The New York herald., 1922-08-17
STENCIL SAVES DAY
With CIRCUS CATCH
Nabs Schmidt's Drive Made in
Ninth When Bases Were
Loaded.
RIVAL HURLERS BUMPED
Sew Up Game by Six Run
Rally in the Fourth
Inning.
RIVAL HURLERS BUMPED
Bx w. O. McGEEHAN.

BY w. o. McGEEHAN.
PITTSBURGH, PA, Aug 16.--The Giants
heat the Pirates at Forbes Field to-day
In a seven to six melodrama. 1t looked
very much as though they we're about
TO lose in TIE ninth. The bases were
filled with two out and Schmidt, the
Pirate catcher. was at bat There was
a shrek of delight from the customers
as he sn:;,clcd what looked TO 10 Ut
lcsat good two Dagger TO left center.
As the bal, started Casey SterEei also
started. The little orphan Of organized
baseball made an absolutely Impossible
catch with his back to the stands. sEeai-
ing the spheroid over his shoulder. The
tumult and the shouting of the customers
stopped abruptly. Later on we may be
writing of this catch as the play that
saved the peLnant for the Giants. always
supposing II at the pennant Is saved.
The Giants did most OF their scoring
in the fourth inning when they knocked
the left handed Mr.. Earl Hamilton high
er than the celebrated kite of Mr.. Gilroy,
and after he had departed they treated
yellow Horse, the Pawnee brave, with
quite as little consideration.
There was one out when the Giant
procession started. Long George Kelly
smacked a tw obagger to center. Bill
Cunningham brought him through with
a single to center. Pancho Snyder
singled to right scoring Cunningham,
and Scott singled to right. At this
point the Pirate infield gathered about
the box and held a post mortem over
what was left OF Hamilton. The YER
dict was that he should have the rest
OF the afternoon off.
Yellow Horse, the poor Pawnee, went
In for Hamilton and Immediately passed
Bancroft. filing the bases. Then the
poor Indian let go a wild pitch and
Snyder and Scot scored. Groh slapped
one down to Tierney, who threw to the
plate. and Bancroft was caught out
Frisch singled to right and got all the
way home when Reb Russell booted the
ball around right field. He drove Heinie
der Groh in ahead of him. i'he thing
ended when Young hoisted out to eft.
The Giants having accumulated cne
run in the first inning through two base
hits by F'risch and Meusel it looked.
quite promising for their chances of TAX
ing the ball game
Pirates Get One in Fourth.
The Pirates got one In their half of
the fourth Max Carey, the reformed
divinity student, got a base on halls.
stole second and got to third when Sny-
der made wild peg. He scored on
Russells out The Pirates got another
in the fifth. Traynor got base on
balls and went to third on a single
by Grimm. lie scored when Irish Meusel
dropped .Schmidts fly. 49,
In the sixth inning Jack Scott. who
started for the Giants. began to weaken
and was yanlSed for Jess Barnes. Rus
sell got on by forcing Bigbee for the sec
ond out. Singles by Tierney and Tray
nor brought him home. and the Giant
board of strategy ruled Scott out for
the rest of the afternoon. Jess Barnes
began to get his good and plenty in the
eighth. With one out Reb Russell. the
pitcher who has been made over into an
outhelder, drove the ball into the steer
age customers in right field for a home
run. The customers proceeded to get
greatly excited, scenting a rally, and
they were quite right. Bancroft stopped
Tierney with fast play. Traynor came
up and singled to right to score on
two Dagger by Grimm. Schmidt pas-
tered two bagger to left and Grimm
scored.
That was all that Barnes had to do
with the ball game. He was yanked
and Rosie Ryan was sent in to save the
situation. Barnhardt. apinch hitter.
cot a base on balls. Mararville
beat u hit to short and the bases
were filed This was all for Rosie Ryan
and Art Nehf, who lost one of his very
infrequent games TO the Pirates yester-
day. was sent in to save the situation.
Carey holsted TO left and the tension
was relieved again.
The large excitement came in the
ninth. Bigbee singled and Ems. pinch
hitter. struck out. Tierney hoisted one
10 center. Grimm slapped the bail
down TO third base and Bigbee, circulat-
ing around collided with Bancroft
Giants Protest Thrown Out.
This started something of debate,
the Giants claiming that Bigbee was out
for interference. Umpire Hart ruled
that he was not and the Giants filed q
protest This ruling left the bases fun
with two out and the customers on the
verge OF hystera as they realized that a
hit would practically ruin the Giants.
The chances for thai same hit and
the wrecking of the worlds champions
locked quite good with Schmidt at the
hat. He met the ball fairly. and the
customers let out yell that echoed from
soothIll to foothill OF the Aleghenies. IL
certainly looked as though those bases
N.ould be cleared and that the local team
,,o,ld crash through in the ninth.
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