Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-13
|ESHAVE Chance
BETTER RECORD
/. Mackmen Win Nine Games
n rbev Will Have Best Aver.
age Since 1914
,ulLs MUST WIN ALL

ho Athletics win nine of their
oaI ,wonty three games? II Cy Per
su ~ b;s mates can perform that
=, ~ the @ Athletics will finish the 1921
...on y" with better percentage IN games
10y ,hsn they have had since 1914. 1t
VOL remembered that in that year
un ,,.ctmen swept aside all opposition
W. -. American League and won the
..nt only to lose the worlds series
!. saur straight games to George Stall
hrs Braves. ,,, p.., ;nh.h;
=, since then the shibe PARK innao'-
~ ..,e heen the sole holders OF the
snts nJ,e nsJh,semnionship. Mack sold, re-
cellar traded the stars of his famous
EASY srregation ~ and started the toi-
lvif ssrrinq TO build new team.
owins hot time. though he has tried our
ua5s unes of players of all grades ana
nuositons. he has been uhao'e W sel-'''
Al last place, "a ,.. of tho wor
hsr Macklets finished IN las' pave'
.ar .lsy,n points behind st. Louis, a sue
. ..s.ion Of defeats on the closing days q, Oh
~ campaign forcing the men Oh Maek huas
~. The cellar. That was the pest
m aimee 1914 and up until this sea-
In all fifty five games were won
nd md eighty eight lost for an average
/ d 1859.
aood for This Season
S tor this season the As have
-. .-,A n nh II
.Ssfeats to their credit. II they win tne
esas n,.. 10 be played the season will end
.n,Nt' naN sfty.six victories and ninety
s,nh, defeats. which will give them n
.sS .sosntage of 1864. This is taking into
per,;derstion the fact that this season
4 one of 154 games. -,
In 1918. the war year. when baseball
.odsd around Labor Day, only rs
ssmes we're played. In that year the
ihletics attained a higher average than
IN 1gII and higher than is expected this
YEAR, In order to eclipse the record OF
hat year with this years schedule the
Mackmen must win sixteen OF their
twenty three remaining games. Then
they will finish the year with mark
AZ 400, as compared with .406 in 1918
with Boston, Cleveland. Detroit. st.
louis. Chicago. Boston and New York
vet to be played in the order named,
ibe Athletics have little chance to
outdo their record of 1913 with its
schedule Of 12S games.
The record of the Athletics this year
d certain to be much better than last
year, when the Mackmen won forty
seven games and lost eight -four for an
average Of .307. So far this season the
AZ nase euuueu ,neir W.,inins .,,in nnark
m;. ssar, .ne sera aue,aSeS ns,u;o .'S EGrhtns
sovm,nS sovs aayS ,o Sors % haan L, iost c. Sy
,vu' ' a5o oen io'' LUZ "n "'e'
Tha ,sors, YAM 3, .ho h,s,.. =. a..
team occurred - in 1pie whan ~. W,ah NJ ane
msn Won MI tb;rty six aa,,,os s" IA .n ,nst
III The nrevio,,s raar IaIs rs
three games were won ana no Lost
The record for the ve,r NOT .,raodv %
pentioned, 1910, was thirty. six won
nd l04 lost.
Al..,
Ahent fhe Phils
for two seasons and are certain nnIess
miracle occurs, to remain there this
ssssOn, season In l"lO the Bakerites won
,V'wse'en games ana lost ninety for
percentage OF .343. Last year they
won ~u. y, sity'one ! games and lost ninety
one 70. a percentage Of an even 400.
sn,.hss a. ioio .. .ne rms won the pennant:
si,,b ~ IusInu SoIo III iolo and l0lI, and
IN. 7 phSa Nc. t s.
nl.y w;,b nus S. nave hfteen games yet to
~ ~ p;,.., p;ta ,Onlcago, 81. Louis. Cincin-
csss;on 1u";sn anJ y ana New York in sue
naming r gomss ,mvE n,;,I WIN WIN al, OF their re-
tories y salnes shnt VIII nave sixty one vic