The New York herald., 1922-10-01
BLUME EARNS EVEN
BREAK FOR GIANTS
Brooklyn Youth Beats Braves,
5-3; Cvengros Loses
First, 5 to 1.
BY DANIEL.

For the first time since Harlem was
village and plug hated baseball, man
ayers were quite the thing a pitcher
born in this city won a game for the
Giants at the Polo Grounds yesterday.
Our blushing homebred hero is Clinton
Blume. born In Brooklyn. graduated
from Erasmus Hall High School and
more thoroughly educated both In the
classics and the difficult art OF Singing
ball at Colgate University.
1t was Blum's first appearance in a
league game and let US say that the
young man looks like the goods. After
john McGraw's regulars. with Mique
Cvengros, a recent importation from
Little Rock, in the box, had lost the
first game to the Bostons, 5 to i, OIume
was sent out with On aggregation COM
posed In the main Of recruits. New
fork's own product held the Braves to
seven hits and with smart support
trounced the G. w. Grant payroll by
to and gave the league champions an
even break.
Gibson. with three hits. and Cnristen
oury' with two. were the only Braves
VINO could do anything with the de.
livery or the new right handler who, by
the way. Is eligible for the world series.
Not that Blume Is likely to face the
Yankees. but 1t is interesting to know
that frankie Frisch will not be the lone
Now Yorker on the New York club.
Pitches with Courage.
Blume pitched with skill and courage.
ne proved that in the sixth when the
braVes filled the bases with nobody out.
anu CruiSe casting longing looks at the
right field stand. But Cruise hit into
a double play which scored a run and
IHen Blume made Boeckei dribbie to
Sackson, our new kid shortstop from
Little ROCK. Jackson entered the scene
"a .he third inning after Davy Ban
CROFT mad given an eleven inning work
out to his sprained ankle Bannv took
tnlnss Dit easy and favored his ankle
JUST a little. He expects to be right
asain In a couple of days.
IN the first game the Giants were
peaten by Walter Houlihan, the young
cciiege pitcher whom they sent to Bos-
,on with Toney for MCCLELLAN. Houli
nan, VINO came TO the Giants from
Miodieoerry College in July. looks like
reai pitcher. The New Yorks got to
nini tor Twelve hits. but Houlihan kept
the blows SO we'll scattered and pitched
so strongly in the pinches that the
Giants got just one run out OF all that
hitung-while the Braves got five runs
on only six hits.
Cvengros had the number Of every
Brave except Al Nixon. The outflelder
Deat Mique in the fourth with a home
run with two on bases and also got him
self a double and a single.
Long George Kelly was not among
those present in either game. George
reported with his back still sore and
was permitted to take the day off. Lee
King. the converted outelder. played in
Kelly's spacious Number Twelves and
made a fair job of it, Lee aspires to be
great first baseman. but Il is doubtful
If he ever will rival Chase. Lee is too
short for the high ones and too long
for the short ones.
King was instrumental in putting the
Giants in the van with n run in the sec
ond. Lee doubled to right. took third on
Cunningham out and scored on a blow
by Pancho Snyder. Cvengros started
the Bostons toward tie In the third
when he opened with a pass to Ford. A
hit by O'Neill. a nicked batsman-thcn
n double play--and Ford was over the
pan with the tie.
Cvengros organized more trouble for
himself In the fourth. He was plainly
nervous. 1t was his first appearance in
the majors. The crowd was small. but
ii looked tremendous to Mique. Short
stop was in the same place as 1t was
at Little Rock, but the pitching nil
was much higher. II was hard for the
newcomer TO become accustomed to the
view from Mount Fabian-and 10 open
the fourth he not only passed South
worth but BoeclSel as well. This uu-
nerved him further and he grooved
nice one for Nixon. who raped 1t to the
Bloody Angle for the circuit-and three
runs.
The fifth Boston run came in the
seventh when Nixon doubled, kept right
or to third when Irish Meusel fumbled
and scored after Cunningham had
caught Houlihan's martyr fly.
MacPhee's Triple wins.
The second game saw Blume take the
field with Walter MacPhee. another
Erasmus Hall lad who came TO the
Giants from Princeton, on third, Fred
Mcguire of Holy Cross at second and
Higbie from Hopkinsville Of the Kitty
In left field. SINNERS also got n chance
and soon Jackson broke into the game.
Mcguire got two telling hits and Mac
Phee practically won the game with
triple In the seventh.
Bancroft started tho Giants off on the
right foot when he singled In the first
MacPhee flied 10 left. Bannie going 10
second after the catch. Kopf tossed out
Mcguire. Bannie going to third, which
he left pronto and in haste when Higbie
of the Kitty singled 20 left. The Bos-
tons tied in the third when Gibson
singled to center. went all the way 10
third on Shinners's faux pas and scored
on Braxton's sacrifice fly.
Blume delivered telling blow In his
own behalf In the fifth. but Jackson
forced him. MacPhee was safe on
Boeckers boot and Mcguire singled 10
left, scoring Jackson. In two games
the Holy Cross infielder has made four
hits. Who said that Fred would not
slam big league pitching?
The Giants did their winning with two
In the seventh and ono in the eighth.
MacPhee of Fiatbush. Erasmus and
Princeton socked that triple In the
seventh with two out CASTOR was
easy for Kopf, Blume walked and Jack
son flied TO Cruise. MacPhee then
tripled. scoring Blume. Mcguire was