Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-07
TEST FOR INDIANS
STARTS IN TODAY
Champions Must RepeI Eastern
Invasion to Keep Ameri-
can League Lead
YANKEES RIGHT ON HEELS

VIII Cleveland he able to Withstand
the invasion of the Eastern teams that
starts this afternoon, or will the world
champions buckle under the strain and
give way to the New York NankeesE
That Is a question on the lips of those
most interested in the welfare OF Ban
4 Johnson's league today. The Indians,
under the capable leadership OF Iris
Speaker. have been setting n none 100
Dizzy pace of late, and their well wish
crs, are not Mt all sure that they can
stave off the drive of the Huggins outfit
The failure of several OF Clcvcland's
twirlcrs to hurl winning ball consist
emily, coupled with ShGwt,cy's return
to theNvinning column Of the Yankees,
has made the race during the last few
weeks an exceedingly tight one. With
the Fasteners starting their invasion
this aftcEnoon. Cleveland has n two
game lcad,Gn the New Norkers--u slim
one at this~tage of the game. The team
that sets thc,pacc to the Fourth with
out faterinSiiS usually the team that
keeps right up at the top of the heap,
or, at least. within striking distance
Of the topm0st Tung of the pennant lad
der for the remainder of the season.
hanks' Great StTeah
,,,.L ms, n hoWeyer, cannot he set down
Iarly after the manner in which the
Yankees burst Conrte Mack's bubble.
and that Of BOSTON and WASHINGTON
during the Eastern series. Eleven out
of tySIvn Games rrsrtltpd I'm victories for
the Uuymon nm exceedingly di22y mace
for e,,n,, such a foam nc, thn Indinns to
foiIov TLrno of tj,o heams that Nov
York ,riII moot In +bn v7rst hoyn rrovod
aosy for tbn,,, IN tLn ,os%Nthc RroWns
ST-I'i.n i ~, ,o,,,,l,,
toddon tMLd1n so onN ahT l,cin"'t :nrnns ''il'oh
WHY ~" it,.sei',S .o,,,,e
+hot ~iao ,uU tn. ,,ai, ~ LIN.
tL"' tI "'r n"''u i"i Il'Ir % ihcN Vi cILaS'
Int ih9'Hn' VIII Dc hlcp,lHs, TeJute-
nnlcu AinI''lc 'eaIi' u HsLItIIIS EoStoh
| nine ana speedy Gnclent w 9shlhg-
| ION Gutlt', all o. WHom Should prove
trouble makers 4he strain OF tne team
that is following so closely behind the
leaders as is New York is not soNgreNt
as that Of the pace settlers. EverySgamc
counts, 'tis true, but the team that is
running second does not feel the re-
verse as much as the frst-pl team
when it loses. There is a certain her
vous strain about being In first place
| that old ball players say does not be-
long to the second and third place
teams.
o, ,,.,
our -i'hie'ics
u.,I, Inc SooiGo eSrern tern, TRIP or our Athletics
out of the dark, dismal ccIInr thc SInch7 ;
lets have been in for 80 NAME ,nonv
years. Chicago and st, Louis bnvc
been hovcring inst nbovn tbn Iast ,litch
for the last two wrcl;s md tI,iS rorr ..
ing have a game and n InIf lead oyrr
our MackianS. Four noimts snnorotn
Chicago from sixth nIocn. groordimG IN
the averages this morning. II the "A
can get an even break against the In
dams and the other Enstcrn trorns ,,!ni ll
lon the White Soy anL tba H.
during the first scrips. thn locals vii ho
out Of the cellar. Connie Lns hoon
pointinC his team for thn rnod ori
how well he has succeeded Is manifest nJ
by the fart that he won thr"e so,,ica
and lost one before stnrting for thc
Occidcnt. ''''
WASHINGTON is certain to couso from
bic to the WcstcrnrrS. 4 tnam hnt
eight romrs hnhird Grs+ riooo ~, ~ ~
time is nor to hn CON. IardpI W.. w.
rnce bv INV mp,r. TIo+ - U,.I ,,.L.a W. ~, ~,
GriTmen Stand this ,nornino Th.r, r,,,
games separate thcm from fia+roit !,
fourth place ST. Ioni. onL Cbicog,
stand seventeen rnmcs LchinG rho In,
dans and the Athletics eighteen and ,
half. which means thot tho ZOO on 81
whole is tipht ono VIZ ''''
Pirates Gain Ono
While the Pirates were winnin,