Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18

Hard Luck Trails "A's"
And NOyes Loses, 20
Continued from PAGE Ons

,""""n~d from Paee One
.e,'cs ,s down FOR the count for the third time
this week WIG '"''" u'he
ne SAD story was to o.
Moves pitched good ball ana y,e,aod o,,,,.
sM hits, but two OF these bine'es arrivaa
~ opportune moments, when they did Tho
,''os' harm ON the other hand "Du,cb"
leonard was touched up for seven safetles.
ou. ne Kept them well scattered
ray Bates tried his hardest to becop,e tho
batting hero this afternoon bu, H. .',e
,eIl down mlserably and his act went b,ooio
=. was one or the typical breaks the Macks
nave oeen having against Bawston and On
awfui howl went up from the fans When
the disaster was staged '"
oluIy Mclnnis singled along the third
pase ihe and Bates stepped I'M IN Tho
piate. He leaned against a fast ono am,
sent II Just out of Barry's reach ana n,
went to center field. Stuffy scamnorod 80
thlrd and with only one down, things loo,od
rosy for score '''Neu
hut Dutch Leonard had to be contended
80, ".tn, onu nov mat guy frightened up He
smiled scornfully at Amos Strunlk and 70
SHOW further contempt struck hin, ,'t
ihrasher was next up and performed as ho
usually ooes IN pinch--and whitfield II,
the meantime Stuffy and Ray passed a,yav
on the sacks. '"'
ne ked son scored a regular Red S,y
run IN the third, and it was not earn.d
"lt bum throw and, aided by Dineon's
apparently bad guess stole second That
was the signal for Hoblitzel to hit, and be
came through with a double which sent his
poss nome Hobby, by the way. was tho
onlF invader to hit Noyes safely in the
hrst five and two-thrds innings. getting a
triple and double in three times up
After his success of last Saturday CON.
ME again shifted his lineup in an effort IN
nut something across on the guests Whitley
Witt was allowed to lead off and ,;royar
who sat in for Lawry. came next waIIv
Schang was shifted to the cleanup posltion
and Amos Strunk dropped to number seven.
below Bates Frank Thra sher batted In
eighth place.
The most recent battle formation failed In
produce results in the first two innings
although danger signals were flying in the
opening act. Duffy Lewis made one of his
very few errors when he dropped Growers
liner. The second baeeman went to second
on Schangs single. and II looked good for
score with MclnniS at bat. Stuffy almost
came through, but his vicious liner went
straight into Lewis hands. This time Duffy
| refused TO drop the ball and the side was
retired
The Red Sox also threatened III. late
in the first bur the rally came TO, late
After two men were down Hobltzell wasted
triple against the scoreboard and Lewis
wasted base on balls. with this pair on
the sacks Clarence Walker hit weakly 10
Grover and perished
The warm weather brought out another
good weekday crowd. The two-bit section
was comfortably filed and many expensive
patrons used the grandstand. The scenery
was improved by couple of enlistment
signs on the fence
y FIRST INNING
Hooper famed. Noyes tossed out Barry.
| Hobby tripled TO the scoreboard Lewis
| walked. Walker grounded It, Grover. No
| runs, one hit, no errors.
Witt was called out on strikes. Duffy
| Lewis dropped Growers liner to left Bodie
| famed Schang singled to left. Grover stop
| ping al second Mclnnis lined to Lewis.
| No runs. one hit, one error.
SECOND INNING
Gardner famed. Scott was out. Noyes
| to Grover, to McInnis. Thomas grounded
to Grover No runs. no hits. no errors
| Bates struck out Strunk flied TO Walker.
Thrasher sent "A high one 10 Hobltzel No
| runs, no hits, no errors,
THIRD INNING
| Lesnards grounder took a nasty bound
| but Witt managed to catch the ball and
retire the runner AT first Hooper was
thrown out by Noyes Barry was safe on
| Wits wild throw Barry stole second
Lewis grounded to Grover One run, one
hit. one error
Noyes famed. Witt was thrown out by
/ Scott. Grover singled to short. Walker
! ran back and caught Bodies long drive
| near the beachers. No runs. one hit nc
errors.
FOURTH INNING
Walker ned to Strunk Witt threw out
Gardner. Scott sent a high one to Grover
| NJ runs no hits, no errors.
Schang was thrown out by Gardner Nc
| lnnis singled to left and went to third OF
Bates's drive to center. Strunk and Thrashei
famed. No runs. two hits, no errors.
FIFTH INNING
Thomas flied TO Bodie, Leonard famed
| Hooper walked. Hooper died stealing
Schang to Grover. No runs, no hits NJ
errors.
Noyes famed, Witt also famed. Grove
singled to left. Leonard tossed out Bode
No runs. one hit, no errors.
SIXTH INNING
Barry lifted high fly to Grover Hobby
who had hit safely the other two times ur
was thrown out by Noyes, Lewis hit to tn
| center-field bleachers for two bags. Wit
made a sensational stop on Walkers hit am
| held Lewis on third. Gardner walked, fiji
ing the bases. Schang's quick throw t
McInnis caught Gardner slumbering off frs
and the side was retired. No runs, tw
hits. no errors
Schang grounded to Gardner. Mclnni
lined to Hooper. Bates grounded to Hob
| ltzel No runs, no hits no errors.
SEVENTH INNING
Scott raped single to left. Thoma