Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
PH|LL|ES
ON CASUALTY LIST
Coombs Starts Western Trip
Tonight Without Nine Phys
icaIly Sound Men
WOODWARD BEATS GIANTS
BY EDWIN j. POLLOCK
Special STAFF Correspondcnt Travelling with
the Phillies

Special STAFF Corresp0ndcnt Travelling with
the Phllies
New York, June 4-Leading a band
of cripples that looks more like return.
ing casualties than a ball club. Jack
Coombs starts with our Phils for the
first 1919 invasion of the West to-
night.
Twenty one ball players will take the
far swing of the circuit. and there are
not nine men in the whole list who are
physically sound for the battles that
rear up like menacing obstacles on the
path that leads through st. Louis, Chi
cago, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.
Never in the long stretch of years
that bridges the baseball career of Jack
Ccombs has the new Phil manager seen
club in the throes of such continuous
bad luck.
In Poor Shape
I'm my whole life," remarked Coombs
last night, II have never seen such a
run of accidents and sickness. do not
know what I'm going to do tomorrow
There's not nine men, including the
pitchers and catchers and extra outfield-
ers, in the whole outfit who are really
able to go out there and play ball"
why not play eight men, or seven,
like they do in polo or soccer, or cricket,
or whatever it is 1t was Mule Watson
who offered the brilliant suggestion.
"If we had Rube Waddell," re-
piled Jawn, 1--WE could get along with
out an outfeld. But I don't think we
have one, do you?" and looked at Mules
right thumb, swollen to twice its normal
size.
Nope" said Mule. and he stuffed his
right fist into his pocket.
Worried About Sticking
Coombs's main worry now is that Ed.
die Sticking hurt his ankle again and
really should be on the sidelines instead
of trying to play shortstop and. run
ming out base hits.
Several members of the Phils are
carrying decorations similar to Watson's
thumb, and several more are suffering
from some sort of ailment or other.
Here is the official casualty list re-
ported to date: %.
Forest Cady, catcher, bruised thigh,
result OF lOui up
Jack Adams. catcher, bruised knee.
result of blocking runner off the home
plate.
Fred Luderus, first baseman, bruised
thigh, result of sliding into second
base.
Harry Pearce, infelder, sore finger,
result of trying to stop line drive with
bare hand.
Eddie Sticking, infelder, sprained
ankle, result of sliding into second
base.
Douglas Baird. third baseman, cold
and fever. cause unknown.
Irish Meusel outfelder, sore arm,
cause unknown.
Leo Callahan, outfelder, charley
horse, cause unknown.
Charles G. Cravath, outfelder
Charley horse, cause unknown.
Elmer Jacobs, pitcher, stomach trou.
ble cause unknown.
Mule Watson. pitcher, bruised thumb,
result of knocking down line drive.
Bradley Hogg, pitcher, weak pitch
ing arm, due mainly to lack of sufficient
training.
ms Omcidl llSJ uOeS not lHcluue lave
Bancroft. who was invalided some time
ago in Philadelphia, and also does not
include Eppa Rizey, who is not in good
enough shape as yet to start a game.
Can any one imagine lot of cripples
like that going out and beating the
Giants 7 to 4? That's what they did
yesterday, but it was due to the fact
t6at the Coombsmen slugged the ball all
over the lot and were satisfied with sim
giles where they might have had doubles
If they had been in good sprinting form.