Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12
CLASS TELLING IN AMERICAN
RACE WITH DETROIT. BOSTON
AND CHICAGO COMING STRONG
After Miserable Start, Three Favortes Are Strik-
ing Stride and Probably Will Soon Be Chal-
longing Cleveland for Lead

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longing Cleveland for Lead
% avte expression in sportdom and invariably
n true 70 form For several weeks seemed this expression and
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up @ @ leaders, s9 Ss % sa s'sT @ % aS' aens their natural stride
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and looked as Z this powerful trio Of flag otes going to prove bitter
climb rapidly
contender
only speaker Of Fo leaders batting any past
s @ % @ S @ m no % way OF don % tins tins masHe S &c Is Ry @ TO % continue t
playing
The his first
like the Phri this National
v'ach Phfs lead Tigers and
washington's Slump Not Surprise
WAsNGToN has struck slump which sbes and fans cannot understand
o We would
mns down normal speed and that
the follows
lower before they strike their normal speed while only Foster below his
he majority Of the defeats were sustained despite excellent pitching by Gmhs
the
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Detroit Has Everything But Pitching
nTRor leading @ the League in hitting fielding ding and runs scored but
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has % @ 'n n f @ a @ % H two % ] % aS @ a %
James has thrown four away without victory The White s also have been
held back this aIst Russell fairly
good FORM but Jim Scott counted win of his
Sa totally @ He has won two games and lost six and has failed as pinch
past form A nave O''D '' ne H'D 's'' MS
- star star hqsrs failure lure
While Ruth Leonard and Shore are now their 1915 form with the worlds
form lost six out of
relief work which his specially 1915
shows @ h depalu @ @ & et great gap in m the Boston machine but the records
HOOPER o % @ hitting @ as @ % Dn@ I ] 9 @ @ o W ae poor 5 start ] asg
ouaaers % Jack Barry is clubbing at s clip while Janyrn
much until
Poor Caldwell Keating andcaps the Yanks
usng naay sun R % cadm @ % @ k ] by s failure @ Of Of Pns @ and
huers in the game started the season with the intention winning
m p P @ Manager p0n%y@H greatly @ and @ he had visions of Penn
has way on % t u az % % % @ w wlI IL FORM m at the training camp Caldwell
veteran stars had performed
with many games to despite the failure
Dnoyan s % ortunat. una that he picked up
i @ & as ] @ 1sn to D @ up the ] Or@sr Ma % cSoD and oss have
seven and saved several others shweys
Yankees really remarkable that % h @ eam n is u so Go @ % % %
one point sbo1o
When Geaeon opened the season with New
ws @ @ As @ asss % h ] chase % curve balls we predicted that he would
critics who must hate to look Gedeons now.
Mackme Losing Steadily on Road
M saa pitching pitching miserable & batting and the unreasonable weather.
a hrsd BERTH
practice
condition game in Boston
fielding
understood stuny
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suas olaras and witt although
Charley PICK with 2ao average is making his aet
to
wyekon Nahors
nj 0 a
patience crovel and believes he viii be Of u,u
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