Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-03
OUR PILLS LIKE
NEW YORK TEAMS
Take on Giants Again Today
After Trimming Suburban
Robins in Extra Innings

The philS take on the Giants here this
afternoon for another li'l' baseball scs-
sion. The locals have been trimming
everything from New York and boun-
daricS in the last couple of days.
Rycy beat the Giants Saturday and
then our Phils took over the Brooklyn
Robins yesterday. The latter game was
full Of thrills.
Dewitt Lebourveau home run off
Bureigh Grimes in the seventh inning,
with TrageSsOr on first. would have won
Yesterday, but in the ninth inning.
with one out. lack Wheat tied the
score with home run off George Smith
over th" right field wall. and it was
necessary for the PhillieS to pound out
another run in the thirteenth inning
before they could win by 4-to-3 score.
As the Robins went to tie of I to
win the Braves in Boston on May
" twenty six innings. these weary
tthieteN Will cntrain for Boston tonight
!" resume their series there with
record OF having played thirty nine inn
lngS III two games, which may or may
NOT be record for continuous cndeavor.
Smith and Grimes In Duel
II was pitchers battle today be-
tween two right handlers Smith al
i"Wed siN hits, to niue of Grimes. One
error CAV" the Robins an uncarned run
ana one error gave the phillies. two
uhearned runs, for the side should have
oeeh OUT when lebOurveau thumped a
tremendous grOundcr TO center in the
seventh inning for the four bases. That,
ny 'he way, was the first home run this
year within the Brooklyn grounds and
me only one without the grounds prc-
SloqS TO today was lift over the right
neld wall by Bernie Neis in game with
The Braves
speaking of lifts, the Robins would,
very probably have tied the game in the
,nirt'ohth inning If Casey Stengel had
not mad" one of those phenomenal
tatchrs against the right field concrete
ior which he was so famous when he
N WGrc a brooklyn uniform Clarence
MMiNchelI batted for Grimes iu the
a"'r'eehlh, with one out, and whacked
a t;. IN" ny TO right which seemed des-
mu'a 10 land in Bedford avenue. Stengel
um PACK; hattencd himself against the
SS"Iri"r' leaped straight up and came
down with the ball in his hands and
NhitewaSh on his back,
iouch of French
,, 'Shourveau started one run with a
rmasle mn ana drove in himself aud a play
"t 49, ~ WIN his homer; hence he carried
e., Gu ine batting honOrs, but the combined
m,u'hG and whacking honorS went to
m%o" amo bancroft. Dave put up remark
"b "p,u game at short, handling thirteen
J"uhceS' many of them difficult. He
mUne MY IN the first run in the third in
Ing with double and started the win
;h,nE run when he opened the Thirteenth
'HIihg with single.
nenourvcau singled through John
s,oH sJ IN the third inning with two out
mae "T one 1000 shivering fans gave the
o,er wSou Iittl" heed They took notice
,,i Sueh LeBourveaW stole second, Thai
otE TEal Incidentally, had as much as any
vor rer one thing TO do with winning thc
Sn,e' sco"' Tor 1t enabled lie Bouryeau to
right. center. WV o"sser 10
VIVA bma'ph Miller got life in the seventh
Mt MS scooter trickled through Olson
sor He was promptly forced by Tragres,
sNnu. smith fouled to Otto Miller in an
Ill 10 20 sacrifice. lie Bourveau banged
rsn, perfectly clean and sweet homer no
stsuan scoring Tragressor ahead of him.
on base b singled to right, but was left
lw,tna tnancroft opened the thirteenth round
M single 70 right and went TO third