The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23
GIANTS CAN'T SCORE,
WHILE CARDS REYEL
Pertica Holds Locals to Three
Scattered Hits and Wins
by 6 to 0.
HOME RUNS WRECK SHEA
McHenry Drives In Three Runs
and HOrnsby Two by Find
ing Bleachers.
HOME RUNS WRECK SHEA
ny DANIEL.


After one saccharine afternoon at
putting on the Ritz" business OF eating
humble pie and crow was resumed by
the Giants yesterday at the Polo
Grounds. Coming in the more or less
immediate wake OF the 10 TO / setback
OF Saturday the ration was swallowed
with no relish to speak OF. While the
Giants howled with severe pains In
their percentage column. Bill Pertica
prodded down the pie with only three
scattered hits, and Austin McHenry
and Rogers sHornsby damned down the
crow by lifting couple OF Pat Shea
slow balls into the left field bleachers
which. as 1t happened. were altogether
too close to the plate. Tho homers ac-
counted for five runs and the Cardinals
ambled in by to 0.
Taken all in all, it was not a game
about which any Of the New Yorks are
likely to write home 10 the folks. Not
that they were remiss In the field. There
they did all they could and did that
well. But when Il came to the essential
task of getting rome hits off the dinky
the Portuguese was throwing at them
the Giants were about as successful as
a shaggy St. Bernard hunting for a
lone. nimble flea.
Pertica may have aittle on the ball.
but he has something on the Giants.
That begins to look certain. He had the
local batsmen biting at his inshoot with
avidity-and popping up. The Coast
League graduate gave five passes. but
still the Giants could not mint face
saver. Thus did Pertica acquire shut
out--a thing as rare this season as a
town without blind tiger"
Cards Open with Four Aces.
borrow or steal a run II may appear
as IL It did not matter much who
pitched for them. Still that is open to
psychological discussion When the
other fellows open with four aces a
certain mental hazard Is erected. And
II was this hazard which seemed to
work on the Giants. for those pesky
Cards did just that--started off with
four. II Bill Ryan. who pitched the
last four innings for the home club and
allowed only two hits and nothing like
a run. had started, the story might have
read differently.
But the doleful fact IL that Shea
opened for the Giants and went out with
an accompaniment Of Cardinal confetti
after the fifth. Shea was not In form.
And it was a pity that he wasn't for
II was his first start for the New York
ers. He pitched a very pretty Ave and
a third innings after the Reds had
knocked out Toney last week, and the
fans wanted to see Pat come through
altogether on his own.
But, as we said. Pat had little. His
curve was absent. He had no speed
and his inshoot refused to break more
than a scant two inches. Still, after
good style for three innings, in which
he yielded only one lift. Then came
that fifth. and dinky single by Stock
kelly's tose to Shea beat him at that
and then Hornsby's homer.
slow Balls Wreck shea.
Last week Shea showed perfect slow
ball, which had something on IL and was
not simply ball without speed. Yes
rerday Pats slow ball was of color and
ne tried It Just twice too often. Shea
may have had the right dope In throw
ing slow balls to both McHenry and
Hornsby - terrific hitters - and then
again he may have been entirely wrong.
MCfienIy ~ one nltteT VINO VIC WOupA
not tease with "Rucker" And IL we
had two strikes on Horsnby hang If we
would stake them on a noater. Still.
Shea did il. and those slow ones wrecked
Pat
The reception which Shea got before
the McHenry homer in the first was
very unpleasant, and a run was scored
before the crash came. So there again
we confront the probability that the
slow balls and the homers mattered not
anyway. Jack Smith opened with lit
to right centre and went to third on
Fournier's single to left. Stocks sacri-
flee ny to Burns sent Smith home
Hornsby fanred. Mueller walked after
striking at the pitch which Quigley
called the fourth ball. McHenry located
the bleachers, and Lavan famed. Four
runs for the Cards.
The Giants did not get much encou--
sgement In their attempt 70 get some
Of those runs back. Burns walked and
reached second with two gone In the
first. Young left him. RAWLINGS dou-
bled with two out in the second and
Snyder left him. Young walked aud
stole second and Meusel walked In the
fourth. and now Rawlings was power
less. Young hit and Kelly was safe on
Stocks tumble in the sixth, but nothing
happened. Ryan singled with one out
In the next rouno and again nothing
happened. Il was nothing but q sue
cession of nothings for the Giants
Among those who got nothing was
Frisch. who had hit in the thirteen
proceeding games. The score