Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-30
MORAN'S STRATEGY
CAUSES DOWNFALL
OF JIM VAUGHN
Champs Leader 0utguesses
Tinker and Cubs South
paw Gets Lacing
MAYER TO TwIRL TODAY
BY CHANDLER d. RICHTER

CHICAGO, Aug. 3O.-The value of
shrewd. resourceful manager vas brought
home forcibly to the fans who saw the
Phlllies give Jim Vaughn. Chicagos star
southpaw, one of the worst drubbings OF his
major league career yesterday. With an
ordinary manager leading them, the. Phillles
probably would have been BANKED Dy
Vaughn who never was better than at the
start Of yesterdays game. Manager
Moran's strategy made a hard game easy
and he illustrated just why the Phils under
his leadership have been successful team
When the game opened Vaughn had
binding speed and sharp break IN ms
curve BALL and what Is more, he also had
wonderful control. The Philles usually
NAV a waiting game preferring to make
the pitcher work to the limit, and they fol-
lowed out the usual custom until two men
had been retired In the second inning.
Then Moran saw that II would be impos-
sible to beat Vaughn by playing the watins
game and suddenly switched his tactics.
In the first two sessions every batter was
taking the first two strikes and vaughn
with his wonderful amount of "stuff' had
them at his mercy Instead OF allowing MS
men to continue to take strikes until they
were in a 'hole' Moran calculated to foil
Vaughn and the Cubs and was successful
Switch Attack
Rixey started the third inning by hitting
the first ball pitched to workman ana was
retired. Paskert followed the same plan
as Vaughn was cutting the plate with his
first two pitches to ench batter, ana ne SIN.
pIed to center. The first ball to NiehoH cut
the plate and he laced 1t to right Tor oou-
BILE, sending Paskert to third,
II Tinker had been as shrewd as moran
or Catcher Elliott had been using his heao'
he would have switched Vaughn ana IN.
str,Icted him TO waste ball or two TO eacn
batter, but both failed to appreciate the
situation. Had Vaughn switched his methoo
of pitching the Phils would have been at
his mercy, as he never had SO much stun
as he showed yesterday The giant south'
nav continued to groove the first ball, now
ever and the Phils batted him to all parts
of the field Following Niehons double IN
the third, stock singled to right, Cravatn
sent long sacrihc fly to Kelly and Whitted
lined to Zeder, every man hitting the nrst
ball pitched.
One would think that this one inning
would have awakened Tinker and that ne
would have instructed Vaughn to pitch dif-
ferently but the Chicago speed King con-
tInued to try to pitch the first ball by the
bats of the Phils. The result was most
terrific bombardment at the expense OIL
Vaughn
Jolt Vaughn's Successor
Before Vaughn finally was taken out of
the game, the Philies had gotten to him Tor
runs and l3 hits, including three dounles
and all but one OF the 5atetles were cIean
hard drives Prendergast, who replaced
Vaughn, also tried to get the nrst pal! over
the plate to every batter, and he was round
for two runs and four hits, including
double and triple.
All told the Phillies got II hits, ana II
IL had not been for some grand fielding De-
hind the two Chicago hurlers the cham-
Mons probably would have Tailed about 10
runs. II was a brilliant victory because II
was gained so easily after Moran mad
shown the way, and 1t also was per-
sonal triumph for the Philly chief VINO
cIinched a victory and made what surely
would have been a hard game easy Tor
Eppa Rixey. .u,. ,,,,,,
The last game of the western trip VIII
he played today and then the team VIII
leave for Philadelphia, and then the all.m-
nortant series with the league'leading
dodgers starts on Friday. To date the Phils
have won six and lost six, record which
does not appear to be nearly so poor as
really is the case
with an even break in the luck so far as
ordinary breaks are concerned, fair per
cent of the breaks so far as close decisions
no and even ordinary fielding by the in
feld the Phillies would have record OF
ten victories and two defeates for the trip
and now would be perched just half game
ahead of Brooklyn
Mayer is slated to work for the Phlls to-
day while either Lavender or Young NICK
Carter will be Tinker's selection.