New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-08
Phil Douglas
And Nehf Beat
Lowly Phillies
McCraw's Climbers Drive
Ring and Hubbell From
Box; Frisch Leads Batters
By r. ]. Kelly

Braves, the Giants again approached
to within half a game of the pace
setting Pirates by trouncing the hope
loss Phillies here this afternoon In
both ends Of double header. The
score Of the first game was z to 2
and that of the second, ID to A.
In gaining the double victory the
New York players Slammed the offer
ings of four home pitchers to all cor
ners of the enclosure. Southpaw Artie
Nehf and ShuRlin' Phil Douglas, aces
Of the McGraw pitching staff. twirled
for the New Workers. Nehf allowed
only seven scattered hits In the first
contest and Douglas yielded twelve in
the second engagement.
The Giants chased Jimy Ring to
cover in the opening contest and re-
peated in the second against their
former mate, Wilbur Hubbell Their
total number of hits for the after
noon was thirty. Frisch led the at
tack with two doubles and four singles
Meusel was close behind with three
doubles and two singles. Cy Williams
and Ed Konetchy each made homer
for the Phillies.
AClinch First Game Eearly
The Giants started with q rush In
the first game and scored two runs in
the opening inning. Burns led off with
a two-bagger along the right field foul
line and scored on a double by Ban
croft Frisch beat out d bunt to Mon
roe, putting Bancroft on third. Dave
tailed as Young hit into double play.
(! Kelly grounded to Parkinson for the
third out.
The New Workers. scored one run in
| the second inning-this proved to be
| the winning marker-and would have
had another but for an atrocious deci-
sion by Umpire Mccormick. Meusel
opened with single through Konetchy.
Rawlings drew q base en- balls and
right, scoring Meusel. Smith tried to
stretch the hit, but was thrown out by
Lee. Nehf flied to Williams in center
| field and Rawlings appeared to have
beaten the throw to the plate, but the
a1bter ruled otherwise.
Lee King paved the way for the
fourth New York tally, when he made a
two-base muff of Young's fly to left
field. Young took third on Kelly's
glornder to Konetchy and scored on
Meusels bounder to Parkinson. Smith
with a two-bagger to left and went
to third on Nehf's sacrifice. Burns
walked and Smith scored on Bancroft's
infeld out.
Konetchy lifted one Of NehFs shoots
over the short right field fence in the
fifth and Cy Williams duplicated this
feat in the seventh. In their half Of
the seventh doubles by Burns, Frisch
and Young. Melted two runs.
Take Lead on Home run
The Giants also were first to score
in the nightcap, when in the second
inning Meusel doubled and Smith got
a home run.
Hubbell was plastered for three hits
added three runs. Bancroft and Frisch
singled and both advanced on Young's
grounder to Konetchy. They Tailed
when Kelly singled through Parkinson.
Meusel was safe and Kelly reached
third on Parkinson's tumble. Rawlings
flied to Williams in center and Kelly
sprinted home after the catch.
Hubbell absorbed some more punish
ment and was finally chased to cover
in the fifth inning, during which the
Giants added six more runs to their
Frisch, two-bagger by Meusel, sin
giles by Rawlings, Smith and Douglas,
"a error passed ball and three bases
on balls. Hubbe1l. retired in favor of
Sedgwick after he had walked Ban
croft, the ninth batter of the inning,
Frisch greeted the newcomer with his
second hit of the inning, a single to
left.
The Giants obtained their last two
runs in the seventh on a double by
Cunningham, base on balls. Frisch's
sacrifice fly and a single by Young.