Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-31
RKEY SCORES FIRST
RUN FOR PHILLIES
ON SQUEEZE PLAY
Not Only That, But Eppa Sin
gles on His First Two Trips
to Plate-Moranmen Count
Twice in Fifth
poAK ON MoU N D
p;uoest Crowd of Season Sees Locals
Clash With st. Louis in
Opening Game

PHILADELPHIA BALL PARK, Aug.
d -rnpa Rixey had all the better Of Bill
noak in the opening innings Of the first
.aroe Of todays double-header. The Car
annals went out in order in the first two
innings. two of them tanning. The Phil
lies on the other hand, came near scor-
,ng in each of the first two innings.
p,xev never looked better, and had the
Cardinals completely at his mercy
An enormous crowd turned out to say
farewell to the league-leading Philles,
ana before the first game started every
available seat in the bleachers was oc-
cupied.
Not until eight menO had been retired
IN order did the Cards succeed i'm making
hit off Pat Moran's tall southpaw from
Dixie.
The Boston Red sox arrived in town
this afternoon, and some of them were
epectators of the double bill
The Phillies had men on bases in al
most all OF the early innings, but were
unable to score until the fifth. RiXey
broke open that round with his second
single and continued to second on Will
sons tumble. lie advanced TO third on
Stocks single, and scored on the squeeze
Dlat, as GaSkGTl WIS NniOND buAs NldN
ath's single sent Stock across the plate
with the second run.
st. Louis tied the score in the seventh.
FIRST INNING.
Niehof made a wonderful one-handed
catch Of Huggins' drive. Butler popped
10 Whitted. Killefer threw out Bescher.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
stock beat out high bounder to Bet
Butler. on the hit-and-run play Paskert
reached first and Bancroft second when
Doak knocked down Paskert's smash and
kicked II toward third Huggins FUN
bled Cravath's grounder, 1T recovered
II in time to throw him out at first.
Butler threw out Luderus. No runs, two
hits. no errors.
SECOND INNING.
Long famed Wilson also famed.
Miller lined TO Whitted. No runs. no hits,
no errors.
whitted famed Higgins threw out
Nlehoff. Killefer singled to left RiNey
singled to right, Killefer stopping at sec
ond Bethel grabbed Stocks grOunder and
stepped on third, forcing out Killefer. No
runs, two hits no errors.
THIRD INNING.
Bethel famed. Rixey threw out Snyder
Doak singled to centre. Niehoff threw
out Huggins. No runs, one hit, no errors
Higgins threw out Bancroft Paskert
out Butler to Miller. Long dropped
Cravath's foul, after a hard run, and
then caught almost exactly the same kind
OF a fly with Higgins and Miller collid-
ing with him. No runs, no hits, no errors
FOURTH INNING.
Butler walked Bescher famed Long
hit into a double play, RiXey to Bancroft
TO Luderus. No runs, no hits no errors.
Buderus doubled to left: Whitted sacri.
feed, Doak to Miller. Butler threw out
Niehon. Luderus holding third. Bette
threw out Killefer. No runs one hit
no errors.
FIFTH INNING
Wilson flied to Whitted. Miller foule6
10 Luderus. Bethel beat out a bunt
Bethel died stealing, Killefer to Niehoff
No runs. one hit, no errors.
Rixey singled to centre and took second
or Wilson tumble Stock singled to left
Rixey taking third Bancroft fouled tC
Bethel The squeeze play was worked
Perfectly, Rixey scoring, while Snyder
threw out Paskert on a well-paced bunt
Cravath singled to centre, scoring Stock
On the hit-and-run play, Luderus sin
gled through short, Cravath going tC
third Whitted forced Luderus. Butle
to Higgins. Two runs, four hits, one
error.
SIXTH INNING.
Snyder flied to Whitted Doak famed
Huggins fouled to Killefer. No runs, M
hits, no errors.
Nehoff flied to Wilson, Bescher pulled
down Killefers fly. RiXey famed. NJ
runs, no hits, no errors.