Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-26
FIRST EAST-WEST
CLASH |NDEC|S|vE.
All Home Teams Win Majority
Of Games Except Phils
and Dodgers
TIGERS BREAK FIFTY.flFTy

| The first clash OF East VS.. West in
the two major leagues has closed with :
out proving anything decisive in the
way OF one section being stronger or
weaker than the other In playing skill.
if proof OF anything was furnished it
was simply that the average club Is
sble to play better ball at home than
on the road
six Of the eight clubs which held
forth on their home grounds while the
| Westerners Of the National League and
the Fasteners of the American League
were invading their territory were able
, 20 get an even break or better. Only
the Phillics and Dodgers failed in this
| respect.
The American League clubs. engag-
ing In the first intersectional series of
the year, enjoyed much better weather
IN the West than did the National
LIcaguers, who were playing in the
This fact. coupled with the ban on
Sunday baseball in Boston and this city
while all the Westerners were playing
on the Sabbath, permitted fourteen
more games In the American than in
the National League.
Or the sixty-one contests in the
junior organization the Western clubs,
\ playing at home, won thirty four games
and the travelling teams won twenty
seven. In the senior league the home
Eastern clubs won twenty six and the
! three. ....
Yanks' Trip Success
The Yankees. the only American
League club to make successful swing
through the West, completed the first
| interscctional tour with even a better
record than any OF the home teams.
| The Hugmen won ten of their sixteen
contests. taking three out Of four at
both Detroit and Cleveland, and break
| ing even at Chicago and St. Louis.
The home clubs of the American
| League made the following records
against the Fasteners, victories being
| recorded ahead ot defeats: Chicago,
9-6: st. Louis. 90; Cleveland, ST
Detroit. s-s. Washington. with seven
victories against the nine defeats,
| touring clubs. Boston won FIVE and
lost nine. while the Mackmen won FIVE
and lost ten.
In the National League the Pirates
were most successful. compiling high
er percentage OF victories than any
other travelling or home combination.
Gibson's league leaders won nine
games, while losing only three.
The Giants were next best. with ten
victories and four defeats. The Braves.
with seven victories and three setbacks.
and the Cubs. who won six of their
eleven games, were the only other Ma
tional Leaguers to get better than an
even break. The figures for the other
teams were as follows: Cardinals. 6-7 ;
Philies, Al; Robins, SO; Reds, 2-11.
Indians and Robins Fail
The two surprises provided by these
| first intersectional clashes we're the
! failures of the 1920 champions, the
| Cleveland Indians and Brooklyn Rob-
| ins. Speakers men got just better than
an even break. but they fattcned on
the Mackmen and Red Sox after win
ming one game Of four with the Sena =
tors and getting the same portion in
the Yankee series.
Brooklyn. after a great fash against
other Eastern teams, made poorer
showing against the Westerners than
did any other home team in the Ma
tional League. The Robins won three
OF four games with the Reds as a
starter, then dropped three OF four with
the Cardinals and followed with four
straight defeats at the hands Of the
Pirates.
An even break in two games with the
Cubs completed the set, showing five
victories against nine defeats.
The failure of the Reds, who won
only two of their thirteen games, was
| another surprise, as was the success of
the White Sox, who won nine Of their
| fifteen games.
Each league provided one clean sweep
of four games for the full count. w hile
| the White Sox turned the trick against
the Mackmen, the Cubs swept three
game series with the Phillies and Cleve-
land did the same against Boston.