Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-27
MACK'S TW|RLERS
MAKE FANS HAPPY
Addition Of Rollie Naylor Gives
As Four Dependables in
Their Spurt Upward
SEVEN WINS OUT OF NINE

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of unconfined JOY. That was last week
when our lowly Athletics, tired of being
trampled in the mire. rose up in their
wrath and won seven out of nine games
| played, the best record made by q
Mackian team in many moons. Not
only that, but the longest winning
streak-four-in several seasons came
during the week. Starting with Cleve-
land on June 1S the Athletics found
themselves. The Indians were trounced
in the final game Of the series. Then
along came Washington and dropped
three out Of five scheduled games. Three
straight from Boston makes the spurt
| look real
The double triumph against the men
| Of Beantown Saturday was all the more
remarkable when II Is considered they
were meeting n fourth place team that
league leaders. Two Of the best pitchers
on the Red Sox staff succumbed in
Pennock and Bush. Nine safeties were
registered against the first former Ath-
letic and seven against the bullet per-
| son.
| The return Of Rollie Naylor to the
| pitching staff and his auspicious start
gives the Mackmen four hurlers who can
be called on in regular order, namely.
Harris, Hasty, Moore and Naylor.
When handsome Eddie Rommel gets
back to form, which Is expected most
any day, Connie will have staff OF
twirlers second TO none in Ban John
sons circuit.
The pitching problem is the biggest
one Mack has had this season. The team
has been hitting well and fielding bril-
| lantly except in an odd game here and
there: Dugans return to the infield
with his batting eye clear of the cinders
that made him look weak with the stick
for nearly month, and Jay Walker s
remarkable playing at first base just
about makes the infcld. Jimmy Dykes
is rapidly developing into n star fielder
and hitter, while Galloway, once he
finds his stride with the stick, will bal
ance the infield better than 1t has been
balanced since the Mc1nnes, Collins,
! Barry, Baker combination Of S100, 200
fame.
az Games from Sixth Place
A glimpse at the standings in the
American League this morning reveals
the fact that the Macklets are just tive
games behind Chicago in seventh place
and 2l2 behind st. Louis in sixth
continuation of the squirt of last
week will land the Mackmen out of tht
cellar in another week, and once they
get out. if the fans are to be believed
they will stay out.
Bill Barrett, the Cambridge, Mass.
lad who twirled the last inning of thu
fifteen innings victory over Washing
ton last week, was presented with {
diamond ring by Mayor Quinn, Of thu
home town. A proud day for the
youngster.
Bill Grevell, the former Main Line
twirling star, who has been an in and
out member of the Athletic twirlinl
staff. and Walter Wolfe. Mack's new
southpaw, handed the Windsor Locks
nine, composed of former Holy Gross
College stars. a whitewash in an ex'
hibitiOn game yesterday afternoon II
the Connecticut town. The two 1ani'
gan pitchers were touched for but foul
safeties.
Wolfe. the big southpaw secured b!
Connie from Lebanon Valley College
was a much sought after young man
Both the Browns and the Yankees mad
him tempting offers, but Connie wa
there first with an even better one
The Mackian scouts are out In IN
bushes again looking after materia!
Lee Gressett. an Outfielder on tn
Evansville Club of the Three League
who has a batting average Of .372: ha
been shared for the House Of Mack
He will report here in August. Ores
sctt. who halls from Westbrook, Texas
is twenty three years old, stands 81!
feet one inch in his stocking feet
weighs 175 pounds and is capable o
running the century in 1915 seconds.
Elmer Voter, a shortstop from Nor
folk, of the Virginia League, will joi'
the Shibe Park aggregation in Septem
ber. He is twenty one years old an
Is but five feet seven inches tall. Voter
who calls McKees Rocks, Pa, his HON
town, has been dubbed a second Ownl
Charley High, the outfielder farme
out by Mack to Columbus, OF IN
American Association, is leading tn
classy minor league IN batting with a.
average of .4O7 High reports to tn
As in September.
Give Me Pitchers Or"
"Givo me pitchers" said Bill Dono
van last week. and | will win bal
games" Never did Wild Willyum sa
trucr words. Saturday afternoon hi
shot to pieces hurting staff gave an
other weird exhibition Of how not I
pIay the national ,pastime. The Nc
/ Graw Jennings combination capture
both games of the twin bill and in ;
doing smuckcd Ring and Belts in IN
first tin for nine runs and eig hteen hits
the latter including a homer by Wake
and five doubles. In the aftermath th
Giants added further hitting laurels b.
! scoring seventeen runs on sixteen hits
Five homerS are counted in the latte
total. SNYDER, the big backstop oi IT.
| visitors cracked out two four bas
plies in one game for the second tim
In the series.
In three contests the Giants hav
, hammered out fifty three hits for a tota
= Of thirty seven runs. Eight hom"rs
four by Snyder. is an example of tn
terrific slugging of the New Workers
George Columbia Smith and Red Cause
t are the only members of Donovan 5 sta
: who have not been battered By the visi