Yankees Defeat Browns in Opening Game of Series, 2-1.Giants Down Reds, 8-2, Then Lose, 84 Hard Battle Jess Barnes Keeps Cincinnati The Foughto Marred Hits Scattered in the Opener Days of Real Sport.b/briggs When Pop Bottle Wounds Witt Donohuc and Gillespie Are Hit Hard, With Frisch Outfielder Is Carried From the Field LTn«coiiftcktt»j Lea-ding Attack ; McQuillan Driven From Mound but Injury Will Not Prove Serious; Shawkey Early in Second Game; Rawlings Has Big Day Outpitches Shocker in Thrilling Mound I>Ue| By John Kieran By W. B. Hanna By breaking even in a holiday double bill with Pat Moran's Redlegs ST. 16..Bob Shawkey pitched with rare the LOUIS, Sept. artistry Änd at the Polo Grounds yesterday while Pirates were going through the control to-day, and the Yankees lengthened their lead in the Ar «ame motions in Sleepytown, the clan McGraw further tightened its hold the fir? League race by beating the Browns, 2 to 1, in garne flr Ä , on the in the senior major league. The Giants can afford fJ(, pennant pole series. The garr.e was hard and bitterly fought, but r.ear.ly with to break even with a lead, but the Pirates must sweet the seas played, six-game the big crowd acting in a fair an dsportsmanlike way except for a to stav in the hunt. ~-..-. $ 'n'mtk instance in the ninth inning. Just after Bob Meust had ,, -rt> ,-, With Jess Barnes breaking all pre- Witt was Men to dr cedenta and going through nine com-1 Holding Their Lead kthe first out in that inning Whitey «p Kldenly plete innings, the. Polo Grounds ran ground face downward, his blond hair tumbling off with the ftrst game by the score of FIRST GAME Meusel ran to him, the Ramo was .? 8 to 2. Barnos, the elder, was found NEW TORK IN. U) [ «CINCINNATI (N. L.) time ibr hi» >f ibr hpo >« halted, and players» as well as dozens for ten hit3, but when scoring nam-ron, »s 4 0 0 1 7 0 was Rums, rf. 5 1 1 3 00 of ron to see what was the Headed ft» came around for the Reds Jess lU'llngf. m> 5 4 S 3 l o Haubert, lb .1 1 1 » o o spectators í^pnruinT^ anything but generous. "Pernicious Krisch, íb. 52 4 0 3 0;l>uncan, If. (t 0 0 0 0 0 matter. Witt had been hit by a pop roas t. . Pete" the Red Meusel. If. 40 1 1 0 0 Rouan, cf.. 4 0 1 1 0 0 trun i . Donohue, leg hurling¡ Young, rf. 4 0 2 4 0 0>Fonseoa. 2b 4 0 2 4 S 0 bottle, thrown by some bleacher fan. star, was the moundsman at whose ex- Kelly, lb... 3 2 I 12 2 0 c Ilarsrave. 40 1 Ï 11 The was so that pense the Giants pounded out a vie- Stengel, cf. 2 0 0 4 0 0 Pltielll. 3b. 4 0 1 0 4 1 thing unexpected in the first to the Snvder. C 40 1 1 0O;Rolme. ¡u. 40 2 3 40 scarcely anybody knew for a moment tory game, rapturous J Barnes, p 40 0 1 3 OHonohue. p SO n 0 21 applause of over 30,000 fans. Donohue «Harper... 10 10 00 what had happened. The pop bottle, and runs before 0 0 0 0 2 0 yielded eight hits five Gillespie, p whoever th'e person was who threw it, Gillespie entered the game in the sev¬ Bresiler.. 10 0 0 00 HTM time to be for a Totals.. dealt Witt a nasty blow. M 4*1 enth in punished quar¬ 35 S 12 27 15 ol Totals.. 3«5 2 10 24 IS 3 p J»» M tet of hits and three more runs. «Ratted for Donohue tn seventh inning« It struck him on the forehead as he With the first up and tBatted for Gillespie In ninth was '- game wrapped Inning. was running toward the ball, lie T.,.« . < W laid away in the refrigerator, John NVw Tork. Ill 020 21 x.R carried from the field unconscious, HI l,o«*l«> 11»»' iLli Joseph McGraw decided to make it a Cincinnati. 000 002 00 0.2 » » 11 ZZ\ day his Two-base hit.Young. Three-base hit. hanging limply over the ftTOI of those Two-!)««" perfect by pitching recently Rawlings. Horn«? run--Kelly. Stolen base acquired and rather expensive Hub- him. He was bleeding from lujaran ¿*o
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