Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-20
|YANKS AND INDIANS
I'm CRUCIAL SERIES
cleveland Holding Slender Lead
AZ 1H Games to Meet Su-
nreme Test Starting Today
PIRATES HAVE BIG TASK

c-,c,ol series are getting common
dars First IL was the Pirates
tnese .hn Giants, and the Athletics and
sno prowns , and now It is Cleveland and
sas w. York, The series that starts today
.t'rsen New the Boston Braves and the
pss" p,.",es might also be called crucial
i,,asinp a by the pace the Beantown ag-
yssssation is setting these days.
TSs one In Cleveland. however. Is
.,tracting the most attention., Both
s..ms won yesterday by late rallies, the
s1rgmen by n run and the Indians by
10 The result this morning is the
wager separation Of one and a half
ssmes, The Yankees and all New York
sre confident that after tomorrow
mn sets the average viii show New
York team in first place. The Cieve-
isnders are saying nothing' out are
nVgneoker has not had much luck this
..sr First of all he lost Steve O'Neill,
H. brilliant catcher, then Sergeant Jim
psgby started to pitch different ball
thsn he did last year. Mails too, upon
whom so much depends this year, has
bsen anything but the sensation he
Was In the closing days of last sea-
son. 80. "a.
THAR real stride in batting and Wambs-
gsnss has been out of the game for
anne time. In spite Of all the Indians
have kept out in front, miraculous
thing when it is considered that Speaker
has had so much to contend with. The
yanks on the other hand outside of the
sarly failure of Shawkey, have had but
little trouble, vet they are back in Sec
ond place. The old fight is the only
solution to the problem.
rhe Pirates and Giants Scandal
Over IN New York yesterday the
Giants. Just when the fans of old Father
Knickerbocker expected victory. were
bumiliated by the Pirates. Ryan, the
Young sensation, was expected to turn
Inc win for the Giants. but he was
soundy thrashed by the veteran Adams.
The final figures had ten for the Pirates
and one for the home team.
While the Gibsonmen came through
New York without any material damage
IN the way of the averages. they have
another battle on their hands starting
TODAY that will mean much to Pitts.
bureh and Boston, whom the former
meet. After winning eight straight the
Beaneaters were stopped on Saturday
IN the first game q of twin bill. They
came right back and won the second
contest, repeating on Monday and again
yesterday.
Six games separate the Braves
from first place and three from second
place. A sweep in the series with the
Pirates or three out of four will put
them in such position that the scribcs
will be writing reams about the great
three .cornered race in the National in a
few days.
Introducing Mr.. Winters
Jess Winters went to the mound yes
arrival at Broad and Huntingdon
streets. and was greeted with anything
but an enthusiastic welcome by the
Reds. He was pelted for twelve safe
ties. including home run into Broad
street by Rousch. Bob Geary, once
with the Mackmen, twirlcd for the
Reds. For seven innings he held the
local clan to six safetics and one run.
He was going along smoothly until the
eighth when three hits. including two
doubles and a misplay by Crane sent
him to the bench.
Senor LuQue was the second nominee,
and though the Phils flared in the ninth.
ne put on the emergency brake without
suffering any run damage. Cy Williams
led the attack for our boys with
triple, double and single out of four
trips to the platter.
Cannon Fodder for Browns
Take heart, fans, on the fifth straight
reverse of the Athletics. The Browns
have been the AS Waterloo all season.
glimpse at the records shows nine
wins and two defeats for the st. Louis.
ians in their battles with Cy Perkins
and his mates this year. Yesterday
Eddie Rommell and Bob Hasty were
the victims, the Browns getting the
verdict by lacing out two runs in the
eighth. Frank Welch knocked out a
homer, but it only helped to enrage
sisler and his mates. This afternoon
he Athletics move over to Chicago, and
maybe they will break their losing
sfeak, and maybe they will not.