Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-25
pills ESTABLISH
A NEW RECORD
Have Won Four Successive
Games, Breaking Mark Made
Early in the Season
TOUGH ON BOB HASTY

Winning four strdieh' te'h'' 's"'
/. considered easy for the Giants
.,os and some dozen other clubs In
-. Too leagues and gain but little men
w. Ia the daily news, but when our
pb pbi,,ies puncture all records and per
lawn m, feat Of taking a quartet IN
accession. .u, the news must be sent out
broadcast. .L.. ,he bovs
:. N. hump took the last two games o'
a.. series from the Cubs. yesterday
u. Ssor.n who has been going good on
81, M ING around the circuit, expected
DO %, m additional steam here ana
70 ,.,rde his tour in blaze OF glory.
con,,u ca.S,roly, he started Eppa Jeptha
A. h;s star left -hander. in the hrst
h,nv'' n,. hut Eppa simply could not stop
gun" p,;,s Cliff Markle was sent In 10
the rh,s', ,ha locals in the second game anu
he suffered the sa'n' i'
gina pp,1S; pS;Is we're not to be denied yes,
Inc Tbey played the kind OF pail
erday. l. the fans feel as though IL IL
that nau .,.a.tc of time to see game aC
not ond Huntington streets me
bsans brosa Selded and the batters oatteo
ns,ue' .h;,e the pitchers were hurting so''e
high class ball; =, .,o oen;a, lad. twirled
II. hsst % game of the season IN tne mrs nts'
hnIdins S the slugging Keds 10 pds ,ods uarc nr,
pyi bsd everything and the nees t,s, Voc. ssoe
rsver p,, in it. Bohne. the you.n.ua yaaoJ 1 n
neyet S Ia ssman of the visitors, manaHeu ~
ond pasIss,Ihhsil's delivery twice and housn
nick ,,hort nuIht once each. The remainder
ana .oon was powerless. incidental
OF tns ..bhel,'s .thl,' victory yesterday, MARKS
y, nnd straight, which is said TO pc
his secohu .ocorJ TO be enrolled on the
Phillie books
some Hard Hitting A.
'0p nv. R;,ey was hit hard in the
onsner %pg and was forced to SHINE !ne
inmher in the sixth. Hod Eiler aolhe
rsiief duty. Eleven hits rang OH .ne
hats Of the Phils, Smith, LeoourVeau'
Ting and Williams getting two eacn.
piII Sedgewick was on the mounu
l.. D tha second game and outside of two
;nrinss ~ when he was hit hard the Reds
msre st his mercy. The victory marked
,ho 6rst for Scdge since he Joined the
locals although his relief work has been
h,gb class. He was nicked in all for ten
safeties. but outside of second and third
;nnings when the Reds made six OF
tbeir total hits, Sedge had the stuff.
Markle, who holds the distinction OF
be;nu the first American soldier cap
tured by the Germans in the late war.
lasted four innings during which time
he was walloped without mercy. Coumbe
and Eller, who succeeded the former
dourhboy, held the Phils at bay. Every
member of the Phils had one or more
hits. Lee and Miller each getting two.
While the Phillies were creating q
new record the Athletics were dropping
a.close one to the White Sox. Zig Bot
Hasty and Wee Dick Kerr were the
opposing twirlers. The aackmcn made
ten hits and scored but one run, while
the Sox made eight and scored twice.
The AS hits failed to come at the right
time, and thereby hangs the story OF
how they were defeated.
Keep 1t Up, Tillie
Tillie Walker. who Is batting then
out every day, was the luminary with
the stick. He had three one base blows
to his credit. His hits yesterday rar
his string of successive hitting games
up to fifteen.
The Yankees are back in first place
again. Yesterday Waite Hoyt hat
much the better of a hurling duel with
Covaleskie. the star of the champions
staff. aud the Yanks were returned thu
victor, 8 to .. The winning run came
in the ninth inning. The Gothamite'
had ten bngles to seven for the Fores
City aggregation.
The Giants pulled the biggest sur.
prise Of the day by handing the Pirates
double reverse, and in doing so beat
Ing the two star hurlers on the Pitts
burgh staff, Adams and Cooper. Adams
who was hit hard here, was hit tn,
same way yesterday in the first game
which the Giants won, 10 to 2. Ar
Nehf was on the mound for the Giant
and allowed but five hits.
In the second contest Shuflin' Phi
douglass allowed but quintet of bin
sles and nary a run. Seven runs wer
made of Cooper and twelve hits.
The Cardinals, by winning twic
from the Braves yesterday, went up
peg In the standings, now holding pos
session of fourth. Both games wer
won from the Braves by run, the frs
10 and the second 3 to .. DoaI
Deat Joe Oeschger in the first gam
and Pfeifer trimmed Fillingim in tn
second.
Grover Cleveland Alexander turne
n win over the Dodgers in the othe
National League game.
Walter johnson was thumped vi
elocsly by the Tigers out in Detroit tn
Nnnai ngures reading Is to |. Washing