The New York herald., 1921-09-04

A mite closer TO first place edged
the Giants yesterday. Up TO within
one point OF the Pirates they pushed.
and at the expense Of no less a trouble
making foe than the Brooklyn
Dodgers. They beat the Dodgers. TO /.
In a seven inning game. and II
downpour hadn't changed Ebbets Field
to q morass they'd likely have given
the neighboring team a more em-
phatic dressing down. They had made
three hits and two runs in the eighth,
with only one out and with Dutch
Ruether passing to the bench when
the clouds let loose their food.
Betimes the Giants, who played
spirited and consistently good game,
hit Ruether incisively and had the
Dodgers couldn't do that. II was hard
to get anything through F'risch and
Bancroft, and Barnes pitched clean,
effective game. When pitcher has
day he's bound to be hard nut to
crack.
Barnes fielded his position well. too.
He backed up on two high bounders and
with quick throws threw the batters out
on what weren't far from base hits.
Either, had Ii been a hit. would have
put two men on bases and might have
led to a few runs from the Brooklyns
Rawlings found one or two ugly bound
ers too hot to handle, but the only
ground ball to get through the left wing
Of the Gordon was one to Bancroft
which snaked along the ground eccen-
tricaIly when he was set for its bound.
Dodgers Good in Field.
The Dodgers played capably in the
field and aside from the box were not
remiss in defence. They broke up
squeeze play for the Giants in the first.
Burns bunted 10 Schmandt and beat
Ruethcr, who was slow getting TO the
bag. Bancroft doubled and scored from
third on Frischs out. Young missed
strike on the squeeze. Bancroft In con-
sequence was trapped off third.
Myers opened the Brooklyn second
with single but went no further into
the enemy's country than first. After
two flies he was caught stealing. sny-
der went the route in the third on his
two bagger, Barness sacrifice ana
Brrns's long fly 10 Myers. The Brook
lyns made two hits In their half ana
had three men on the shelters, out
Barnes wouldn't permit them any finish
ing stroke. One OF the pilgrims was
forced and two died Griffith left them
when Barnes made a quick play on
his high jumping bid for base hit
Frisch walked ia the fourth and stole
two bases In his own incorporate
style. He stole second as Young fanneu
and with a big lead he drew e throw
TO the shortstop from Miller on which
he dashed ahead and stole third Kelly
fly took Wheat to the fence and Frisch
came home on a dog trot. Emil Meu-
sells fourteenth home run--four less than
Brother Bob-vanished below the horl-
zon of the right field fence. Rawlings
whacl<ed a two baggcr out into the
Wheat field and Snyder was passed pur-
posely because Barnes-soft picking
was the next to flourish wood. Barnes
was soft to the extent Of single on
which Rawlings scored.
Giants Put on speed.
The Giants hurried through the fifth
and sixth. pausing only for trisch ana
Young TO collect hits They encouraged
the Dodgers In putting them out, and
their object was to set in a game and
clouds were rolling UP. wildly inter
laced with lightning flashes
whent's double In the fourth and two
outs gave the Dodscr lads their only
run. They complained Of the ball Barnes
was pitchins-thought II too discolored
or too spotted or too something. Olson
presented 1t to Klein from all sides
all surfaces-but that inflexible arbiter
thought 1t all right Tommy Griffith
came near to scoring in the sixth. H.
tripod his way TO third with one out
and as the infield played way back he
thought to score on Wheats grounder
to Bancroft. But Bancroft's long. swift
throw to Snyder turned him back.
few passes with the ball and he was
run TO earth.
Fyisch tripled In the eighth, Olson
ma0e q bad throw on Young's infield
single and Kelly tri?ied. Kelly's hit