Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12
CROWELL LET OUT
BY ATHLETICS TO
BALTIMORE CLUB
Youngster Expected to I'm
prove and Come Back-In-
dians Are Batting Hard
BUSH MAY PITCH TODAY
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL.


CLEVELAND, o., June l2-Connie
Mack today began to whfttle down his
pitching staff, when he shipped Minot
Crowell, the former Brown University
twirler, to Baltimore. Crowell leaves here
tonight and is expected to Join the Inter
national League club on Wednesday.
The boss of the Athletics has worked
hard with the young pitcher this year, and
after several starts, 1t was decided that
Crowell needed more experience, He had
peculiar overland delivery, which was not
at all effective, SO 1t was changed to
sdc.arm motion. The pitcher showed some
improvement and 1t is expected that he will
be back again under the big top when he
gets more experience
The star hurers controlled by Connie
have been treated with much dtsrespect by
the Cleveland club during their short visit
here. Saturday the Indians took a fall out
Of three sharpshooters and yesterday the
well.known Elmer Myers was chased after
two stormy innings Jack Nabors, who re-
lieved him, went along fine for five innings,
allowing but four hits and one run, and
Tom Sheehan went through the last session
without bingle chalked UP against him
Hitting Ball Hard
The players on the Cleveland club are
hitting the bail now, and all pitchers look
alike to them. They hit the pill right on
the nose. and they hit 1t hard Any
team that can get to. Myers for six hits In
two stanzas is going some, and that is just
what the Indians are doing Every man
in the lineup Is fattening his batting aver
| age and. unless there is slump In the
| near future, the Forest City has the best
| chance in the world to cop the pennant ana
indulge in the big championship series next
| fall
The people in the town are crazy about
| the game, the team, the management and
everything else connected with the club
| They turn out in huge droves and the park
| is comfortably filled at every contest. Sat
urday and Sunday are the big days, anc
the S. r. o. sign is being used regularly.
Yesterday there were as many people al
the game as generally stay away from
| Shbe Park, and. that's n whole lot. i
| surely Is lesson for fans in other cities
| notably Philadelphia, for the players, en-
| couraged by the home crowd. play bette
than they know how, If Philadelphia woul'
| give more support to the Athfetics bette
| baseball would be seen.
The players seem to be lost in this city
where they are not annoyed by rain, con
| ventions or preparedness parades Th
| only thing they have to do now is to go on
| and get scalped by the Indians every after
noon and read all about it the mex
| morning
Easy for Gandil
Chick Gandill had an easy time of 1t dur
ing the game getting but two put-outs ant
| one assist The thirteen strike-outs helpe'
some, and the tlelders were kept busy pull
| ing down long flies.
When Morton struck out four men in on
| inning yesterday, Ernest Lannigan, tn
| statisticlan who is working here, recalle
a similar case and held 1t up as world
| record.
'In 1910" he said. Houston was playln
| San Antonio Willie Mitchell was pitchn
for Houston, and in one inning struck ou
seven men. Dolly Stark. who was catching
| had many passed balls. and as a result, fou
runs were scored. Now, / really believ
that four runs on seven strikeouts is
worlds record, and I dare any one to pro
duce anything that can beat it."
Bullet Joe" Bush. who arrived from hi
home in Brainard, MINI, yesterday prob
ably will pitch today, and Schang' II hi
| hand will stand It, is slated TO go benin
the plate. Coumbe is likely to be the choic
of Lee Fohl for the Indians.