New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-04

that the appearance in t Giant
Casey Stengel and Johnny Rawlins
brace. AT any rate the brace decid
Oddly enough, Stengel and Rawlings
scored the only runs made by the
home team in the opening contest. The
only fault that could be found with
Casey was his slowness afoot, both
in centerfeld and on the base paths,
but he did we'll with the bat, making
the hit that started the Giants on the
way to the winning run in the first
game and meeting the ball most
squarely on several other occasions in
both encounters. A remarkable leap
ing catch off the right field wall by
Southworth in the fourth inning of the
curtain raiser robbed Casey of at
least double.
Fine Fielding Features
This first game was of the old-time
variety, good pitching and brilliant
fielding, curbing the antics of every
lively ball tossed into the diamond.
The Giant twirler was Arthur Nehf,
while his opponent was McQuillan, of
hook ball" fame. The Braves col
lected seven hits and the Giants Sc
cured one less. Strange to relate,
thefe was no n0me-Tunnlng, the
longest hits being doubles from the
bats of Barbara and Nicholson
The Braves were the first to score.
gaining a run in the second inning
through a two-base blow by Nicholson,
and single by Ford, which Stengcl
played badly. The Giants tied the count
in the third, Rawlings. the first batter,
reaching first on tumble by Bar
bare. o'Neill tossed out Snyder,
Rawlings going to second Nehf sim
gled over third, advancing Rawlings
another peg. Burns forced Nehf at
second, but Rawlings tailed on the
play. The Braves insisted that they
had accomplished a double killing, but
Umpire Hart ruled otherwise, SO the
run counted.
The Giants won the game in the
seventh. With one man out, Steneel
singled to left, and on the hit and
run dashed to third when Rawlings
hit safely past Ford. Powell booted
Rawlingss hit and Stengel continued
his dash homeward.
Second a Suggest
The second game was of quite diff
ferent brand. There was plenty Of
batting, with two home runs, three
triples, two doubles and many single
combining to produce a real slugfest
1
Ford, of the visiting aggregation
Cruise sailed one into the upper tier of
the right field stand in the fourth in
ming.
In the fifth Ford knocked one of the
oldest circuit blows ever perpetrated.
He drove the ball on line to left, and
George Bruins leaped in the air just
in time to have the ball bounce from
his glove tip into the hleachers above.
The heavy hitting of the Giants was
restricted to two triples, one by Burns
in the second and the other by Ban
croft III the seventh, and double by
Young. For the Braves, Barbara and
Gibson both collected doubles
Six pitchers were utilized in this sec
ond battle, the Giants calling upon
Barnes. Benton and Sallee and the
Braves presenting Fillingim, Scott and
Watson. Pinch hitters and pinch base
runners also had their innings, and a
pleasant time was had by all---that is,
save for the heat.
The Giants grabbed off three-run
lead in the first two innings. In the
first Frisch singled to left, stole sec
ond and Tailed on Young's double in
the same general direction. Rawlings
walked in the second frame and crossed
the plate on Burn3's triple to right,
George scoring moment later on
6arneSS Single TO center.
Cruise Hits Homer
The Braves picked up a solitary
counter in the fourth, when Cruise
banged ball into the stands, but in
the sixth the enemy broke loose in
most startling fashion and drove Jess
Barnes from the box. A single by
Holke, Ford's freak homer, a single by
Fillingim, triple by Powell and a
double by Barbara sent four runs over
the plate and gave the Braves two
run advantage. In the Giant half the
tide turned the other way, singles by
Smith, Walker and Bancroft, a base on
balls and hit batsman netting three
tallies.
In the seventh the Giants removed all
doubt as to the outcome with a batting
rally that manufactured four more
runs. With one ont, Benton singled to
center. Rawlings walked and Smith
filed the bases with single to right
Walker grounded to Holke, but T.,
drive was SO hot that it served to score
Monroe, running for Benton Burns
singled to center and Rawlings and
Smith registered. Bancroft tripled to
right, scoring Burns.
The Yankees Will entertain the holt
day fans at the Polo Grounds this
afternoon with double header against
the Athletics. The Giants will visit
Flatbush for morning and afternoon
games with the Dodgers.
The scores:
FIRST CAME