The New York herald., 1921-04-11
MORE QUALITY AS
GIANTS WIN AGAIN
Play Like Champions in Fur
ther SubjugatiOn Of Wash
ington Ball Team.
NEHF GETS A DRUBBING
Big Lead Of His Side Comes in
Handy-Fancy Work in
the Field.
NEHF GETS A DRUBBING
BY WILLIAM d. HANNA.

Probably the American League is
stronger than the National. Most per-
sons who have studied the situation
think so and results point that way
convincingly. but you couldn't tell al
New Yorker or anybody else who would
give an honest opinion that the Wash
ington part of 1t is stronger or as strong
as the New York member of the Ma
tional. Yesterday at the Polo Grounds
the Giants beat the Washingtons to 5.
Five games won on the field by the
Poloists and one by forfeiture to a
rattle headed leader-to one for Wash
ington was the one sided result of this
particular interleague test
Looks as If the weather. fine for base
ball most of the winter and spring, was
going to be mean for the game now that
the baseball season has arrived. Least
ways or words to that effect, 1t was
mean yesterday. weather tempered by
the sun, but of too penetrating chilli
ness. Still the attendance was 10000.
and that would seem TO indicate good
patronage for baseball this year.
The attendance and the sharp inter-
est shown by the spectators in the work
OF the Giants point to livelier interest
in McGraw's array his year than has
been the ease for several seasons. New
faces play part in that, especially
when 1t looks as IL the new faces go,
with a good deal Of baseball ability. In
the two games here against the Grif-
fiths the Giants played with champion
ship dash and skill. The real test, how
ever, is to come, and he is bold-or
youthful-prophet who flatfootedly
claims q pennant at this time.
Giants I'm Fine Form.
In three departments the Giants
doomed large yesterday. Those three
were fielding. base running and batting.
Rapn, Frisch. Kelly and Burns did fancy
woris In the field, and all they could do
in the latter stages OF the game was
needed, for the WashingtoDs were hit
ting Nehf hard after being powerless
against Toney. Kelly, Brown and Rapp
conlbed the Washington pitching for
beneficial results. George Mogridge.
erstwhile Yankee. pitching while for
Griffith. made mess of II. Dave Ban
croft. minus his tonsils, appeared for a
few innings, the first time since the
operation which eiided said glands. Nc
Graw didn't want to keep him out long
on the damp ground.
The scoring began In the second in
ming Brown up and winged a liner to
the boards back of Duffy Lewis for two
bases Rapp then hit a liner over short
and the Giants had run. the incidentals
TO which all came after two were out.
Rapp had aroused the bugs to frenzy
BY a leaping catch OF liner in the
second. lie whirled in midair and took
the ball backhanded.
Joe Judge gated Toney for the hrst
washington hit. a third inning achieve
rnent with two entombed. ard Judge
was forced. The fans. easily amused.
laughed when O'Rourke threw out Toney
in the third. They laughed 1T the sight
of Toney running, though they didn't
say how else they expected him TO get
there.
Rapp delivered another timely hit in
the fourth He battcd IN Walker. who
had reached second o.! lis own hit and
a pass to Kelly. Smith burned single
past Judge and scored Kelly. Shaw's
weakest moments were when two We're
out. Monroe took Bancrofts job in the
fifth inning and went to sleep on n play.
Brewer cracked a liner to centre with
Picinich on first. Picinich kept travel
ling on tho hit, but Monroe held the re-
iay and didn't wake up to tho fact that
ficinich was headed for home. Ergo.
Picinich reached home.
Mu=r;dge Good and Bad.
George Mogridge. for years one Of the
Yankees galaxy of left handlers. stopped
the Giants dead in the fifth, but In the
sixth ne pitched as IL the Yankees did
well 70 let him go. Frisch landed for q
f long two Dagger Mogridge held Walk
er's sacrifice too long then threw wild
to Judge and Kelly cleaned the canvas
with lofty home run into the right neld
grand stand Jogridge continued to
vndicate Hueginss Judgment Brown
bffed him hard and went to third when
the bifrce threw wild to catch him nap
ping. ~ehf pioughed the box with
single ara Brown did pasear TO the
plate.
The Washington eighth presented both
sides OF the picture for George Kelly.
He spoared J.ewls's liner sensationally.
then nluffed Rapp's throw to get Harris.
HITS brought in two mon, then Picinich
whaled the ball nightly. lie whaled II
80 far that only n superb running catch
by George Burns throttied II. George
put both hands TO It. too--the quintes-
sence Of high class fielding.
Tho Washingon's weren't through with
Nchf, however. Ringing triples were
made BY Miller and Judge. and the in
niag's grist was four runs. Nehf was
cuffed witn severity. The score:
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