The New York herald., 1922-05-16
ARTIE NEHF PITCHES
GIANTS TO VICTORY
Allows Cubs Five Scattered
Hits, New York Winning
by l to 0 Score.

Special Dispatch to THE New YosK HERALD
CHICAGO. May 15.--The pitching of
Art Nehf and the hitting OF Dave Ban
croft and Heinie Groh enabled'the Giants
to win from the Cubs to-day by score
OF to O. Nehf outpitched Vic Aldridge,
upon the Cub pitcher his first defeat
Of the season. Bancroft collected two
doubles and a single. and after he had
doubled in the fifth and reached third
on Frank Frischs demise, Groh sent
him over the plate with the run that
won the, game. Failure to properly exc
cute double steal in the first helped to
bring about the retirement of the Giants
before they could score. and in the sec
ond a double play served to put the
crusher on them. In the first inning,
with Bancroft out of the way. Frisch
walked and Groh was nicked by a pitched
ball. A double theft was ordered. but
OFarrell broke it up, nipping Frisch at
the far corner with throw to Kelleher.
Young followed with liner to Kelleher
Meusel was robbed of a base hit in
the second inning by Hollocher's fine
stop and throw of his grounder Statz
got under Kelly's short fly in right CEN
ter. only to muff it. SINNERS, seeking
only to sacrifice. dragged a bunt down
the first base line and then beat 1t out.
Smith hit the ball on line to Terry who
threw to Hollocher. doubling up Kelly
before the big. fellow could get back
to second base.
Giants Fill the Bases.
Filling the bases with none out in the
third inning. the Giants could not get
a run over the plate. Nehf led off with
a single to center and Bancroft and
Frisch followed suit. Statz fielded
Frischs hit so rapidly that Nehf was
compelled to pull up at third base
Groh was called out on strikes and
Young couldn't get the ball past Terry
who whipped 1t to O'Farrell so that
Nehf was forced at the plate. First
bluffing a throw to Grimes. O'Farrell
threw to Kelleher and Bancroft. who had
darted round third base. was doubled up
as he scrambled back to the bag.
Terry got base on balls in the Cubs
half of the third and after OFarrell
had flied out Aldridge bounced hit
through the box. Groh knocked down
Statz's hard bounder and nailed
Aldridge et second and Statz ended
the inning when he died stealing
"A double by Bancroft paved the way
crashed the ball over Barbers head
to the left field bleachers for two sacks
and Frisch's infield out sent him to
third. whence he scored on Groh' 8
single to center. Again Young could
not come through with the desired hit.
tanning instead. and Groh. who had
started for second as Aldridge delivered
the ball to Young, was thrown out.
Nehf I'm Tight Hole.
Nehf. through no fault of his own,
got into hole in the sixth inning and
then pitched his way out of 1t. STATE,
first man up for the Cubs in that round.
was ordered from the game by Umpire
Sentelle for addressing mysterious, but
obviously uncomplimentary remarks to
the judge of strikes and balls. Hack
Miller. who batted in Statz's place.
reached second when Meusel and Shin
ners bumped under his fly in short left
center Miller was taken off second
to permit Callaghan to run for him.
Hollocher tapped one down the third
base line and beat IL out Callaghan
taking third Callaghan was thrown
out at the plate when Kelleher hit to
Groh. and Grimes forced Kelleher' with
poke to Bancroft. Nehf personally
attended to the closing out of the inning
by spearing Barber's high bounder with
his gIoved hand and retiring him with
q toss to Kelly.
Bancroft got his third hit In the
seventh inning and though one by
Frsch followed, no advantage was
gained. Two were out when Banny
stepped to the plate and doubled to
right center. He dashed to third when
Frisch beat out bunt, but the runners
were left when Groh flied to Callaghan.
Smith opened the ninth with a single
to right and Berry was sent in to run
for him. Nehf moved Berry along with
O. sacrifice. but Terry leaped from the
turf for Bancroft's liner and. coming
back to earth. pegged to Hollocher.
doubling Berry off second. The score:
NEW YORK (N) CHICAGO tN)