Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-03
PITCHING STAFF
WORRYING COOMBS
PhiIIies Are Hitting, but Mounds
men Fail to Hold Opposing
\ Batters
LOSE TWO GAMES TO GIANTS
BY EDWIN j. POLLOCK
Special STAFF Correspondent Travelling with
the phtIljes

the PhlIIics
New York, June 3.-Colby Jawn
Coombs didn't wake up with the sweet
est disposition in the world this morn
ing. Tn fact, Jawn had a perfect right
to carry Crouch and Hook of chips
on each shoulder.
His Phils dropped pair of ball
games, yesterday at the Polo Grounds
and Jawn was chased early in the second
engagement for back chat to his umpship.
Lord Byron. That's enough to spoil
any maus day if the gentleman in ques-
ton is baseballically engaged. Even
President Wilson would have said "Tut
tut
Forty Hits in Three Games
When a ball club slams out total
OF forty hits for fifty bases in three
games and wins only one. it's time to
look around and discover where the fault
lies. The main trouble with the Phils
is that the opposition is getting the
greater number of safe blows.
The Coombsmen shot up the outer
works of Coogans Bluff yesterday to the
extent of seventeen hits for twenty one
sacks and yet the Giants collared both
ends of the first dual bill of the season.
When a club slams out safeties in that
fashion no complaint can be registered
against the attacking ability of the
laborers.
Giants Outhit Pills
The Giants outhit the Quaker City
entry in each engagement, gathering
eleven in the first and the same number
In the second against seven for the
Phils in the opener and ten in the night
cap affair. The fact that the Coombs
clan was shot by both barrels of the
matinee, therefore, can be blamed on the
pitchers.
Neither Gene Packard. who south
paved throughout the first half of the
bill. nor Bradley Hogg hpfunctioned
during most of the getaway exhibition.
nor Elmer Jacobs, who did relief duty.
handled anything except the brown
derby for pitching honors.
The Phils gave Packard a three run
lead in the first two innings, but that
was not enough. Gene breezed along
safely until the fourth when the Giants
fell on him fo2 four hits, which, with
one error, netted the McGraw gang three
runs and tie score.
Packard WabbIes
Gene continued wobbling in the fifth.
when he yielded two more runs. braced
in the sixth, wavered in the seventh and
almost caved in in the eight.
Packard's fate was almost Identical
to Hogg's in the final bout. Coombs' 8
clouters presented Bradley with half
dozen runs in the first and later added
another, but the Atlanta lawyer WASH t
able to hold the advantage.
He slipped along through five innings
and yielded only three runs. In the sixth
his control started to go bad. He walked
two runners with. none out and was
lucky to get away with only one-ruD
damage. He glided through the seventh
safely and then in the ninth the cloud
burst arrived.
Once more the first two batters were
passed and after Art Fletcher ripped a
single to center that left trail of burn :
cd grass in its wake and scored one
run, Jacobs was signaled from the bull
pen.
It's the pitchers and not the hitters
that worry Colby Jawn.
All George Burns did during tthe latter.
noon was to pluck Ave base hits. two of them
doubles. score two runs drive IN another
steal a base walt for four bad balls and
snare five flies.
Eppa Rixey looked like big schoolboy
awk9aEdy hopping around the ptShers boz
in fun Eppa shook hands with number
of the Giants.
Correction to Phil casualty list-Eliminat Il
Eddie Slcking and add Fred Luderus; Fred
erick hurt his right leg sliding into third an6
/, had to retire. Sticking went to second ano
Whtted moved to hrst.
Cy Williams got his second homer In two
days in the second game. The Notre Damt
graduate connected for four hits out OF
seven tries.
Benny Kauf didn't get a. safety In tht
6rst tilt, but made up for 1t In the secont
with a homer and single.
Stray Volley Shots
R,u TY,den left for New York this morn