Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-26
PHlLLIES LOOK GOOD,
EVEN ON LOSING END
Jeff Pfefer's Right arm
Too MastertuI for Climb
ing Crauathia1S Scott
Perry Wins
F. THOMAS As STAR
BY EDWIN J. POLLOCK

VIE lnlIS lOSt Dall game yesterday,
L never had chance to win. didn't
score n run and made only six hits.
but the 1000 spectators were satisfied.
The Cravathinns kept fighting to the
end, fighting when there seemed moth
ing to fight for, and they looked better
in defeat than they have in flock
cf victories this season
There was one main obstacle and
eight smaller ones that choked the
Phil path to triumph. The main
squeeze was Big Jeff Pfeffer, who al
ways has been able to hang the sign
on the Phls, and the eight smaller
ones were the rest of the Robins.
Pfcffer was in great shape. The
half dozen Phil blows were we'll scat"
tered and when the Cravathians threat
ened he frightened like n Yale lock.
His mates supported him like steel pill
lars and when any member of the
Phil clan did get ahold of the ball,
some opposing mitt was stuck in the
path of the sphere.
But the phils kept trying. Even IN
the ninth, when the figures stood 90.
they kept on plugging. Not only did
they try to get men on and around the
bases in the late stages of the game
but they went after Brooklyn hits as
if those bingles would bring victory in
stead of merely another useless run
to the Robins.
Hogg Weak
WHEN it comes to yanking pitchers,
w tnly u,ipk 1nt
yesterday he didn't think fast enough.
Bradley Hogg started the game and
walked the first man to face him. Th"
next one ripped a single and the third
followed with a homer. When the
fourth smote n single, Gavvy decided
it was too much. Bradley was given
the air.
Gene Packard then got the assign
ment and Gene hurled good ball. but of
no vail. The way Jeff Pfeffer was pitch
ing Cravath might have sacrificed llogg,
for the Phils never had chance.
johnson had heap to do with the
offensive strength of the Robins. lie
had a trio of singles and scored two
runs. His first tally resulted when Tom
Griffith lifted the ball over the right field
! fence for a home run. Johnson at that
! time was on first after singing.
! George Whitted was the only member
of the Pills who hnd more than one hit.
/ Gawge collected two. Cy Williams,
back in the game after long absence,
also had two. but he is credited with
only one. With Bancroft on first Will
liams drove to right for base, but
Banny, fearing that Griffith was going
to grab the sphere, stopped between first
and second, and finally was forced a
the Keystone sack.
Fred Thomas Stars
NRED THOMAS was the hero of th'
l. As game in Washington yesterday
when the Mackmcn finally stopped thcil
losing streak. They beat the Senators
ca. in an eleven inning game attcI
dropping eight straight.
Clarke Griffith was willing to admi
last night that he had gone wrong OF
Thomas. Before the season started h
figured that Ray Bates would bea
Tommy out of his job at third, bu
Frederick played such marvellous gam
around the third cushion that Clark
confessed that his judgment had gon
stray.
Not only did Fred play whirIwint
of game at the hot corner, but h
I also collected two hits and scored run
His triple in the eighth scored kopl
with the tying run.
1t was the fourth victory of the seaso
for Scott Perry. This time last yea
the big hurler had won clos" to dozen
The husky wcsterner has not De-"
travelling at n very speedy clip this sea
son, but Mack believes he is on his wa
now.