The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-03-21
CLEVELAND DOWNS
GIANTS In NINTH
Speakers Circuit Drive Ties
Score and Indians Win
by 3 TO 2.
~ DANIEL.

ny DANIEL.
Spcoicl pcspntch ~ THE NEW York HERALD.
DALLAS. Tex. March 2o.-Tris Speaker
hammered a home run into the proceed
ings between the Giants and the cleve-
lands here this afternoon. and ne ham
| mered It az a very appropriate and
highly dramatic moment With New
York leading BY TO ! and apparently
victorious, Speaker came TO bat to open
the ninth inning. After some few pre-
lininaries he lifted tho bali over the
right field fence and tied the game into
q knot. Not many moments later the
worlds champions got another counter
and won by to 2.
1t was q mighty hard game for the
Giants and Arthur Nehf. the left handler.
to lose. The Giants hit so much more
often and harder than their rivals that
there was scarcely any comparison be-
tween them in that department. But
homer In a tight contest Is a mighty
ruinous development New York col
lected ten hits. as against four for
Cleveland.
And that was not all. The Giants
hammered the ball all over the lot, but
a high wind sent the ball kiteing SO that
the Indian outfelders got plenty Of time
to set themselves for the catch. Four
teen Giants were retired BY the Cleve-
land outfielders, and quite few Of the
, outs We're made on line drives which
were labelled hits However. to get back
to wha, happened &c the. Giants and
Nehf In that dovr ninth. Nehf had re-
lieveG BIZ Ryan after Ryan had gone
four innings Arthur had held the In
dams without hit or run until Speaker
came 10 bat with three menacing
bludgeons in his hands. Nehf seemed
20 be complete master Of the game The
left handler hurled the bah with craft,
speed and cunning and got to the and
. stage
Score Is Tied.
The impression was that Nehf would
pass the batting champion Of the Amer-
can League but rhe Giant pitcher
worked for that third strike. He sent
II about waist high and right over the
plate. and Speaker smashed H. No
sooner had the ring OF ball against bat
resounded through the park than II was
quite evident that the score had been
tied
There was scarcely any need to wait
until the ball cleared the fence. Every
body knew here It was going. AS 1t
sailed over the barrier Walker stood
facing the fence and threw both hands
into the air as signal OF despair. That
blow OF Speaker put Nehf on the skids.
He could not find the plate for Joe
Wood. who walked. On Seweps tnheld
out, Young TO Kelly, Wood went TO second
and when Nehf threw a wild pitch Joe
went to third. Burns, who had replaced
Johnston on first, for Cleveland, was
passed on purpose to get ut Lunte. The
situation looked mighty dark for New
York.
John McGraw at this stage decided
that Nehf had had enough and sent Jess
Barnes to the mound. Speaker re-
sponded to this move with one of his
own, for he sent Chef Thomas to bat
FOR Lunte. Thomas sent a long fly to
Burns. AS the Giant caught the bail
Wood raced for home. Burns came
through with a rerna rkable throw 10 the
plate and would have got Wood bat for
the ball hitting bump near the plate.
SO went one Of the greatest exhibition
games IL has been the privilege of the
South to see Twelve thousand fans
iammed the park az It never had been
jamned before. The crowd was here,
there and everywhere.
1t was q somewhat patched up array
at second base and Walker in right
Geld. With Frisch out OF the game with
n sprained ankle McGraw assigned Jack
Monroe TO cover second. but Monroe met
with an accident Just before the con-
test.
As Young was swinging q bat Monroe
walked by and paid no attention 70
him. The swinging stick caught Monroe
| flush on the Jaw and Rocked him colder
than an Arctic blast. Monroe bled con-
siderably and after being revived was
Of no further use 10 the Giants for the
day. Later he reported the loss Of n
tooth. AS Grimes and Gross had gone
to Greenville with the second team, Nc
Graw was hard pressed for a second
haseman. He tried both Young and
Walker at second In practice and finally
settled on Young. who played the bag
when he was with Rochester
Young let Speaker get away with p
hit which should have been an easy
out in the FIRST and which sent Cleve-
lands first run over. But later Young
put up splendid game In the field,
Speaker Anxious to VIA.
Speaker was mighty anxious to win
the game and sent out his best. lie
opened with Stanley Covelesitie. spit BAH
pitcher and hero OF the worlds series
OF last fall. Coveieskie was found FOR
two hits in the first---a single b. Burns
and double by Bancroft-but they
got the Giants nothing in the run col
umn.
Ryan hit the pole for a single In the
third. bringing the hit total against
Coveiesitfc 10 three. In the fifth Jim
Bagby went to the pitching hill for the
Indians, and was found far easier than
his predecessor In four innings Of
Bagby's pitching the Giants got six hits
and both Of their runs. Nelson Potts
hurled the ninth for tho Indians and
gave Nehf hit. Potts was mighty for
tunate not 70 spill the beans. Luntes
great catch OF Snydor's line drive saved
him.
1t was Burns who sent in both Of
the Giants runs in the afth inning.