The evening world. Newspaper, April 18, 1918, Page 17

A LOT OF HUSBANDS AGREE THAT ONE 'BIRD IN THE HAND 1S WORTH TWO ON NELLIE'S HAT. GIANTS’ RESOURCEFULNESS OF ATTACK BRINGS ABOUT DODGERS SECOND DEFEAT a Jack Coombs Pitches Cleverly, but Manager McGraw’s . System of Offense Causes Brooklyn Club to Throw Away the Game. By Hugh S. Fullerton. Covpriant, 1918, ty The Pree Pubiisitng Oo, Now York Lveuing World,) N™ YORK GIANTS gave a demonstration yesterday of their system of attack which 1s almed to bring victory not through their own strength but! through causing the opposition to Dreak. By this system they achieved —_ the second overthrow of Brooklyn and won a game which was ques- tionable from the first because of the clever pitching and de- fensive strategy of Jack Coombs. When the pitching 1s ap-| approximately even, when the NV individual feats of the players are practically the same, the team which has the resourcefulness of attack generally wins, and it that which yielded the victory yes- terday. There used to baseball to the be an axiom in effect that if one seam forces the other to throw the gall often enough it is sooner or later, to win, other team will throw away game. It worked out yesterda showed c attack, ‘ The teams were p¥actically even in every element that goes to n baseball and, if anything, perbas hit the ball hard the y and an did the nd fielded quite as well, iy play > Je game with equal] skill and made more safe hits, yet the Giants wi 0, and! seemingly without bein ous danger of defeat. The difference was due to the McGraw style of at- tack, which in the fourth inning broke Brooklyn's defense and re- vealed to some extent the value of speed to a baseball club, Young was on first en Kauff banged a and Young, decided to third base. Jerful speed, go the limit and try for was certain, because the rly McGraw’s scheme of| . any seri- | attack, plays, Barnes pitched a magnificent game of ball as his debut with the Giants, but was really ontpitched ‘by the veteran Coombs and was saved from defeat} by two elements—one the beautiful and speedy infield werk of | the Giants, and one his own superb fielding in his position, The great throwing of Burns of course assisted him, but it was a relief to see pitchers really fielding their positions. There is one thing that stands out in the playing of the’ majority of the modern major league clubs, and that is the negiigence of players to back up plays, especially throws from the outfield. In the opening gamo of the season five throws were permitted to go direct to basemen with the pitchers, catchers and others falling to back up to protect them against bad bounds or wild throws. Yesterday Barnes and Coombs gave a beautiful display of backing up, being behind every opportunity and very danger point. playing of the game was a and twice did it by double welcome relief to the slow and draw- Ung teams efforts of opening day, working fast and hustling minute, so that the game was ed in less than an hour and a half of about as spirited and hustling 1 see, play marked by and clever work and by one of the greatest catches one will see Ina year, made by Hickman tn the second Inning when he reached back and robbed Fletcher of at beast a triple by a leaping one-handed catch that came near resulting in a double play, and which prevented the Giants from winning right there. ‘The Brooklyn team showed to much better advantage than they did on the preceding day, but still show nferl- arity to the Giants both mechanically and in technical strategy. both HE Yanks again showed that they have the punch and the fighting spirit by overthrowing Wash- ington in another hair-raising con- test, which arouses anxlety as to whether or not Huggins. has the pitching strength with which the team generally has been accredited. If his pitchers cannot stop W: ington and hold them below a five, ix or run score they have lit- chance to cause the other teams of the league to hesitate much, Wash- ington has the weakest attacking club in the league, yet the Senators thus far have scored freely against the Yanks. The alibi is that Hug- gins's pitchers are not yet in. top shape and the cheering prospect lies in the fact that they have fought each game out to the finish, have come back with fresh rength when seemingly beaten and have shown an agress! irit that is new to then, He outsprinted the throw to third] Also do not overlook the fact that and Kauff made the turn at first | th is ia mu show that they have and flashed down toward second on walter Johnson twice, be- wuse the great J Myer mado a very good throw to|the finish yesterday *S* in at third, heaving the ball so phat it pen either could go on to t Broun appears to possess a cut down by the s whole lot of driv: ow! back to second. O'Mara gre abbed the of Griving > er and ball and attempted a back to second to catoh quick shot Kauff; the ball went on to right field, where Hickman grabbed it and heaved wide back, so that when the wild throwing ceased one run was across the plate and Kautf was on third bi There the Superbas played t odd baseball, holdi in 5 in deep position as if con h score with no effort to cut it off, f Firat and third basemen were pulled cond were , when Burns but to one » had later, in the and real decay speed to offset its known weaknesses, and it is interesting to know whether Schmandt is going to bit or not. He lo good in the field, works fast and |s rangy and free in every move- ment, but at bat he does not appear at all impressive. Indeed, a little shake-up of the batting order, drop- ping him below the catcher, might help some. It Is, of course, too earty to decide that he cannot hit, and it is to be hoped that he gets into his| uinor league stride, but in his first oa in the big show {t did not look as if he is hitting well at the ball or standing in position to deliver a hard blow, On his minor league record he ought to hit close to .240, which Is enough for a newcomer in fast com- pany, but one never can tell what they will do. until weather gets rmer TTENDANCE on games as an index to interest in baseball this eeason {6 being closely watched. Thus far the average attendance has been larger than in any year since 1911, and the Giants’ opening crowd was the largest of any opening day crowd SPORT WORLD NEWS OF ALL KINDS es -) Hank Gowdy, Star of World’s Series of 1914, Famous Catcher Quit Braves Last June, Private to Color Sergeant. By Alex, Sullivan HE biggest man in baseba i That's Hank Gowdy, for catcher of the Braves and a| World's Series star in 1914, who is now in the thick of the fi in] No Mau’s Land and proving a bigger hero than he ever did on the baseball | iting fleld, He was the first baseball man to enter the army, It was only the other day that we read of how Gowdy achleved distinction in going “over the top” with the boys from his| y ain't take Goway lor native State, Ohio Jbearings tn camp, ind t Hank's patriotism surprised even|[tainbow Division ttt jn his most ardent admirers when he|junior color nt. Ju Jquit the national pastime directly | the brave edi after entered the spite of the fact that Position to earn a sma we war-—this in was in a he he 1 he. | Second Lieutenant I} fortune be- cause he had established himself as) wN9 catcher ever Gil one of the game's few real luml-|it is now, Sergt. Henry G | nartes. Aaa t of biting The viond-haired Hank was a prom-| Not onls ; linent figure at the world's series | hitting wins t played with the W the | straight wo ; Polo Grounds last son, L WAM lcs claal, what @ because he looked so well in khaki. | thrower he st ‘ He told his intimate fr ds he was anxioua to go Atlantic Ocean so as in France to rh bean ’ help defeat the Germans e Few recognized in the big, ret asd att chap who passed through the crow ; with a big baseball bank seeking con- jeoretary tributions for Clarke ( th's bat -" and ball fund the wonderful Boston | er and ; Hero in No Man’s Land Being First Baseball | Man to Enter Army and Quickly Won Promotion From Here He Is! The Biggest Man in Baseball || Box Scores of Games Played iF By Local Clubs AT POLO BOOK LY? AT WASHINGTON NEW YoIts GROUNDS NEW eeooued THE RING. TOO MUCH MONEY KEEPS TH. WOLF AWAY FROM THE DOORSTE: AND A LOT OF CHAMPIONS OUT OF 7 YANKS TO CLOSE ~THE SERIES WITH __ SENATORS 10- DAY |For Second Time New York! Boys Take Measure of Walter Johnson. jagid WASHINGTON, April 18.— The} | Yanks will play their fourth and] |final game of their series with the} Senators to-day. If the New York | boys win again {t will make the serles three to one in their favor, which would bo an auspicious opening for Miller IHuggins's charges. ‘The third game resulted in a twelve- inning 8-7 victory for New York was a struggle of some savage | hitting and much poor pitching. The New York men began with a rush and scored four rung in the first in- ning on three hits, including @ ‘triple | by Derrill Pratt, a base on balls, a| wild pitch and an error by Lavan. ‘hia looked like the game, but the | Senators profited by some wild and erratic pitching, and also by some | clean hitting, and finally crawled into a tie at 7 all in the eighth inning. ‘The two teams were then dead- locked until the twelfth, when the Yankees pulled out a victory, s it happened, the Yankees beat Walter Johnson for tae second gime in three days. The great twirler pitched he last four innings for Washington, and aa the rcore Wag tied when he went in, the defeat was cMwrged against him. ta in those four innings, ors neoded air-tight piten- tting, and his ows were neutrall by. two wild pitch THe made two hi Senat but the ing rat two safe t large extent unusual fo , some~ sar Washington and the victory ww York Ut opened the twelfth with his see- bit of the game, ao slashing two- to right Held, Pipp, in attempt. to sacrilice, sent an easy roller to Johnson, who threw to peter at third to get Pratt, Foster ‘opp the throw, Pratt landed safely ment later on Bak centre fle d scored a mo- to ince fly 1 m used three pite n the game for Wash J Just one Inning w a base on balla and brought about his quick Yingling took up the burden a the ox to five hits in nings, game by Johnson: be, danied Miller Tuga! hormablen, ven tue on his ace—Walte Yankees would not began with Ff of his recruit. piteh- ngater was as wild as calling but the rtheaster and basted | just one-third of an inning, In that tine he hit-one batsman and gave three buses on balls, so that Huggins ided to save hin for another day Love to the rescue YORK (N). AMUSEMENTS, ~~ O FINAL PERF)NCE NEXT SAT, NIOHT AT | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN | | Twice Dally, 2.15 & 8,15, Open Hoar Kartter i ‘Mews! bivan" 0d Th BIGGESL AND BEST CIRCUS EVER EXHIBITED A WASHING TO M TER ZOO” FREAK Coson mas, a included. | 1, Malti, AVE AD wi « BROOKLYN © AT THE eh es HIDDOOQOME fae! aifiee | comes Bre Rt | National Association WomenPainters and Sculptors 87th An Fxhibition April Sth to 30th. Sun, 2to6 HON FREE No. 6 West 57th Street Thousands of people have this latest Broadway sensation =n |FLO-FLO t || PRINCESS # | Nazimova";"« | the a cutcher ldieriy appea ¢ for i Jin the history of the game, Well over} (ON. as always been noted for “| hope that I - ah Deena: 4 | 30,000 were in attendance. Of course a ey there were many Invitations sent out, | but that is customary on opening| : ; |day each year, so that the compart-| Yi f A) son remains the sam: Washington, | ‘ ' f |which had a poor year last year, did | t eam i A A well, Boston did only mediocre busi- | NATIONAL LRAQUE. CR MERIGAN: LEAGUE ‘ ' G Dixon’s Come Through {nam 7 eat 8 meats ona CLUBS W.L. CLUBS W.L. Pe. CLUBS W.L. Pe. CLUBS W. LF " vesterda ne 0 Grounds crow¢ { : ) H Thvi w rbove 6,000, . New York..2 0 1.000/ Pittsburgh tt 509 || Boston,....3 0 1.000|Cleveland 09 00 1 A 00 667|Chicage..,.0 | 090 ; ; In the racing world, a list of races || down att r utd ae = | _ ot rt i 1 tun is a list of races won by | outlook ta more encoureging than was rs e expected during the winter. It looks RESULTS OF GAMES YESTERDAY Tides 1 Gowdy ay 1xO N |to be up to the teams and owners to || New York, 2; Brook! j New York, aw 1 f ‘es Ss \deliver first chass, fast baseball, and Pittsburgh, 8; Cincianatl, 1 oston. jelphie. 4 € pion ba 0 ao public will stipport the sport re- Boston, 14; Phliadelphia, 2. Gleveland- Detroit eain 1 defo t » Automobile leas of the war. Mt. Leouls-Chicago, (Balu), Chloago-St. Louis, (Bain A arhchae ree 4 4 , * TS |""To me the amazing feature of tho | GAMES To-DAY t w Hub KNIC ERBOCKER H., wa LUBRICAN Polo Grounds has not been the large | Ke a: tha 1 t Je ny | « FRARD’S sary avery noted driver uses | attendance but the scarcity of women Feokiyn at New York, j New York at Washington n nanager, de Practical ly every 1 lected | T2 owds have been almost en- | Boston at Philadelphia. Philadelphia at Boston | a 16 ; ERARD’S Dixon's, The spec Hal ya perior | rely composed of men, and the wom. | Pitisburgh at Ciacinnait Vetrol. <t Cleveland. ‘ Stallings took flake graphite give en, who have been one of the featuros | Chi-ago at St, Loule, Mt, Louis as Chicago. ne t lubrication that prevents wear, Let of’ tho Polo Grounds crowds in the HOW OTHER TEAMS MADE OUT. neede Y FOUR YEARS “a Dixon's rid your car of friction a8 past, have been scarce, #o scarce that | Heh) ash AE rhe dard rt wh IN GERMANY ixo y ativars': | their absence has been noted by ticket | NATIONAL LEAGUE, AMERICAN LEAGUE n batt He He Bon , ie they do the racing \takers and others, Possibly the wom. | delle oot 40 rr Ne rire ni i 4 H “ Ask your dealer for the en are too ard with Enisting and | E8824 f or ‘i i LT nia A ta soid" at "er . ing Che other war activities to attend games ) si cuson Dison Lawrieating Ras Tt is evident that a large percentage | y . 1VOLI kis ah | * JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE CO. | of the masculine attendance 1s of men tthe 69 : Bsay doen g olhetures \ ? who are working at night in industrial Jersey City, New Jersey Oe plants and are free in ' IAL TO spy otartan ROG Established 18: If that holde true b. u - severe. lontn majors ls safe for the BY “bo. 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