The New York herald., 1921-05-27
HANK GOWDY'S HIT
SPOILS GIANTS DAY
Chance Blow Gives Braves
Second Game Of Double
Header.
DOUGLAS SAVES FIRST
Relieves Benton In Nfnth-Fu-
lingim Is Boston's Win
ming Pitcher.
DOUGLAS SAVES FIRST
BY WILLIAM b. HANNA.

BY WILLIAM b. HANNA.
Special Despatch to THE New York HxhAIn-
BOSTON. Mass, May 28.--One game OF
the Giants by a score Of to 3 and
the second went tho other way. Tho
Braves won it to 8 and broke tho
tie in the ninth inning in an unusual
manner There We're two out in the
Boston half Of the ninth with Ford
on second base, and Sallee apparently
was trying to pass Hank ,Gowdy, who
had been cudgeling the bah for a base
hit all afternoon.
Hank had three singles to his credit,
and made his fourth, which sent in the
winning run on what seemed to be
freakish mischance. sallee pitched
two balls wide deliberately and slid up
the third with nothing much on 1t. He
sent It too close to the plate; Gowdy
reached across and jabbcd it and It
took a billowy and fatal course along
the ground between Frisch and Ban
croft for a single, and brought Ford to
the plate.
Rube Benton pitched capital ball most
Of the time in the first game, In which
better fielding by the Giants played an
important part The errors Of Boeclsel
together with timely hits by Bancroft,
Burns, Frisch, Kelly, Young and Walk
er, gave the Giants the runs they needed.
The sixth inning was q trying one for
Benton and so was the ninth.
Narrow Escape in First Game.
The Braves. who kept the Giants
watching them to the finish. grouped
three hits for two runs on Benton in the
sixth. and In the ninth they punched
two hits with two bases on balls. One
of the hits was the veriest scratch,
puny poke, which fell in q small, select
area among Benton, Rapp and Bancroft.
But for that the Rube would have had
smooth sailing In the ninth He was
removed with two out, and with Doug
las serving to Eayers the game was over
quickly.
Douglas went right on with the pitch
ing job in the second game, but got
wicked clip on the arm from a batted
ball IN the first inning and retired after
that round. He was not the only player
injured. Nixon Of the Braves was hurt
severely in the first game. He dashed
10 the left field wall for a long hit from
Burns. He threw out his arms to pro-
tect himself from the concrete nlassif,
after being unable to clutch the ball, and
struck with such force he sprained both
wrists. He was assisted from the field.
The distance of the hit, together with
Nixon's inability to pick up the ball,
gave Burns home run.
Powell scored in the first inning of
the second game on q two bagger, a
sacrifice and a single by Southworth.
It was Southworth's smash that winged
Douglas. Boeckel In the same inning
rammed a long home run over Walkers
acreage and made 1t three runs for
the inning. The Giants had made one
on Burnss two Dagger and Frisch's
single.
Sallee pitched craftily and well against
the Braves, and Fillingim's spitball was
decidedly troublesome. In the flfth the
Giants frittered away rosy chance to
win. A pass to Smith, an entirely I'M
expected single by Sallee. a missed
grounder by Barbara. then tumble by
Fillingim found one run In. three on
bases and nobody out F'risch allowed
TWO beauties TO i'Nss the plate unchal-
lenged. then fanneS oy hitting at bad
one. Young's fly 10 Cruise brought In
Boockel. 1t was lean picking from so
allurng an outlay.
TilIiDgim Effective.
The score was tied. however and
stayed so unutil the ninth. The Giants
were soft for Fillingin in the last four
innings save two singles by Joe Goldie
R&pp, quite unsuppleniented by similar
spats. Two men fouled out in Jig time
in the home half of the ninth when Ford
doubled into the dangerous corner.
George Burns came near meeting
Nixons misfortune In chasing Ford's
drive, but checked himself and bumped
the wall comparatively lightly.
When the astute and nimble witted
Gowdy crossed Sallee by lunging and
tapping the pitch for a knockout single,
Walkers throw-in to Smith was many
feet to the right of the mark. but II Is
very doubtful whether an unerring throw
would have had time to shut or the run.