Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16


or tomorrow and the pennant awarde
Tomorrow New York Ship will
Camden and Hog Island plays Baltim
Ninety fourth street and Tinicum ave
ened by Bill Lai at short and Joe OR
men have had big league experience.
More Trouble
q TIME time has come fo- another re
= pudiation party" in the major
leagues. The McGraw affair of last
year still is fresh in the minds of the
fans and now comes the scrap be
tween Frazee, Griffith. Comiskey aud
4 Ban johnson. Ban was severely cr!;i'
cized by the three magnates, accord
ing to a story sent out from Cleveland.
They are alleged to have said that
Johnson was done in the American
League and they no longer would sup
polt him.
Then came the bareback. Commy
Ehc Griff denied everything, placing
fvaIl Of the blame on Frazee. Then the
4 Red Sox owner came to bat witt m
other denial, which places the onus on
the newspaper men who wrote the
story. Some one must be blamed, but
3 who shall it be?
y Il YyNFORTUNATELY for the mag.
~ mates, the article icds ,rritten by
Hcnry p. Edlcdrds, Of the Cleueldnd
& pqain Dealer, q man tchoSe integrity
h oNd honesty cannot be questioned.
AIs0, there tcere !fre tcitneSses. Hotc
can Frasee, Griffith and Comiskey er.
plaiM?
The public is entitled to knoto the
trsth.
Moran Fell Hard
0UT at Shibe Park Wednesday, Scott
~ Perry fielded a grounder ran over
to thiro and tagged SEVERED between
the base lines, making the play un-
assisted 1t was an unusual stunt and
the FIRST time it has been pulled this
4 year. However, there is another IA
nous play which is good enough for
the book. Brick Owens, the umpire
( il responsible and it has for a hero
Charley Moran, the new umpire in the
National League.
ut was out in Milwaukee several
years ago." said Brick, land Moran
was catching for the Brewers. They
were playing St. Paul and it was
close game. Moran connected with
one in the later innings and wallopet
y Z two-bagger. 1t looked bad for st
( Paul, as one run would give Milwau'
foe the game. A heavy hitter was al
& bat and LIE Roy, the Indian pitcher
Wa1 getting nervous. Everything
turned out all right, however, for Mo
I'm fell for an old trick and was
nipped like a busher.
I When he got to second, Perrine, the
ehortstop, walked over to the bag anc
aaid: Charley, / have good ssory
Funniest you ever heard. Get this
80 he began to talk. Moran was
interested ard never missed a wocd
while he was talking however, Perrine
edged away from the bag and Charley
full and stuck close to the orator
When he got half way between seconc
Ard third lie Roy walked out OF tht
blx and tagged MIN
MORAN never forgave Perrine fol
h that trick because ne failed to hea
the end Of the story"
= L..
Il noUBLE-H HEADERS in baseball ar
quite ordinary and sometimes
football team INDUCES in two game
n one day. In boxing, however
tween and you can count them on tn
fingers of one hand.
They put on one Of those things Il
xorsey City the other night and
nnnt big. Young Dave Medeor. light
tro1nht, boxed in the semiwind-up an
n11Dped his opponent in two rounds
hi3s he was in the dressing room tn
tnonngement discovered that onehal
~ the wind-up was missing and n
6ns could be found to meet Harr
Condon. Finally Medeor was selecte
ana he was given a few minutes res
hofore providing entertainment in tn
Q1n event Of the evening.
~ double-header was a success
nor outpointed Condor In ever
and won by wide margin.
pg Otto, the New York slugge
boxed twice In one evening, bu
~ against the same opponent. II
Tommy Mowatt and after a fe
16ecDds Of the first round landed
70 the chin which put Mowatt ,
The bout was considered to
g Tommy was allowed to rs
\ and they went at 1t again. Ott
~ second bout on points.
B>nny Kauff couldn't kee
0lAnts going fast enough
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