New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25
$4,000 Witness
Double Defeat
OF acen1akers
Record Weekday Crowd Is
Treated to Superb Pitch
ing by Nehf and Douglas
By r. !. Kelly

aided by the brilliant pitching Of
Artle Nehf and ShLfflin Phil Douglas.
the Giants took new lease of life
yesterday afternoon and .trounced the
league leading Pirates in both ends OF
double header in the presence Of
more than $4,000 fans, the largest week
day crowd at the Polo Grounds this
season. The scores were 10 70 > and 7
70 o.
After playing indiffereatly ana los
ing three out OF four games to the
Cardinals, McGraw's outfit performed
like champions and outplayed the
Pittsburgh team i'll every department
throughout the afternoon The double
victory put the Giants FIVE and a hall
games behind their rivals. but nothing
shorc Of = clean sweep OF the jnroc re-
manning games of the series VIII cstab-
lsh them again as formidable contend
ers for the pennant.
In scoring their two tiinmphs the
home players drove to cover Babe
Adams and Wilbur Cooper the main
stays of Pirtsburghs pitching staff.
The defeat Of Adams broke the vet
Grams winning streak Of nine consecu-
tive games.
Fine Exhibition by Douglas
Nehf yielded only five hits in the
first contest, and Douglass was found
for the same number in the
second. Both received sensational sup
port. During the fist six innings the
minimum number of eighteen batters
faced Douglas Grimm connected for
single in the third inning. but was
forced at second on Schmidt ground
er, and the latter was caught stealing
moment later. In the sixth Schmidt
beat out bunt to Frisch, but Cooper,
HOT ,,,tf Il h Ia
Emil Meusel, Long George Kelly and
George Burns were the batting heroes
of the afternoon. Meusel slammed out
q single, two doubles, triple ard 2
home run. His circuit clout. which
came in the second inning of the first
games with Kelly on second base, put
the Giants IN tine lead after the Pirates
had scored run in the first inning
It was Meusel's first homer since join
ing the Giants and his thirteenth of
the season.
Kelly connected for a home run of
Adams in the first contest, his twenty
second of the present campaign. Long
George also poked out a double and
two singles. In the second, game BurnS
brought about the downfall Of Cooper
with a home run TO the deepest corner
: of right field. with Rawlings and Doug
las on the bases.
Pirates First to Score
The Pirates scored a run in the fra.
inning of the opener OH two-baggel
by Maranville, an intield out and
Cerey's sacrifice fly, but this tally WAS
soon nullified by Meusel's home run
A double BY the same Mr. Meusel and &
single by Earl Smith gave the Giants
another run in the fourth. The Pirates
added one in the fifth on singles b.
Whitfield and Grimm. followed BY
Adams's two base hit.
kelly's home run, an error by Tier.
ney and singles by Rawlings and Smith
gave the local elan two more runs in
the sixth and clinched the decision
"Whitey" Glazner, who relieved Adams
was bombarded for one more run in the
seventh and four in the eighth.
For the first four innings the second
game was an alright duel between
Douglas and Cooper. In the fifth, how.
ever, the latter was bumped for three
hits and the Giants took one-run lead
This tally was gained as the result OF
singles by Rawlings, Smith and Burns
Cooper went entirely to pieces in the
sixth and the New Workers scored fly.
runs on singles BY Kelly, Meusel
Rawlings and Douglas, followed b,
Burns's home run. They added anothe!
in the seventh on base on balls ant
MeusePs triple.