New-York tribune., 1922-08-14

ihis " perlod' person is pltcnef.
In fact, he has peea pitcher for some
time, but ne has had difficulty in prov
ing it to the world at large. His
usual role is that of pallbearer. When
some other Giant hurler has been
knocked for a row of Abyssinian bath
houses, and the game is as dead as pro-
hibition in Chicago, Hughey Jennings
usually advances to the door of the
dugout and calls for pallbearer. This
is the cue for "V Period Barnes" TO
enter. He comes in with black gloves.
celluloid collar, two-quart hat and an
outcurye, and carries the corpse off to
the boneyard.
II was a different story yesterday.
John Joseph McGrsw has been MAX
ing the discovery lately that he hasn't
got the best pitching staff in the world
by several dusty furlongs, and some
thing must be done about 1t, He made
q start in doing something about 1t
by sending the younger member Of the
Barnes tribe to the mound for his first
start since time when the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary"
The "V Period" monicker is not the
young mans right name at all, it is
merely nom dc scorecard." 1t is to
be distinctly understood that the credit
OF holding the Braves to one earned
run. one unearned run. seven hits and
seven strikeouts, is due to Virgil
and points west. His hardest Job was
limiting the Hubtown free swingers to
seven strikeouts. AT times they
showed an infinite capacity for cutting
the air with vain and vicious swipes
especially in the seventh session, when
oeschger, Powell and Kopf expired in
the order named, and by the method
stated.
Merely Pitched Losing Game
Joe Oeschger, en- passant, was the
hurler who drew the thankless assign
ment Of facing Barnes the younger on
the mound. Joe didn't do so badly, he
merely pitched losing game. The
Clan McGraw nicked him for nine hits
and four runs, but his Lupport was
somewhat scrambled, not 20 say added
The George Washington Grant ag-
gregation started. after the younger
Barnes in the first inning as if trying
to prove that he held no license that
justified his appearance at such an
early stage of the pastime. Kopf, Mich
olson and Ford lined out successive sin
giles after Powell had famed, and one
run Was over lHe pldIs DeIOre tne
Giants could warm up relief pitcher
II was just as well. The youngster set
tied down firmly on the mound after
that wabbly start, and held the in
vaders to four scattered hits through
the remainder of the afternoon
1t would never do for the Giants to
leave for an invasion of the "hinter-
land'' with their scalps all dsarranged
by the rough work Of the tomahawks
Of the Braves. They meant all along
to win the game, only the spectators
were kept in Ignorance of the fact for
few innings, just to heighten the in
terest. Singles by Frisch and Meusel
and throw of Larry Kopf's that
bounded over Mickey O'NeiPs head al
lowed the Giants to tie the score in
the third, and they added three runs
in the fourth on hits by Kelly, Stengle,
Groh and Frisch, and walk to Earl
Smith.
That proved to be the winning mar
gin, even though the Braves added an
other tally to their short end of the
score when Oeschger doubled in the
fifth and Long George Kelly hrew past
third base in trying to nail the front
runner on an easy bounded by Powell.