New-York tribune., 1922-03-31
Giants Score
Sllut-Ot1t Over
Memphis Team
Frisch's Hitting Accounts
for 3 Runs in 40 Victory
Over the Minor Leaguers
By John kieran

"a
Memphis Chicks, champions of the
Southern League, out for a stroll to
the Fair Grounds of this hourishing
metropolis this afternoon and then
and there coated the Southern Leaguers
with thin layer Of whitewash. Shut
fin Phil Douglas and Rosy Bill Ryan
pitched the New Workers to q to o
victory without working up an ap-
petite.
Three hits in six innings was the
total damage done by the enemy to the
Shutters slants. and the former Holy
Cross twirler permitted the same num-
Der Of safeties in the last three innings
On the other hand frankie Frisch was
welding the ash with vigor and effect
against the all-Cuban hurting staff of
the Chicks. The Fordham Flash pried
loose triple and q single in three
times at bat, scored a run himself and
batted in two more
The only run of the game in which
the Giant second sacker had no hand
was when long George Kelly waltzcd
home on an attempted double steal
while CASTOR played hare and hounds
with the Memphis team on the path
from first to second. Oscar Tucro and
Manuel Parade did the pitching for
the Southern League champions. 1t
was all done in Spanish. too. but even
under this handicap the Giants man
aged to stagger through the soggy go
ing TO a victory.
Play on Soggy Field
The game was played in the nfeld
of a h8lf-mile track at the local fair
grounds. The diamond WAS so soft
1o- ;1xl,4 : ~
looked as if they were wading after
ducks. Heine Groh sank almost out
of sight, and only his head and shoul-
ders were visible from George Kelly's
observation tower
Frank Frisch floundered around like
lost soul on his first chance, but after
that he got used to the lemon meringue
consistency of the infied and handled
the rest of his assists and put outs
without miscue. The diamond was |
of recent manufacture, without touch !
of vegetation. Just plain dirt and !
plenty of it. The outfield was just !
the opposite Ii was evidently tho VIC
tim of fail plowing and had been
seeded with rye or some similar brain |
food.
Pep Young was ready to chime in
with the poet who chanted "Ripe
grasses trammel the travelling foot"
for the agile right fielder grabbed three
hard chances while coming through
the rye"
For the first three innings of the con-
test 1T looked like quite pitchers bat
tie. Memphis Jared loose but one hit
from Douglas and the Giants nried
three from Tuero without dentine the
scoring dish. In the second half Of the
fourth stan2a, spurred on to make the
game decisive before the threatening
clouds and warning thunder Pep Young
stepped up to the plate and Tuero ,
bounced fast one right on ton of his |
head. Pep never took Spanish in school |
and didn't hear the warning bell from
the pitcher. 1t was = glancing blow. |
however, and Young trotted down to
nrSt gflnning over his lucky escape.
Frischs Triple Helps
10 discourage Tuero from handing
out such treatment as that to VISITING
athletes Frank Frisch smote the nox3
one high up and far away along tho
TIIIsht teld foul line for an easy triple /
nc tfoIted home on Kellys single to !
Ie1t; The attempted double steal hv |
the scoring end, added another tallv in
the seventh, and Groh scored the last
run IN the eighth inning on free |.
tioKet to trst, tielders choice and =
single to center by Frisch
,Shuflln' Phil was breezinc con4cr+
edly along, doing out his three hits in
SIX innings. He had everything he
needed except perfect control. He cavc
three bases on balls, but somehow
when he found the Chicks in p tbrn9t
enlng position on the bases he alwavs
managed to put the ball over the plate
Wlth enough stuff omit to discouraro
the base hit ambitions of the minor
leaguers. '''01
Ryan yielded two successive sjngIos
IN the, seventh session, and trouble
seemed brewing when Phillips. the |
next batter, slammed his next offerinp
down the left field alley. Irish Meuse1
Just managed to back-paddle viror-
ously through the swamp in time to
mp the sphere as it was sailing ner.
rlIy over his head. One more single
IN the eighth inning and the Memphis
team was through for the day.
The Giants double back on their
tracks tonight and journey to Jackson.
Miss, where they will engage the
memphis Chicks again tomorrow
There are four more games of this |
series to be played, including two nt
Memphis on Saturday and Sunday and
one at jackson, Tenn, on Mondav T
commissioner Landis is expected to
DOB up again for the Saturday contest |
al Memphis