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EbbeVs Hirelings Put Up
Poor Exhibition at Home
Ivan Olson One of the Worst Performers in Flat
bush Brigade; Huggins Gives Quinn, Shawkey
and Thormahlen Wor kouts and All Do Well
By W. O. McGeehan
Tho Yanks took another crack at the shuddering Dodgers yesterday
at Ebbets Field, the occasion being one of those false starts that precede
every baseball season and are known as exhibition games. The score
was 5 to 1, and the exhibition put up by the Dodgers was not of the
best. Lee Magee, otherwise known as Leo Hoernschmeyer, celebrated
his return to life from Cincinnati by cavorting nimbly and effectively
around second base for thc Dodgers. In a fit of inhuman vindictiveness
the Yanks sold Lee to the Reds. Robbie rescued him from this terrible
fate, and it is evident that Mr. Hoernschmeyer will do all that he can
thia season to repay his savior.
A few thousand faithful denizens of<j
Flatbush turned out to look over the
athletes that will represent this thriv
ing young suburb for tlie season. They
were extr" mely critical, so much so
that the face of tho good old Squire !
F.bbets was clouded with grief. The .
grief was intensitied when the good j
old Squire counted up the gate re- !
eeipts. They wero not what hc had
expected in view of the fact that this
has been heralded as a t baseball
year. However, thero \v ? another
exhibition to-day unle.^ merciful
rain intervenes.
It may bc consoling to the residents
of Flatbush to know that their team I
is not really as bad as it looked yes-!,
terday. Disuster kicked the Flatbush |
Fusilliers in the slats right at the
start. Ivan lvory Olson, the tcrrible
Scandinavian who operates at short,
was responsible for the flock of mis
fortunc and after the first inning thr
Dodgers. like the girl on thc scrcen,
never had a chance.
Yanks L'se Three Pitchers
Thc outlcok for thn Yanks was par
ticularly chipper. Three of the hurl
ors were tried out. Quinn and Shaw
key shut the Dodgers out, while Thor
mahlen held what slugging material
Robbie may havo to ono scratchy hit
and one real wallop. The fielding rf
the Yanks was smooth and beautiful
to watcli. Homi Run Baker was nail
ing everything that come near third
and whipping them over to Pipp. Old
Rogcr Peckinpaugh made one beauti?
ful stop and threw to first after he
had floppcfl to the dirt in a divo to
spear tlie ball.
The American Leaguers smothcred
tlie Dodgers in the first when they got I
groggy. Samuel Vick began it with a I
single to left. Peckinpaugh sacrificed '
and Mamaux made a wild heave to I
first which let the Yank shortstop ar- j
rive in safety. A passed ball sent both j
runners along. Pipp beat out an in
field hit, scoring Vick and putting'
Peckinpaugh on third. Baker got al
L'asc on balls. With Pratt out on a !
pop fly Lewis drovo one to Magee, who |
fieided beautifully and threw to force |
Baker at second. Ivan Ivorv Olson1
dropped the ball and Peckinpaugh
scored.
After Lamar had struck out Truck
Hannah sent a slow roller in the di
rection of the vulnerablc Ivan lvory
Olson. The terrible Scandinavian j
booted thc- ball and Hannah was safe
while Pinp came bounding in across
the pan.
The other two runs came to the
\anks in the seventh. O'Doul got on I
when Grimes made a bad throw to first i
Vick foreed the St. Patrick's Day ac- '
quisition of thc Yankees. It was then ;
that Old Reliablc Roger Peckinpaugh, I
who wallops when a wallop is needed, I
drove a two-bagger to left. sending !
Vick to third.
When Walter Pipp stepped up to the |
plate a young man with a couple of j
service stripes and the insignia of the !
I-rench Ambulance Service on his I
Bhoulder remarked: "It would bc worth I
the trip across to comn home just in !
time to .-ee Walter make a hit." The I
soldier was Walter Pipp's younger
brother, who had been across slncc the
beginning of thc war and who had just I
returned in time to get thc train to j
1"atbush.
Trlple for Pipp
The wish hardly had been spoken
when the crack of tho Pipp bat woke
the echoes in that partieular section '
of Flatbush. Tho ball ambled out
through right centre, closely purrued
by a couple of outfielders, and before
it could be retrieved Walter Pipp was
on third and thc soldier brother was in
ecstaaies,
The Dodgers got their lone Tun off
Thormahlen. Myers beat out a hit that
Peckinpaugh almost broke his neck to
nail. He went to second on the throw
in of Olson's long fly. which was beau?
tifully fieided by DutTy Lewis. With
O'Mara out, Mack Wheat drovo the first
clean hit scored against a Yankec
pitcher that afternoon and Myers
scored.
Thc exhibition demonstrated for the
most part the undesirability of exhibi
tions. The crowd was sparse and crit?
ical, especially of tho Brooklyn Dodg
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A Yankee Holiday
NEW TOItK (A. I*) | BROOKLYN (N. I, )
_, , ab r h po a ab r li i*> n
M.'k, rf- 5 3 1 1 0 .Tohnson. lb.. 4 n .> 8 1
I"l>aurh, as. .I 2 2 0 1 Mascee. 2b... 4 (10 14
Pipp. lb.... 4 1 3 10 fXJntritb. rf.. 4 0 0 ;s 0
Baker, 3b.. 3 ti n 3 iz. Wheat, lf. 'J 0 n 'j i,
Pratt. 2b... 4 n o " ?Myora, ,f. .. :; l l ?? (.
Lewis, et... 4 ii .1 3 OlOlaon, ss.. . :i 0 U 4 "
I.amar, lf... 4 0 l :; 0 O'Mara, 3b.. 3 0 0 0 1
Hannah. o.. 4 n 0 7 01Miller, c_ 2 0 0 7, 1
Hulnn. p... 1 ii 0 0 111 Wheat, <; 1 0 1 " 0
Shawkey, p. o n o ., i Mamaux, p . 0 0 0 o "
TliormTn. p 1 0 0 0 1 Marciuaxd, u. (> o o n (i
?an.'l . I o o o l Grimes, p... i o o o l
tU'Doul ... 1 o u o OUSheridan .. l 0 0 0 0
Ittlncbman.. 1 0 0 0 0
Tntals.37 5 7 '77 P1 Totals.7'0~ 1 2 27 1
SUutted for Marquad Iu tho sixth In
nlngr.
tBatted for Mamaux In tho third Irinlnp.
?Battf-,1 f.,r Quinn In th.' fourth ltiiiliiK.
'U'lioul batted for Shawkey.
Yankors. 30000020 0?5
Brooklyn.... 0 0 0 0 0
ers. Colonel Huston, who got all thc
way across the Bridgc to see if his
athletes were ready for to-morrow.
spent a most enjoyable afternoon.
Army and Navy Men
To Be Out in Force
At Yankee Opening
Thc army and navy will be well rep?
resented at the opening of the Ameri?
can League season at the Polo
Grounds to-morrow. Major General
Thomas H. Barry, U. S. A., command?
ing the Department of East, will be
present with his staff. Admiral Henry
T. Mayo, commanding the great battle
fleet, will occupy another box with his
staff. In addition 250 officers and about
700 "gobs" from the fleet will attend
with their band.
The first ball will be pitched by
Robert Moran, President of the Board
of Aldermen. In addition to the naval
band Colonels Ruppert nnd Huston
have signed andther band which will
jazz and moan between innings.
The gates will be opened at 1
o'ciock and a concert will start a quar
ter of an hour later. At 'J: 30
there will bc a reception to General
Barry. This will be followed by n
parade of bluejackets across the field.
The Red Sox start practice at 3:10,
followed by the Yanks. At 3:30 sharp
Harry Saphire, the Caruso of the Polo
Grounds, will announco the batteries
and the American League season of
1919 will be on.
Many Ref erees
Here Anxious
To Win Job
Leotiard-Ritchie Bout Proves
Big Magnet for Experts
of the Boxing Game
By W. O. McGeehan
Candidates for the job of rcfereeing
Ithe Leonard-Ritchie battle in Jersey
IMonday night are thicker than Deserv
jing Democrats in Washington, D. C.
Tho list to date includes Jack Skelly,
Dan Sullivan, Jimmy Brennan, Jimmy
|Do Forrest, Harry Ertle, Herman Engle
[and Matt Hinkle. Pop Sullivan, of Phil?
adelphia, has wircd his aceeptanee in
case he should be selected.
The Jersey Boxing Commission must
select the referee forty-eight hours be
jfore thc fight. Most of thc candidates
have been camping on the doorstep of
,tho boxing solons since this morning.
Jimmy De Forest has sent for his blan
ikcts and a cot, and says that he will
not leavc the premises till hc gets the
job. With no fights in Xew York for
another year, how is a referee going to
eat? And echo answers "How?"
I The principals of thc bout are round
;ing nicely into shape, each on his own
partieular theory of training. Ritchie
is working for speed, a faetor which is
not temperamentally his. but which, he
Ibelieves, can be acquired. His method
is to take on sparring part ner after
sparring partner at a top clip. Leonard,
on the other hand, is working with
heavier partners, on the theory that he
has a big man to stop and has to accus- j
tom himself to handling them big.
There seems to bc more interest in
this go than there has been for many |
a championship bout. Thc San Fran'- I
cisco bout ballyhooed thc return i
match. The chief reason is that de- i
suite a little disparity in thc matter I
of wcight, Leonard nnd Ritchie are '
about, as evenly matched as any box- j
crs that have been signed up for many
a day. That. there will be a fast bat- j
tie seems certain. Leonard got his '
first setback since hc won the cham- i
pionship at the hands of Ritchie. i
Ritchie sees a chancc to come back j
into lhe game for big purses through I
a victory over Leonard.
Tex Rickard is still silent. as re- !
gards the site for his $127,500 battle ;
between Willard and Dempsey. It was
evident that the promoter had counted
on tho passage of a boxing bill in
New York, and the failure of the As-!
sembly to act has upsot his plans.
He still has plenty of time to name ?
the place where thc fight will be held,
ns the articles do not requirc it, to
be speciiicd for two months before
thc fight.
? ' . ?
Robbie Claims Smith,
Young Giant Pitcher
Wilbert Robinson, manager of thc '??
Brooklyn Dodgers, has claimed George
Smith, the right-handed pitcher upon
whom tho Giants have just asked :
waivers. Smith, who starred with thc i
Columbia team a few years ago, has !
been associated with the Giants during
the past, three seasons. He was loancd
to Cincinnati last season and later to '
Brooklyn, where he made a deep im
pression on Uncle Robbie. The leader
of the Dodgers is already wonderfully
supplicd with seasoned pitching talent,
but he believes he can make of Smith
a second Mathewson.
Whether or not Smith goes back to
Brooklyn will depend upon the number
of claims presented by National League
clubs. lf another team or other teams
should refuse to waivc claim Brooklyn
would have to take its chance in the
draw.
Kddie Murphy Signs
CHICAGO, April 21.?Eddie Murphy,!
the last of the Chicago American
Leaguo club's holdouts, has signed his !
contract nnd will report. for duty at ,
once, according to advices received
from Manager Gleason at Cincinnati.
Title Swim at 500 Yards
On Friday in C. C. N. Y. Pool
Giebel, Ross and Chacc
Entered byN.Y.A.C;
A New Mermaid Star
The outstanding feature of the com?
ing week in water sports is thc men's
national 500-yard swimming cham?
pionship, to be held on Friday in the
100-foot pool of tho City College of
New York, under the supervision of
the Public Schools Athktic League. As
this is written tho entries are still
open, so thc full make-up of the field
cannot be given, but tlie New York
A. C. has named for the race Leo Giebel
the tsn-mile champion; Paul Chace, thc
intcrscholastic 220-yard holder from
Berkeley Irving, and Clarcnce Uoss, the
speedy lad from Erasmus Hall High
School.
Among the out-of-town stars ex?
pected to be on hand are Norman Ross
formcrly of San Francisco. now in
Chicago, American recordist at thc
distance, and Bud Wallen, of the Great
Lake3 Naval Training Station, national
outdoor champion from 440 yards to
one mile. Ross mentioned in unnounc
W , cJandldaty that he hoped to
lower undrr standard conditions, the
world s pool reeord of 6 minutes 2 4-5
f^nB,' "tanding to th. credit of J. c
Hatlield, of England.
The sensational swimminr; done a
week ago by Miss Charlotto Boylo and
j Miss Ethelda Hlcibtrey, of tho New
! York Women's S. A., in the pool of
the Carroll Club caused to pass un
noticed an almo-.t as brilliant perform
! ance on thc part of their twefve-yeax
j old team mate, EUeen Riggin. "Thi,
j remarkable little water sprita thrashed
150 yards with thc crawl in 2 minutes
; 10 l-o seeonds and passed thc lOo
yard mark on thc way in l minute 24
j 4-;, seeonds Such speed has never
j been approached by a girl of her age.
, an,i it j, thc more ama/.mg because of
Eitens diminutivc slze; she wcighs
j only seventy pounds.
In view of Miss lioyle's recent 100
yard ?wim in 1 minute 5 1-6 KceomlH. it
U InUresting to recall that Miss Mina
vvyhe of Sydney, won tho champion
Kh'P ?f N?W South Wales oarlicr this
' Alr?^f,*"wi"'v)"v"l!?,C Cf?*??P>?B?hlp liaini",
i fipr.i i*ra, tn, v, Arnerloann '.-i h?>.?,, ,,,,
?tl* ?t ome*, ji, BMt i7-,i utrMi -auvi'.
season in 1 niinute 112 seconds. It.
needs be mentioned that Miss Fannie
Durack has lost her sprinting speed,
although reputed nearly as fast as ever
over the longcr courses, and that Miss
Wylie is recognized at present as Aus
traha's greatest hundred-yarder. It is
easy to tigurc, under the circuni
stances, how American girl sprinters
compare with their overseas rivals.
The reccnt death of George Freeth,
former coach at thc Los Angeles A. C.
deprived swimming of one of its ablest
and most enthusiastic promoters. A
national authority un nll branches of
watermanship and a close student of
thu science of natation. Freeth
launched on a successful career many
a champion, including thc great Ludy
Langer. Hut sport never caused him
to overlook the most important pur?
pose of swimming, lifesaving, and
every pupil was taught the best meth?
ods of rescue and resuscitation. Di- i
rectly, or indirectly, a great number
of lives must stand to his credit, for'
he pcrsonally performed frequent res
cues, several under such dangerous
conditions that they won him meda'/
for bravery. He will prove a sad
loss.
Thc women's national 50-yard swini- '
ming championship has been set for :
May 3, and will bc competed for in
the pool of the Xeptunc Beach, S C
at Alameda, Cal.
-,
An interesting water carnlval for the
I benefit of wounded soldiers will be
, held to-day at the City Athletic Club,
i and several champions have promised
I to be on hand for it.
Speaking of wounded soldiers, news
! comes from Australia that t.he Soldiers'
Club, oi Sydney, is featuring swim
; ming races and other aquatic events
for watermcin returning from the front
short a leg or an arm, and that the
! contests urc proving very popular. It
is one of thc great ndvantages of
swimming thnt it pcrmits devotoes so
; crippled to enjoy hcalthful rccreation
and even competitive sport.
| Vancc Vieth, coach of swimminfr nt
thc Los Angeles A. C, writes that Ludy
Langer, champion and rccordist, has
sailed for Honolulu and intends to
[ rirop out of the racing game altogether.
This is surprising, for rccent reports
! indicated that the Coast Stnr wus show
' ing greater speed than ever in pruc
| tice. It is to bo hoped hc will recon
Blder his decision.
CUANT8 to-day will, YAl.lC?UiIlO V. M
i..!.. (.luni,,n. Adm, ir.oc. -Advt.
(Copyright, 1019, New York Tribune Inc.)
Concerning Pennant Possibilities
NO. -I CLEVELAND INDIANS AND N. Y. YANKS
EXHIBIT A?CLEVELAND
From Pat Tebeau to Sir Lee Fohl,
They always look tho pennant role;
Througli, Larry, Bradley, Joss and Tris?
And yet somehoio they always miss;
But sometime soon tlie tide may veer;
Who knows but this may be t'^e year?
?From "Indian Folk Songs."
What an array of talent Cleveland has produced in thc American
League?without ever producing a pennant!
Lajoie, Bradley, Turner, Flick, Bay, Speaker, Joss, Bcrnhard, Nig
Clarke, Stovall, Hickman, Chapman and a dozen others known to thc fame
of the pennant battle line.
Yet with all this Cleveland has yet to hear the gonfalonic fluttering
)f a hard-won flag. More than once she has been within a stride of the
lop, only to falter and slip at the last turn.
No small part of this flag failure has been due to horny-handed Fate.
Cleveland, on an average, has drawn harder luck than any other one ball
club we ever saw from the Big League to the Rural Pastures.
Another Chance
In discussing flag chances with two famed members of thc Boston
Red Sox recently, thcy both confessed that if the race had lasted two
weeks longer last season, Cleveland would have won.
Botli picked Cleveland for Boston's hardest opponent this year. And
when we slipped the query to Manager Ed Barrow he began?
"Well, there's Cleveland to beat?and it's no soft job.''
This season Cleveland has the balance?defensive strength, a lusty
wallop?considerable pitching talent on guard.
In Johnston (to start with), Wamby, Chapman and Larry Gardner
she has an infield on a par with Boston's selccfc quartet?not quite so
strong defensively, but more powerful upon attack.
With an outfield built around Tris Speaker?a star flanked by two
able aids?the Indian picket line has both the speed and the punch
Speaker alone is 2 first-class outfield.
Thc pitching staff, built in the main around Coveleskie, is one of those
steady, effoctive combinations without carrying any exceptional brilliancy
If the staff pans out a trifle better than it Iooks to be just at this moment
Cleveland is very likely to win, despite Boston's wonderful defensive
powers.
It is all a matter of kecn balance. You can't pick out a spot upon the
Cleveland roster and mark it wcak. And if her overseas contingent gets
back in time to help, tlie outlook will be even better.
BriefJy, just at this writing, Cleveland Iooks to be Boston's main
opponent. Barrow and almost his entire club believe that Fohl's east is
ihe one to beat above all others?and thoy should at least have an inkling
upon the situation?if an inkling means what we think it does.
And if Cleveland should go out and win?well, "hectic" won't beirin
to tell thc story.
Exhibit B?The Yanks
The case of the Yankees is fairly simple, as such things go They
lack but one ingredient-and that is speed. Defensively, they are steadv
and dependable.
In Shore, Shawkey, Mogridge, Thormahlen, Quinn and others they
have enough pitching to get anywhere.
In Pipp, Pratt, Peck, Baker, Lewis and Bodio they have the punch
in copious quantities.
But there is a decided lack of speed from top to bottom and back
again. This lack of speed means trouble in beating out iniield taps?
trouble in scoring from second on a single?and the likelihood of hitting
100 often mto double plays. This latter fault can wipe out more batting
rallies than anything else.
Resourceful Type
Huggins is a canny, resourceful leader. Ile believes in shifting his
methods of attack to meet the situation.
But it is no easy matter to shift an attack unless you have speed
to assist the operation.
There is little chance to cut into a base running game if you are
nunus base runners.
And tlie bunting game depends more than a trifle upon quick startimr
nnd swiftness of hoof.
But for weaknes.. in this lone department the Yankee outlook would
be upon a par with Boston or Cleveland.
Even as it is-a stout pitching staff linked to a line-up that can wallon
the ball, is no light combination to face.
If tho Yanks as a club will ever swing into an alert, confident aggres
r-.ve state of mind they will be extremely dangerous even without any
undue spcea. *
But their ger.Ial placidity in the past has been against them. Duffy
Lewis and Del Pratt are two new entries who should help them in this
respect And they can absorb quite a handful of help along these lines
without becommg overcrowded.
With their pitching and batting possibilities the Yanks will be no
club s dady diet.
But without greater speed they have a terrific battle ahead in
climbing nbove third place. "
ERE are some timely re-en
forcenients for the Dodgers.
Lee Magee (left) reported
I ysaterday and went right to work at
'} second base, playing a snappy game
i Against the Yankees. Bij Ed Ko
\ netchy, wlio has been signed to play
i ;t rirst, will report to the team to
i lorrow.
Yale Nine to Play
Onr Giants To-day
At Polo Grounds
New Yorkcrs will have an oppor?
tunity thia afternoon of seeing the
Giants against opposition which of oc
casion has made McGraw's best teams
extend themselves to the limit. The
annual pre-season battle with Yale will
be put; on at the Polo Grounds at 3:30 j
o'clock. Yalo has an exceptionally i
strong team, as college teams go, this !
season.
It is McGraw's intention to utilize
the collcgians as a medium for tuning
up his challengcrs against the opening
game of tho National League pennant
race of 1919, which opens for New York !
in Philadelphia to-morrow afternoon. \
He will, therefore, use his first string
players at least throughout thc major
part of tne game, irrespective of thc
sort of front Old Eli is able to present.
To-morrow's probable batting order
will be:
YALE n-e-w y-ORK
J-Ioldon. .-f Burns if
Lynch, lb 1 "'.in,-, rf
Boyd, ir i.'hase Ui
1 'ru Mi. sa I ,oyie' ?1.
Oage, 3b uft\ ':
Uordon, i r -.-. nimori lar 3b
: ?'? ? er, :;i. ki, tchor sa
!' reilerlcks, .: McC'arty or Smith i
Robini on, p Benton \,
f";.' ? k. V CaiiBi y, p
Co ???. i. Jones, p
Dots Miller Back
With Hard Luck
Tale and a Grouch
John B. (Dots) Miller, former second '
baseman of the St. Louis Cardinals i
nnd first baseman of the Pirates of the
National League, arrived from abroad
with the cruiser Charleston yesterday.
He arrived hale and hearty but pack
mg a terrible grouch, as witness his
wild shrieks of anguish poured in every :
listening ear.
Miller loudly proclaimed for'all to '
hear that hc was the hardest-luck base
ball player and soldier that ever was
and couldn't excuse the fact even in
the. admission that his home address
was 3i) Davison Avenue, Kearny, N. J.
"Just listen to my hard luck story,"
Miller insisted after getting a doublo
strangle hold on the reporter's lapels.
"When the war broke out did I make
a run for a ship yard and grab a hand
ful of rivets? I did not. I ups an.l
meanders over to a Marine recruiting
station determined to win the war.
"Well what happened? 1 ask you
what happened?
"I enlisted in Company M of the
11th Regiment of Marines just 16
months ago. Did I go to France then? ,
I did nol. I saw Paris at Paris Island
until last October when 1 was shipped
overseas. Before I could get any
action the armistice was signed. I was
s'.inn enough to be too late.
"And now I'm back home, and what's
happened?
"I'm sent down to Quantico to he
mustered out and the St. Louis team
opens the ball season in Chicago on
April 27 and l won't be there. i'll he
still searching for cootics and I won't
have to look far."
Miller returned with a casual com?
pany of Marines.
White Sox Win
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 21 (Exhi?
bition;: v '"
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nicago Americans. '?'
Indianapolis Am. Assn....! 'J
_ Batteries -Shellenbach nnd
Ferrell, Simmons and Henline.
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McGraw Sends Two Teams
Against'Sea Is 'and'Subways9
Regulars Win Their Gam e by a 7 to 0 Shut-Out,
While "Seeonds" Turn in a 9 to 1 Victory;
Jess Barnes iu Trim for the Openiug Contest
By W. J. Macbeth
Five or six thousand of upper Manhattan's baseball enthusiasts?
the great majority of them of the male gender.and of grandstand-man
agerial proclivities?saw John J. McGraw's baseball candidates win a
doubleheader at the Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon. A few of New
York's surplus players, backed by some semi-pros and other unattached
timbcr that went South to make a second team possible for daily prac?
tice, defeated the In-Er-Seal nine by a score of 9 to 1. Thc Regular
Cast, which will oppose Jack Coombs's Phillies in to-morrow's getaway
at Philadelphia, lifted the scalps of the Subway Giants (or Interboros) bv
a count of 7 to.O.
At this season of the year, before
j tho axe has fallcn just beneath thc
"badger"' haircut, most big league man
: agers find their benches cluttered with
! excess baggage. McGraw is so sure of
his veteran array that ho did not load
, up ta usual capacity this spring and so
, had to do some gravel-scratcning to
round out a bunch of Sod Busters in
i keeping with the name. Even by hog
tying Doc Bull, the eminent backstop
of the Intellectual Giants, in centre
field Mac found himself one short and
had to utilize Georgie Burns as a sec?
ond sacker for the Awkward Squad.
The In-er-Seala represent a well
known biscuit and played thc part to
perfection, The fans tolerated tlie per?
formanee with patience. Doubtless
they figured a good exhibition oi how
? game should not be played would
furnish a striking contrast for com
parisons of form with the regular
Giants later on. lf this was the case
they showed a rare turn of philosophy.
Giants Win Approval
The Giants, against their subway
r.amesakes. more than made good all
the nice things that had been said of
them during tho late series with
Washington. They left the field bear?
ing the indorsement of every grand?
stand manager, which is some accom
plishment in these days of scientific
analysis.
The Regular Giants, of course, fur
mshed tho magnetie force that drew
thc throng to Coogan's somewhat
chilly shadows. They drew, also, by
far the better opposition of the day
and acquitted themselves to perfect
satisfaction. Had McGraw's men been
so minded they doubtless could have
administered n more decisive trimming
to the moles of transportation, though.
no moro decisive beat ing can be ad?
ministered any time than'a shutout.
Once the Giants had the game in hand
they kept one cye on the newlv bur
mshed clock with a view of inaking
the most of their first night in thc
big town in a month or more.
This second game was chieflv inter
esting because of the possible' lino it
furmshed toward McGraw's openin.
day plans for to-morrow. Jess Barnes
the big aee of thc staff of 1918 so long
as he remained in civilian life, pitched
six innings. It has been felt almost
a certainty for a week back that Barnes
would be called upon to do the oncn
>n;: honors. His performanee of yes?
terday proved him equal to the task.
Only one hit was made off Barnes
in the six innings, ana that may be
somewhat discounted. It. fell to
Kelleher, the opposing boxman. with I
two out, and as Kelleher later fanned
twice there is reason to believe. that,'
Barnes took little pains to fool his. '
contemporary. During his regime only
two other balls were hit out, of the in
field on Jess, and both were easy out?
field flies.
George Smith, who, according to i
Dame Rumor, is soon to pan comnanv I
with the Giants, served the old apple
to the subway boys during thc last
thi " sessions. Ile was almost as
effective as Barnes. Two men reached
him for singles, bunching their pair
with two out in the seventh. The
second of these, by Connor, which sent
Adler to third, was th,; flukiest kind
of a scratch Texas Leaguer hit off the
handle of tho hat that looped over
Chase's head. Smith finished in fine
style, fanning the first two thc oppos?
ing battery?in thr; eighth inning.
Lost in I-'irst Inning
The game was lost to Kelleher in the j
very first inning and through little '
fault of his own. Two lucky breaks
put thc Giants in the way of a cluster
of three runs, where one would have
been quite enough to settle the argu
ment. George Burns was apparently !
struck out hy one. that Prince Schaefer
called a ball and later walked. Young
scratched a hit off Kelleher's glove, the
ball squirming out of tho glove after
the iad had made a fancy sfab of a
high bounder.
Browne fumbled on Doyle just long
enough to lose a chance for a double
killing, and, though he got Larry,
Burnes crosscd meanwhile with the
first run. Kauff's fly to deep centre
tallied Young. Zimmerman singled to :
centre, scoring Chase. Fletcher beat
a hit to short, but Zim was snuffed
out on the lines when McCarty missed
his swing on an attempted hit and
run play.
Kauff singled through short. with
two out in the third and stole second
base. Zimmerman's second pinch single
drove him home. Heine was caught
stealing, Pep Young tripled to left
siart ing the fifth and Chase hit him
in. Hai got second on a passed ball,
t.o..k third on Doyle's out and scored
on Kauff's single.
Young walked in the seventh and
got third when Kelleher pegged wild
to catch him napping. He scored on
Chase's long fly. In this inning our
own hero, Benny Kauff, proved the
day's Patsy and won the Brown Derby
hands down. After Chase had drifted
out Doyle singled and Benny walked.
Zimmerman lined wickedly to left
centre and Benny, judging the offer
ing a triple at least, tore blindly round
Easy Pickings
Sl BWAY GIANTS ' NEW VORK
Untrto. cf..a400^fSmun,S, .f .^f ? ? ??
rf.. 400 O.OOiYou 8 J ??
Kascr If... 4 00 2 . :, ',
A ll .. lb . :,. i 10 10 Do) -. 21 . . 4 0 1 * , ?.
???3014 1, Ivauff ,: n ft
i?1---- 3b--' *' 0 0 ? " Zimni1! 3b 4" 3 8 S?
' [9 4 0;i M 4,i V 0 aa
P- ;' " 1 0 30 Mcl irty, ... ?? ,1 04 00
lobin, ;? ... 100 0 1 ; Polan. . ..10] * 00
? P 2 0 0 1 1?
_ __ .'-? Sn Itb, n j 0 0 0 lo
Totals. ...310 3 24 16; Totals . , :%TTo7
S;way Giant3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0?n
New Fork ...30102010 *Z?
wivrSr^anf-0%err0n.'a V'"' i'0rk' ,: S?*b
".,.? I'lants,, 1. i wo-base I ??
U: J:U ' ba* - Kauff. Left
*? -%"??- ? VtuSSRSrU^
?BJ banics, I; by G. Smith. mt bv
PJ Kelleher, 1 (McCaftv) "WUd
pitches-Kelleher. Hits Off KeUeher/li
111 fi Innlngs; off Tobin 2 fn '; Inniim;
pft Barnes, I In 6 li
in .1 Innlngs. Umpire? Scliaofor. Time of '
1 hour and 30 minut .
IN-KIt REALS GIANT RBCONT>8
Gonzales, H 30 1 1 1 ., ,, r % 21
HO 0 12 Bui . 2b 3 10 3 1*
?:"?""""?- ???? 3 00 : 0 : Bu I, cf.... 4 1 1 \ ['
:; va" 'r- ? 010 00 1 .4014 {ft.
?? ! ?? " ? 0 42 2 5 11
, P.. 3 02 0 3 01Wiiitcrs. p.. 2 0 1 0 81
IScliupp, p.. ?_? 1 0 I 'jo
Trtal?.?','1 1 ?"' 24 14 sl Totals... .:? 9 i
lP. '-''" Seala.. 00010000 0?1
Gianl S, ?!.-.. 20010006 x?9
First basr on errors?In-Er l-valw 2
'?*; ? ' ?? 5. Left on bases- -In i.- s, a^ T:
1. 7. I wo-bs. hits - 1 hor-op ' v'
(2), A Smith, Thorpe, Polan, E
Smith Sacrifice fly?Sicklne Struck out
-By Winter*.3 (Fattee. Colvin. Chewins)
b> Sc.hupp, l> (Gonzales, Soymour) ? by
Chewins, 3 fGllle, pie. Thorpe i , -Rajr.
on balls?Off Wlntero, 4; off BcfenppT?
ofl ( hewlns. 3 Double pldtys?Pkttee
(unasssted); Miller (unassi8t<>d); r,'^
and Miiier. Hit by pitched ball?By w"
ters, 1 (A, Smith). Passed ball
J^P'T-Schafor. Time of Bame?i hour
:.t:n 42 mmu
the bases. But the ball waa cau-^ht
And when Larry Doyle scampered back
to .second he found KnutT far ahead
of him, half way to third. Hc had
automatically doubled himself
Though tho Sod Busters didn't have
to extend themselves against the
B'scmts, because1 of.the fielding faults
3f the latter, theirs was rather a
hollow v.ctory. Jess Winters, who
worked five innings and who retired
after passing Gonzales to'start the
sixth was responsible fur the run
scored, with a crazy chuck after two
were out This contest re:-embled a
game until thc eighth, when the Sod
Busters took off the blanket and ham
mered[ < hewms for a half dozen runa.
Ferdie Schupp, McGraw's conva
lescing southpaw, acquitted himself
very well in tne last four innings, if
one can excuse the lack of -..trenrth
in ,hc enemy. He allowed cniv two
hits, one of which fell with two out
and thc other cf which was a Tcritabio
scraich.
Phillies Tie Up Series
With the Athletics
PHILADELPHIA, Apr.! 21. -The Pail
adelphia -Nationals tied the exhibition
baseball series at two aii bv defeating
the Philadelphia Americans here to
day. -J. to 0. Thc outstanding fcatnre of
the game wns Luderus's homer in thc
fourth inning.
The score by innings:
R. H. K.
Americans... 0 0000000 o^_0 9 1
Nationals.... 10010000 ?_2 ? 1
r'attr-rics?Geary, Ortvell nna Perklnj*
Watson, Woodward and C'ady. Cm-olrcs-^
Keenan and Ktidoli.n.
K. of C. to Entertain
Visiting Victory Fleet
Knights of Col-mbus entertain
m-nt for tho visiting Victory Fleet
will be more intensive than ever dur
mg tho next few days. The KKnifrhts
are arranging important athletic
tvents for the men. Especially
tavored are the K. of C. wrestling and
boxing contests he'd at tho New York
Athletic Club.
On Thursday nipht another big- car
nival will bc heid under K. of C.
auspiees for the men of the fleet.
> oung Monday and Max Wiley, who
made their, mark at the last K. of C.
tournament for the bluejackets, will
go to the mat together on Thurjday.
McGoorty Beats Curran
PLYMOUTH, England, April 21. -
Eddie McGorrty of Oshkosh, Wis.,
1 Patrick Curran in
eight rounds. Curran had re,
such punishment that his seconds
threw up the sponge. McGoortv
is a middleweight and Curran a heavy?
weight.
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