The New York herald., 1922-03-16
Surgeon Who Sewed Tt Says
Fordham Flash Will Be Out
Of Game Few Days.
GIANTS BEAT WHITE SOX
Home Run by Meusel Enables
McGraw's Men to Win Ex-
citing Game, 5 to 2.
BY DANIEL.

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD,
SEGuIN. Tex. March 15.-Though
the Giants, thanks TO tremendous
home run by Irish Meusel. defeated
tie White Sox in Kid Gleason's own
hailiwick here this afternoon by 5
to 2, satisfaction over the victory was
discounted by an accident to frankie
Frisch. In an attempt to catch Raf-
ferty mapping off second base In the
fourth inning the Fordham fash was
spiked in the right foot.
The cash was deep and painful
one and had to be sewed up. How
ever, the surgeon who attended Frisch
declared that 1t was not a serious
hurt and that the second baseman
would be back in the lineup in a few
days.
Frisch seems to be having considerable
hard luck this spring. but then he never
was hand for going through a training
season without something or other put
ting him out of commission for a while.
A few days ago he strained his right
side and had to rest 1t will be recol-
ected that i'm 1920 he suffered an at
tack OF appendicitis early in the season
and that in 1920 he fractured an ankle
while training at San Antonio. So a
mere spike wound is not making him
worry.
Bupser Knocked Ont.
The mishap to Frisch was not the only
accident nor was Meusel's great home
run the only four sacker in a game re-
rlcte with hard hitting, scintiliating field
ing and no end of excitement for about
g. 900 natives who never before had seen
two major league teams battle. In the
second inning Jess Barnes who went
five brilliant innings for the New Yorks
ht Hal Bubser behind the left ear with
n pitched ball and knocked the Chicago
first baseman cold. Bubser came TO
after while. but he looked mighty
white around the gills and had to be
helped out OF the picture.
After one tie and a defeat for the
Giants IL gave them considerable salts
faction to even the series with the White
Sox 1t would have been pity had the
result been otherwise. for tho New
Works went into the field with the line
up--from top to bottom--just as 1t Is
likely 10 be when they open the National
League season. They had George Kelley
making his 1929 debut on first and Jess
Barnes making his first appearance out
side OF an intrateam game. Frank
Snyder was behind the bat and the
speedy SINNERS In center field.
That home run Of Meusel's which ac-
counted for three tallies In the sixth and
put the game on ice for the New Yorks.
was great waIlop IL ever we saw one
Had il been hit at the Polo Grounds IL
would have landed In front Of the club
house on the other side OF the center
field blcachers.
The drive cleared a trotting track rail
in center and cleared the track too
landing in n field beyond. As tho rail
is 420 feet from the home plate it seems
safe to say that Meusel's clout went at
least $50 feet.
Pitchers Duel for Five Innings.
II was off the pitching of Roy Willin-
sun that Meuse made his prodigtous
\homc, Wilkinson just had been called
into the game. For five innings Robert
son. acquired from Minneapolis. had
held the New York's to four scattered
hits and nary a run. In the same period
Barnes had held the White Sox score
less too. wifi five hits. For five rounds
IL had been as pretty pitchers duel
es ever we saw In a game at this time
of the year.
But In the sixth both sides changed
batteries and 1t was Arthur Nel1. the
left handler. for the Giants and Wilkin-
son for the Gleason outfit.
Nehf proved equal to the task of ad-
herring more or less religiously TO the
standard set by his predecessor. but
Wilkinson was no more like Robertson
than a cactus is like blue bonnet. To
open the sixth Bancroft was safe on
Mostil's bad throw. Groh forced him
and reached third when Young drove
single to right. II was up to Hale,
Frsch's successor at second. to keep the
rally alive and he obliged with a spank
ing hit to center. which sent Heinie
home and put Young on third.
Up came Meusel and Wilkinson
started to worl, on him. He gave him
n couple OF bad ones and then proved
he was In mdseason FORM lie grooved
one for Irish, and away went that ball
while the Giants brought their total TO
four Kelly popped to Mostil and Shin
ners doubled to center Strunk then
robbed Smith OF homer and the Giants
of two runs, when he went back like
jackrabbIt and made a remarkable catch
near the track paling.
wilkinson Makes Homer.
ostcrgard's error on Bancroft, Groh's
single and a wild pitch gave the Giants
their flfth run in the seventh. The White
Sox got one In the seventh when Wilkin-
son drove homer to center and scored
again in the ninth on double by oster-
gard. wiikinson's inHeld out and hit
by Mcclellan.
Nehf gave Ave hits In four innings,
but he did not strain himself as he had
nve runs behind him. He had speed
and control and his usual repertoire.
The score:
CHICAGO (A,) NEW YORK (N)
trooD.r.rs ss5h soi 90 p.croft...' az sii 7 Z 90
McC'n,ss. 503 8 2 Groh.3b.. 51t 10
strunkcf 500 4 o olYoung,rf. 4f2 3 90
Nfostil, ,2b. 403 4 2 1l Frisch, ,2b. I 90 90