Evening star., 1921-04-16

this year will be held in far highe
for furnishing opposition OF VIC
seasons past.
Since 1914, when Connie Mack broke
up the famous combination that won
> pennants and world championships for
the municipality generally credited
with somnoIent tendencies. with such
monotonous frequency that followers
of the pastime became surfeited and
lost interest, the lean leader has been
striving to mold another winning ma
chine and%has failed completely. For
six years hand running the close OF
each campaign has found the club at
the bottom of the heap, yet receiving
better support from the home folks
than in the last year or two of it's
long period of triumphs..
None Of Old Champions Left.
Not a single member of the famous
club that habitually cleaned up for
all opposition until it met the mete-
oric Boston Braves of George Stall
ingS and was conquered in the world
series without annexing a single VIC
tory now is on the active list of the
club The services of Harry Davis and
Danny Murphy. old Philadelphia idols.
have been enlisted in advisory capac-
ities. but of the others, those who
retired are scattered over the base
ball map. Stuffy McInnis. one men,
Der of the once celebrated infield:
Joe Bush and Herb Pennock are in
our midst now with the Boston Red
Sox Eddie Collins is member of
the Chicago team; Bob Shawkey,
Frank Baker and Wally Schang are
affiliated with the Yankees. while
Jack Barry is coaching the Holy Cross
College nine. Amos Strunk and Eddie
Murphy also are with the White SoX;
Rube Oldring is playing on the Pa
cific coast; Chief Bender is prosperlng
as minor league rflagnate in New
Haven and still pitching effectively.
Eddie Plank is coaching. "yckon and
Walsh have been lost sight of and
Jack Lapp is dead.
Picked to Quit the Cellar.
But while there is little about the
AS as now constituted to remind one
of the once all-powerfui aggregation.
Mack has purchased. and drafted.
picked and culled from the minors.
sandlots and colleges, and at last has
assembled team the experts unani-
nously agree will emerge from the
cellar, some of them conceding 1t to
have a good chance to horn into the
first division.
Mack has an excellent catching
stan. headed by Cy Perkins, one of
the most accomplished young receiv-
ers to break into fast company IN
years He has an infield combining
ability and punch in BRAZIL at . ,hrs..
Dugan at third, Galloway at short
and Dykes at second. and formid-
able outfield. including the two Walk
ers, Tilly and. Frank. and Welsh and
Witt.
But it is in the Ahpx that the main
In Rommen. Perry. Naylor. Moore.
Keefe, Hasty. Harris and half dozen
others the Athletes possess stan
of hurlers capable of affording the
stiffest kind of opposition. It looks
as if the AS this year will fulfill the
expectations of the long suffering
Philadelphia fans by giving them
something they can enthuse over.
Zach or Acosta Today.
Zachary or Acosta will be sent
against the Red Sox in the final of
the series this afternoon. provided
rain does not interfere. Manager NC
Bride is confident either of this pair
Is capable of taking the measure Of
Hugh Duffy's clan and keeping his club
at the top of the standing OF the
teams by making it three in row.
Thormahien or Myers will be called
on to go TO the hill for the visitors.
The to 1 victory registered yes
terday by the Nationals was largely
due to the good exhibition Of box
work given by Olaf Erickson. The
Swede's fiinging was practically a
parallel Of that displayed by Al
Schacht the day before. He was located
for eight safeties. but was steady and
effective in the pinches.
In only two rounds did the SOx
bunch blows off him. On the first oc-
casiou three alien singles were wasted
when he compelled Shane Collins to
pop up with the bases loaded. Bos-
toms lone tally was compiled in the
fifth timing through singles by Ruel
and Menosky. with a pass to Eddie
Foster sandwiched in.
Erick.s prowess was in distinct con-
trast to that shown by Joe Bush AMI
Curtis Fullerton: The thirteen safe
ties anna ssed off them included two
swats for the circuit. one by Sam Rice
in fhe opening session and another
by Pat Charity in round eight. with
a pal on the runway ahead of him.
1t 10 doubtful, if any member of
made the tour of sacks on his smash.
1t was a hard-hit bail, that rolled
TO the scoreboard, between Collins
and Leibold, but was retrieved and
reIayed to the plate in such work
manlike manner that Sam needed all
his feetnesS TO reach the counting
station ahead of ii.
Gharrity's punch was an equally
hard one that rolled to the corner Of
the park in extreme left. Pat is no
Bernie WefeFS When II comes 10
sprintinR, but ne received some un-
Intentional aid in getting around
from Menosky. who lost Il few valu-
able seconds when he took a high
dive and slid for several yards on
his tummy while in hot pursuit Of tn"
ball. Mike has respectfully requested
Clark Griffith TO have the ice removed
from the terrain he patrols. seeing
as how il interferes with the per-
= formance of his duties.
O'Rourke was the athlete who pre-
ceded Charity in the chase around
the diamond. Mickey having landed
at the initial station through the
medium of the final of three singles
he collected to lead the field in club
work for the afternoon.
Round the Big Inning.
All the other scoring was con-
fined to one inning. the fourth. when
Bush was mulcted for five safeties.
which. with a miscue on the part of
the pitcher himself. enabled the Griffs
to shove over a quartet of tallies
With one out Harris, Shanks and
O'Rourke singled in succession To
crowd the corners. O'Rourke's swat
being q Texas Lacquer, on which Lei
bold and Collins narrowly avertcd a
collision. Harris scored on Charity $
rap to Scott, whose toss to Pratt
reached second too late to force
Oftourke. The squeeze play then was
attempted by Erickson Olafs inten-