The New York herald., 1921-07-09
NEHF SSp!lARKLES s! IN
BEATING ALEXANDER
Cubs Get Three Scattered Sim
gles-0nly One Reaches
Second.
GIANTS WIN BY / TO 0
Win i'm Ninth on Error by
Kelleher-BeSt Game
Seen Here.
GIANTS WIN BY / TO 0
by DANIEL.

by DANIEL.
Seven thousand fans biinked at the
Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon in
amazed contemplation OF thing which
might have been a flapper in long
skirts, dodo bird. denijohn of old
bourbon, or even a fully equipped bar
an eyeful of what had been regarded
as extinct What they envlsaged was
a good, old fashioned pitchers battle;
a scinti1lating match OF power, skill and
wits in which e supeEative Arthur
Nehf had all the better OF Grover Alex
.ander and the Giants nosed their way
to a ninth inning triumph over the
Cubs by to 0.
IT was a long time In coming, this
tense struggle in which science was
paramount, and 1t arrived in all its
pristine glory. 1t was the best contest
seen here this year. AS the game gall
loped along men pinched themselves to
find that they were not reviewing sem
sations of the past in a hot afternoons
siesta, but witnessing a most pleasant
reality. Weary of half a seasons inane
pitching and an orgy of smuggling at the
expense of the lively bali. the fans
were all the more apprecative of the
curiosity which was flashed for their
delectation.
The battle was like a Kohinoor amid
collection OF paste. Nehf and his
left handlers had hit near the top of
their form in their previous outing
against the Braves last Sunday, and the
great Alexander had been coming along.
too. The hot sun liTnbered up their
muscles to the height OF efficiency and
they put on a fight which kept the fans
on the qui vive all the way.
Three Hits or Nehf.
Nehf allowed only three hits-all OF
them singles. one of a scratchy nature
a trio as scattered as men with gall
luses in the grand stand He did not
give a pass and only one Cub got to
second base. Some pitching! Kelleher
hit Nehf for a single to centre in the
first inning ana Maisel soaked one to
left in the second. Maisel stole TO the
midway. the lone Cub TO get that far.
Then came for the Cubs a Sahara
which saw nothing that even resembled
a hit for six innings. in which they
were retired in apple pie order. In the
ninth Flack bounced a hit off Raw
lings's glove.
" The southpaw had perfect control
terrific speed and a beautiful hop on
the baldwin cible. He had to be to
beat Alexander the way the veteran
was going yesterday
Alexander w2s found by the New
Yorks for seven hits. but they We're well
scattered. Only in the second inning
were the Giants able to put two safe
blows toge1her-and the second. by
Rawlings. was discounted and the side
was retired. for it hit Walker. who had
singled and was on his way.
Alex had the home boys hitting
81 ofcvi,4 nm INT 1a
Only one solid swat was made OF his de-
livery. and that went to Earl Smith,
who slashed a triple TO left with two
gone in the fifth and was left by Nehf
At that Sullivan might have hold the
Smith swat TO a single If he had played
II fntelligently.
Pass starts Trouble.
The Giants victory in the ninth was
not framed IN a heroic setting. 1t was a
sort OF drab way TO win that kind Of a
ball game, but let Il be said that both
Nehf and bis mates fully deserved the
success. Bancroft started the final
round innocently enough with a
rrounder to Crimes bat Frisch was
altogether too menacifIg a cu<toJner and
tco canny a Judge for Alexander who
issued a pass Thus did Alex organize
his own undoing.
Young let Alex pitch TO him for n
spell and then he poled q long single TO
centre which sert Frisch all the way
to third. With only one gone, a man on
third and only one needed to win, the
situation was not exactly happy one
for Johnny Evers. whose raucous CRY
dwfndled 20 whisper as Casey Stengel
was sent ia to hit for Gonzales. It was
Casey's office to lift long fly. and
Casey looked az II he could oolige.
But Alexander did not let him He
pitched this way and that way and never
very near the plate. and just handed q
pass 20 stensel The bases were full
end it was up TO Walker. a lad who
takes n wicked cnt at ball.
Too hot for iSeIichcr.
Walker took his cot and. with the
count 2 and .. sashed the lee ther
straight at Kellehcr. who had proven a
worthy substitute for Terry. There was
altogether too much steam behind the
ball for Kelleher to handle It cleanly,
and while he knocked Il down and got
an error for his rains Frisch scurried
across the plate with the all conquering
tally Not a Honeric windup, but a
victory just the same.
While the Cubs failed TO get as far as
FriEch's station and never had a chance.
the Giants flared up now and then be-
fore the ninth. Frisch hit with two
down in the first and was o'it stealing.
and he hit again IN the fourth with one
gone. but was left. In the second. with
two gone, Walker singled and Rawlings
siashed r hit headed for right, but It
struck Walker on a shin and was lost
There was a New York threat in the
seventh. when Young walked and was
sacrificed to second, but Walker and
Rawlings failed. Smith started the
eighth with n single and Monroe was
rushed In TO run for him, but no sooner
had the newcomer got 70 first than he
allowed Killifer TO pick him off. Nehf
fouled TO Deal and then Burns beat out
hit TO Deal. but Mr. Mccormick saw
IL otherwise. The score: