The New York herald., 1922-09-01
ZACH WHEAT'S TRICK
CATCH BEATS GIANTS
Robs King Of Homer With
Bases Full and Dodgers
Win, Z to 4.
ny DANIEL.

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another afternoon putting the skids
under the straining New Yorks. Incl
dentally the Dodgers. in winning by Z to
4. put up about as fine a game of ball as
they have shown this season. The
presence of the Giants seems to I'LL. the
hearts of the Dodgers with iron and
bitterness. their arms with steel and
their legs with an unusual nimbleness
which fairly annihilates space.
Zacharia Methusaleh Wheat in par
ticular found the proximity of the world
champions a health giving tonic. For
several days Zacharia had been under
the weather and out of the lineup. Even
the nearness OF pay day did not seem
70 cheer him up. But yesterday. as he
saw the Giants troop into the arena,
Wheat threw away his paregoric his hot
water bag and his cane. A sardonic
smile lit up the Cherokee cast of his
countenance and he became a raving,
ranting Giantkiller.
1t was a dazzling catch by this re-
vived outfielder which saved the game
for Brooklyn in the sixth inning-a
spectacular clutch which robbed Lee
King, in the role of pinch hitter. OF a
home run with the bases filled. Wheat,
playing King for a dead left field hitter,
was stationed close to the foul line when
the substitute sent the leather winging
toward the circus bleachers in left CEN
ter. Kelly. Cunningham and Snyder
were straining on the leash off their
bases. their eyes glued on the fast
travelling ball. Two runs already had
been scored off the suddenly discon-
fted Sherry Smith in. that frame--and
here were four more to ma.rh the six
piled up by the Brooklyns
with Back to BIeacners.
But it was not to be. As the ash
met the sphere that peculiar sixth sense
which comes to great outfielders sent
Wheat heller skelter toward center field.
Back toward the bleachers he dashed
while the semi-llner whizzed toward
that port of lost ball games. Somehow
Wheat came up with the ball. Some
how, with his back to the bleachers, he
made that catch. Kelly scored, but the
game had been saved. And the always
elegant King. as he hurled his bat 10
the turf. whispered: Dash it all, !
say !"
That stellar effort by Wheat stified the
rally and gave Smith and his fast firing
left arm a respite. Robbie would have
been pardoned had he taken Sherry out
before Snyder had made the fifth Giant
to give Smith whatever confidence
would have come from a triumph over
the New Yorks. Smith opened the
seventh. but he failed to close II.
Albertus Mamaux came to the rescue
and did a rather neat job OF both plain
and fancy rescuing which included the
retirement of the three assassinatlng
S's-Stengel. Snyder and Smith-on
strikes in the eighth.
Until the sixth only two more hits
came to the Giants. But then the fam
GUS patient came to life. For the nonce
the Giants cast aside the belief that they
were suffering a reaction from the strain
of their recent successes in the distant
provinces. frankie Frisch. who picked
on the Dodgers all afternoon but did not
get enough support. opened the sixth
with crashing triple to right centre.
Frankie had already got single and he
was to collect two more drives there
after. giving him four hits for six bases,
and two runs. Johnston, who played
remarkable game at short, robbed
Frisch OF a hit In the third.
Well. as the sixth dawned, Frisch
spanked Smith.-and Sherry began to
appreciate that life is not all cakes and
lam. Wheat made a brilliant catch of
Meusel's fly after long run and Frisch
scooted home. Young then singled to
center. Kelly singled to right. Snyder
whanged one to right.-and Young
scored. Then came Kings effort vice
Ryan. Bancroft forced Snyder TO close
the rally.
In the seventh F'risch singled and so
did Meusel sending the Fordham Flash
to third, and sherry Smith to the Roman
baths under the grandstand. Mamaux
was soaked Justify by Young but Myers
made a fine catch.--all the Dodgers were
outdoing themselves,-and held the
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