The New York herald., 1921-08-26
TONEY'S HOME RUN
TROUNCES PIRATES
Drives In 3 Tallies, Pitches
Stellar Ball-Giants
Win, 5 to 2.
SECOND INNING rs FATAL
Locals Bunch All Their ScOr-
ing in That Frame on
Morrison.
SECOND INNING rs FATAL
ny DANIEL.


gconed all over the emerald sward and
wind driven dirt and into the delightful
recesses Of the rightfield stand at the
Polo Grounds yesterday. Again the
ubiquitous, dashing New York fielders
flashed in luminous support Of a pitcher
who was that rarest of rare combina-
tions--a dazzler on defence and Titan
on attack. That hurler was Fred Toney.
IN the second inning, after the Giants
had scored two runs on a hit by Earl
Smith, Toney threw all OF his great
weight and strength into tremendous
crash which sent the ball into the upper
tier OF the celebrated pavilion, drove in
three more tallies. trounced the Pirates
by to and gave him his sixth suo-
cessive victory
1t was another tense and brilliantly
fought battle-this game In which the
New Yorks scored their third straight
triumph over the league leaders and
their twelfth victory in seventeen meet
;ngs with Pittsburgh this season The
Giants fought as IL inspired and pos
se5sed. The Pirates bit back and snarIed
from timo TO time flared up--but
never got a real start in their deter
mined attack on the five run lead which
tho locals piled up in that momentous
second. IT was a contest we'll worthy OF
tho occasion, and success left the
Giants four and a half games behind
their pacemakers
Johnny Morrison was the unfortunate
Pittsburgh pitcher. Like Babe Adams
md Wilbur Cooper, the right handler
OF the pretty curve ball had been
Rroomed and nursed along for this
eventful series. But. like Adams and
Cooper. Morrison was forced to retire
3n defeat. After the second round Nor
'son gave only two hits in four innings.
but he had a lot to atone for. The
damage had been done, and with Toney
getting stronger as the game progressed.
that five run handicap became a hazard
of monumental proportions.
Zfnn Finishes the Game.
In the seventh Morrison was removed
70 let Rohwer bat for him. and Jimmy
Zinn finished the game. giving three
hits but nothing like a run All through
IT was snappy, zippy baseball. which
fastened the contest TO its finish in only
an hour and a half-remarkable time
these days. About 10000 persons saw
the battle.
Toney was found for eight hits, but
never was in trouble. Three OF the
drives came in the fourth inning. in
which Brottem jammed hit of Ban
croft's glove and drove In Tierney. The
second baseman had singled and so had
Barnhart. Two more Of these hits came
in the ninth. Grimm slammed out the
hardest drive made by Pirate.-a
triple to right centre. Meusers great
catch OF Brottem's fly In short left and
his still greater throw to the plate held
Grimm on third, but zinn delivered hit
and the Pirates got their second counter.
Morrison had only himself to blame
for his downfall In the second inning. He
got himself into entanglements from
the start for he opened with a pass to
Yonng. The right handler had flashed
through the first inning in exemplary
style and his gift to Young looked like
nothing more than passing lapse. But
ii was more than that. 1t was relapse
Passes MeuseI Too.
Perhaps to Morrison had come dis
connecting pictures of the previous past
inas he had suffered at the hands OF
the New Yorks. and he faitered. Barn.
bart took care OF Kelly's vigorous
arounder but Morrison passed Meusel-
passed him on four straight balls Just
Us he had passed Young.
Rawlings topped the ball toward third
and reached first even before Barnhart
could come up with tho leather. The
bases were full, only one 0Sant was
out, and that New York ability to send
the Pirates into confusion was asserting
itself again. Smith took a mighty
swing at the ball and sent 1t whizzing
past Tierney's outstretched glove into
right field, while Young and Meusel
scored.
Rawlings stopped at second and now
came Toney-perhaps to hit into a
double play. But Toney. taking a tight
hold on his Babe Ruth bat-the Baoe
and he are the only men who can tote
so heavy a totem pole-met one OF Nor
rison's shoots squarely and planted Il In
The right field stand, sending In three
more runs and completing the wreck OF
the Pirate craft Burns was easy for
the pitcher. but Bancroft resumed the
attack with single. which went to
waste when Frick popped to Marauville.
A neat inning.
Comes Back Strong.
After that the fans looked for George
Gibson to remove Morrison. but the
manager seemed to know his pitcher
pretty we'll He felt that Morrison
would get a new hold on himself. and
so he did. In the third he got rid OF
the Giants in order and In the fourth
came a hit by Smith. Frisch hit in the
nfth. but the other three battcrs were
out.
In the sixth the New Yorlxs again re-
tired In order. Hits by Burns and
Bancroft got nothing for the Giants of
linn In the seventh and IL the eighth
"a safety by Meusel went fo- naught.
Irish had quite day, particularly IN the
neld.
Bancroft put up another great game at
shortstop. His catch OF Bigbee's high
liner featured the Nth. In the eighth
ho leaped high for Carey's screeching
liner but could do no better tnan knock
s. down and IL rolled into left for a
single Young and Burns also did yeo-
mems duty. one OF the features was not
tho work of Mr.. RIgler on the bases.
To-day It looks like Ryan against
Hamilton. The score: