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Celtic Forever · 05-10-2002, 02:12 PM

Brooklyn, April 11, 1920

Despite the disappointing loss to Philly, we stay tied atop the heap with the Reds at 6-3. Cincy and New York (who along with St. Louis are one pace to the rear at 5-4) have each lost 2 straight, giving us a reprieve from that awful Causey business. Today we face the Giants in a one-off battle at Ebbetts field. This is the start of our most difficult stretch of the season, wherein our opponents are the Giants (today), Cardinals (2 in St Looie), the Giants again (2 at the Polo Grounds) and one more in Cincinnati. It seems certain that this is where our title challenge will be won or lost.

Today the G-Men are coming at us with 31 year-old righty Fred Toney, who's 1-1 with a 1.59 ERA thus far. Burleigh Grimes will take the hill for us, looking to even his record to 2-2 on the year. Fred's a tough groundball pitcher, and is coming in refreshed. He's backed by a real murderer's row. 3B Frankie Frisch, SS Dave Bancroft, CF Ross Youngs and C Elmer Smith are all hitting well above .300, and that's not a fluke. Alarmingly, 2B Laughing Larry Doyle and RF George Burns have yet to find their stride. Here's hoping they never do. John McGraw's boys are a championship-caliber club, no doubt about it.

The game turned out to be an epic 14 inning affair. Toney's knuckleballs bamboozled us nearly all game, and matters looked grim when we headed ino the bottom of the 9th down 1-0. Thankfully Ernie Krueger gave us a stay of execution with a sac fly, scoring Hy Myers from third, and into extra frames we went. 1B George Kelly looked to have us finished when he cracked an RBI single in the 12th off a tiring Burleigh Grimes, but in the bottom half we got an unlikely reply from SS Ivy Olson. On we go. In the 13th we had brought on Sherry Smith to take the hill, and in the 14th the Giants started getting to him. C Elmer Smith smacked in the go-ahead run, and Ivy "Keep 'Em Alive" Olson's error gave Ross Youngs and George Burns the chance to plate two more. Our final out was a hot grounder to SS Dave Bancroft, which was fitting, because his diving snares had twice robbed us of base hits that would have won the game earlier in the day.
Giants 5, Dodgers 2 (14) - W: Perritt (1-0, 0.00); L: Smith (0-1, 6.00)

AROUND THE LEAGUE

Yankee Babe Ruth hits for the cycle against Chicago, pulling New York within a game of AL-leading Washington ... Ruth is hitting .412 on the year.

05-10-2002, 02:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
Celtic Forever Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 463 Thanks: 12 Thanked 24x in 21 posts	Brooklyn, April 11, 1920 Despite the disappointing loss to Philly, we stay tied atop the heap with the Reds at 6-3. Cincy and New York (who along with St. Louis are one pace to the rear at 5-4) have each lost 2 straight, giving us a reprieve from that awful Causey business. Today we face the Giants in a one-off battle at Ebbetts field. This is the start of our most difficult stretch of the season, wherein our opponents are the Giants (today), Cardinals (2 in St Looie), the Giants again (2 at the Polo Grounds) and one more in Cincinnati. It seems certain that this is where our title challenge will be won or lost. Today the G-Men are coming at us with 31 year-old righty Fred Toney, who's 1-1 with a 1.59 ERA thus far. Burleigh Grimes will take the hill for us, looking to even his record to 2-2 on the year. Fred's a tough groundball pitcher, and is coming in refreshed. He's backed by a real murderer's row. 3B Frankie Frisch, SS Dave Bancroft, CF Ross Youngs and C Elmer Smith are all hitting well above .300, and that's not a fluke. Alarmingly, 2B Laughing Larry Doyle and RF George Burns have yet to find their stride. Here's hoping they never do. John McGraw's boys are a championship-caliber club, no doubt about it. The game turned out to be an epic 14 inning affair. Toney's knuckleballs bamboozled us nearly all game, and matters looked grim when we headed ino the bottom of the 9th down 1-0. Thankfully Ernie Krueger gave us a stay of execution with a sac fly, scoring Hy Myers from third, and into extra frames we went. 1B George Kelly looked to have us finished when he cracked an RBI single in the 12th off a tiring Burleigh Grimes, but in the bottom half we got an unlikely reply from SS Ivy Olson. On we go. In the 13th we had brought on Sherry Smith to take the hill, and in the 14th the Giants started getting to him. C Elmer Smith smacked in the go-ahead run, and Ivy "Keep 'Em Alive" Olson's error gave Ross Youngs and George Burns the chance to plate two more. Our final out was a hot grounder to SS Dave Bancroft, which was fitting, because his diving snares had twice robbed us of base hits that would have won the game earlier in the day. Giants 5, Dodgers 2 (14) - W: Perritt (1-0, 0.00); L: Smith (0-1, 6.00) AROUND THE LEAGUE Yankee Babe Ruth hits for the cycle against Chicago, pulling New York within a game of AL-leading Washington ... Ruth is hitting .412 on the year.