Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-06
CARDS CRAWL Up
ON THE LEADERS
Seven and a Half Games Sepa.
rate ST. Louis From the
Pirates and First Place
MACKMEN SPLIT EVEN

Yesterday was great day for base
ball. The wise ones who have been sit d.
ting along the rail telling the world
that the game was going to the discard
need only read the papers to discover
that they have been indulying in foolish
I talk. In every city all over the two
circuits large crowds Yesterday viewed
/ the pnstiming. In New YORK. according
to estimates, 125. 900 persons made an
effort TO get into the Polo Grounds to
sec the Giants and the Braves.
Just across the bridge in Brooklvn
more than * 900 saw our PhiIs and the
/ Dodgers play. Here the Athletics drew
= VOL both in the morning and afternoon
/ In the other cities the story was the
same. Out in st. Louis the Cardinals
HON" after n great trip. were greeted
by great throng numbering 2S. 900
I The Cardinals. incidentally. was one
| OF the two clubs in the two leagues 70
win double header. The Dodgers
with tn" Phils on the other side Of the
| irdgcr, was the other club to turn in q
perfect day = work. 1t was the seventh
straight W In for the men of Rlckqv. and
makes their outside chance Of coming in
| first seem better.
The Cubs were the victims Yesterday
losing the first one 1 TO 2 in regulation
Time ana the second in an abbreviated
contest TINT lasted FIVE innings. A big
,hlr" inning in the first game when
| iour runners Srurricd over the platter
counted the win. In the second game
rally IN the fifth after the Cubs had
scored three runs earned the Cards the
victory ''' NV
WIN the Giants and thc Pirates
SpIlttlhS even on the afternoon. the
arGS made much Of their opportunity.
AS II stands this morning. eight
kulneS separate the Mound City ag-
sItEhuon from the Pirates in first
rome the Giants. The Cards Lnvo
twenty two games to play md II thor
pay with as much consistency in rho
Iuture as they have in the immcliatr
past the GiHnts and pirntps viii no
Iaclng dangerous opponent in the
hight down the stretch.
Even. Steven for Giants
Seventeen Braves were present in tho
"pthlng game that gave tho Braneatprs
the victory in the first game Of rho
double header over in Gotham Fomr
OF this number belonged to the pitChinp
stan while the remainder of the extras
were pinch hitters. Nicholson. (;owdy
ana Barbnre all went into the breach
ana succeeded in hitting. The Braves
scored all their runs in the seventh and
eighth innings through the efficient work
of their pinch hitters.
In the second contest Pat Shea
backed up by excellent feldiny
triumphed over Scott The Giants oh.
tanned but seven hits. while the Braves
, mad thirteen. Sparkling fielding. with
Johnny rawlings as the star. was re-.
sponsible for Shea extricating himself
contest. '"'
Two wild throws. the first hy Mike
Wilson. the former Northeast Iigh
school star. and the second by Travnnr,
recruit. cost the Pirates the first onmc
Yesterday. Eppa Rixey hurled thirteen
innings in the first for the Reds und
was touched for one run. Morrison unJ
Hamilton shared the burden for tho
i}ucS and allowed but six hits betwron
them
In the second contest Cooper had thc
better OF Markle. the rurtSide hurIer
allowing hut four Eafeties to seven by
the tincy hurler. Traynor's wild throw
m the hrSt game cost him his place at
third bnse, Gibson sending back Barn.
hardt, who carefully rpfrnined from
making any misp!ayS in the second.
fanks and Indians Divide
In the American League the Yanks
ana the Indians divided their doubI4-
headers The InnkS won the first game
of their two with the Red SOx. s 10 q
but dropped the second, : 10 . In rho
| opener Bob ShHwkcy held the SoS to
eight hits. while his tenmmafps wore
pounding Jones Justify. In the after.
math Karr hurled great ball and held
/ the leaders 10 four hits, one of which
was Babe Ruth's fifty. first homer of
! the season, which brings him to within
three games Of last years figures with
twenty seven games still to 60.
Smith terrific batting in the Omen
| ing game gave the Indians the verdict
over the Browns. He hit home runs on
! his first and second trips TO the plata
! which CAV" him a record Of three home
! runs on consecutive times at bat. In
addition TO his homers, Smith also hud
| a double,
Mails and Norton were responsible
for the morning win. In the T. VI.
affraI TILE, Morton. Bagby and Hen g.
derson were pounded hGrd bv rho
! Browns who rolled up twelve runs.
The Indians fought 10 the end and man
! aged to come within foui Of tying rhc
/ Browns. smith continued his terrific
hitting in the second contest with a
homer and double. giving him a recor,.
uf fourteen hnSes for the day.
Boo Hasty's arm and bar proved too
much for Washington in the morning
game Yesterday. and the MHckmon
, thereby we're enabled 70 split the two
game series, the Senator's winning the
a't"rnoon game by routing Eddie Rom .
mel
Winters in the first game and George
Smith and SCdgwick in the second
proved oqsy for Brooklyn and the Phil,
dropped rwO. Grimes outpitrhcd thl
first named in the opening game, while
Mlljus had much the better of the Other
two members Of the local hurting staff
in the second. Seven runs and clever
hits were made ofT George Smith during
the six innings he worked. Xa"I
Wheat greeted Sedgwick with homC
run on the first ball hC pitched
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