Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-01
TWO PHIL VETERANS.
TRADED TO GIANTS.
Stengel and Rawlings Go to
Gotham for Rapp, King and
Richburgin Straight Swap
AS NEAR SEVENTH PLACE

The Phillies are at It again. After
hearing for days that no trades would
be made but that the Phils were on
the market for any good baseball player
the swap was made that confirms the
many rumors that Travelled around
baseball circles since and during the
visit Of the New York Giants to this
city recently. This morning 1t wes an
nounced that Casey Stengcl, star outer
gardner, and Johnny Rawlings, regular
second baseman, had been traded to
McGraw's club for Lee King, utility
outfielder Goldie Rapp, alternate third
baseman, and Lenz Richburg, an un-
known recruit.
Rawlings has been playing n bangup
game at the keystone sack for Donovan
and his mates and was expected to re-
main with the team as q regular. Thc
peppery little second sacker who came
from the Braves to the locals last year
according to the official batting averages
Of last week was batting at .2S5
average for fifty four games. Casey
Stengel has appeared in but twenty
two games this season, most of the time
as a pinch hitter. His average, accord
ing to the list of last week. was 81.
Stengel has had long career in the ma
jors, starting with Brooklyn, where he
remained for many years, moving In a
trade to Pittsburgh, where he did not
play, and then to this city. He has
been suffering from a bad arm this year
and has seen little active duty.
OF the three new men to wear the
uniform of the Phillies nothing is known
about Richburg. He doesn't even ap-
pear in the batting averages and evi-
| IDENTIFY is one of the recruits McGraw
has had on the bench all year. he went
| South with the team from Gotham on
the training trip, but never played as
u regular since his return.
Rapp Minor League Star
Goldie Rapp will be remembered as
the high priced minor league star pur-
chased by McGraw previous to the
training season last year. He was
started at the hot corner when the
Giants returned from the South, Frisch
being moved over to second base to
make room for him. He played bril-
liantly in the field and hit we'll at the
start, but of late has not been using his
willow with much effectiveness, and as
result has been alternating with Pat
terson at the hot corner. In fifty two
Lee King was with the Giants last
yer, being used occasionally In center
| field. He came originally from Pitts
burgh. In thirty-three games he has
the beautiful average of 100. In the
recent series between the Giants and
| the Phils King entered a game in the
sixth inning and managed to share one
single out of three trips to the platter.
He shared two flies in the outfeld
Rapp will in all probability be seen
at third base this afternoon, with Jimmy
Smith. late of the Reds. on second
King can hardly expect to dislodge any
OF the Philly outfelders at present, for
the trio of Meusel, Williams and Le-
bourveau Is hitting and fielding in great
shape.
Pirates Increase Lead
While the Giants were idle yester-
day, unable to make hay because the
sun was not shining in Boston. the
Pirates added two victories to their
percentage table. The two victories
widen the breach between Gibson s
men and the Giants to five full games,
a nice working margin, though not q
big one, with so many double headers
on the books. The first win was scored
in one of those protested affairs where
a runner is on base in such and such
an inning and so on. Yesterday II
started IN the last half of the eighth
with the score tied and Cutshaw on
third with Senor Luque on the mound
for the Reds. The Pirates failed tc
count another run in this frame, but
whaled the Cuban for sufficient hits to
capture the game in the ninth.
In the second fracas Yellow Horse
the Indian, twirled his best game, de
feating the Reds to 3. Luque was the
victim in this game also. The Injun
permitted but eight hits.