Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-27
MAYER TO SERVE
DELIVERY UP TO
DODGER BATSMEN
Side-Arm Slabster Is Jinx
for Brooklyn-To OPP
pose Pfeffer
RAIN MAY STOP GAME

Erskine Mayer always a hard man for
Brooklyn to fathom, will go to the mound
for the Phillles in the second game of the
series between the Phillies and Dodgers
this afternoon, weather permitting. Mayer
is in splendid shape, and lf his teammates
can score n few runs for him the Phils
are likely to even UP the series, as the
Dodgers seldom tally more than n pair of
runs while the slde-arm artist is on the
mound.
Manager Robinson, of the Dodgers, is
going to use big JEFF Pfeffer, his best
hurler. this afternoon, and with a de-
cided edge on the Phils by virtue of the
victory over Alexander, believes that his
team has an excellent chance to sweep
the series. If the Dodgers can turn this
trick It will be the first time since Moran
has handled the Phils that an entire
series has been lost
Brooklyn made a great impression on
the Phils, and the men realize that the
reports from the training camp about
Brooklyns strength have not been ex-
aggerated. They believe that the Dodgers
might have been going trifie above
their normal speed yesterday, but admit
that Robinson's team looks pretty good
If Pfeffer comes through with VIC
tory today, Robinson will have an ex-
cellent chance to take three In n row, as
Sherrod Smith, the star southpaw, who
always has been a hard man for the
Phils to beat, Is to work the final game
of the series.
An odd feature to yesterdays game
was Brooklyn's batting In the sixth in
ming. The Dodgers failed to tally a run,
but Cheney, Myers and Daubert made
successive singles. each man hitting the
first ball pitched by Alexander. 1t is
rare occurrence for n team to make three
aa fatf off AlaNnn1nr In gtcCnRgiOn
the fact that they all were made on the
first ball pitched proves either that the
Nebraskan was not at his best or the
Dodgers were outguessing him. Olsen
hit his homer on the first ball pitched
earlier in the game. while Daubert
dropped double in left on the first pitch.
Throughout the game Brooklyn was
swinging at the first good ball over, never
giving Alexander chance to get them in
hole.
Luderus' failure to sacrifice cost the
Phlllies run in the fourth inning. After
Paskert had hit his home run, Cravath
walked. Luderus instead of playing the
usual Philly style of trying to get one
run lead for Alexander, swung away at
the first two pitches and finally famed.
Whitted followed with a clean single to
center. which would easily have scored
Cravath. AS it was Cravath stopped at
second on Whltted's hit.
Everything the Phils did yesterday
seemed to be wrong. 1t was one of those
days where all the breaks went to the
opposing team. II the Phils tried the hit
and run, it turned out afterward that a
sacrifice would have been the best play,
while any time they waited Cheney out
he got the batters In a hole and when they
did not wait they were swinging at bad
balls.
A few more victories should enable the
Mackmen to climb into tine first division.
We have an idea that the Athletics have
an excellent chance to finish in the first
division, but If they ever get into the
select class for even a day there will be
lot of money changing hands in this
city The pesslmists have been wagering
that the Mackmen would not get into the
first division, even for day.
It is not to the dIscredit of Eddie
Burns, who has been doing splendid work
to say that Bill Killefer is badly missed
Killefer could not do any better than
Burns has to date. but the pitchers. par
ticularly Alexander seem to miss the
brilliant receiver. If Killefers arm fails
to round into form the effectiveness of the
Philly pitching staff may be impaired
more than the players are willing to ad-
nit
Larry Cheney had a world OF stuff"
He was setting the Phils down at a rapid
clip, when he suddenly lost control There
is not another pitcher in the game who
goes to pieces as quickly as Cheney does
when he gets In hole. Roger Brasnahan
could not understand II, and finally be-
came so disgusted with the big spit.baller
that he traded him to the Dodgers, al
though he was the most effective hurler
on the Cub staff. Yesterday Cheney
struck out six batters In the second. third
and fouth innings and had two strikes on
almost every hitter up for the first five
sessions.