New-York tribune., 1922-04-17

persons, II thcy we're appTeclaClVe OF
distinction to an excess of hitting
baseball, enjoyed every minute of it
to 2.
Nehf went through to the finish with
his effective. work, but the Giants
solved Rudolph in the seventh and
eighth innings, when they did all their
scoring.
The Bostonians were fretful and bel
ligerent after the hiding they had to
take in Philadelphia and played with
3 good deal Of feeling. That's the
Giants dish, that sort Of opposition
They played with intensity themselves.
and the result was game full of fight
and vitriol, great plays and absorbing
interest 1t was game for the cognos-
cent?, for those who like q good shindv
Nehf was against 1t for SIX innings,
with all his skiifui and plucky pitching,
for the Braves placed a run on the
plate IN the third inning and the
Giants were blanked until the seventh.
Rudolph was going so well that the
whitewash promised TO take On per
manence.
Rudolph hasn't done much more than
Wpi -ouI inns spring game IN
Washington is ali the real pitching
he has done-but he did his work with
all his oldtime guile 1t may be that
1t takes youths residence and endur-
ance 20 keep on the lid nine full
innings against a team Of killers like
tho Giants, who can slam from one end
OF the batting order to the other. Any
way, they broke through and mauled
the old fellow in the seventh and
eighth innings.
Great Catch by SINNERS
George Kelly and Ralph SINNERS
did. lot to help Nehf win his game,
and most of the NOISY approval of a
crowd, easily moved to noisy approval,
was directed to them. Kelly was the
center of the hitting vortex, which
landed the Giants on top, with single
and home run. Without him the
Giants were in fair way to lose. He
started the first rally with a single
and he completed the second with a
home run.
SINNERS made a wonderful catch,
running outward with all his might,
jumping and making the catch with one
hand and that hand as high as the
flag pole. This was in the second in
ming on Nicholson. Nicholson didn't
read Alright the vociferous yelling of
the crowd and tore to third 1t took
a good deal of regretful explaining by
Fred Mitchell, the coach, to convince
him he was out. He didn't see how
hit like that could be anything but
three -bagger, but truth IS stranger
than fiction.
in seven of the nine innings the
Braves didn't reach base at all. In
each of the two others they made
three hits and scored In the third
Gowdy singled, went to third on
Rudolph's shot to right and came in
on ball which Powell drove violently
through Rawlings. In the ninth, with
two out, Kopf, Southworth and Nichol-
son singled in succe ssiou for the sec
ond tour Of the Goldfish circle.
Kelly all afternoon was burning the
background with far-fung missiles.
After Nicholson had muffed lift from
Meusel in the fourth inning Powell
ran back and caught one from Kelly
the klubber in as deep center as where
SINNERS made his amazing seizure
grand piece of fielding by the Braves.
Kelly's single in the seventh started
the downfall Of Rudolph. The little
man wavered and passed SINNERS.
Smith hit one to right which sent Kelly
home and sent SINNERS to third. Nehf
hit one to Ford, Smith advancing and
SINNERS staying where he was. He
was safer there than adrlft on the base
line. The Braves made a claim that
Ford touched Smith on the line, but in
reality he didn't touch him. though he
stabbed at him. and Phrmau, the new
umpire, was right.
More Runs for Giants
Bancroft whanged one to Holke so
Fhard it rebounded from that salient
y hack to the box. SINNERS scored and
Smith could have advanced but he
Hrf+ ,l,uA L.,1 i.
old ball, riccocheting this way and
that, and scurried back to second
Rawlings filled the bases with hit
and Grohs fly to Southworth scored
Smthy.
Meusel tapped fly over the infield
in the ninth and paced Kelly home
when George the Long opened his
homerun campaign into the left-feld
seats. SINNERS bunted neatly. The
ball trckled toward first. Rudolph
raced to head it off and SINNERS dug
FOR first. Their trails crossed. Rudolph
couldn't head the bail off, but gave an
artistic exhibition of what appeared to
be cutting 'em down from behind,
play just barred from football.
Apparently he tried to knock Shin
ners out of his stride by diving into
his legs with his shoulder. The two
went tumbling, SINNERS landing safely
on the lag and then arising to bawl
Rudolph out for seemingly foul tactics.
II Rudolph was trying to upset Shin
ners 1t was foul tactics.
Kelly now leads Ruth in home runs
Score / to 0. Ruth's campaign post
poned on account of Lands.
Young was the only Giant who didn't
hit. His display in the sixth inning
when he sent high fly to Holke, was
not one to be commended. He
rounded first at great speed, which was
fair enough, but as he did so he shot
out his arm in the direction of Holke in
what looked like a deliberate attempt
TO make Holke muf. which was not fair
enough. Poor stuff, and he probably
would have been called out for inter-
ference if Holke had dropped the ball
He ought to have been.
Feel sorry for the Clevelands and
Cardinals. THEY'LL feel so blamed tough
when they do lose a game.
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