New-York tribune., 1921-04-25

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The largest outpouring that the,
Giants have ever played before save
for word series contest sat and stood
and kneeled and crouched and clung to
rafters in both grand stand and bleach
ers. At 2:30 the gates were closed to
all except those who held tickets, and
the official crowd statisticians esti-
mated that from $4,000 to 10000 were
sent reeling back along the Speedway
and Eighth Avenue by members of
Police Commissioner Enright's force.
Ii Phil Douglas should be wildly ac-
claimed for his pitching, so should his
losing rival, Lee Meadows of the spec
tacies. Meadows did everything that
Manager Wild Bill Donovan OF the
Phiis hoped fer, only to see his own
master effort prove unavailing.
Five hits only were collected from
specs and three men did all the
collecting. Their names are Long
George Kelly, Frank Fordham Frisch
and Honey Walker, of Beeville. And
OF these the greatest is Long George
Kelly.
Still dissatisfied by his wonderful
homcr of Friday, which upset the Phil
lies in another close battle, Long
George, in the sixth inning Of yester-
days carnival, sent one of the m ightiest
drives to center ever sent by anybody,
even the Babe himself
Frank Frisch was on first at the
time and there were two men out.
Neither team had scored and what
finer setting for lengthy George could
be asked? He had been walked inten-
torally n the first inning and had
missed a homer by inches in the
fourth. Lee Meadows, with the con-
sent Of "Wild Bill'' decided to let
George do it if he could, and George
did.
The ball he hit travelled far higher
than several Woolworth towers com
bined and it also travelled in a for
ward direction far over the spot where
The ordinary center-helder under ordi-
nary conditions has his fixed post.
Bounces One Against BIeachers
But Cy Williams was laying" for
George. He was way way back under
ne shadow Of the bleacher green cur
tains, but considerable number of
teet to the left of where Kelly aimed
Eis shot. And this last fact prevented
even the long legs of Williams from
carrying him over the ground fast
enough to get in under the fly which
bounced resoundingly against the
bleacher wall for a triple. Frisch, of
course, was taking a drink from the
cooler on the Giants bench long be-
lore Kelly's swipe came back to earth
Look out, ye Babes" for this
* e double y" person
Frank Frisch affords the second eX-
pianation for the ball game resulting
as it did. 1t was Frisch who made the
single which perched him on first
when the decisive blow was struck by
Kelly. !. also was Fisch who cut down
at le.st one base hit by his sensation
al fielding. This happened in the fifth
with Wrightstone, the Philly third
baseman, being the victim of the
robbery.
The visitor banged low liner be-
tween Frisch and Kelly, and Honey
Walker in right was getting all set
Tor it when Frisch, springing from no.
where, nabbed the ball with his gloved
the game in the third by making q
most amazing dash from first to third
n an infeld out Of Walkers.
Fordham Frank missed the decision
at third by inches .lerely. A hooked
slide, such as John j. McGraw teaches,
perhaps might have brought Frank to
the far corner safely.
ana the thlrd name IN the story OF
the Giants victory is Honey Walker
It was Honey's first glimpse at so many
folks in one place at the same time, for
his native Beeville, Tex, and the vari-
Gus minor league towns he has visited
never furnished such Swarm" as
populated the Brush Stadium yesterday.
But Honey was there in every way
trying to beat Long George Kelly to
the honor of winning the game. In the
first inning Walker followed a single
by Frisch with smack to right that
nut Frank on third. But Kelly was
walked and Brown tossed out by
Meadows. so Honey was squelched. In
the eighth, when nobody could be sure
the game had already been settled
Walker sent the ball against the left
field wall for double. In the field he
was ever sufficient for all purposes.
So the three names of Kelly, Frisch
and Walker stand out, and if repetition
be permissible, the greatest of these
three is Nelly.
The score:
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