Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
8 STOLEN BAGS PROVE
PILLS NOT TOO SLOW
Coombsmen Sho,o Reckless
Speed on Bases; Giants
Don't Euen Try to Stop
EN-
AS ON THE WAY VEST
By EDWIN J. POLLOCK

DREDICTIONS by baseball critics
L received fine lacing yesterday
afternoon when our Phils upset the
well known dope once again. They
lost. of course. Fact is they lost twice
and thus enabled the Giants to get o
new grip on first place, but that is
nothing startling, for defeats come
daily. '..-
The surprise of the season was the
speed exhibited by the Coombsmen on
the bases. Every writer and Phillie
rooter admitted that our athletes are
too slow'tcf foot to sprint into a pen
nant, but yesterday they were regular
Ty Cobbs and swiped sacks with such
agility that the Giants didn't even at
tempt to stop 'em.
Imagine such dashing demons as Fred
Luderus, Gavvy Cravath and Forrest
Catly, not to mention Eddie Sticking,
differing two bags each all in one after
noon. Better than that-all in one
game. Better than that-all in one
inning. The Phils will have to dig up
a new excuse for dropping the pennant
lit is generally conceded that the
Coombsmen now are almost out OF the
running) No longer can they say theS,
are not fast enough.
The Phils stole recklessly and swiped
their way into three runs. Fred liuderus
first showed contempt for Cuban Con
zales's arm by pilfering second ana
third. Sticking and Cady followed with
the same trick, and even Gayvy Cra-
yath, who never has and never will win
a medal for sprinting even in a fat
mems race, accomplished the feat.
1t was in the ninth inning of the
first game the Phils being eight runs
behind when the stealing started and
nobody cared.
Giants First Again
THE Giants were in fighting mood
L yesterday, and they went after runs
in a vicious manner. They had been
ousted from first place by the Reds on
Sunday and they were out to regain the
top rung, which accounts for the 1913
and 7-2 Victories hung up by the Nc
Graw clan. The Giants hold first over
the Reds now by margin Of .010.
The Gotham Giants walked all over
Gene Packard, Frank Woodward and
Pat Murray, who were led to the
slaughter by Coombs in the first en-
gagement. Eighteen hits were com
piled by the run thirsty Stoneham la
borers. Packard yielded six of these,
Woodward six and Murray six. Muir
ray, the Notre Dame southpaw, yielded
only three runs in four innings, which
is great work for Phil pitcher.
For nine innings Bradley Hogg hurled
great ball against the McGraw gang in
the second game and then he blew, and
when he blew it was SOME WIND.
He permitted only five hits in nine in
nings and should have won in the regu-
lation distance. Up to the tenth the
Phils had earned two runs and the
Giants only one. .-, -
But, oh, boys! how the Giants did
punish the, Atlanta lawyer in the tenth
After getting away to- a good start by
tanning Burns, Bradley got into a Jam
when he walked Ross Young. That
started il and it finished after five runs
SAad been made on a double, four singles
and a sacrifice fly.
AS Start West
THE AS left Boston last night for
l. their second invasion of the West
after dropping four out of six games
to the Red Sox. On their last trim
around the other end of the circuit the
Mackmen landed only two contests out
of eleven. 49,. ..
Seventeen games are slated for the
AS against the western clubs, starting
with Chicago tomorrow. Fourteen of
these are regular scheduled contests.
the other three being games postponed
from the last trip. The Mackmen
should be able to gather more than two
decisions this. time, More power to
you, Connie.
The Red Sox grabbed both games in
Boston yesterday. Jack Naylor was
hit only six times in the first engage
sment, but lost, 2 to 0, to Sam Jones,
who allowed only four safeties.