The New York herald., 1922-05-02
GIANTS WALK OYER
BOSTON CLUB, 1913
McGraw's Men Make IA Hits
and Take Third Con-
secutive Came

Special Dispatch toNTHp New YORK HERALD.
BosToN, May Three Boston pitch
ers-Joe Oeschger, Hugh McQuillan and
Cy Morgan-were not equal to the task
of stopping the Giant sluggers today.
McGraw's men winning their third sue
cessive game from the Braves-this one
by score of 10 to 8.
Fourteen hits ratified off the Giants
hats while Jess Barnes was holding the
Braves to six. Johnny Rawlings en-
joyed a productive day with the stick.
collecting four hits In five trips to the
plate. Ray Powell was best OF the
Braves. making a home run and two
stunning catches in centerfield.
Oeschger pitched himself into a hole
In the first inning and then pitched him
self right out again without yielding
run. He walked Bancroft and Rawlings
punched a single to left. A sacrifice
by Groh advanced the runners and four
balls to Young resulted in jamming the
bases. Meusel, however. hit into dou-
BILE play, executed by Holke and Kopf.
Some Elaborate Fielding.
Two fine plays behind Oeschger
Tended off Giant attack in the third
inning. Barnes shot fast hopper down
the third base line, but Boeckel snagged
1t as it skipped over the far corner
and cut the batter down with fine
throw to Holke. Bancroft was easy
for Kopf and Holke. but Rawlings SIN
gled to right. Powell then made a fine
running catch of Groh's short drive.
Gewdy got the Braves first hit. a
single through the box, with one out in
Boston's half of the third. but an odd
double play brought the round to an
abrupt ending. Kelly and Gowdy
bumped as the Giant first sacker started
for Oeschger's pop fly directly over the
initial sack and the ball fell to earth.
Kelly quickly recovered it, stepped on
the bag, retiring Oeschger. and then
tagged Gowdy, completing a double
play.
The Braves took the lead in the
fourth inning Powell opened with
single to right and Kopen hit to the
same field for a base. Southworths
sacrifice shunted the base runners
along, but Cruise hit to Kelly who
threw Powell out at the plate.
Kopen, who had reached third. and
Cruise tried a double steal. Kopen
crossed the plate. but Cruise was caught
and retired in runup between first and
second.
Oeschger Driven From Box.
Oeschger took the count in the next
inning under barrage OF blows. He
got rid of SINNERS, but Smith doubled
to left and Barnes singled to center.
Smith stopped at the far corner on this
hit, but scored on Bancroft's single to
center. A single by Rawlings followed
and the bases were filled Groh was
retired on first base on a slow roller
to Barbara, Barnes scoring, and Ban
croft and rawlings cantered in on
Young's two base slam to left center.
H. Oeschger gave way to McQuillan.
Barbara muffed Meusers towering fly
and Meusel went all the way to second
on the error. Young counting. Irish
then wandered off second and McQuil-
Ian nailed him with throw to Kopf
| With one out in the sixth inning
SINNERS drove the ball almost to the
fence in center field, but Powell, racing
full tilt. made fine catch. McQuillan
followed this with a pass to Smith and
Kopf fumbled a grounder from Barnes's s
bat. No damage resulted from this
combination. as Bancroft forced Barnes.
The Giants added run to their lead
in the seventh ming. squeezing tally
out of Rawlings fourth blow, bases on
balls to Groh and Young. and Meuseps
sacrifice fly to Southworth.
Kopf singled in the seventh, but South
worth forced MIN, a1ter Wnlcn IruiSe
walked, only to be forced by, Boeckel A
slow roller from Holkes bat trickled
through Barnes's fingers and South
worth rushed over the plate. Bancroft
then made neat play on Barbare's
grounder. and threw him out
Powells home run came In the eighth
inning 1t was made on terrific smash
that, striking the ground in deep right
center. rolled to the flag pole for the
longest hit OF the series.
Singles by Young and Meusel and
pass to Kelly filled the bases for tina
Giants in the ninth inning after two
were out and Sinners and Cruise
emptied them. SINNERS banged a single
TO left on which Young and Meusel
counted. The ball got away from Cruise
and skipped to the fence, and Kelly and
SINNERS also scored
The score.