Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-06


hanle's
Game a Real lTedt
,,. yesterdays game between the
,a1'a,,cs and Pittsburgh at Palatka.
anuntv seat of putnam County.
las U,jIes south Of here was the eS-
sMG .,or mat proves the rule, The play
sc,ually enjoyed the trip and did
srs-,.thing within their power to pro-
.ISa ,he highest class exhibition possi-
~ AZ II lust happened, the game
s.s q superior article from every point
"a view and immensely enjoyed oS
~ crowd which had foregathered not
NV because It was the trst tlme an
attraction OF 'No "..y r ,,a to,,r ,nd
had been arranged '%I t.v T,n 80
cJuntryside put "I,o. - pod
ceeds we're don''''u u ''''
Cross.
Headed by the Mayor tn' i''oS' P'o,.'-
inent citizens Of the town composer I'M
commi.tee to receIv" the TWO teams
Fyery courtesy ana attention were S''oN u
me players who We're conveyed {" anu
from the station ana heId anu W. 'u-
dtlon given ride all over '''' w" Il III
automobiles. They were ais" given
snlsndld midday dinner.
.i...,.
Burns freHleI "'"se
rbo feature Of 'hc game was the
.,n.v,re of George Burns, the Philadel-
pAia boy WIo ,o,,. '|r .rbo bI 6rst time ne ap-
peared at bat Burns whiiled the chilIy
atmosphere. But he amply atoued lor'
thls slip by walloping Ine pan Us no
mar on either the Athletics or PItisbursN
has done in the six games p!aE'u,
While II is true that neither OF ms 'lf-
sult clouts nor that Of littIe Jameson ;
vnld have sailed over the concrete wal
Al shibe Park, still all We're lcIIIH'
blows good for three bases Ht the very
east,
p,rrs and Jameson either scored or
s.,,ad in ali the runs totaled by the
Wsots purns noietod the bali over the /.
"a 6e,d fence I'm the fourth while
sssdsrs was on the mound. In the [,
ss,,S bs dunlicated thcd rive with a man
On base Of the same hurler. In tho
egbt round Jameson smashed the
nhere over the right field wall with .
man on base. this wallop being made off
the delivery Of Carlson, who had sue I.
eettled Sanders I'm the eighth and only /
pitched the one round. Gardner aud
Birns also ripped Oft solid singles III ,
thls stanza but they were unproductive .
Nno runners were on ana the next Dat .
tT let them strandad
r.L.. cL. D.l..
ia"e! oho"s oorlS
Perry and Fahey were the hill per-
formers for the Athletics. Two runs
we're scored off the offerings Of cech. al /
though the former showed vastly more /
than the latter The strong wind that |
blew across the diamond bothered Perry .
noi. little as Il was SO high that he .
could not control his curve ball. The .
hs boy labored FIVE rounds. being nicked /
. for FIVE hits and two runs during his .
sngs. sngIs Csn,d on the sa mound ,, Three Of the
eu run, N the succeeding inning .
nanuea out two passes, his only gifts .
u Ine hrst bIossomed into a run as
tsuIt OF q single Altogether, how .
. 'N' us. WORK was tar from poor.
fahey looked so easy the first round .
hs Performed that the Pirates c,ur,ed .
% numbering his delivery. Car.,. e,,.a +
Walker a great chase. but ,yns an,
4 stengle singled Lrt C,,t,,,o,,. ." ,,,, ou''
eouoled up with Carey aud trouble
NG'ed, 1t was mystery how he
smeyed the result, but Fahey retired
he CorSairs I'm Crder ip +h. ..,,.,,,.t