Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-10
ARATES FRACTION !.
AHEAD OF GIANTS
n.oimaI Point Separates Pitts
burgh and New York for
i National League Lead
RUTH TIES HIS RECORD

n. n was the victory OF the GIANTS over
..s,r brooklyn rivals yesterday and the
iswsrinr of Pittsburgh's colors by the
.rr,caeo w Cubs that brought out the
sIoseness of the struggle.
" pittsburgh's percentage was .eO6O by
x,rtue of eighty games won and fiity-
.-ts,o lost, while New. York's standing
!. ~ .e05S on the basis OF eighty three
Victories and fifty four defeats;
In the American League the Yankees
80 advantage OF their opportunity TO
S,ss.r their first place standing by win
LAG from Philadelphia while the Cleve-
I,.rS team was forced to be idle In st.
Y nnis. due to rain. Twelve points sep
srsted the pacemakers from the run
ilners- up. ,, 80,
y.1Atse. run rally in the seventh that gave
sb.r, the verdict over the Dodgers.
rsdoye was the opposing twirler, and
sh;lo he was nicked for only nine hits.
..varal of them came at opportune
tines and accounted for his downfall. :.
Rir Fred Toney, OH the other hand,
rss not 80 liberal with bingles when
T;ts meant runs, and was, therefore,
M victor. Three errors by Brooklyn
contributed in a measure to their de-
When Cooper is shelled off the peak
q the very first inning by the Cubs
.ometblng is wrong with the Pirates.
The star southpaw was nicked
i;or four runs in the opening frame,
md was forced to the showers. Old
4 Rsbe Adams succeeded the southpaw,
4 bnt he Jared little better, four more
a runs coming while he was on the
mound. ~ -.
AZ Kilefer. was nicked In the third
ior three runs and he. too, went to the
!. showers. He was succeeded by young
ster Jones, who held the Bucs to run
scored in the ninth inning. -..
( Pirates Have the Edge
Z According to the averages this morn
< Ing the Pirates have twenty 1.-TWO games
Z "a play to seventeen for the Gotham
,tes ~ In order to capture the flag the
\ Giants can afford to lose very few
rames, while the Pirates with greater
number of games to play can lose a
relatively greater number.
The Pirate pitchers appear to be
buckling under the strain, as is evil
denced by their weak hurling since the
y start Of the series with the Giants.
On the other hand McGraw has his
4 squad working with machine. like pre-
cfsion taking their turns regularly and
lasting through the entire game.
4 Gibson has been forced to use his
regulars in relief work, not being sup
spliesl with sufficient reserve material to
send Youngsters in. The flag will be
won BY the pitchers, and 1t will be
interesting to see what changes will
come over the two staffs in the next
.S two and a half weeks: :.
Aih' While one-half of the New York big
Aleague representation was getting into n
DC the other half was edging up a
half game. The Yanks, by their over
whelming victory over the Athletics
4 While the Indians were Idle because OF
rain, gained the aforementioned halt
game. 90 ~
The Mackmen were never in It yes
terday, while the Yanks stung to the
core by the reverse on Thursday, had
blood in their eyes throughout the game.
! They lambasted Naylor, Keefe and
Freeman for sixteen safeties and four
teen runs. .....
tr The Macklets were not weaklings
with the willow by any means. getting
fifteen safe swats. However, Shawkey,
who once wore Mack livery, eased up
under his big lead. DO
Ruth's Great CIout
Il. OF course, Ruth tied his home run re-
rd,by sending the pellet over the left
field fence, about 200 feet from the
4 .fagpole. The hit was the longest ever
made on the Shibe Park loan, clearing
the fence by fully Is feet and bound
ing high in Somerset street. The hit
was yards longer than the ones made
BY Frank Welch and George Burns,
bnth nf ypbpp, hou xhn % knt,
the only men outside of Ruth to clear
the left field fence with safe hit.
Rollie Naylor was the victim yes
terday and singularly last year an
AthleticA hurler. Keefe yielded the
\ NIFTY y-foufth homer made by the king
Of swat. The hit was all the more re-
markable when it is considered that
kuth is left handed hitter, and under
~ the rules should hit to right and
right center.
:, according to Frank O'Neill, a New
vorK newspaper man travelling with the
tanks, the hit is the longest ever made
: gy Ruth on the left side of any field.
ms drives to center and right on the
diamonds have been longer by several
hundred feet. An estimate of the dis
"nee OF the hit placed it at 412 feet.
u While Ruth was bringing Joy to
several hundred boy scouts, the guests
ot John Shibe and Connie Mack, Til
ne walker was making the fans sit up
ana take notice by driving out two
no mTomers into the LEFT field b'eachcrs.
Inc nrst landed half way up while the
second hit the wall on Somerset street =,
ABOUT three feet from the top, and n
nSnared feet from where Ruth's drive
cleared the wall.
Outglo oe w .n,
ToH,a sE mad single-the batting of Edgar
t''.is ,h was the feature. The youngster
~. three doubles and single out of four
TIPS to the platter. All four hits went
sU center field on bee line. Chick
"anowh" had triple that rolled to the
scorsA"""f and also single.
Torsa On Belts ....
me Phils were helpless before tbe
luht hur,ing of Scott up In Bos-
M ana the Braves won 2 to o. Huck
pns twirled good game, holding the
r", vahearGrs to eight hits. and one earned
49,. Inc other came as the result of
!, a single by Monroe with one down
,he ninth and one by Belts in the
a win TWO out, was the total dam
NM Mn 20 the delivery Of Scott during the
Ds,a frames. IL was the best game the
ue,aware youth has twirled this season
ssa a ne mad to have the breaks of luck TO
s.sso s scott twirl his best game of the
tha p ,he other American League games
To-, Hsd Sox defeated the Senators B
II zones having much the better of
wiring battle with Mogridge. The
s'ner game was what might be termed
Wppin. The White SOx by getting
mo re more run and two more hits than
Ne iisers won a great 20 to IS victory,
ths mrgest scores made this season In