The New York herald., 1922-06-13
His Three Bagger Aids New
York in Scoring Five Runs
liz Fifth.
PITCHER RIXEY RETIRES
Psychological Effect of Um-
pire Sentelle's Discipline
Pleases McGraw
BY w. o. McGEEHAN.

The reason for changing the name
of Emil Frederick Meusel to Irish
Meusei became apparent at the Polo
Grounds yesterday. On the previous
day Umpire Paul Sentell not only
shifted and sneered at Meusel but gave
him the gate. Lashed to a fury by
the presence OF Sentell behind the
plate, Meusel smote the ball so saw
agely that he got one home run with
the bases filed and little later a
three bagger that bounded against the
center field fence. The wrath Of Meusel
therefore was largely responsible for
the Giants beating the Reds by 9 to 8.
For the first time in his baseball ca
reer in tire East. Irish appeared some
thing else besides a placid and smiling
young athlete. He was burning with his
wrongs and he took 1t out on the ball.
Eppa Jeptha Rixey the tall left handler
who was heaving the pills. blamed it all
on Sentell. Eppa Jeptha was wishing
that the umpires would let sleeping
Meusels lie and remain Teutonic instead
Of turning Celt and smarting with
On the other hand, John Joseph Nc
Graw is hoping that all OF the umpres
will chase Meusel out Of the lot at least
once. The psychological effect OF this
probably would be to have Irish Meusel
batting around 500 for the season and
earn him the additional compliment of
having the name still further altered to
Irish O'Meusel or McMeusel, either be-
ing quite euphonious.
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ing much but give Sentell a black look
In the fifth inning the stage was set
prettily for him to give some real ex-
preston to the righteous indignation
that had simmered within him all
through the night Jess Barnes singled
and Bancroft and Frisch both drew
bases on balls, filling the bases with
Giants and Eppa Jeptha Rixey with
something closely resembling apprehen-
sion.
MeuseI WaIIops Ball.
The first ball went wide and Senteil,
who can compete with the most power
full foghorn on the coast. announced 1t.
The voice that razzed Meusel only the
day before rang in his ears again and
filled him with a desire to sock some
thing, anything. Just as his wrath
reached the breaking point the ball
whizzed up. Meusel swung and smashed
1t into the right field stands.
The plaudts of the customers meant
nothing at all to him. He had socked
something as hard as he could sock and
he felt trifle relieved. In the fifth
inning. during a batting rally which
gave the Giants five runs and Eppa
Jeptha Rixey the rest OF the afternoon
off. Meusel came once more to bat. This
time the hated presence OF Sentell again
drove him to swing and he drove the
ball against the center field fence for a
triple.
After the seventh inning McGraw let
Irish leave the park to cool off. Irish
dashed into the clubhouse and turned
an iced shower upon himself, but sc
fiercely did his ire continue to burn that
the water turned to steam. The ire OF
the Meusel family is hard to get started
but once ablaze it may be weeks before
II burns itself out.
The fifth inning was particularly dis
tressing not only to Eppa Jeptha Rixey
but to Wild VIII Phelon. the Cincinnati
naturalist and squirrel trainer, who
accompanies the Reds on their tours
With one out Groh hoisted a high one
TO left and Duncan lost It in the SUM-
This went for two Dagger. Eppa
Jeptha then executed a wild left handed
pitch, which is much wilder than the
right handed variety. This brought
Meusel to the bat chewing tobacco and
breathing wrath. He executed the triple
recorded above and scored Groh.
Young singled to right and scored
Meusel Long George Kelly slammed O
three bagger down to the fence at right
center. scoring Young, and Patrici
Aloysius Moran sensed that all was moi
well with Eppa Jeptha, who went away
from there. Jock Gillespie replaced him
Cunningham continued the parade by
bouncing a hit over second. scoring
Long George. Pancho Snyder flattened
a ball against the left field wall for a
single. Barnes hoisted one to left and
Cunningham scored.
The Reds got their first run in the
opening inning when Burns walked and
went to second on Dauberts out.
Harper brought him home with a two
bagger. Burns brought over another
run in the eighth. He singled to center
and scored on very healthy smash to
lett by Jake Daubert, who was an in
mate OF Ebbets Field before the pickle
fields of Cincinnati lured him from Flat
bush.
In the ninth inning Bohne singled and
Bressler went in TO bat for Gillespie.
Bressler hit twister to Bancroft. who
threw to Long George Kelly. Long
George assumed that Bressler was out
and heaved the ball languidly back to
Barnes. But II is a mistake to try TO
read the mind of an umpire. McCor-
mick called Bressler safe and Bohne
scored while the ball was going nowhere
In particular.
Long George made wonderful stop
OF a line drive by Chaveney in the
seventh. The thing came at him siz-
cling, but the long first baseman in
creased his altitude by leaping into tho
air and spearing the ball. IL his shoes
had not been well ballasted with feet
the force of the projectile might have
thrown him for long loss.
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