Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-12
pHILLTES STILL in
HUNT, DECLARES
MANAGER MORAN
swell Come Back With a
Rush." Ayers Leader
of Champions
81. LOUIS HERE TODAY
>. CHANDLER D. RICHTER

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rwsu come back with a rusn Una. WI.
--.rr,se those who figure we nave s"os ~ 49,
w secIared Manager Pat Moran OF tne
pee ~ he called the early morning ses-
PM h,s hoard OF strategy. NOW poys'
r'n " .lra those defeats in New YORK
% oen .rer nj going to hurt us any II we
iny iy. thsrn and play the game as we
should - >-o,v
" MI also failed, TO get a single break
,'.',s The SERIES" Continued the hgntlhs
on,e ar1on't become alarmed at the three
ps.,.s ont of four games by Brooklyn
wv VA postnn. Almost anybody could beat
.'.ton IN It's present condition. The braves
~ Fvers and have had run OF hard
e.ss es they are still in the race, but am
y, ~ rorrying much about them
Mecraw has wonderful ball team and
K =. favored BY better pitching than ne mas
~ Il, year. No team could have beaten
psrritt In either game on saturuay unless ,s
{ !. ~ The breaks, and everything broke
"..s,, for us Tesreau was very good on
rs,s r,Issy but don't see why we did not beat
hin yesterday
Risey on Form
~. AID not have nearly 20 much stun
- was In trouble all the time. but Rixey
- IN form. pitched poorly to several
ts,,ers and we did not play the game rs 1t
.hould be played The Giants batted our
~ star ptcheis hard because they W re
"A form The western teams VIII not
erd them of their stride as they simply had
an on day com ng after thelr orhiiahe work
Al the last three weeks.
win we win the pennant?. Now listen
am not talking pennant, but will say
~, fall 10 see any team that looks better.
,.rhe breaks might continue to go against
ne and make Il harder, and II also Is pos
+ sIhls that Bill Killefer will be out Of the
s.me long enough to hurt us, but / think
Wi will see the Phils come back strong,
Is they always do.
n can't say just how badly Killefer is
hnrt until the X-ray picture, taken this
rarnIng has been examined, but his wrist
ralnsd him last night and l am naturally
sxpectIng the worst, hoping that 1 will be
disappointed We need Killefer badly but
YOU can depend on Eddie Burns to hold up
s ID end II II is necessary for him to do
tbp catching for the rest of the season He
came through last year and will do so
again
y alexander will pitch against the Car
diuals this afternoon, and he and Rixey are
lktly 10 do lot of work in the next three
pitchers now. Demaree and Mayer have
been pitching, fine ball and Bender looked
better agains. New York than at any time
this season.
Berder's Weather
We are just coming around to Bender's
weather. He always, has been good in the
fall and with the days growing shorter will
be a valuable man for relief work in close
games as well as for a regular turn in
douhe-headers.
"Just forget the four straight defeats at
The hands Of the Giants and remember that
We are through playing them, while Brook
IN has hve-game series with McGraw's
tam lust before II meets us in the final
rne Of the series"
Invariably just when the Phillies are ex-
tclng an easy series, they strike a snag,
but there is no reason why the Cardinals
saould prove particularly 4 troublesome.
huggnss team has been playing poor
bsa and he is experimenting. Lee Mead
evs who is slated to pitch today, is the
only hurler feared by the Phils. and as
Alexander has beaten him four times Moran
y not worrying much about .today's con-