Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-28

~ at the balIyard Yesterday afternoon
in Sull view of the spectators who see-
tuIlN availed themselves of the privilege
OF witnessing battle which started
promptly at 3;3O p m It's great to
stick around until the finish Of game
which starts early enough to put on
extra frilIs. such as that double victory
mentioned in the opening chorus
First, the Mackerels put another nick
n the winning streak of the st Looie
Browns. but more important was the
shsrond trlunph; viz; the canning, Of a
miserable for the home folks on nu-
merouS and sundry occasions. That old
ln% almost got in it's deadly work, but
! \ down into defeat somebody's foot
slipped and--blooie' Everything went
TO smash. and when last seen the hoodoo
vas running in a westerly direction with
the throttle wide open.
Dsshing Dave. the Tinx
Dashing Dave Davenport exercised a
strange Noodoo magic on Comics Cian
, as long as he can remember. All he had
! 70 10 IN former years was to hurl his
| glove in the pitchers box and the game.
/ was over. The As couldn't hit flock
, OF terryhoats with cricket bats even If
MS name was mentioned Dashing Dave
mad the hometown boys eating out OF
his long, lean, sinewy hand every time
ne put IN an appearance and was proud
Of his work. Last year he won six ont
of seven games. which is SOME record
even against the Athletics
1eSterdaN he was dragged out of the
/ bullpen in the third inning and rushed
INTO the battle after Allen Sothoron. the
moist ball finger, had lost his bearings
and could not locate the home plate
The sacks were saturated two we're out
and Joe Dugan was a. bat. Now under
ordinary conditions. the batter would
have struck out or something like that
hut Joes youth and inexperienCe saved
him No one had told him about the
jtnH Of Dashing Dave. so he busted out
a swell single along the third-base line
which scored two runners.
St. Looie Gets Close
At that time the AS were Leading by
the score of TO I and Nean Gregg was
beginning 10 weaken. In the fifth the
aliens pushed over another counter and
in the sixth batting rally led by Tim
HendryX. who. by the way. is another
person cast of by the Yanks netted
two more counters. That made the Off
Cal count to t. and the home folks
We're finding it extremely difficult to con-
rect with the slants of nashing Dave
When the As came to bat in their
half of the sixth, however. Larry Card
ner who is too old a hand to be buffa-
loed by any Indian sign, set an example
for his pals by walloping single to
left. shannon walked. Dugan's sacrifice
was safe and once more the bases were
loaded. II looked bad for Davenport and
his jinN, but they died hard The run
ways We're thronged on four different
occasions, but only two runs scored Two
men were nipped at the plate ana an
other forced az third,
Dave Is Canned
However, Manager Jones saw the
handwriting on the wall and Dashing
Dave was canned at the erd of the in
) ming to make way for a stranger. It
I was a wonderful triumph
Before he departed Davenport left a
} remembrance He hung a fast ball on
e Rube Oldring's left arm. and the vet
! eran outfielder was forced to leave the
game. Last night it was feared that the
; arm was broken, but later il developed d
t that it was only a bad bruse Ruhe
t will be out of the game for a couple OF
2 days.
Elmer Myers finished the battle and
, held the enemy safe. His work was
, good. but he does not get credit for the
t victory Gregg is the winning pitcher
. Gardner Hitting Again
= The most pleasing feature of yester.
l days combat was the terrific humping
of Larry Gardner. The star third base
= man seems to have regained his batting
| eye. and went through the game witt
an average of 1900
= He appeared at the plate four times
d and this is what happened
5 One base on balls.
TlCO singles.
d One triple.
Scored four runs
Larry has been hitting in hard lucl
!. this season, and his batting average haS
. been lowering around the 200 mark. HI
always clouted the ball, but straight int
the hands of some waiting fielder Tina
was enough to discourage an ordinary
!, guy. but Gardner is not ordinary. Fal
G be 1t from that. He kept on trying, anc
. at last hit his stride.
Hits to All Fields
y Much has been written about Pep
: Young, the youthful phenom on thu
v Giants. because he bats left-handed anC
hits to left field. In New York this
seems to be rare accomplishment, bu
: Larry makes that stuff look sick, Th'
: third baseman of the AS hits 10 al