Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-14
P0IJSH GOING AHEAD IN NATIONAL:
'vANKS PURCHASE THREE PL AYERS
FROM BALTIMORE FOR $4,000 CASH
Harry "Slim" Sallee, of the Giants Equals Pete
PShneiders Record of Nine Straight Victories.
Red Sox Have Good Chance

I'm / RoUSH, who plays the
..,,r garden for christy Mathewsoh
,s going to the front in the
sn ~ a., .,,,nr leadership in the National
prF INST as Cobb is showing the way
.or,can. Eddie is proving his SUI
- IN the older circuit. Roush oa,ted
rxueG In the twelve-inning game lost
N times, a.. IN The Cardinals yesterday and
T. Ne nc sinples. He is batting 1852,
ps6s ioo ,o,nts better than Walt Cruise
bjfy-one. rds who only gathered one out
w ,ho came game. Cobb's average
Ms " ID he is thirty-eight points ahead
w. c,aler second man. who today
Georse,nts in advance of iris Speaker.
nur four hits out of eight visits IN
|rder ~. ~. saader between the Browns and
| " douO ~ohb secured three out OF nine,
Iftds .rer was idle. as rain stopped the
~ spWhite sox game In the second.
heNhs veach, of the Tigers, who follows
mOI ~ the batting order. Is picking the
uoo ,,"s,v He is doing .3l3. which gives
~ sourth place in the American ana
.,n Of thirteen points over Stuiiy NC
|rars" .ho DESPITE his inability to hit
hnls, " Ysonard yesterday. retains Nth
'pulen ,,iny an even 800, Benny Kauff
tac pousb and Cruise In the National,
hs,, hNows having dropped to fourth. with
h@aso, cincinnati bringing up the rear.
Gf0n " "a Two out of eight while the
sn, wsre shifting with the Dodgers,
'gs,, gnn.S had n single in six visits in twelve
inss hcnss and Groh batted two out OF four.
y. Can Make or Break the Red Sox
!. ,irtually certain that Comics boys
~ o.te a barrel of trouble for the Red
~" s"r,nr the remainder of the series
~ pa tbe team pull itself away from the
I ~ n.ce set yesterday. Babe Ruth
~ y. ere the gas bombs for the Fed SoX
~, and. while George Ii. viii be certain
y tsrl his head off. it behooves the Men
y, Wssk TO beat him. They helped the
~, nv taking two games last week from
cs,cago and II Is only fair that we cop at
-, one out of the three from Barrys
s,rser crowd. Should the Red SoX win to-
H. ard the Indians beat the white-hosed
,rYregation the former wouid ,ahe M une
.s..r;can League lead by four points. The
sA',or club has a splendid chance to gain
.ssnnd while here. They have the edge,
Ling won Yesterday. Chicago will likely
80 double header today or tomorrow
sss.srdav's' game being postponed. Should
~ win two games out of three this would
~ clarence Rowland's pets a percentage
n SO Two victories for Boston would
~ The Red Sox a mark of .G20. IL they
~ today and the Chicago crowd loses
saston will stand .617 and the White Sox
IA In other words, the teams would
,hanse positions From these figures 1t
vul he understood just how much depends
N the work of the locals. Barry wants
sr.ry game and the team Will fight. Our
N,ckmen also can handle themselves, but
4 vfl take every effort and the team will
hye to use hands and head. Head work
4 necessary with the Red Sox-rery neces-
nary,
s,Iee's Ninth Win Ties Mark
When Harry Sallec, the Giants wliiowy
nuhpaw. beat the Dodgers IN the nrst