The New York herald., 1921-03-26
GIANTS BEATEN BY
CELLAR CHAMPIONS
Athletics Make Merry at Ex-
pense Of New Yrok
Pitchers.
GOLDIE RAPP is ABSENT
His Illness Weakens Defence
of McGraw's Team-Barnes
Ineffective.
GOLDIE RAPP is ABSENT
by DANIEL.

EpecsaS Despotch to THE NEW YORK HrnAIp.
LAKE CHARLES, La, March 25.---New
York baseball fans who have any tears
TO waste over spring baseball results
had better prepare to shed them now.
The saddest words which may be writ
ten of New York majcr league club
without doubt are: They were beaten
by the Athletics" Much as we regret
TO deliver the blow we are forced 20
indite the very sentence with all its
staggering effect in regard to the Giants.
Not only were the New Yorks defeated
by the cellar champions of the Ar1eri-
can League this afternoon, but they
were handed fine old pasting, with
the final count at 8 to 2.
The Gianls got OF to one run lead
IN the second and added another tally
in the fourth. The Athletics got one
I'm the fourth, too. and In the fifth they
fell on Jess Barnes Ike a ton OF con-
crete and padded him for home run,
a double and q single. These. with q
couple OF steals and an error, gave the
Mackmen three runs and the game
They got four more Off Pat Shea In the
eighth.
While the Athletics deserved to win,
there are q few extenuating circufn-
salient was the absence of Goldie Rapp
the third baseman. Rapp went to his
bed with q slight attack of the grip
this morning. AS a result John Nc
Graw was forced to use George Burns,
the left fielder, at the hot corner. Burns
did not take long to demonstrate that
as third baseman he is regular out
fielder. Rarely have we seen as con-
vincing demonstration OF the value of
q real third sacl1er.
Perry TwirIs in Form.
While the Giants got poor pitching
from Barnes and Shea, with some fine
hurting BY Douglas sandwiched In be-
tween. the Athletics enjoyed the gus
tanning force Of high grade Of hurting.
Rollie Naylor, who started for Mack.
was not very reliable and was yanked
out in the third after he had issued
four passes In two rounds but Romell,
who pitched four innings. and Scott
Perry. who worked the last three ses-
sions. showed the New Yorks the finest
hurting they have seen this spring.
Perry In particular was In good form
He was reached for five hits. but he
had his fast ball working with bullet
like force and machinelike precision.
His curve still was In its primary stage
of development.
In the first three innings Barnes
pitched even better ball than did Perry
later on. but in the fourth Jess began TO
stagger. For some reason best known
TO himself he abandoned his fast ball
and began TO serve up his curve. BRAZIL
who had a trial with the Dodgers a
couple Of years ago and now is playing
first for Mack, picked out one OF Jesss
curves and hammered it over the right
field fence.
Still Barnes kept curving them. and
IN the fifth Dykes lifted the bali over
the left field fence, picking out the hign-
est point on the wall over which to send
the leather. Singles by Witt and
BRAZIL. a double by Tilly Walker and
Bancroft's error on Romell also figured
In the scoring of three runs.
Barne. Not Ready.
The fifth showed McGraw that Barnes
was not yet ready and the next round
found Douglas pitching for the Giants.
Shutting Phil. who is In better shape
than any OF the other New York
pitchers came through with a couple
of splendid innings. 6ut in the eighth,
after Curtis Walker and Snyder had
singled. McGraw sent CASTOR to bat
for Douglas. He tapped one to BRAZIL
and Burns was called out on strikes.
Shea hardly could be blamed for his
poor showing In the eighth. in which
he issued passes to Shannon, Fred
Walker. Dykes and Dugan and was
hit for singles by Witt, Tilly Walker
and BRAZIL. Shea has a sore arm.
That was. shown yesterday when he
was knocked out Of the box by Calves
ton.
This afternoon Pat was sent in to
pitch to the batters in practice as Nc
Graw did not think that he would need
him later on. But when Douglas was
taken out, and Nehf declared that his
sore foot prevented his working. Mac
had to call on Shea again. II was q
foregone conclusion that he would be
hammered.
The Giants neglected quite q few
chances to score. In the second Smith
came up with three on and none out
and hit into a double play. Kelly found
two on bases In the fifth and famed
Again In the seventh Long George came
UP with the bases filled and forced
Young nj second.
The score: