The New York herald., 1922-06-26
McGraw Calls Reserve From
- Bench in Ninth and His
Hit Wins Game.
KELLY HITS HOME RUN
Nehf Flattened by Hits of
Braves i'm the Seventh
n Inning.
BY w. O. McGEEHAN.

The Giants won from the Braves IN
the ninth. by TO 3. at the Polo Ground
yesterday, and at the same time an
swered the question. What Is Davey
Robertson for?" David. who has already
worn out the seats OF three pairs of uni
form trousers from steady contact with
the Giant bench, was pried loose from
the plank to pinch. With two out, two
on and two strikes called on him. Rob
ertson drove single to right, driving
home the winning run.
Once upon a time David was quite an
outfielder, but he lost interest in the
national pastirne. and finally John J.
McGraw, learning that he was about to
be given the air from the National
League. stepped right up and claimed
him. He had hunch that one of these
days David might be useful This came
to pass yesterday, and Mr. McGraw
gracefully receives credit for great fore
sight.
The game was exciting but the Gus
toners were so scarce that Charles A.
Stoneham and G. Washington Grant
proprietor of the Braves, brooded mood
lily in their box. Reuben De Marquis
Marquard, the wandering southpaw of
the big leagues, started against the
Giants left handler, Art Nehf, and the
Rube outlasted the local portsider. Nehf
was flattened by rush of Braves in
the seventh
Kelly Hits Homer.
1t looked like a lobsided pitchers duel
until the fifth. when Long George Kelly,
the first man UP in the act, pasted the
pill to a distant part of the lef field
DlpAcher4 for n home NDfI,ra lx,
there was no little enthusiasm over this
performance, as Long George was some
what overdue for some hitting.
The Giants put over two more runs in
the seventh. Long George, who persisted
in getting into the picture, forced
Young, who had singled. Young Will
Cunningham, who is kept to commit
mayhem or plain assault on left hand
ers. doubled to center and scored Long
George. "Oii' Smith singled TO right.
scoring Cunningham. Rube Marquard
looked very much displeased over the
outlook.
In the second inning Holke. who first
based for the Giants a long time ago,
but was turned loose because he seemed
to carry too much lead in his keel,
slammed single to right. Holke al
ways had a nasty habit OF hitting unex-
pectedly. Jitney Ford doubled and
moved Holke to third. O'Neil lifted to
left and Holke scored.
At this 1uncture Lank Hank Cowdy,
the first baseball player to volunteer TO
take a sock at the Kaiser. was sent in
to bat for Rube Marquard. Mr.. Mar
guard was very much panied over this
.nsinuation against the integrity of his
batting average and wore hurt look
as he dropped his bat Jank Hank
walked AM Christenberry was sent in
10 run tor him, as Hank used up his
dogs something terrible on F'lander' S
fields. Powell forced Christonberry
Parhare singled and Jltney Ford ratified
in across the 6isc missing On two cylin-
ders but nevertheless bringing home the
run. Southvorth singled to right scor-
Ing Powell, which tied up the game.
The End of Nehf.
At this point the Giant board OF
strategy held a post mortem over Art
Nehf. The coroner's verdict on the af-
fair was .hat Nehf had reached his
finish at the hands of parties known as
the Boston Braves. He was shipped
for the firal obsequies to the shower
room and VIII Ryan took up the task
At the start of the ninth Oeschger
who went in to replace Marqua sd, dis
posed of the first two men and It looked
great number OF extra innings With
the two down John J. McGraw sent on;
no other than Casey Stengel. As this
menacing figure approached the plate
there was oommotion in the infeld and
tho outfield of the Braves.
There was sharp. clicking sound as
The knees of the nine Braves knocked
unanimously together. TITS Casey
Stengel. Casey at the bat" the af-
frighted whisper ran. what shall we
DOR In a moment the Braves board
of strategy resolved that the situation
required desperate measures They
passed Casey StengeI purposely.
Casey Stengel is the same PLAYER that
was kicked downstairs by the BROOKLYN
Dodgers and afterward abandoned on
the doorsteos OF three clubs. Now they
are passing Casey in the pinches, The
moral or this seems to be never kick a
guy downstairs until you are sure that
he Is too feeble to come back Even al
that IL is best 70 bean hlm with an ak
first.
After Casey carne ION" Smith. and
the Braves. with their nerves all knocked
silly by tho apparition of Casey at the
hat. passed. him too. This set the sta &c
for the demonstration by Davey Robert.
eon that he was not exactly ready 10 bc
counted out of baseball permanently
5Sis smack sent Casey in with the win.
ming run through n flock of customers
for the folks poured out of the stands
as soon as the bat met the ball
The Giants rest to-day. as the prem.
1ses at the Polish Grounds will be occu.
pied by the Yale and Harvard baseball
teams.
The score:
BOSTON (NJ. NEW YORK CN).