Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
< Kelly Lays Aside His Oars to Swing M
YANKEES SLIP IN
AMERICAN CHASE
Hugmen Now Two and a Half
Games Behind Indians.
Pirates Gain
CRUCIAL SERIES THIS WEEK

The Cleveland worlds champions and
their New York Yankee rivals are
stumbling along in their efforts to out.
distance each other in the American
League pCnnant race, while Pittsburgh
now has little to fear from the New
York Giants in the National chase. The
Indians play host to the Yankees this
week and the Pirates visit New York,
\ double defeat suffered by the
| Yankees yesterday while Cleveland wns
winning put the Eastern team two and
n half games behind the worlds cham
uiOns. Pittsburgh is six and Il half
games ahead of New York.
Last week, the Ianks were two full
games ahead of the Indians.
| The American League honors should
go to the club whose pitching stan
Steadics for the final squirt next month.
| New York il outbatting Cleveland nt
| present but there is little to choose
between the pitching strength of the
| two teams.
Washington is tightening its grip on
| third place by good twirling. johnson
displayed old time form last week,
| Erickson shutout Chicago with t!lr""
| hits in thirteen innings Saturday and
Mogridgc whitewashcd the white SnX
| yesterday. The White SoX acted mis-
| chievously with the two league leaders
| by pushing each team in turn from its
| top place perch.
Boston continued its good play of
| the previous two weeks and advanced
to fifth place, close behind st. Louis.
| The Red Sox. however. lost to tlcvc-
! land Saturday and yesterday. Th"
| pitchers of the other second division
| teams, on the whole, are being hit hard,
Pirates Have Big Lead
The Pittsburgh Nationals have a firm
grasp on the ppnnant. If the Pirates
win twenty Of their remaining thirty
nine games Now York could go into
| first place only by winning twenty six
| out of thirty six. Pittsburgh has a
marked edge on its rival in both bat
ting and pitching. Since July 80, when
the two rivals were tied for first place,
the Pirates have won fifteen games and
lost five. while New York Won ten and
lost thirteen.
With the Giants faltering Boston sees
hope of capturing second place. The
Braves moundsmPn are not performing
in the manner that carried the team
along in mid July, but th" team batting
partly is offsctting this weakness.
Brooklyn hraccd when st. Louis
threatened its fourth plnCc position.
Although the Supcrba pitchers are do
ing well. II is too late for the team to
advance. Cincinnati is doing the best
of the second division teams. st. Louis
and the Phillies arc hitting wcll, while
Chicago i playing an in and ont game.
The Phillies fought hard before losing
three out Of five to Pittsburgh last
week.
-Four Nhutouts were pitched in five
American League contests yesterday:
In the whitcwash victories RayHc. Of
st. Louis. held the Yanhs to four hits;
t.hmk". If the Tigers. limited the \ :
to four: Mogridge, of Washington, al.
lowed Chicago six, and Sothoron. OF
cleveland. checked Boston with SIX,
Baynr led with ten strikeouts and two
! asses. while Sothoron famed seven
Red Sox bnttcrs without passing any.
Eighteen men were struck ont in the
first New York st. Louis contest,
which had many odd features. Shrcker.
4 the Browns. and Snawkcy, OF IN"
Nankco.. each famed nine mon.
Shorkrr came through to victory despite
- wi'dru,, IN nHsSing seven m'n nnd
hitting another and four errors by the
Iirowus. SudwkCE aiIoWrd one .">H h.t
than his lpnonpnt and received good
uppor1. Of seven ST. Louis mon
rrachin: fist hrsc. only two failed tC
make the full circuit. New York had
,cvcn left IN base.
All Of the Brooklyn National players
made one ~ more hits III defeating
! Cincinnati. New York PLAYERS sto Ic five
| bases on Catcher Ainsmith, of st.
| Louis.