The New York herald., 1922-07-30
EPIDEMIC OF SWATS
OVERWHELMS TONEY
Pittsburgh Gets to the Tennes-
see Terror for Four
Circuit Drives.
CAUSEY ALLOWS ONE
Dreyfus Cries 'Revenger as
His Clan Hits IA Loose Base
balls for Safeties.
CAUSEY ALLOWS ONE
by w. o. McGEEHAN.


There was a violent home run epi-
demic at the Polo Grounds yester-
day. The Pittsburgh Pirates We're the
players stricken. and while in a high
fever because of the epidemic knocked
out no less than five home runs, beat
ing the Giants by s to g.
The piece might be termed the re-
venge Of Barney Dreyfus. The last
time the Pirates were here it was said
that Barney had complained bitterly
Of the looseness Of the baseballs. The
Giants were knocking them all over
the lot. Even pitchers were banging
them into the stands for home runs
On that occasion Mr.. Dreyfus was
credited with the ominous remark. II
smell mice, but we shall nip him in
the bud"
1t was the theory of Mr.. Dreyfus that
the Giants had a mixed consignment Of
baseballs and that the lively ones were
given to the Pirate pitchers. while the
less lively ones were given to the Giant
pitchers. Mr.. Dreyfus was said to be
convinced of this when Shufflin' Phil
Douglas drove ball into the right field
stands for home run.
Pirates CIout Out ID safetfes.
Yesterday there seemed to be serne
confusion about the distribution Of the
baseballs. The Pirates got fourteen hits,
five of them being real home runs The
| barrage of long hits drove Fred Toney.
| ba Tev Mar ptotu ri gn ont
OF the place and it takes considerable
OF an explosion to move that famous
''Rock of Coogan's Bluff"
| Hughey Jennings plainly was puzzled
over the strange behavior of the base
balls and his corrugate brow increased
It's acreage of wrinkles visibly, while
new freckle appeared every ten seconds.
Pancho Snyder catching for the Giants.
demanded to see samples Of the sphe-
roids that the Pirates were bouncing
against the blue horizons.
There was nothing on the surface OF
The baseballs TO indicate that they were
loaded, but they acted in a peculiar
Ia shion Anyhow Fred Toney thought
they acted very strangely indeed. and
lie seemed to mutter as he wallowed
hack to the dugout the very words ut
tered by Barney Dreyfus. Something
Is loose with those baseballs."
Before he threw his huge bulk into
the dugcut Toney cast malevolent
glance at a gentleman with red whickers
and black hair who was sitting in a
field box The whiskers were of the
Smith Brothers period and looked like
a disguise. II was evident that Toney
suspected some connection between the
FIVE home runs and the red whiskers.
He is keeping his own counsel though.
Toney Engages In Repartee.
Toney uttered no complaints except
ing to Umpire Hart, and these were not
really complaints When Hart allowed
Max Carey base on balls in the third
inning Frederick walked TO Hart with
the majesty OF an elephant VINO had
been treated unfairly.
Hey. Bill" said Toney. This is the
plate, this little white thing that the
ball l pitched Just went over"
IT see it, said Hart calmly.
"I didn't think you did," said Toney.
80 l just walked way up here TO tell
YOU" And Toney walked back TO the
box from which he was TO be so rudely
evicted three innings later.
The loose baseball mystery started in
the second inning. Cotton Tierney got
hold Of one, as the saying Is. and hoisted
It into the left field stands Of course
there was nothing mysterious in one
home run, bat Fred Toney began to have
his misgivings right then and there.
Fred has misgivings whenever he is hit
hard He is one Of the most misgivingest
pitchers on the team.
The Giants gave the left handed Arlie
Wilbur Cooper his only session OF wor-
riment In their half of the same inning.
Long George Kelly started 1t with n
single to center and Bill Cunningham
einRled to right. Snyder caromed a hit
off Cooper's glove and Kelly scored.
Toney hunted to third and Tierney. TAX
ing the throw. let the ball go by.
Toney was safe and Cunningham
scored. Bancroft hoistad a sacrifice fly,
or what was intended to be one. but
Snyder. knowing that he was no Bernie
wefers. rerpained on third. He finally
came In on a sacrifice fly by Jawn
Rawlings.
Two Out--Then the DeIuHe.
There were two out IN the fifth when
the looseness OF the current run OF
hastballs became apparent again. Max
Carey banged one down to the right
center corner OF the field and roamed
around the four corners. Bigbee hit
solidly 20 right field. Then Reb Russell.
who started life as pitcher but later
reformed. banged another home run
right TO the center field fence. scoring
Blgbee and himself
Fred Toney, shedding gallons OF pers-
piration, muttered to himself: Barney
Dreyfus said II. Something is loose
with those baseballs Something is very
loose with them"
The mystery deepened in the sixth. 1t
got so deep that II was some fathoms
above the head OF Frederick Toney. the
simple Tennessee man mountain, who
was not only mystified but panied by
the evidence OF what seemed to hin
chIcanes-y of a sinister sort.
Grimm got & Sase on balls. Gooch
popped out. Then came Arlis Wilbur
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