The New York herald., 1921-04-10
GIANTS CELEBRATE !
RETURN HOME BY
WINNING IN 18TH
Frisch Breaks Up Game
With Senators With
Home Run.
TEAM HUSTLES APLENTY
Exciting Contest See-Saws, All
Pitchers But Barnes Be-
ing Ineffective.
TEAM HUsTLES APLENTY
BY WILLIAM b. HANNA.

Friends Of the Giants to the number
of 5000 welcomed them home at the
Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon and
greeted their hustling and pepper with
lot of hopeful enthusiasm. A see
saw, exciting game OF thirteen innings
was played with the Washington
American Leaguers and was won by
the Giants, 8 to s. Frank Frisch hit
the first ball pitched in the thirteenth
in the far right field grandstand for a
clinlsing and clinching home run.
Two homers had been made by the
opponents, who twice cut the Giants
down by double plays by way Of the
plate and prevented them from win
ming sooner. F'risch with his timely
hitting was decided factor in the
victory. Kelly and Rapp showed to ex-
cellent advantage in the field. as did
Curtis Walker.
The Washingtons hit Douglas severely
whereas Barnes was going strongly at
tho finish. Ryan went well. too. after
one poor inning. Zachary, southpaw.
was greeted with warmth by the Giants
---1921 model or thereabouts. From
Burns. leading off. clear down to Doug
las the Giants had crack az the wab-
lily Washingtonian in the first inning
They made four runs. and the reason
ttey didn't make more was because
Douglas hit into a double play with
three men on bases Burns. Walker,
Kelly and Brown made hits and two
men walked.
DouEIas Gets Hard Rap.
Douglas got hard rap on the ankle
III the second inning which hurt like the
cence but which took right angle
course to Kelly on first and resulted in
n putout which shut off n run, for
Sharks was on second with two out. In
the next inning the Washingtons made
cne. Zachary punched out single, ad-
vanced on wild pitch and made the
rest OF the itinerary on a line stab to
right by Milan. Shanks made play of
considerable class on Rapp, whom some
body has burdened with the nickname of
Coldie. In the New York third. Rapp
burdened with Goldie. tried TO steal third.
end the catcher's throw was low. Shanks
grabbed it with dive and got his
Goldie man at the same time.
The Ciriff people tied the score in tho
fourth all in heap, as it were. After
errors by Kelly and Douglas had put
two on bases Charity raised n high
home run into the left field seats. In
the next inning the Griffmen took the
lead. scoring all OF one run on four hits.
Milan singled and tried to stretch It.
Walker threw him out. Then Rice.
Lewis and Harris hit safely Rice scor-
ing and Lewis dying at the plate. Wc,a-
CT to Frisch to snyder. Good throwing
by Walker and poor base running by
Washington In this inning.
More ups and downs in the fifth. The
Washingtons made errors and Walker
and Snyder made hits. The Giants went
into the lead, but Washington went
right into that comfortable position In
the seventh. They waded into Rosy
Ryan right vfciously. and with the aid
Of a bad throw by Rapp made two runs.
Frisch saves Day.
Runs came for the asking. Frank
F'risch saved the day in the eighth by
hitting for two bases with two out and
two on, that put the Giants IN front
again, but in the ninth Joe Judge
whacked 81 home run in the upper
grandstand, whereupon the foemen
swung into extra innings. Judge made
his homer off Jesse Barnes. Two deft
piclSups OF throws helped rcpel the
American Leaguers In the twelfth.
Kelly made them. In the New York
half the Giants had a sweet chance, but
for the third time In the game the vis-
iting host repelled them with double
play.
The score: