Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-12
NEW TW|RLER FOR
DONOVAN'S PILLS
Sedgwick, Washington Sand
L.otter, Added to Staff--Rain
Grabs Of Win for Ring
MAY USE MONROE AT SHORT

battery for Philadelphia. Scdgwick
and Brurgy." may be heard out at
Broad and Huntington streets any day
after today If Bill Donovan, pilot Of the
cellar inhabitants and business man par
excellence. is to be believed. In the
third inning of the game between the
Cards and the Phils yesterday Bill
| took time out to shake handq with n tall,
rangy lad who looked the part of
pitcher. Curiosity was satisfied after
the game when Bill announced that he
had signed Bill Scdgwick, q Washing.
ton. ID. G.. semi pro who has been
creating quite n furore in the capital.
The new addition to the hurling corps
on the hump is n right handler and was
uncovered By Sleuth Wilhelm, who re-
ported back yesterday with many notes
and much knowledge after long trip
| through the sticks. For time at least
Sedgwtck will watch from the bench
after shooting them up in batting prnc-
tice. Once acclimated Bill Donovan
plans to use him as a relief hurler and
! later as n regular. provided he has the
goods.
The coming Of young Sedgwick gives
Donovan more imposing pitching staff.
not in strength particularly but in
numbers. Perhaps Jimmy Ring. George
Smith. Wilbur Hubbcll and Lefty
Baumgartner will get rest. with Win
ters, late Of Toronto, the Giants and
other wny stations: Sedgwick. who
once hurled in the international
| League; Delaware Belts, now recov-
cred from his recent operation. and Lee
Meadows, the star Of the staff. who is
rccupcrating from strained back, TAX
ing their turns.
Monroe May Be Regular
Donovan is n little rcticent about his
| intentions with Monroe, late of the
| Giants. He is second baseman pri-
marily. but may be tried at shortstop
for while in an effort to plug up the
! wide gap there, Jimmy Smith is play
| ing such a bang-up game at the key
stone station that there is little likeli-
hood Of his being shifted. although
| Donovan might send him to short and
play Monroe at second.
| Winters has been twirling even
stephen ball in the International
League. with eight victories and the
same number of defeats charged up TO
his record. Donovan expects him to
make good with plenty of work. which
he is sure TO get here.
Fans and scribes learned a new base
ball rule yesterday. There was at one
| tiHlt u INlt lII lHp DlS iedSueS IHuL lHe
| umpires could call a game of or on after
n twenty minute walt when rain
storm set in. Yesterday after the fans
ct al had waited for exactly an hour
and the umpires still did not bulge
from the shelter Of the Phils bench
| there was much comment An hour
and five minutes after the rain started
Hank O'Day walked out on the field.
muddiel his shoes. mumhlcd something
discrectly under his breath. and ordered
Sam Crane. the groundkeepcr, to send
out some brooms, Two husky lads
manned the kitchen utensils and brushed
up the infed.
The Game Is OF
Hank took walk around after this
! performance and announced that the
| game was off. II was unanimous to
| all but the st. Iousians, who were
for playing-wet or dry. Hank was
obdurate and started for the dressing
room. The result was n hairline deci-
sion for the phls and the discovery
that new rule had been promulgated
early in the spring that the calling of
a game was up to the umpire and that
he could wait as long as he pleased.
The old twenty minute waiting rule is
now in the discard
The Cards were plainly upset by the
turn Of fate and waxed vehement in
their protestations to his honor the
ump. Their yawp was futile. however,
and led by Captain Milton Stock the
visitors trooped over TO the dressing
room smarting under the sting of de.
feat, the second of the series.
That Bill Donovan is a wide awake
young man IL evidenced by his quick
coll on Pertica. the third Card pitcher
in Yesterdays game. Pert shot fast
one to Irish Mcuscl which had so much
stuff on it that 1t hopped around the
plate like one legged chicken. Dono
van noticed that the Card twirler used
a subdued spitball and called O'Day 5
attention to it. Only those using the
splitter at the time the new law was
! put into effect are permitted to use
the ball, until they pass out of the
majors. No Youngsters are allowed to
use the moist ball.
One for Ring
1t took the combined efforts of George
Smith and Jimmy Ring to put over tho
9-to-S victory. Ring getting the credit
for the win after Smith had been pelted
from the mound CS Williams had u
homer over the right field wall, dou =
Bile and single out of four trips tc
the platter Rain started falling al
the end of the eighth, but ODay said
to play on. IIornsby doubled to right
to start the ninth, went to second on
sacrifice and scored on a wild pitch
That tied the score. With LavHn up
and Ring ready to deliver O'pay rallct
time. much to the disgust Of the Cards
The Athletics open n four game en-
gagement in Detroit this afternoon with
Ty Cobb and his mates. Roy Moore,
our brilliant left -hander. will probably
do the twiring,
Wee Dick Kerr, who has had the
Indian sign on the Yankees all season,
met his Waterloo yesterday when Babe
Ruth made his thirty second homer
and bob Meusel Emil's brother, sockCd
out four sackcr The Yanks won the
game, to o. and gained a half game on
the idle Cevelanders. The defeat for
tho Sox put the AS within a game and
half of seventh place.
The Browns won again from Wash.
ington yesterday. The Red Sox stopped
the Tigers twice, sweeping the seric,
with Ty and his mates aud pulling the
Tigers below the 800 mark.
Both the Pirates and the Giants were
forced to stop their mad rush ycster