New-York tribune., 1921-05-23

0lant3cS on occasions WlbnouI nulnoe
ever will fully recover. The score W
Graw men was finally figured out to
OF the fourteen runs scored twelye%
came into being in the last two innings,
when the bats of both teams rang so
vieiously that home runs began to be
regarded as time savers merely. There
were four of these circuit smashes in
these two final stanzas, George Burns
and Frank Snyder doing the heavy
cannonading for the Giants and George
Whitted and Max Carey performing
just as brutaily for the Pirates.
This home run business is being
carried too far, with all due respec TO
the thrills and chills the big blows
bring. The Ancient Order of Ball
Rangers used to be a rather exclusive
organization. Babe Ruth, Il would
seem, gave out the password most p~o-
miscuously, for now Everybody is
doing it."
But it must be said right here that
the forty thousand who saw this first
encounter of the two leaders in the
National League yesterday got much
more than their moneys worth, and as
for the forty thousand who were driven
away from the gates by the mounted
police they deserve reams of pity,
Some time, perhaps, ball park will be
built of sufficient size to accommodate
all comers, but the time is not yet.
n,,aI
What ball game! 1t started as a
pitching battle between Jess Barnes, of
ours, and Wilbur Cooper, Of the Buc-
cancers, but it ended in q rout for Jess,
while Wilbur virtually staggered off
the field with his triumph, so hard had
been his lot,
The fates smiled their kindliest on
the Giants during the first seven inn
ings and the home boys had amossed a
2 to lead when George Gibson called
his heavy artillery into play In the
first inning George Burns hit Copper's
first toss for double to center. Dave
Bancroft hunted and was safe when
Cooper fumbled, Burns going to third
Fordham Frisch brought George
across the plate with long fly to
center. In the seventh Kelly led off
with a stinger to left, and after two
men had been retired Long George
tailed on Snyder's drive to left, which
Bigbee misjudged.
The Pirates in the meantime were
unable to worry q run out of Barnes,
although they filled the bases in *he
seventh. 1t was the comedian RatSit
Maranville who had his big chance
here, but with three of his pals fairly
aching to get home ali the Rabbit did
was to pop out to Bancroft. But the
end was not yet. In fact, there never
seems to be any let-up III this fighting
band of Pirates.
Cutshaw Starts Fireworks
The eighth was opened by George
Cutshaw, formerly of Flatbush, who
had already accumulated a double and
a single. Cutshaw singled once more
and then George Whitted tied the score
with savage liner into the lower tier
of the right field stand. Slim Sallee
was rushed to the mound by j. J. Nc
Graw and Slim checked the onslaught
for the time.
In the Giants half of this same
eighth, George Burns put his team once
more into the lead with smash into
the left field bleachers. But nobody
else could do thing with Mr.. Cooper's
siants.
And SO the ninth opened with the
dldt9CS OilS IQA 10 IllG SOOu, DuU my
oh, my, what slugfest those Brigands
produced in their final stand Bigbee
shot the ball to right for one base,
Max Carey met one of Sallee's hooks
and drove the ball far into the left field
bieachers, well toward center.
In was one of the longest clouts ever
made at the Polo Grounds and natur-
ally two runs resulted. There was
dancing and singing in the vicinity of
the Pittsburgh bench, and when Max
bounded over the platter committee
of the whole Pirats bunch was there
to greet him.
Rabbit Maranville drew g. base or
balls and scored on Cutshaw's double
to left. Whitted sacrificed and Cut
shaw counted on Tierney's single tc
center. Fred Toney was now pitching
for the Giants. Grimm hit safely tt
left and Tierney scored on Skitf's sac
rifice fly to Young. Grimm sped ovel
with the sixth run of the inning OF
Cooper's double to left.
The Giants put over little rally O
their own in their half of the ninth
but it was too little. Kelly opened OF
Cooper with single to right and wen
to third on Kings double to left
Brown, batting for Rapp, fouled out
but then Snyder banged the ball int
the left field bleachers and thre
Giants pattered over the rubber ami,
the tumult of the multitude. But Al
phonse CASTOR, hitting for Toney
famed, and Burns ended the game b.
fouling to Grimm.
Frisch the Fielding Hero
Fordham Frsch was the fielding her
of the day with his wonderful scoop
up Of Skif's hot grounder in the sew
enth Friseh missed what would hay
been most amazing force-out at sec
ond by throwing wildly, but it is'
wonder he was able to throw at al
from the position he was in.
The score:
PITTSBURGH IN. IL NEW YORK On L.
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Carey cf... / l NlBapcroft, So. 8 0 0 9 2