Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-08
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
NOT FAIR TO CALL
FREDDY LEAR king"
Youngster From Villanova
Again Started at Third Base
for the Athletics.

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sHIBE PARK. Philadelphia, June S.
This new Lear's front name is Fred He
went In at third again today, and in the
hrst few minutes Of play, UP popped
foul Just off third base. After IL went
Lear. Down came the ball. down. down
all the way to the turf, young Mr. Lear
having slipped Just as his anxious fingers
were about to close on tho pill However,
Lear had not long to think OF his muff
other things happened. The inning, Tor
fact, became extremely lurid. After the
bases. containing two st. Louis PLAYERS.
mad been cleared by a neat single, along
came Dee Walsh. likewise of St Louis,
and hit the ball with his great big but
He hit 1t along the right-feld foul line,
and Stuffy Mclnnis reached out as far
as he could to stop It. Stuffy's glove
Just touched the ball, but the ump, Mis-
ter Dineen, IL you please, called il fair
Mcfnnis then went to the plate and held
lengthy wrangle, in which he did most
OF the talking. Dineen listened in moody
silence. All he did was the deciding,
which was sufficient. When the inning
was ended two runs had crossed the pan
for St Louis.
The crowd today was more lively than
usual. although still small considering
the ideal quality of baseball weather
handed out 1t made more noise-the
crowd, not the weather-than Is custom
ary' and generally seemed to take con-
siderable of an interest in the game
VI course you may not think such a
thing strange, in as much as the fans
pay good money to see the game, but
that is mere quibblng.
The fish Deddler fan almost broke a
lung in the third inning, after Bressler
got to first by scratch single Murphy
was at bat There she go-o-o-e-s'il
yelled the fan. and, concurring heartily,
Murphy singled. Rube Oldring apparently
was tired. He had been so sure that he
wouldn't get turn at bat that he had
been sitting out alongside right field. But
at this point he came In. Barry then
connected with one that Shotton muffed
thinking he would catch II. Bressler
hugged second, and he slid into third
just as the ball arrived. All the ST.
Louis players put up a howl when the
ump called him safe. but the ump was
adamant. They always are when they
give decisions in favor of the home
team.
When they favor the visitors they are
as we haev pointed out before
At any rate Walsh was next, and Bress-
Ter scored on his out. Then Rube Old |
ring got his turn. He slammed the pill
over second but Lavana was so mad by
this item that he pulled off miraculous
one-hand stab and one of those impossi-
BILE throws to first, retiring the Ruben
and the side.
Lear got into the limelight again in the
fourth. He picked up a slow grounder
on Lavan's bat and threw 1t past McIn- |
mis- into right, the runner going to second. |
Lavah then went to- third on Agnew's |
sacrifice, where he proceeded to get Lear |
more nervous by taking big leads off |
he bag. Shotton walked at this point |
and Lear redeemed himself by mailing a |
pop fly. He gave several fans heart |
failure, however, by getting only about |
TWO fingers on 1t. However he held 1t.