The New York herald., 1922-06-10
ALEXANDER TAMES
GIANTS SLUGGERS
Frisch, With Four Hits, Only
Local to Bother Veteran;
Score, A to 3.
MILLER'S DRIVE DOES 1T
Double Sends In Winning
Run-George Burns to Be
Honored To-day.
BY w. O. McGEEHAN.

by W. ". HAM,
On the eve of their second flag
raising of the week the Giants were
stopped yesterday by Grover Cleve-
land Alexander and two corpulent out
fielders. Alexander had most of the
Giant sluggers, with the possible ex-
ception of frankie Frisch, tanned, and
the two fat fielders-Miller and Erie
berg-pounded Nehf ponderously in
the third, with the result that the
Cubs nosed out the Giants by the
score of to 8.
To-day the Giants will parade once
more and hoist the worlds champion
ship pennant to an already overbur-
dened staff at the Polo Grounds Also
the day has been set apart as George
Burns Day, and the customers will
mourn his demise to Cincinnati and
present him with dill pickle forks and
kraut bowls in order that he may set
up housekeeping in the Rhinelands.
In preparation for the parade .quad
of eight chiropodists were working on
The bunions that kept President Charles
A. Stoneham out of the parade preceding
the hrst pennant hoisting. At late hour
last night President Stoneham issued the
following significant statement: will
be in the line of march If I can get my
Cogs in share"
MilIer's Hit n Winner.
Hack Miller. who used to roll rocks
down the slope of Telegraph Hill. San
Francisco. brought in the run which
happened to win the game in the sixth.
Hack drove the ball to the center field
fence and took two bases on it. For any
other player in the league it would have
been a home run. but Hack Is built on
entirely circumferentia, lines similar t.
those of Wilbert Robinson. He pulled uo
painting at second and had lost some
thing like ten pounds in transit.
Fordham frankie Frisch did mist OF
the hitting for the Giants and Alexander
got tired of looking at him before the
game was over. Frankie got four hits
out of five tirnes up besides doing some
particularly fancy fielding.
The Cubs got their first run In tho
opening inning when Mr.. Arnold Jig
gers Staz. the best golfer in baseball
tecd off from the home plate with drive
,hGt put him on the green at third base
FOR ! nice clean triple. 1t LOOKED as
thouAh he would stay there when Hol-
iocher and Krug passed quietly away,
but y eauty Bancroft let a poke by
Crime slip out of his hooks and Staz
tn the same inning Bancroft and
Erisch each slapped Alexander for a
si.fgle. Groh raped one down to Terry,
whoS rev to the plate. and Bancroft
vas raped between the bag and the
dish risch in the meantime moving up
TO tbis1. Irish Meusel lofted one to
tight nd Frisch scored.
The 1iiants took the lead In the fourth
Youne got a base on balls and went to
sccon6 on Long George Kelly's out
Casey tengel, who was thrown into the
dump & 4 old and Clipped ivory by squire
Eobcts If Flatbush, brought Young home
With a clean single. A little later Casey
reached third. sliding with much agility
on a hi. by Snyder. but he stayed there.
Alex Does Some Hitting Too.
The Cubs should have scored another
run In the fifth IL they had been al
lowed to have a snappy doughboy with
fixed bayonet behind Hack Miller. the
ponderous Rock Roller. With one out
Miller poled long hit to center. Terry
got him as far as second. despite his
protests. with a second single. With
Hartnett out. Alexander himself came TO
bat and drove long single to right.
The conventional thing is for gent
on second to score on the average single.
but Hack Miller Is one of those uncon-
ventional players. He started with the
crack of the bat against the ball and the
infield trembled as he rumbled around.
AS he rolled past third Niagaras of per-
spration spattered to the grass. In the
meantime Young had recovered the ball,
and by the time Hack reached the plate
almost entirely deflated Snyder had the
ball ready to tag him.
Weight told in the sixth. STATE led
with single and went down to sec
ond on a sacrifice by Hollocher. Krug
fouled out to Snyder and Grimes drew
himself base on balls.
Then came the triumph OF the fat
men. Frieberg, who had been sitting
on the Cubs bench until it gave way
with his weight, was in the game be-
cause there was no place for him to
sit He swung his pudgy arms and
connected for a single to left that
scored both Statz and Grimes. Then
came Hack Miller. the widest man In
baseball. He drove the ball right down
to the centerfield fence.
"A home rum" the customers cried.
But the customers did not figure upon
the circumference of the hitter. Hack
barely reached second but he sent Frie-
berg painting In with run.
Casey Is stiII There.
In the eighth inning. with one ou.
Young bounced a single off Hollocher
knee. Long George Kelly sent him to
third with hit to left which Hack
Miller kicked around little before he
flelded 1t. Hack has a great deal OF
trouble STOPPING down to pick them off
the grass. Then Casey .SteneeI brought
Young home with drive to left.
The score: