Show BUSMAN'S S HOLIDAY Y Telegram Scribe Sees Giants Beat Pirates Note Taking a busman's bUlman's holiday holi holl- day vacationing John Mooney looney went to the ball bali g game mc in NewYork NewYork New York Thursday night Here is his account of it By JOHN JOIL MOONEY Telegram Sports Editor NEW YORK Aug 22 For 22 For seven innings s Thursday evening blase New York Giant fans joined hands with Tex Texas s in howling for Hartung And for tor those seven frames the 1947 baseball Paul Bunyan candidate candidate candi candi- date dat gave the rooters cause I for joy joyas as he turned back the I run home-run happy Pitt Pittsburgh burgh Pi Pirates Pirates Pirates Pi- Pi rates without a semblance of a abase abase abase base hit In addition Clint Hartungs Hartung's own I line-drive line homer in the fifth filth had been the crowning blow as the Giants piled u up a 40 4 lead But then with only three weak sisters s remaining to be disposed of in the eighth and the top of or th the batting order waiting wailing their turns in the ninth Jimmy Bloodworth Bloodworth Bloodworth Blood- Blood worth No 7 7 in the batting order lined a short single to right to open the elg eighth h. h V What at matter that in the ninth with one out Frankie Frankic I Gustine Gusline lashed a homer off Har Han tung The no-hit no spell had be been n I broken The Golden Boy of at baseball had I been th thwarted by by bya a refugee via waivers from i om the American league And even now the fans and b baseball baseball base base- se- se ball experts still sUll dont don't know wh whether ther Hartung belongs on the mound or or in fn the outfield As a pitcher he gave up only two hits walked four and fanned five As Asa Asa a a a hitter he hc- singled what started as a 8 sacrifice bunt and then hom hom- ered in trips He scored twice and batted In a a run The once feared Giants did little littleto to enhance their jaded reputations g getting only six hits hits' off starter Higbe and one of off his re re- re- re liefer Jim Bagby 5 |