New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
Giants Defeat
White Sox, 5.3
lnHone Debut
kelly's Hitting Is Main Fac.
tor iii Victory; McCraw.
men Now Lead i'm Series

Inc Glant machine. 1929 model.
"hich ls expected to develop as much
speed as its immediate predecessor. was
put on View at the Polo Grounds yester-
aay before a crowd Of eight thousand
rams. Poor weather conditions and tho
natural desire TO hold of for the hir
opening next Wednesday undoubtedly
hao their effects on keeping down the
size of the crowd, which was somewhat
under expectations.
With the Chicago White Sox f,rnish
ing the opposition, the McGrav ma
chlne moved along smoothly TO a well.
earned triumph over the America
Aeaguers, to 8. As result tbe
worlds champions are now showinr
thelf own heels to the White Soy. afta'.
1a'iing IN the first eleven games Of the
SeIies 10 get better than tie. Yester-
Which Will be ended at the Polo
Grounds this afternoon, and the connt
no" stands six victories to five in favo,.
OF the McGraw mon, with one game
What The crowd lacked in numbers Il
a'oned for III enthusiasm, particularly
IN the early afternoon. when tlc
"oflos champions paraded before the
rams for the first time. That the hap
penlngs Of the late worlds series have
not been forgotten was made manifest
py !he amount Of applause shcwercd on
IaIlous players. None was overlooked.
ou' some drew more than others.
Burns Is Missed
II was pretty much the same team ss
ehat Which ended the series last YEAR
only Frisch ana Burns being missing
Frisch is out with an infected foot and
bufns was lar away from the Polo
GROUNDS while the club was making it's
ls22 debut. 1t seemed strange to sec
Che Giants in action without the silent
and brilliant fly catcher, but the fans
sh0"ea by their welcome TO SINNERS
snat they arc prepared to accept the
ne" condit!on3. SINNERS did not shine
particularly in his Polo Grounds debut,
put N the preliminary work handled
himse't Ike veteran campaigncr.
Hard hitting BY George Kelly wa.
NANNY responsible for the advantage
mat belonged to tic Giants at tic
nnish. Long George poled two hits snc
ne made both count heavily for RI
cause IL the second inning. making
ms flrst appearance at the plate. Ii,
Whaied INTO the first ball pitched tt
him and lofted it into the left lield
sun arloi~when the sun is uorkinY
In the eighth inning George founl 8
pair Of brother Giants languishing ,
the paths, so he slapped & near doub}a
to the right field wall and the run
made up the winning margin. Kelly
ttlcd Tor two cushions on the drive.
but he found that Harry Hooper still
ranks high among the sharpshooters.
Heinic Groh, welcomed back to the
foId after long sotourn in Eedland,
was also an important figure in the
triumph. Heinle led in the attack with
three hits, made pair Of sizzling stops
and carried home two New York runs.
In the sixth inning Heinie saved Nirgl
Barnes from threatening disaster Will
great play on Mostil when the bases
were bulging with White Sox. He had
previously contributed fielding gem
at the expense Of Mcclellan.
In the Giants sixth Groh did some
fancy base running, which put the
;McGrawmen in front, after the sox had
knotted the CONT. Heinie coaSed a
throw from Srhali, then dashed 20
third and vas in position to score on
e sacrifice fly.
Douglas Pitches Effectively
Phil Douglas flppcd in a most con-
vincing manner for the Grst five inn
ings and he had to be good. because
Red Faber was anything but easy for
the New York hitters. After setting
down the visitors with two hits and
run in five frames, Phil withdrew in
favor Of Virgil Barnes, who was saved
from much trouble by good lieldng.
Faber gave way to Hodge after four
innings and the latter was reached foT
five hits and the last three runs.
Doubles by Collins and Hooper wit!
two gone in the first inning gave the
SoN run, but the Giants got it baci;
in their hall OH singles By Bancroft
and Groh, Heinie featuring with Il well
worked hit-and-run play, and an in
field ont on Young. In the second in
ming K9lly hir into the LETT field sec
ton, putting the Giants in front.
Tight pitching kept the score at .
to 1 until Chicago's sixth, when somo
uncertain throwing to bases by Virgil
Barnes put the Giants in hole. Then,
with two runners aboard, Hooper
slasned single over second and Nc
Clellan raced in with the tying run.
Later in this inning, with the bases
filled. Groh made the play which kept
the SoX from going ahead.
In New York's sixth GIoh doubled to
left, sneaked along to third on Schalk's
throw to catch him mapping, and scored
on Young's fly TO Strunk.
lielder's choice on Meusel and a single
bv Kelly gave the Giants two more in
the eighth. Strunk's single, lielder's
choice on Mostil, Sheely's walk and
single by Schalk produced Chicago's run
in the ninth.
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