The New York herald., 1921-08-17
GIANTS FELLED BY
! HOMERS In NINTH
Olson's Drive for Two Runs
Ties 1t and J0hnstOn's
Wins the Game.
DODGERS TRIUMPH BY 10
0yertake New York in Sixth
With Four Run Rally
Off Nehf.
BY DANIEL.


It's pretty difficult to beat ball club
which is whipped and does not know
it-and then goes and proves that II
isn't Likewise is it true that there i
many a slip twixt the bat and the
bleachers-many drear contingency
between the plate and the stands-and
that on the diamond a bird in the hand
is no better than any other kind unless
there are three out in the last inning.
All Of which leads. more or less per-
tinently. to the fact that the pestiferous
Dodgers fell on our unsuspecting Giants
in the ninth inning at the Polo Grounos
yesterday and knocked them cold WIN
a brace OF home runs and a three run
rally. which left the final count to 8.
II a couple of thunderbolts had come
out OF the clear sky and ripped the roof
of the grandstand the Giants and the
10000 other onlookers would not have
been half as surprised as they were by
the ruinous denouement for New YORK.
Crash went home run from the bat
Of the venerable Ivan Olson, ana Bur
leigh Grimes was in ahead of him--and
the score was tied.
Crash came another homer from the
claymore Of Jimmy Johnston--not TWO
minutes later-and Brooklyn-that same
Brooklyn outfit which only few min
utes before had been taking the last sec
onds OF the full count-was in front, TO
stay in front
Nehf Great for Five Rounds.
1t was that kind OF a game all the
way from the Brooklyn side. New York
took the leas with two runs in the
fourth and added two more in the fifth.
Grimes was being hit wi vigor and ef-
feet. while Arthur Nehf had the Dodgers
Just where he wanted them Phlladel-
phia had beaten the Pirates in hhe first
game of their double header and ,was
leading In the second The Giants light
OF heart, were loaded with vim and
spirit and hitting power. and that game
looked to be theirs.
But that Dodger bunch is a peculiar
gang-particularly peculiar when IL
fights the Giants. 1t plugged along win
only three scattered hits until the sixth,
and then Il made up for lost time and
futile effort. 1t came down on Nehf ike
Vesuvius in eruption. 1t whaled him Tor
five hits. put over four runs and tie
and drove Nehf to the club house. A
single by Bill Ryan. Nehfs successor,
put ahe Giants in front again In their
half and they landed another in the
eighth, but that ninth--that terrible
ninth-paraIyzed the New Yorks and left
them without power to strike back In
their last try.
It's been just that way with the Giants
ell season. When they hit their pitching
goes wrong and when their pitching Is
good they cannot put any runs across.
Yesterday they came out of the trance
in which they labored against the Phil
lies the day before and scattered paprika
III x..Nt
and they played out all their opportuni-
ties to the limit.
Tenth for Brooklyn.
But those home runs discounted every
thing-zip and dash and pep-and gave
to the Brooklyns their tenth victory in
sixteen games with the Giants this sea-
son. Incidentally. Grimes has won every
start against the New Yorks and has
taken nine straight. which is a major
league record for the year.
Wilbert Robinson was particularly
fortunate in his choice Of pinch hitters.
In the sixth he sent Hood in to bat for
Neis, who had been unsuccessful in three
tries, and Hood hit to fill the bases. In
the ninth Rotund Robbie sent Ruether
In to hit for MllleI~-a peculiar shift on
the surface-but Ruether obliged with "A
single and started something. Grimes
forced JanvIin, who ran for Ruether.
Ryan put over three strikes on Olson,
but Umpire Moran did not see II that
way. and then Ivy hit his homer, to be
followed by Johnston and his.
The Giants stole three bases in the
fourth inning and made Miller look
foolish. Frisch started with single
and stole second. Young popped 10
Olson and Kelly grounded to Kilduff,
putting Frank on third. Meusel walked
and stole second. Rawlings singled to
centre and drove in two runs. He stole
too, but Snyder left him.
Neis Not So Good.
In the fifth Nehf singled to right and
took third on Neis's tumble. Cunning
ham was easy for Grimes. Bancroft
singled to centre and scored Nehf.
Bannic stole second, but was forced at
third by Frisch. Young singled through
Kilduff and scored Frank.
The big Brooklyn rally in the sixth
was opened with a single by Olson.
Johnston cracked n hit off Bancrofts
glove and Hood carromed a hit off
Nehf's glove--tough breaks. a wild
pitch by Nehf sent Olson home. Wheat
lined a hit to centre and two more runs
came I'm. Myers grounded to Kelly but
Schmandt doubled past Frisch and
Wheat came in with the tieing run.
In the Giants half Meusel went TO
second on Myers's error and reached
third on Rawlingss sacrifice. Snyder
was passed on purpose. Ryan hit to left
and scored Meusel. putting the Giants
III front by to 4. They got another
run In the eighth. Kelly singled TO CEN
tire and went to third on Meusels hit 70