New-York tribune., 1922-09-19

ih"iiH DobOiuS.
AS the piraticsI Pittsb burghefs put ln
& stale, Nat and Improbable afternoon
breaking even with the Phillios Ia
Sleepytown. the worlds cham pions arm
once more in possession Of six-same
lead in the ponnant procession IN
fact, the margin Of safety is 40 wide
that IT is now time for the perennial
jokers to approach the Giant players
with that old and allcgsdly humorous
remark; 'I'll give you ten cents for
your chances OF worlds series money
right now
The Polo Groundess went cut and
won th4 game IN spite OF the fact that
they outht and outGelded the Rcd.
and went the entire game behind oh,y
one pitcher. This combinat4 on has
been usually fatal assortment fof
tho NcGraw men. However, II tAc
Reds insisted upon being beaten such
honest, kind-hearted chaps as Irish
Meusel, Ross Young and Pancho Sny-
der were going to put no obstacles in
their way. Irish pushed the enemy to
the brink with a Gathering triple that
SpSutu Nht second lUilNE. ana Nntuff
slowed them over into the abyss when
hs clouted out homer into the right
field stands q few moments later with
two runners on the base path. As for
( Ross Young he seemed TO be doing
nothing but knocking base hits all
/ afternoon.
Couch the Victim
The Cincinnati hurler who was
shawen down for the seven tallies was
none other than Johnnie Couch.
youthful twirler who has found favor
in the eyes Of Cincinnati fandom for
deeds of daring done this season. But
yesterday Couch was soft. and the
Giant bats knocked tho stufYings ous
of him with vigor and vim in two sue
culent innings. This. was enough a.
settle the contest as the ancient SOUP
bone Of John Scott was curvng the
ball across the corners Of the plate ia
a manner highly deceptive to tnc Red
leg batters. Eleven hits were picked Of
downy Couch before he was sen, to the
upholstery shop for repairs IN the
seventh inning, and Cliff Markle, win
worked througA the seventh and e ghtn,
was nicked for two more safe blowE
All this while the hired men Of Garry
! Hermann were breaking their necks {,
get eight hits and twv runs of tfc
veteran GiaTt.
The big inning was the second, Irish
! Meusel fired the opening gun with 3
triple TO right. and scored on an in
field single by Ross Young. Kelly
/ forced Young, but Casey Stengel beat
out hit to short and Snyder touched
off a broadside that knocked Pat
Moran off the end seat in the dugout.
/ when he slammed the ball into the
lower right heli stand for 4 four -ba e
round trip. SEQ, three runs.
! Louis Fonscca. WHO has stepped into
! the JOB Of regular second sacker for
the Reds. slapped soaring homer into
! the left field bleacheIs in the fourth
inning. but any hope tho enemy might
have had was dashed when the Giants
! fell on Couch in the sixth to- a
quartet of singles and three more runs
Young, Kelly and Stengel singled in
I succession. the speedy right fielder
scoring on Casey's blow. Snyder
/ sacrificed. and Scott was walked, filling
I the bases. Bancroft put the por,;town
players out of their misery with a
! clean single to right. sending Eelly
Moran conceded defeat. and allowed
Jaka Dauhcrt to GO hcmc for an carly
! supper, while Rube Bressler covered
the initial sack
The Giants might vary one part OF
/ their attack with profit wien they en-
gage the Pirates tomorrow They
/ Knocked four or five SINGLES down 10
/ shortstop Yesterday. With ali due re-
! spect to the industrious efforts Of Sam
Bohne, there will be mighty few sin
giles hit in that direction while Rabbit
| Maranvilie is alive and. kicking.