The New York herald., 1922-07-26
SEVEN RUN RALLY
in FIFTH DECIDES
New Y0rks Drive Doak From
Box With Terrific As
sault.
TONEY HAS CLOSE CALL
st. Louis Slams Him for Four
Tallies in Ninth-Young
Hits Homer.
BY DANIEL.

Snarling and biting. fighting cour-
agoously-always fighting-now with
sheer force, now with the more subtle
attack as Of rapier thrust, with the
National League lead at stake and
10000 enthusiasts cheering them to
the echo, the Giants emerged tri-
umphant over the Cardinals by 8 to s
from a tense, pulse quickening battle
at the Polo Grounds yesterday after
noon.
1t was rally and counter rally. as
sault upon assault. sizzling feats In the
field, while the stirred thousands ran
through the gamut Of human emo
tions. 1t was darkest despair for the
home partisans while the st. Louis
batsmen piled up three run lead In
the first inning-wild jubilation when
Ross Young got one Of those tallies
back with home run in the second
then the peak Of ecstatic frenzy In the
fifth. The New Yorks hurled every
thing they had into terrific attack
which drove Bill Doak from the box,
netted seven runs and sent the world
champions into a lead from which
they were not dislodged.
There was a bit of uneasiness in the
eighth when the Cardinals flared up.
but they got only one run, which was
discounted Immediately by another tally
for the Giants There was a ~gnawing
fea- in the ninth inning, when, the ag-
gressive. never say die st. Louis slug
gers reinforced by a rush Of pinch
hitters. developed a lethal four run
punch, which sent big Fred Toney reel
ing, groggy A telling single to left by
the great Rogers Hornsby scored two
runs and left the Cardinals only one
tally short of a tie. There were two out.
The air vibrated with excitement, in
decision, as Toney wound up for the
pitch to Mueller. The staggering Behe-
moth had one more punch left In him
and he sent 1t at his man. The out
fielder grounded to Rawlings.
Lead . BIT More Than q Game.
The tension was broken. The Giants
had wor Taut lines which had ap-
peared l. thousands of faces gave way
to smiles An exultant crowd went he'll
ter SHELTER into the field, while an exul-
tant New York club dashed helter sxel-
ter to its quarters, with its lead aver
the Cardinals stretched to fraction
more than full game.
The contest was well worthy OF the
laurels at stake. Though Doak. the spit
bau expert, who usually is very effective
against the Giants, had to go into full
retreat In the fifu- while North took
his place, Toney vent the route. Man
Who Walks Like a Bear had a hard
time OF 1t In the first. and there were
many volunteer suggestions from the
stands to give Fred the air. the show
ers and various other things outside Of
the park. pronto.
But Toney, after keeping tho damage
down to three tallies In the FIRST pro-
ceeded to pitch six fashy innings In
which the Clouting Circus got to him
for only two Fits. In the eighth there
was a warning rumble of thunder as
two r~ore hits made run. Then came
the storm I, the ninth. The extreme
innings were altogether too lurid and
too torrid FOR Toney, but in between
them he smiled his way through as fine
an exhibition of pitching as he has
given In many day.
As the hitting hero Of the Giants the
figure OF Young loomed ia-ge and lus-
trous. Young not only got his homo run,
which gave the Giants their start
toward the banishment OF Doak, but he
also got two singles which told their
tale against the visitors. Behind him
were Frank Snyder and Johnny Raw
lings. with a double and q single for
each. And then ths-e was old Casey
Stengel with double--And every man
jack scrappinS ~ q world champion
ought to sc-ap For the Cardinals,
Hornsby and Stoct were the most in
sistent annoyers % Teney, each getting
three hit' and makin trouble a-plenty
with them.
That seven run rally was a classic
The hrth. openef calmly enough, with
Stock making great pickup of
Snyder's effort arc throwing him out.
Toney was mex up Doak had yielded
only TIN 60 hits thus far, the Giants were
trailing by '~v runs, and the peace
which comes Of resignation, hung in
thick gobs over the Harlem pasture.
There was rustic when Toney waited
and trudged to first. When Bancroft
banged single to left center the fans
began to sir up and take notice.
stage Set for Squeeze.