Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-18

:, Es.,ce 10 Baker. however, II must
lss.S that he did not consider the
v ssiti,v ~ losing his battery In the
W.. ,,ben he made the sale, He had
% rsasons and was confident that
e.F. F.dagrent would have been Nindl-.
" w n fine. However, the men are
~ ysrqe of shoulderlng musket,
y .ssre is no chance to find out the
a. ~ angie of the case. Any way you
ss,,s IN Il Il the Phils had lucky break
Axsy toa Good Start
ria Ssme the opening of the sea-
...%d3tb the war running at fun blast
w ne fans bemoaninG the loss OF
~ ,he Great. Some 5000 curious
~. attended the game to see the Phils
~ n on the run and hide behind the
-. snd of the score. but nothing like
...s, hannened Instead Pat Moran 8
sssn, walioped the daylights out Of Bos-
~ scoring such a clean-cut victory
~, ,bsrs was no room for argument.
M This was another. streak or luck.
IA the first game been as disastrous
4 Z that Of yesterday the Phils would
. hsye been shot at sunrise or something
4 iSke hat A defeat on the second DAY
a n5t bad as the first.
tostbp had a weak ball club. until
4 Esr,os signed, and looked like the tan
m AZ he second division. The Phils
we're Uncertain and rather shaky, but
n, vietory over the Braves helped them
l a recover from that 14-to-2 shock OF
,,sterdsv The hometown boys would
baye been up against II had they MIN
ia with. New York, Chicago, st. Louis,
fincinnati or Pittsburgh in the opening
. brawl. for at this stage of the game
\ ihesGiahts and the western CLUBS are IN
/ rfsat shape But our Phils were handed
/ nosteh for the first four games, and it
nay not be so had after all, ,-.
f Then Comes Brooklyn .....
Rat that is not all There is another
rssk sister in the old league, and after
Boson sails away tomorrow Moran will
I naet what is considered the next worst
< eIab -Brooklyn will be here for three
/ nmes and this also should help some.
4 Af,er Brooklyn the Phils will travel to
Boston for four games. which means
iharyhe fret clever. contests are with
heeaSest clubs in the league. and there
3 Ia splendid opportunity TO get OIL to
fyingstart.
with Herzog on the firing line, how
,yer. the Braves improved so per cent,
I fne peppery infielder injected some life
d the players, and they started right
4 N 10 collect flock of scalps. Sixteen
hits and fourteen runs were piled up
n the afternoon, and the Phils looked
II iust as weak and helpless as they did
thg opening day.
Weak Pitching Hurts
Pat Moran has winning ball club
ghen he gets good pitching. He didn't
ct ityesterday, for Tincup had nothing
but Me glove and a. nice coat Of tan,
His bsnders wouldn't bend his twisters
wouldn't twist and he couldn't keep the
BAL away from the bats of the Braves
Then,te help things along. he made one
sfros. and his pals made three sweet
Imsplays, behind him How could guy
win under those conditions?
\ The Braves were out for gore and
base hits Massey grabbed five out OF
iz. and Red Smith came through with
four In the sixth Red was so anxious
| % siam the ball that he threw his bat
Iit one on the outside and sent 1t to
nfht field for a clean hit. Art Nehf
ilso was in the limelight, scoring three
Fuhs, ana busting out a healthy double,
HI Moran propably will use Prendergast
ndsx and Mike is not yet in the best
kpf'shspe Hogg is coming along slowly
Ibut Main NAV be available. The elOn-