The New York herald., 1922-09-22
Pirates Beat NeM Again.;
Hamilton Battles Giants
New Yorks Get Only Six Hits
and Take Another Beat
ing by 6 to 1.
ny DANIEL.

cn their customers they viii stop JOSH
ing the jealous Pirates and their elastic
supporters In the stogie city and hand
the Ccfsairs neat walloping this after
noon. It's all well and good to make
the race little closer--as the New
Yorks did yesterday az the Polo
Grounds when they accepted another
boating from those bad Buccaneers by
6 to but a joke is joke only when
II does not so too far. Tho time has
como to hollcr. "Suffic.ency."
The lead OF the Giants. which looked
SC sleek, fat and prosperous only
few days ago. has been dieted down to
three and half games on menu
chiefly of goose eggs. To-day looks like
fine time for John McGraw's agile
athletes to shoot little raw meat into
the system of their lead and bring II
back to four and half anyway. De-
feat would mean an advantage of only
two and half games--enough at the
finish but not so healthy at this time.
Again We're there striking evidences
on the Harlem lot yesterday that Hora-
tio Alger McKechnie has persuaded the
Pirates that they still have~a real
chance for the flag. Again did Horatio
keep bowling we'll selected copy book
was bad enough for the Giants to take
a second licking from the Smoky City
gang, but 1t was still worse for Arthur
Nehf to take his second straight past
ing from the club which used to be his
own private soft picking.
Jinx Gets Another Jolt.
Last year and the year before-in
fact ever since he came into the Ma
Snl -
domineering jinx of the Pirates. The
for the Giants was tantanount to
victory for New York "Caroolic~ Acid"
they called the southpaw in Pittsburgh.
The hoodoo was handed terrific Jolt
when the Buccaneers beat Nehf on their
own lot recently. and 1t got a terrific
body blow yesterday when Arthur
yielded ten hits. one of which was an
other home run into the right field
stand by Skeeter Bigbee.
The afternoons doing were entirely
left handed. Right handed persons felt
as de trop as De Valera at an Orange
mems picnic. While Nehf was south
paving for the locals old Earl Hamilton
was doing as much for the Pirates. The
venerable Earl seemed to have little
something on the Giants. He had no
great assortment of c''rves. He had
no particularly hard stuff to put over.
All he showed was dinky drop and
change. of pace-th't's all. The
change OF pace alone was enough to
stop the New York sluggers. Hamilton
concealed 1t admirably.
The ancient singer held the Giants TO
only six hits. two of which were wasted
In the first inning and three of which,
led by frankie Frisch's triple off the
right field wall, were jammed into the
seventh for the one run of the natives.
One run for us on Wednesday, one run
yesterday-two tallies in eighteen in
nings--and two beatings you could not
very well blame on that decimated pitch
ing staff The boys are not hitting.
When the Pirates came here last
Hamilton was headed for Minneapolis to
pay for Rebel Russell. Given another
chance to prove that he still was entitled
to the honor Of travelling with the regal
nenage of Hey Barney" Dreyfuss the
left handler went out and beat the Giants.
This time McKechnie. who like Wilbert
Robinson likes to try to left hand the
New Yorks to death, groomed Hamilton
for long time.
He fed him on bran, steaks, spinach
and steel dust and brought Earl into the
Polo Grounds feeling as clipper az a
bird with ten tons of coal in his cellar.
atcher for some time, weakened per-
ceptibly In the stretching session, but
fast ffSrding dragged him out. All the
while Horatio Alger McKechnie kept
hollering notices at Earl. Strive and
Succeed :" was Horatio's favorite--and
Hamilton fairly strove himself into<a
pretzel.
The game was marked by near ex-
change OF blows between Rabbit Maran-
vile and Johnny Rawlings in the third
inning But for the unfortunate inter-
ference OF some of the Giants and Bill
Klein. who officiated on the bases, the
jaded appetites OF the fans would have
been whetted by a real fight As 1t was
the proceedings were stopped before
Rawlings could land and Maranville was
sent from the game.
Crashes Into Rawlings.
1t happened thiswise. The Rabbit
beat out a hit to short to start the
third. Carey grounded to Bancroft, who
threw to Rawlings to forco the Rabbit
at second. Maranvlle came into Johnny
without saying Pardon Me-" He jolted
Johnny all the way down to his heels
and interfered with Iawiings In such
way that Johnny mado = wild throw to
first on which Scoops went all tho way
to second soon to score on q passed
ball and Barnhart's infield out.
As Rawlings let go the ball he turned
on Maranville, who ducked a right and
was about 90 set himself for right of
his own when the other boys interfered.
Previous to the ukase byQuigley order
ing Maranvile from the game the UNI
pire at the plate had quite discussion
with Klein. Bill pounded his fist on
his palm and appeared 20 be quoting the
ytfleQ N CuirIey who aaenaaI 10 ha
peeved.
Three hits I'm row brought two runs
for the Pirates in the second. Traynor
singled to right. Young playing the ball
beautifully off the wall. Grimm singled !
to left after Traynor had stolen Sec
ond, and run No. I was IN. Schmidt
sincied to second and while Cunningham