The New York herald., 1922-06-08
CHEROKEE CHIEFTAIN
WHACKED BY GIANTS
Other Chicago Pitchers Vic
tins of Jackrabbit Variety
Of Baseballs.
NEW YORK WINS 8 TO u
Runions Prevent President
Stoneham From Joining
in Flag Raising.
NEW YORK WINS 9 TO 4
By w. O. McGEEHAN.

ny w. ~. MCGEEhANs
Several untoward incidents marred
slightly the impressive ceremonies at
tendant upon the, raising of the Ma
tional League pennant at the Polo
Grounds yesterday. Owing to. rush
of bunions to the feet Charles A. Stone
ham. president of the Giants. was un-
able to appear in the grand march.
Eight members of the Chicago Cubs
were chased off the field in body for
talking about Umpire Moran in stage
whispers, in their dugout. The acous-
tics of the dugouts are remarkable. or
Umpire Moran is an acute listener. :
The game which followed the flag
raising contained enough base hits for
q week, and the Giants. hitting more
frequently and more vehemently. won
by the loose score of to 4. 1t is iun-
just to the manufacturers Of the league
baseballs to call them rabbit balls.
Those baseballs are livelier than any
jackass rabbit that ever roamed the
plains. Seven pitchers fell during yes
terQdy DOIflDdTclIIleAI.
The present theory of the pitchers Is
that the baseball manufacturers are
mixing a new and less lively baseball
with the lively ones. When the balls
are distributed a pitcher never can tell
until the baseball is hit whether the
lot Is lively or comparatively dead.
Judging from the hit column. the en-
tire lot used yesterday were of the
jackrabbit variety.
The first victim of the volatile base
balls was one Virgil Cheeves. the
Cherokee chieftain who hurls for the
Cubs, and who never has lost any
part of his scalp to the Giants before.
Big Chief Cheeves. scion of the vanish
ing race. was chased beyond the setting
sun in the very first inning by volley
of batted balls that must have made
him believe that the Seventh United
States Cavalry was riding In among
the tepees of his fathers.
A Change in Titles.
There were five runs. four hits and
an argument in that Giant half Of the
first inning, and after 1T Big Chief
Cheeves was known among his people
as Little Chief Cheese. Such is the
quaint custom of the Cherokees.
lot of pitchers followed Chief
Cheese. The Giants also displayed
many samples of pitchers. Shufflin'
Phil Douglas, dripping lagoons OF per-
spiration and threatening to inundate
tne grounds, was floated out of the
game in the third after being slapped
for a triple and displaying other signs
of impending disintergration. Shufflin'
Phil was succeeded by the complete
roster of the A o Haitches. headed by
Shea and Ryan.
There were two out when sorrow
started to come to the wigwam of Chief
Cheese Bancroft had started with
single and was forced by Frisch. After
Heinie der Groh had flied out Frisch
stole second. Meusel got base on
balls with no opposition on the part OF
the visiting democrats. bnt when Young
also was passed the Cubs started about
as raucus a squawk as has ever been
heard at the Polo Grounds. the great
souawking auditorium of the world.
For fancy souawking we'll sustained
Mr.. Tribly OFarrell. the Cubs catcher.
was the most noteworthy.
Chief Cheese Removed.
This pass filled the bases and Long
George Kelly poed one to center field
that cleared the bases of Giants. Then
came Ole Casey Stengle, discarded by
the Dodgers as old ivory. Casey
cracked a three bagger to right center
and scored Long George Kelly. At this
the heart Of Chief Cheese, the Redskin,
became as water in his bosom and he
crossed the divide to the showers Os-
borne. the tall cedar of Illinois, re-
placed. and a single by Snyder scored
Stengel.
In the second inning Grimes singled
and went to third on a two bagger by
Barber Heathcote slapped one down to
Bancroft and Grimes beat the toss to
the dish by nose for one run. II was
at this point that Umpire Moran heard
the mutterings in the Cubs dugout. He
cleared the place with an eloquent jerk
of his thumb and the inmates walked
off the field with their caps and sweat
ers, still maintaining that Moran was
whatever they said he was.
The third innings witnessed the re-
treat under heavy fire of Shuffiin' Phil
Douglas Osborne the lofty pitcher
bounced a hit over Frisch and was
forced by STATE. Hollocher also singled
Then Heinie Krug drove a husky triple
10 right center, which was the end of
Shuffiin' Phil for the afternoon. The
blow scored Statz and Holocher and
knocked ]. j. McGraw from his seat
With shea in the box Grimes brought
in another run with single, which was
all for the inning.
Base Hits Lose Value.
In the sixth inning the Giants once
more began to make base hits seem as
loose as ashes. Bancroft started the
shower with double. Frank Frsch
nimbly beat a neatly placed bunt to
first. Groh hit a double TO left center
and Bancroft and Frisch scored Irish
Meusel bounded a hit over third. At
this point Bill Killefer Of the Cubs
shifted to left handlers and threw in
Jones. Young sacrificed and Long
George Kelly scored Groh with a single.
In the seventh inning Pancho Snyder
played a solo on the willow. He dumped
a home run into the lower left field
stands
In the ninth inning II looked as
though young Mr.. Ryan, pitching for
the Giants, woud be punctured by basr
hits and other missiles. He packed the
bases with Cubs, and the $4,000 custom
ers shuddered at the impending crash,
but he disposed OF the next three In
order.
It would seem from what happened to
the game yesterday that It is high time