The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-23
GIANTS PITCHERS
POUNDED BY REDS
Douglas and Causey Ineffec-
tive, and Cincinnati Wins
by IL to 2.
KELLY'S 14TH HOME RUN
One FURRY of Hitting the Only
Threat Against Luque's
Curves.
KELLY'S 14TH HOME RUN
ny SAMUEL j. BRooKMAN.


Luque OF Havana the Reds needed only
ordinary hitting to win from the Giants
at the Polo Grounds yesterday. But to
make assurance doubly sure they helped
themselves to eleven runs. or, rather,
the Giants helped them generously to
eleven runs, and so the visitors finished
most comfortably in the lead, IL to 2.
Speaking plainly and to the point. the
Giants, barring one or two high spots.
played more or less slpshod ball for a
pennant contender. their pitching being
sadly ineffective, their headwork want
ing frequently and their fielding as loose
as ashes.
1t was the second straight victory in
the series for the Reds and for the
Giants most disappointing way of APP
preaching the close of the home stand.
They start West after to-day's double
header.
At any rate Mr.. Luque of Havana,
small in stature but big in pitching skill,
had the Giants eating out of his ed
ucated hands, barring one inning. In
the fourth the Giants grew decidedly
fractions and for few moments it
looked as though Luque's mastery was
doomed. but the trouble subsidized as sud-
denly as it had begun and all was calm
and serene for Mr.. Luque for the rest
OF the afternoon. In a sudden burst
of vicious hitting during which George
Kelly poled his fourteenth home run of
the season into the left field stands and
Curtis Walker and John Rawlings
doubled in succession, the Giants sent
two runs home and had a man on sec
ond with none out. BY that time, how
ever Luque. who looked rather nervous.
had discovered that the Giants were
coming up and whaling away at the first
ball pitched. He proceeded to put what
is known as stuff on the ball, and the
Giants proceeded to return to their
gentle, docile behavior.
Too Many Fly Balls.
1t was the only inning that saw any
threat of Giant victory. Luque had
them popping up most of the time. no
less than sixteen New York batsmen
being retired on fly balls. Besides the
fourth, the only innings In which the
Giants obtained more than two hits were
the second and the seventh. In the sec
ond the singles both came after two
were out, and in the seventh the second
hit also came with two out. Luque is
reputed to be a pitcher inclined to
weaken In the later innings of q game
and hang out the distress signal. yet the
Cuban twirler was travelling along more
effectively than ever as the game drew
to close So much for regulations.
The while the Giants were striving
vainly to make Roadway against the
curves of the Cuban the Reds were
making merry at the expense of Shut
fin Phil Douglas, who shuffled around
the pitchers mound for six innings and
fraction and who then shuffied entirely
out of the picture. The Reds hit him
when hits were needed, and they were
needed quite often, for when the Reds
were not getting on as the result Of
clean hits they were reaching the bases
through erratic fielding The trouble
started early, for almost before the fans
were aware that the game was on Sam
Bohne, second baseman for the visitors,
spiralled a ball into the right field
stands for a home run. Then Groh
singled and stole second and went all
the way to third when Earl Smith shot
the sphere to centre field. Roush flied
to left, but Jake Daubert doubled to left
and another run was in. Douglas him
self launched more trouble for the
Giants in the second inning by passing
Hargrave. He famed Crane, but Luque
mere pitcher, singled to left sending
Hargrave to third. Neale forced Luuue
at second. Bancroft making a corlSing
good stop. A double steal followed
Hargrave coming home well ahead of
Bancroft's high and wide return to the
plate
Douglas appeared to have settled down
to his best pitching for three innings
Following. although some marvellous out
fielding by George Burns pulled him out
of one tight place, but in the sixth he
began to lose his grip again. Roush and
Hargrave contributed singles Daubert
"a neat sacrifice and Earl Smith forgot
to field Cranes puny lick until IL was
too late and Cincinnati scored its fourth
run.