New-York tribune., 1922-09-18

At least three things are responsible
for this unexpected poke in tle short
ribs. In order Of their Importance
these are: Our pitching, their pitching
and rnix-up on the hitting. in The
FIRST place, all signs and portents
pointed to q New York defeat when
III Arthur Nehf was allowed to pitch
the full game for the homo team. Only
three times in nearly as many months
have the Charts triumphcd behind any
single pitcher through the full nine
hiring overland route
Then their piScning Like most OF
the other teams in baseball, the Reds
win now and tnen If they can only get
some hurler who can maintain verti-
eel position in the pitchers box over
considerable stretch of time. They lose
their games as their fingers topple
over TO horizontal position and are
laid end to end or row on row, as the
case may be. Yesterday Pat Moran
Urged Eppa Jeppa Rixey TO match his
port slants against those OF Art Nehf,
and there was no doubt that Eppa stood
upright through the storm. Everybody
could see that, inside and outside the
park. One might say that Eppa is the
highest salaried pitcher in baseball
that is, If he gets q salary. There is
no argument about the height.
As for the hitting, the Giants gar
pered thirteen safe blows to but eight
for the opposition, strategical error
that was irreparable. The Clan Nc
Craw should know by this time thas
sreir victories have been chalked up
by using a minimum Of three pitchers,
rnder-hittng the enemy by the safe
margin of at least four blows and hay-
ing seven runs at the end of the ninth
inning, while the outlanders can only
muster up total Of six. A study OF
last weeks fever chart at the Polo
Grounds will prove this conclusively,
if it proves anything.
Only One Error Behind Nehf
Arthur Nehf pitched pretty fair
game, all things considered, and his
teammates gave, hin, sparkling support.
The only misplay behind him was a
bobble BY Bancroft from which no
harm resulted. as the shortstop i'm
mediately afterward started double
play that retired the side. In spite Of
this the Giant southpaw was ham
mered for a quartet of runs, while
Rlxey might have shut the worlds
champions out had it not been for
Nc. i boot by Sam Bohne in the sixth
inning. bne session III Whlcn the GIANTS
scored their three insufficient tallies.
A double by Bubbles Hargrave in the
second was converted into run on
sacrifice by PinelIi, walk to Bohne
and a double steal, in which Bubbles
drifted home while Bancroft was tag
ging Slippery Sam at second. A walk
TO Ed Roush Fonseca's sacrifice and
sing,e by Hargrave brought over an
other enemy tally in the sixth. Then
came the Giant attack on the Heights
of Rixey. After Bancroft and Rawi-
ings had singled Frisch hit to Bohne
for EN- easy double play, but Sam threw
the ball away after stepping on second
to force Rawlings.
Bancroft scored and Frisch went to
second on this uncultivated heave
Irish Meusel hit the first ball pitched
for single to left, and the Fordham
Flash was over the pan with the tying
tally. Young flied out, but Kelly
knocked Bohne off his pins with hot
drive, and Wild Willie Cunningham
sent Meusel home with clean single
to right. That was ALL and it was not
enough, as Jake Daubert tripled in the
eighth and Pat Duncan walked Jake
was caught at the plate on Roush's
rap to Nehf but Louis Fonseca chased
Duncan home with single and Roush
scored the winning run on a sacrifice
fly by Hargrave.