The New York herald., 1922-04-29
GIANTS WIN FROM
BRAVES BY 10 TO 6
Six Double Plays Reward Fans
for Going to Cold Ball
Park.

BosToN, April 2S.--Yn a game marked
by mediocre pitching on both sides be-
cause OF cold weather the Giants won
from the Braves to-day by score of
10 to 6.
McGraw's men batted the combined
offerings of John Watson asd Joe
| Oeschger for ten hits, and their scoring
was aided by ten bases on balls and four
errors by the Braves.
Watson retired in the eighth inning
and Oeschger finished the game. Art
Nehf was not in good form and yielded
fifteen hits. but managed to keep them
sufficiently scattered to hold the Braves
to six runs.
The fielding was fast on both sides, the
Braves making four double plays and
the Giants engineering two.
A lead OF one run was established
by the Braves in the first inning ana
they added two runs in the second.
Powell led off in the opening round
with double down the right held
foul line and scored when Barbara shot
a single between Kelly and Rawlings.
Nehf shut down on the Braves after
Cruise had advanced Barbara with
sacrifice, Nicholson flying to Meusel and
Boeckel slapping the ball to Groh, VINO
put Ii on Barbara close to third base.
Ford Hits a Double.
Kopf started the second inning by
being thrown out by Bancroft, but FORD
laced double down the right field foui
line. ONeil singled to left, scoring
Ford, and continued to second when
he n1o WATSON
singled to center and O'Neil couHted,
Nehf famed Powell, walked Barbara
and threw out Cruise, ending the inning.
Bancroft was first at bat for the Giants
in the fourth inning and doubled down
the left field line. Rawlins passed out on
strikes and Groh hit to Ford, VINO
fumbled. Bancroft going to third.
Young's grounder was scooped up py
Kopf. who forced Groh at second py
stepping on the bag. but his throw 10
Barbara was too late to compiete q
double play, Bancroft scoring, Ing
drive was closed by Meusel fouiing 70
Barbara.
In Boston's half of this inning
double play started by Nehf put the
skids under a new attack by the Braves.
With one man out and O'Neil. who mad
walked. on third, and Powell, VINO mao
singled. on second, Barbara sent WI
rid liner back at Nehf. The Giant
njtcher speared the ball and doubled
Powell off second with toss TO Ban
croft.
Giants Take the Lead.
The Giants went into the lead IN the
fifth inning, aided somewhat by good
fortune. After Kelly had walked onin-
ners raised q pop fly back of second.
lust as Kopf seemed about to catch the
bali the wind blew it out Of his reach
and IL went for single. Smith then
hammered the ball 10 the scoreboard
in left center for three bases. Kelly ana
SINNERS scoring. Nehf was thrown out
by Ford. Smith clinging to third. but
Bancroft lifted a sacrifice fly to Cruise.
-on which Earl counties.
When Cruise threw the ball IN, 100
late to head Smith off at the plate. Ban
croft caught 1T as he logged around
first base. The Braves argued there
upon that Smith should be sent back 10
third. but the umpires refused to enter
tain their claim on the ground that no
play on Smith at the plate was possible.
In the seventh inning the Giants got
to Watson for another run. Smith sin
gled to center and Nehf bunted to
Boeckel whose throw to force Smith
at second was wide and both runners
were safe. Smith ;cored and Nehf
reached third on Bancrofts single to
right. but that ended the scoring, for
Rawlings expired on short fly to Pow
ell and Groh lined TO Kopf. who then
threw to BoeckeL doubling Nehf off
third.
In the eighth inning the Giants again
went into the lead, scoring five runs on
a single by Young, a pass to Meusel, a
single by Kelly and another by Shin
ners. a force out at second, an infield
hit by Nehf and errors by Barbara and
O'Neil. When this rally was at its
height Watson passed from the scene
and oeschger assumed the pitching bur
den for the Braves.
The score: