Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-03
ElBER AND KERR
| KEEP THE SOX Up
L..,veen Them They Have Won
% Of Teams Total OF
43 Victories
|p,BE ADAMS GOING GREAT

.,.v,s the thing" one OF the
..,s handed out many, lhanS nSScordino
poe'S hut " The modern adage, aeGoIus e;tnnnr's .
asVn,,sehal managers. . 1y,I C,oo .
3 oaWu" .s,ns" Connie Mack, hid uiea s.
tne ,n and the fourteen other mnmasiiiis III
scn L. a'o iooeie baseball teams cohtinua,t.s ~
ci ps i; MS parallel from what the
e,r" e.m"us bard had to say ...
NM au ~ which leads up, to the fact
hh osoball o writer's and others say
that ue twir,ers Of the present day
that .he unaware with those OF the past.
cannot ii. yUbl hall. so called, and numerous
~. I.ssr reasons have been gwen ,', W SUI %
o.nut out,ate their claims, whlch seem f.op ~
a.n some foundation; especlaliy anse.
y. eb hectic hitting and large-score sa"e'
n the past spring. ,,-,,.,
u.avsr W. Kid Gleason, OF the White
hoWshSo WV inst completed successful
sot, w w." tbis City Of Brotherly Love,
dey u tbot at least few OF the
Ds,ors DelIs,,Ss n the present day are as good
tNlIleS N.hsao ~ ~ the past. The kid, Ihila
s so IaV.' pmesident, 70 by the way, thinks
deipniin Faber and Kerr he has two OF
!es Y" host ~ Of the present day crop OF
moundsmen. Il.
whon two twirlers on team win
n hnt MAJ Ton OF the total number OF games
III. VI wv Nv their aggregation there is cause
~, WV tSe ~ comment Of Gleason. Urban
{E.,.r Z. ,r' who has found himself this
~ has the unique record OF having
sn,d In twenty -one victories out OF
.uantr. a;gbt starts with team that
". s hsen fighting tooth and nail to keer
ont Of last place.
Msde Good In 1917
In 1917 Faber showed that he was
.,s NJ the best pitchers In the Ameri.
sn League, twirling brilliantly In the
Worlds Series. defeating the Giants II
two games. The Sox wons the series
For the last three years, when 1t wa
,bouyht that Faber would burn up the
league. he fivvered to certain extcr'
ond showed little of the wonderful
ntcbinr OF 1917. Yet this scason h,
romes back with vengeance ant
proves to the baseball world that ht
has the stuff. His old splitter is work.
Ing beautifully.
In his game against the Athletics
mere last Saturday Faber showed his ole
cunning, holding the Macklets to foul
bineles. He would have had'a shut out
Mad he not groOved one for the ever
dangerous Tillie Walker in the nintl
with one down. With the season havinI
Two months to 60, Faber IL he continues
his present streak, should win at less
twelve more games. This should MAKE
him the pitching king of the two leagues
Wee Dick Kerr when he first came VI
10 the big leagues, was regarded as en-.
tlrely too small for the fast set. III
proved the opposite by twirling grea
ball from the start, Gaping his early
triumphs by winning in the World's
Series. So far this season Kerr ha:
registered twelve triumphs and thirteer
defeats. He has, therefore, twirled II
three less games than his teammatc
Faber. Kerr had bad streak of losses
early in the season that makes hi
average look bad, but for the last 81,
weeks he has been going great guns, ant
should get way above the 900 average
before the season is over.
Adams Finds Fountain of Youth
Babe Adams. hero of the last World
Eeres out in Pittsburgh, is giving thu
laugh to the wise birds who predicted
be was through last season. lie turned
In his seventh straight victory during
the last week, and now has a recop
Of eleven victories and three defeats
the best Of the Pirate staff. Adams ha,
been in the big leagues over ten year:
and has been a consistent winner all tn,
time.
Where he discovered his fountain O
youth is mystifying the hurlcrs and par
ticularly the batters of the Nationa
League. lie has not the same speed o
former years as Is evidenced by the fac
that he cannot twirl more than ono,
every seven or eight days, but all hi
former cunning is there.
Wilbur Cooper, another veteran Of thu
National League, has been twirlin;
emcently all season. lie has swunI
DIS left arm for seventeen victories ant
nve defeats. Glazner, the youth WHIT
made good from the start, has nine win!
ana TWO defeats on his record, which il
glVlng him the reputation of a Harr,
nrause, who, it will be remembered. Sc
tne American League on fire when h,
Joined the Mackmen some wears ago.
Getting back to the second paragraph
soout the present day croD of twi:lcrS
~ compared with those of the past
many reasons can be given for tn,
iheUogreSSion of pitching Of today. Tnt
nurierS s1,S themselves say that the drasti,
rules imposed on them have hurt til,
srt OF pitching. The magnutcs' grccC
iOr heavy hitting and that of the fan.
nave forced the freak delivery out o
existence existence in the big leagues. TIL,
kkElers are optimistic and hope tina
ne rules will not be as drastic mex
.sar, after the epidemic of batting thi,