Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
GIANTS AND YANKS
SEEM CERTA|NT|ES
Looks Like Polo Grounds for
Series After Defeats of Pirates
and Indians Yesterday
PILLS AND AS WIN

'he 'IHntH ana tnc Yankees VIII
meet In the first game of the World y
series Wednesday afternoon, October 8.
Look for this sentence in the first para L.
graph of baseball story some time be =
fore Sunday, when the major leagues
wind up the season.
automatically, ut the present writ
ing' the above statement is not entirely
true, for If bombshell obliterates the
tanks and the Giants and they are
forced to play team from the bushes
a. their representatives Pittsburgh and
Cleveland have chance to win the
pennant. But there Is only a chance,
TOR the well nurtured athletes Of the two
ieading teams will be kept free from all
uanger for the titanic struggle that IL
| sure to come when the two New York
teams meet.
=, Yesterday the Indians succumbed to
tnc tanks for the third time in the cru
cia series of four games. Babe Ruth.
the demon of swat, whose three doubles
III IN the opening game gave the Ganks the
nrst victory, was the star again yester-
day. He poled out two homers and a
oouoIe. scored three runs and made sew
eral others possible. The homers marked
the htty seventh and fifty eighth of the
season and make it appear as though
the Babe Is going to make the sixty
mark he set for himself down South last
spring.
Meet Athletics Again
Playing the Athletics in three of their
remaining four games and st. Louis in
tne other, makes It appear logical that
ithth Will reach the three score mark.
ne mas always been able to hit them
against the Mackmen, particularly this
year, lie made his fifty-third and fifty
tourth against the Mackmen here during
the last trip of the New Workers. to
these shores. Two of the remaining
TITO OF games are to be played on the
,hibe Park loan and the other in New
1ork on Sunday. the last game of the
season for our boys and also for the
Yanks.
lt was great game yesterday in
Gotham, and the Indians fought tooth
and nail to retain their standing. They
started out well, got fairly good lead,
lost 1t and came within one Of tying in
the seventh Inning. The final figures
read to I. Each team made decade
OF hits. but Ruth's were the most tell
ing. II Ruth had been taken out Of the
'ne-up during the past series C!cvc' and
today would be we'll on It's way to n
second straight pcnnant
both Cove!eskie and Quinn. the Op-
posing twir'erS at the start. were with
drawn under the bombardment. while
Hoyt and uhle. their rescuers. were both
hit hard. George Burns. the TiOga boy,
had four hits. that aided in more ways
than one In keeping the Indians in the
game. but they were unable to get those
other two runs.
The Innks nave six games to play
to conclude the season and the Indians
hnv" four. Speakers tribe meets the
White sox in the last games Of the
season in Chicago. while the InnkS
with the Red Sox and three with tn"
Athletics. which gives the odds entirely
to the Ianks.
Phils Bump Pirates
The Pirates were cast out uf their
chances to win by the Phillies ycstcr-
day, although mathcmatichlly speaking
once more they have chance. but it is
almost as slim as the Athletics TO get
cut of last place.
Wilbur Hubbcl was the jack in the
box Yesterday. He permitted just on"
Pirate 20 cross the platter, allowing
but seven hits Babe Adams was found
for eight bingles and one run that gave
cur boys the win. IIenlinc's single.
which scored Lee King, was the de-
tcrmining blow.
The Giants have four games to play,
two of which are with the Phillies, who
have proved easy all year for the Nc
Grawitcs. Brooklyn is the other team
the Giants must face. One victory
and they will go into the lead never
to be oustcd. provided the Pirates lose
one of their remaining six games.
The MaclmCr scored another triumph
yesterday and made it four out of five
from the White Sox. Roy Moore
twircd his tenn to it's second shut -out
victory Of the season, allowing the
White Hose athletes nine scattered hits.