur and staff and Gov. Edwards
had taken their seats. the Phillies who
opened on Toney savagely. had lead
OF four runs. Before the game was over
that lead was cut down to nothing. The
Giants fought like fury-and in that
faculty and their intrinsic skill lies their
pennant hopes-and they'll need both II
with every opponent they stir up as
singing. Furnishing, battling hornets
nest OF an opponent as Bill Donovan and
his men were yesterday.
Turmoil Every Moment.
Hard hitting, fielding at which the
fans gasped and howled and excitement
were constant--the deuce to pay every
minute and the hardest fought, give and
take, turmoil of an opening game the
present Polo Grounds ever had Cut and
slash and have at them! Fine stops.
swift throws and hurting hits over
Tapped from the start. No time TO sit
back and relax. The tension was on all
she time, and on the field game Wnch
boiled and churned.
The Giants showed them something,
even to two costly errors by the wizard
Bancroft and pitching by Toney fatally
batted In the first two innings But to
mourn over Bancroft's errors in view
Of the prevailing swift support given
Toney is out of place and hypercritlcal.
Thc Philies showed 'em something. too.
including ability in the first two innings
TO hit anything Toney threw. the knack
OF getting needed runs some way or
other and martial spirit not in keeping
with frequent invidious references to the
Ihillies as hopeless members or the
Grand Lodge OF Dubs
Toney was real pitcher after the
second inning, and showed his spunk
by getting a grip on himself and SET
fling down to effective work. aided
by numerous fine fielding plays. The
whacking of his service in the first
two cantos. frames. stanzas, semesters
or sessions-sometimes called innings
by old time chroniclers-began In the
first Just after he had passed Casey
Stengel. but any and all scoring off
him once he had the arm thoroughly
oiled was due to misplays.
Episode No. ] in the stormy life or
the brawny Tennessean was Rawlingss
thrust to the wall after StengePs peri
patetics in the first and Williamss
shot to centre, deftly scooped by Brown.
and IN, many Of the non-cognoscenu
pronounced base hit catch. Then
followed smashing catches by Brown
and Burns to check the onslaught. q
repeat onslaught by Bruggy. Huppeii
and Rawlings In the second inning, All
two baggers, netted two more runs.
George Kelly, who moves IN the
Meusel-Ruth set when II comes TO max
ing home runs and bombarains ne
outposts. lifted n homer over the leit
field fence in the second inning. lhiS
vas the Giants first run. and BIZ Hup-
hell. former Giant. held them pretty
securely until Kelly tripled TO the Bronx
In the sixth inning
Meanwhile the Giants were DeinS
thwarted and repulsed repeatedly by
the shortstopping extraordinary of
Parkinson, the sub-inIielder of the Dom
ovan menage. This lad snapped them
I'm from the ground on all the front
between the middle angle and the north
ward. He did that thing as long az ne
played, and waa something Of marplot
sensation.
More Iurid fielding for the keystone
grewe was done by Stengel. lie TOOK
sue fly while running along the wali
indifferent 10 the welfare of his head
or the wali--and another while backed
irto the barrier. Concrete was nothing
In his rolling stoned life. and as some
thing to recine on when nabbing New
York flies no harder than q hair mat
treas.
Jack Miller made an error on Frisch's
Rrounder in the sixth, and by so doing
wna accessory In New York run. lie
funibled, paved the ball into the dia-
mond. and while still clutching at II
Frlsch crossed the bag. on q base on
balla. Il force out and Browns single
he scored.
Giants Score In Fifth.
Neat team play by Burns and Ban.
croft turned up a run in the fifth.
Burns singled with one out and Ban
croft singled TO right on the hit and
run. lie drove through Rawlings's ter
ritofy Rurng rpaehed third and srorci