The New York herald., 1922-08-14


pretty badly messed up when they h
them. Virgil belongs to the class of 10
for another year. But in this despera
men are called to the colors. 1t was RI
at Appomatox and Richmond. was see
Be this as it may. Virgil pitched
beautiful game. He struck out no less
than three of the Braves in one inning
and seven in all during the course OF the
action near Coogan's Bluff. which caused
the optimists to remark that If this is
tho sort of stuff that the Giant children
are made of there may be life in the old
team yet.
Virgil Was a Lovely Child.
Virgil has been travelling around with
the Giants for some time, his big brother
Jess heading him to the lot by the hand
each day. At first, while the game was
going on. little Virgil used to play IN
the grass near the bull pen. He made
pretty picture as he ran to and fro In
his little rompers. cut after the fashion
of the Giant uniform. At first When
they handed him a baseball he thought
that it was something good to eat. and
his childish efforts to swallow one or
Mr. Spaulding's spheroids used to amuse
the crowd in the bleachers.
AS pitching material became scarcer
and scarcer John Joseph McGraw began
to take a paternal interest in little Vir-
gill; Finally. after the child found that
q baseball was not nourishing food ana
began to throw 1t away from him. Mr.
MeGraw made him pallbcarcr.
pallbearer is pitcher who Is put In to
inter the baseball game after the starting
pitcher has been knocked loose from his
socks. Virgil filed the pallbearer's job
so adequately that In the last desperate
stand he was started in Sunday game
and finished 1t I'm style.
Well, well. we are beginning to feel
our age bit. 1t seems but yesterday
that little Virgil was in his rompers. and
here he is in there as a regular and
keeping the Giants in first place. But
then the thought of Jesse Burkett warm
ingi up in preparation for call to the
colprs revives memories OF Robert f.
Lee. Ulysses S. Grant and Babe Adams,
and we do not feel so aged after all
HcinIe der Groh Is Out.
II looked as though Heinie der Groh
would be out of the game for some time
and that the Giants would start their
last trip with Lucky Jawn Rawlings at
second and Frank Frisch of Fordham
at third. Heinie loosened knee in yes
tcrday's game and left the field limp
ing. 1t seems that ever since Heinie
left Cincinnati he has been troubled with
water on the knee.
While he was under the jurisdiction
of the good Burgomeister August Herr
mann he never was troubled with water
on the knee. The inhabitants of Gin
cinnati are very conservative and careA
ful In their use of water. The municipal
Ill. h.. al
Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston have
suffered little from wear and tear
Water Of the knee and water on the
brain are ailments unheard cf In Gin
cinnati. The inmates OF the grand
duchy arc too careful.
The ritcher opposing our young hero.
Virgil Barnes. yesterday was none other
than Jinxful Joseph Oeschger who has
caused the Giants no little annoyance at
various times. The local athletes regard
him as most deceitful person in the
box, but Joseph got himself into a hole
In the fourts inning and never did man.
age to crawl oct Of II.
The opening inning started bit
nervously for young Virgil. With one
out Kopf plastercd n hit past second.
Nicholson. with burst of agility. beat
bunt to the bag. Jitney Ford pasted
one past Long George Kelly and Kopf
scored.
Score Is Tied I'm Third.
The thing was promptly tied In the
third. With two out F'risch drove one
10 center Meusel drove one into right
field. Nicholson. who got the ball. re-
layed TO kopf. who made a wild heave
which Travelled to the Braves dugout
and Frisch scored.
In the fourth inning Jinxful Joseph
was crowded about considerably. Long
George Kelly singled TO center. Casey
Stengel got one past Kopf. Oil Smith