Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
MACKS HOME
TO MEET YANKS
Close Stay in Washington
by Dropping Two Games
in One Day
AT SHIBE PARK TODAY

The Athletics returned home last night
from their swing around the American
League circuit. They arrived directly
from Washington. where they finished
the series with the Senators by dropping
two games. This afternoon the Mack
men open four-game series with the
New York Yankees. new league leaders
in Ban Johnsons circuit The Yanks
are here today. tomorrow. Monday and
Tuesday.
Mack will have trouble so long as he
has to run along without pitchers of
steady merit. In losing yesterdays
double-header. 8 to 0 and to 2. the sec
ond game going ten frames. the Athletics
failed to get one victory in the series.
Four Of the games were decided by one
run: the other was a whitewash. with
Walter johnson sailing along at his best.
1t was no disgrace to be walloped by
Johnson as he looked yesterday.
MY team has been playing good
enough baseball" said Connie this
morning. but we have been losing {;
those one-run defeats being dishearten-
ing, too. II we could get a few timely
hits or II our pitchers wouldn't crack in
the wrong place we would be far better
off. I'll have to keep on looking,
guess"
Acosta Fine Fielder
The Mackmen have picked up clever
little outfielder in Merito Acosta. but 1t
is problematical just now hard he will
hit. In the field he is chain lightning
and he boasts of whip" fully as good
as that owned by Tille Walker AS
Jameson Is also a fine thrower the
Mackmen' have today close to the best
pegging trio of gardeners in the bust
ness-certainly the best in this league
Tillie Walker came to life with the stick
in the first game yesterday. polling three
clean singles off johnson. But he had
nobody to keep him company, and in the
second skirmish he let George Burns do
It. The former Tiger gobbled double
and two singles off Shaw and Ayers.
The Mackmen never had a look-in for
the first game. but they made the home
boys go ten innings before coping the
second. Perry pitched spotty ball. now
good and now bad. He chose TO be bad
in the tenth. The score was tied. 2 to 2,
when Judge died In the tenth Milan
beat out a hit to Shannon. the shortstop
making a great stop and throw just
bit too late. Schultz singled to right.
but Morgan forged Milan at third on
hopper TO Gardner. Lavan came up
and smashed a smoking drive through
Shannons legs to the garden. bringing
ScHuite over with tne winning ldliy
Walker Surprises Fans
'"Tillie" Walker. handicapped with a
troublesome charleyhorse, surprised the
fans by racing far out into the field and
dragging down Picinich's fly in the sec
ond game. while Merito Acosta bagged
a foul fly from Fosters bat in the first
game after rushing over to the pavilion.
Eddie Foster acted cieverly when ne
OF do tn OF md nd oil hi fan
on the circus seats took Dugan's foul
fly in the second game.
Joe Judge proved himself the peer of
Hal Chase at the latter's best when he
raced across the infield to the third base
foul line in the first game. picked up
Acosta's bunt from right beneath John
sons nose and got Walker at third base.
That was the best fielding stunt seen
in Washington this season.