New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
McCraw's Clan
Beats Dodgers
By 5-to-1 Score
garres Effective in Pinches,
while Ruether Is Baated
Hard in Fourth Inning
BY r. ]. Kelly

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~. Giants resumed their march
.ow.sd first place in the hectic pennaat
-. Yesterday afternoon and are now
..,v srs point behind the pace setting
p;-.tss as the result Of their victory
- the fading Dodgers at Ebbets
ss.rs in game that was cut short bv
.s]ouShurst in the eighth inning. Nc
a,,u's players showed two runs across
- she eighth. but as the inning had
rss been completed when the rain put
- abrupt end to the proceedings, the
care reverted 70 the previous inning.
That made the final count to l.
The Msnhattanites played brilliantly
i, the field and also used their hats
with timely effect Jess Barnes, who
,-as on 11e mound for the Giants. was
pounded With considerable vahem encv.
bus be frightened up IN the pinches and
wss helped TO great extent by som q
fine support
Barnes was bumped for total of
nina hits, including g few extra base
vallops, but he kept the safeties we'll
distributed through the seven innings.
The Dodgers paired hits in the third
and again in the seventh. but in neither
Of these innings did they succeed in
scoring.
Winners Cluster Bingles
Southpaw Walter Ruether, who per-
formed in the box for BROOKLYN, was
also plastered for nine hits, excluding
the two triples that came in the eighth
inning. but most Of these waliops were
factors in the five runs scored by the
IL L
Srsc inning, three in the fourth and
two more in the fifth. Ructher was
iGst about TO give way in favor Of
Clarence Mitchell when the game was
haItad
During the assault on Ruether in the
fourth inning Emil Mersel drove one
Of the southpaw's offerings ever the
right field wall for his fourteenth hon,a
run Of the season and the second since
lie came here from his exile in Phila-
delphia Bancroft, Snyder and Raw
l.ngs each contributed uwo-bagger to
the cause of the Giants. Frisch and
Kelly cash slammed out triple in the
eight inning, but, Of course, these two
cloGtS were wasted
The Giants lost little time in getting
started. They iolted Ruether for two
hits IN the first inning and got of to
one-rln lead. Burns beat out a bunt
to Schmandt and Bancroft sent George
to third with q double along the right
held foul line. Burns completed the
circuit on Frisch's grounder to Olson.
On az attempted squeeze play Young
failsd to bunt and Bancroft was nailed
aatfocted of third base. Young
grounded to Kilduf for the third out
The Giants scored another run in
the third inning. Snyder led off
with two-bagger between Wheat and
Myers and Barnes moved his battery
mate along TO third on a sacrifice bunt
70 Rustksr. Burns fled to Myers in
deep center and Snyder sprinted home
after the catch.
Frisch Flashes Speed
Frank Frisch pulled some brilliant
oase running IN the fourth inning, dur
Ing which the Marhattanites damned
over three more runs. Frisch worked
suether for pass with none ont and
stole second as Ross Young struck out.
friscn took a big lead of second base
and then sprinted to third when Miller
threw the ball to Kilduff IN an attem pt
nail Frank off the keystone. Kelly
lifted fly TO Wheat and Frisch score i
after the catch.
Meusel followed with his drive over
the right-held wall and Rawlings then
smashed a double TO LETT SNYDER was
intentionally passed, but Barnes
spoiled the strategy by picking single
to center, which scored Rawlings. Sny-
der was cut down trying to steal third
The Dodgers saved themselves from
the lgnominy Of shutout by scoring
a run in the fourth on a double bv
Wheat, followed by two lnfeld oues.
The storm clouds were fast gather
lng at this stage Of the game, aud the
Giants started to hustle things along
IN order that the rain might not stop
tne game before the necessary five
innings had been completed. In the
nth Burns and Bancroft each popped
TO Olson on the first ball pitched
sslsch drove single through Ruerher.
ana took third on Young's single to
center Frisch allowed himself to lie
picked off third for the final out Of the
inning. '->
Dodgers Miss Chances
IN the last half of the fifth Ruether
singled TO right with one out. but
rgison hit into fast double play,
rrssch co Rawlings to Kelly. The
podgers threatened again in the sixth
"aen Grlmrh tripled to left with one
cu'- Wheat, however, grounded TO
plate.
IN the seventh Schmandt singled to
s start the inning and KlduR flied to
meusel Miller shot single to right.
sending Schmandt to third, but Ban
croft made fine stop of Ruether'a fast
grnnder, stepped on second, and then
salew to Kelly for the completion of q
frlsch trlpled along the right field
soui line IN the eighth with one out
ana scored when Olson booted Young's
Easy pounder. Kelly drove another
ysasee-oagger to right center scoring
aoung. just as Ruether was on his
way TO The showers and Mitchell was
icing led toward the mound, the storm
DsoKe and ended the festivities.
~ stealing two bases in the fourth
.,laning trlsch increased his total for
VOC present season to forty-six,
Griffith Hits Hard
:, Tommy Griffith led the Dodgers at
.ae Dat with a double and a triple in
.a.ee trips TO the plate. Otto Miller
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