Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-21

Two former Athletic players, Bot
Shawkey and Frank Baker. aided and
abetted by seven other members of the
New York Yankees. turned the tide that
sent the Cleveland Indians out of the
! highest perch In the league to second
place for the first time since last May.
a four-point advantage accrues to the
lnnks this morning.
Shawkey twirling brilliant game.
held the slugging Spokemen to six hits
and had It not been for Earl Smith 5
home run in the sixth inuing would have
scored shutout. Baker playing the
kind Of a game that gains him fame on
was one of Bob's best assets in the vic. /.
tory. Baker personally doubled on one
occasion, scored Ruth and worked the
squeeze play successfully on another that
also scored the Dustin Bambino.
| While the Yankees were moving into
the lead the Giants were moving further
away from il by losing to the Reds.
Eppa Jeptha Rixey, who hurled n bril-
liant game here on Saturday, was the
victor. The tall Virginian had much
the better of hurling duel with Toney
The defeat OF the Reds was all the
more costly to the Giants, for the
|
a masterful game, shut out the battling
Braves. . to 0, up in Beantown, in the
first game Of the National League s
second crucial series of the week.
.toe Oeschger, the former Phil who
has been one Of the mainstays Of
Mitchell's staff all season, twirled good
| ball, but not good enough. He was
| touched up for nine safctics. while only
eight were made by the Braves. As the
standings read this morning the Pirates
have a three and half game lead over
the Giants and n six and half margin
over the Beaneaters.
Phtls Win One
While there are doings in other parts
Of the country that merit consideration
! II must not be lost sight of that the
| Phillies won game yesterday, their
| first since the second game Saturday
| when Peters drove home run into the
| bleachers in the ninth inning. Wilbur
HubbeN. the smiling big boy of the
! PhilE' staff. was the victor then. but he
| did not twirl anything like the game he
! did yesterday.
After Alexan nder the great had swung
the whstewash brush in the first fracns
In which the Cubs hung up a near Ma
| tional League record by making twenty
three hits off George Smith and Della =
ware Belts, Hubbell was sent out to
try his luck in the second.
How well he succeeded can be ascer-
tanned from the box score. He yielded
but seven hits, scattered in all but two
innings when the Cubs punched two
Outside OF that Wilbur twirled in better
fashion than at any other time this
year.
AS Lose Sixth Straight
The Athletics lost another tough ono
yesterday. After tieing the score at
two all in the eighth and surviving the
ninth after the first White Sox hitter
doubled, they crumbled in the tenth and
lost, 3 to 2. keefe started on the hill!
for the Mackmen, but was withdrawn in
the ninth, with one on and none out
and Eddie Rommel was sent to the
hill.
He stopped the rally, but went under
In the tenth when Johnston doubled,
went to third on Rommell's fall fielding
Mulligan's attempted sacrifice. and
scored when Amos Strunk dropped a
single into the field. It was the sixth
straight reverse for the Mackmen.
Walter johnson lost tight pitchers
battle to Leonard. of the Tigers, out
In Detroit Yesterday, the final figures
reading 2 to ].
Jeff Pfcffer started the Cards on the
winning side of the ledger over in
Brooklyn by defeating the Dodgers. $
TO 3, with Burleigh Grimes in the box.