Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-09
ROMMELL AND AS
HALT YANKS' RUSH
Ruth Hits His Fifty-third, but
the Macklets' Hits Are
More opportune
THE PILLS GREAT RALLY

Those old Athletics proved conc'u.
sively yesterday afternoon out on the
Shibe Park loan that they have lots Of
good games left in their systems. Not
that the game against Babe Ruth and
his pals was any criterion Of the best
game in the world. but because they
defeated the costly Gotham cast when
the clouds Of darkness, in q baseball
sense, were creeping all over the mem
bers Of the Mack forces.
Ruth, of course, as expected. shot
two fifty horsehide out Of the park and
gave the fans their moneys worth.
This one, his fifty third, brings him
within one Of his total Of last season,
which established a record for four ply
swats. The Babe shot yesterdays into
porch front rocker on Twentieth
street.
Usually the Dustin person hits his
hectic ones into the left field bleach
ers, but yesterday he hit the first one
thrown to him by Eddie Rommel in
the fourth inning, a hoater. high and
on line for the right field fence: 1t
was a regular Ruth clout. There
wasn't the slightest doubt in the mind
Of any one present that the hit was
homer when it left his bat.
Getting back to the Athletics. They
played hard all the way through. and
had II not been for some weird inheld
playing and somc poor ball and strike
calling the contest would have been
won without the need Of the home half
of the ninth.
Wits triple and Clarence Walkers
single in the first scored run that
looked mighty big the way Eddie Rom
mel was pitching. In the third the
Yankees scored three runs On one little
bunt. 1t oil happened this way Mil
Ter and Peck reached first In safety on
successive boots by Galloway and Nc
Cam. Ruth surprised the following
by rolling perfect bunt down the
third. base line that filled the sacks:
Rommel forced Meusel to pop up and
Pipp shot n sacrifice fly that counted
Milier.
Then started the wild streak or the
battle between Rommel and Umpire
Connolly. which the latter won. three
successive batters walking and two runs
being forced across the pentagon. Thc
next batter was easy.
In the fourth came Ruth homer and
in the fifth single and boot by
McCann that permitted Ward, the hit
ter, to score. That was all for the
Ianks.
Im the third the Mackmen peckcd so
hnrd at the delivery Of Collins that he
did not come up for the fourth. a
double, n single. n force out. stolen
base, a sacrifice fly and single counted
two Mack tallies and Collins was fin
ished for the day.
Then Came the Ninth
From the fifth until the ninth Tom
Rogers and Eddie Rommel hooked up
in great pitching duel. Then the
ninth that sent the faithful home
happy. witt. who had previously
swatted out a triple and single, was
m easy infield out. Jimmy Dykes
drew a pass, but was forced at second
by Clarence Walker.
Half of the fans were outside the
park or on their way when Cy Perkins
swung his trusty bludgeon at the plate.
The first ball pitched hit the wall in
left. and Walker toed the plate for
the tying run. Edgar Collins drew u
purpose pass. Emmett McCann stepped
to the plate. but the Mack board of
strategy ruled that Paul Johnson should
WELD the willow. and wie,d it he did.
The pellet sailed between Ruth and
Miller on line, and Perkins dug his
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cleveland. holnme', ~ noWsrIl, W. aaras ruai,s
deserved victory ahe a"nns suo,so so
only one real run on MN, MN, anu hn;us tiius
but three real hits. thr o'nsr tWo Gelng
OF the scratch variety; ou. ine VortorS mueN'e'S
As was mentioned before II was q snd
defeat for the Hussnen. particu'nrly
after they viewed me score oei"een ., De-
troit and Cleyeiand; whlcn tne former sr
won. 10 to J. Alian Sotnoroht WHO
since his comeback mas Deeh uniformly
successful, was s4undly tnraSncd oy tme
Tigers. who made twenty h''S IN AL
Poor Joe Oeschger
WI ''o "'''s ,,
overcoming siX-run i'au W scoring
eight runs in the nln'n inning SI5 Ti iSi, Eau,
even in these days Oh lne ~. I"iieu hheit
ball Is something wor,hS % un no'e yl anu
might be record 1or the season les
terday our PhllIitS were shut out Ior
cight innings "itfh WIZ - A''' ~ '''
Oeschger, the Calitornian, X.,,,.
In the fourth inning Bevo' Wliilams
and Konetchy famed on nine pitGhen.
balls. In addition the former fhil
had four safe hits.