Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-09
CAST-OF:FS ENABLE
PILLS TO WIN ONE
Jimmy Ring, Aided and Allotted
by J. Smith, Konetchy and
Rapp, Bumps Cards
ATHLETICS ARE IDLE-RAIN

cy's pcnnant -aspiring Cardinals. 1t
was the best game the locals have played
in some time. Jimmy Ring. who made
baseball history for Cincinnati not SO
long ago, was on the mound for the
Donovanites, and with the exception
Of one inning the fourth. when the
Cards punched four hits. two sacrifice
runs. Jeems had the heavy cannonading
Missourians eating out of the hollow Of
his hand.
Outside of the fourth the Cards had
just three binglcs off Ring. which is
by far the best pitching done in the
bail yard since Ring twirlcd his four hit
game on the Fourth, only to be de-
featcd. Just to show that he had
plenty of stuff. Ring failed to fan n
single Card until the eighth. when the
great and only Rogers Hornsby saw n
third strike glide over the heart of the
platter. In addition Jimmy walked,
made hit and scored two of the nine
runs made by the team.
The Cast on Quartet
While Ring enjoyed the spotlight be-
cause of his great twirling, he was
by no means entirely in the glare. He
shared it with three new members of the
Phils, Jimmy Smith, Goldie Rapp and
Ed Knoetchy. The former edged his
way into the home run limelight by
shooting one of Jeff Pfeffer's shoots
into the left field bleachers in the third
that sent Bruggy and Rapp across the
platter before him. Honey did the
same as Smith, only the bases were de-
populated when he sent his four base
ply into the same bleachers as Smith.
While Goldie Rapp did not get any
homers, he was wicked on the offense
with three slashing hits, one a double
that sent across a pair of counters.
Jimmy Smith, 1t might be added, pelted
out q double and a single in addition
to his homer.
With Ring and Smith, formerly Of
Cincinnati, Konetchy, who called
Brooklyn his home for many years,
and Goldie Rapp, who liked the bright
| lights of Broadway before coming here,
doing the greater part of the work, the
day was a great one for the cast offs.
Pat Moran, Muggsy McGraw and Rob-
bic Robinson, please copy.
While the Cards suffered defeat yes
terday. Jim Gould. the st. Louis scribe
who Is travelling with the team, rose
to remark after 1t was over that even
the best of teams have their in and out
days. Gould. who has been over the
circuit with the Cards so often that 1t
is hard to recall when he first sat in
| the press stand at Fifteenth and Hunt
ingdon streets. likes the Cards SO well
that he thinks they are capable OF
finishing right up with the leaders. He
but thinks that with the pitching staff
the Cards have the team should be ir
the thick of the fight until the fina
bell.
Cards Pitching STAFF
A squint at the sextet Of twirlers
Hickey can use in order leads one tc
believe that Gould has the right dope
Jess Haines beat the Phils on Thurs
day. Yesterday jeff Pfeffer was wal
loped. They are two regulars. Wher
added to such good pitchers as Willie
Doak, Pertica, Walker and Bailey, thu
staff looks really formidable. Ther
Sherdel, Riviere, North and Goodwin
are all capable pitchers, who at presen
are known as second stringers or relic
hurlers.
The infeld has been playing bril-
liantly all season, incidentally making
its first error in six straight game
yesterday when Fournier juggled bal
at first. The outfeld combination Il
switched ever so often, and even thel
it is good. Shotton, veteran; Nc
Henry. Jack Smith, Heathcote, the for
mer Penn State freshman, and Schul
make a quintet of outgardeners that 4
hard to beat. They can hit with tn
best of them and can cover acres o
ground.
Clemons is a slugging backstop an
DilhOeffer second string receive
capable of getting into the game at an
minute and playing championship ball
IL .,,U thn hnS ntnn nIn
lad recalled from Syracuse when Jan
vrin was traded to the Dodgers. AS
whole the team. compares favorabl
with the Giants and Pittsburgh.
Gould thinks that the Pirates ar
due to crack under the strain. bu
If they continue their present strea
they will never meet the strain. Fou
and half games separate the Pirate
from the Giants, with Gibson $ me
going strong.
Pirates Win Again
Yesterday the Pirates, although out
hit 10 to Z. defeated the Brookly
Dodgers and retained their lead as tn
Giants captured n brilliant pitchers
battle between Alexander and Nehi
to o. The New Yorker allowed bu
three hits and Alex the Great six durin
the game.
to keep at the top by hammering Luqu
for five runs while Scott was holdin
the Reds to five safeties and a shut
out.
Cleveland regained the half game
lost on Thursday when the Athletic
scored a victory by being idle yesterday
. The Yankees met tartar IN ker
n while the White SOx hammered Shaw
d key for four runs and the game. IN
Sox victory incidentally dumps the Ath
K letics back into last place by ha
j game. =,
!. 10 enable his teammates to score
10 G .to-3 victory. The bullet person pei
mitted but four hits. The Tigers con
tributed TO the downfall Of Pnch'
y IIolling by making five errors benin
r him.
:; Williams. Of the st. Louis American
G. made his sixteenth home run of Il
y season. He is six ahead of his 19-
=, grand total
$, The New York Americans had We
eight straight games until stopped |
IL Kerr, of Chicago yesterday, TT
b. Yankees had won one game from Wast
N ington, four from Boston and thr
It from Philadelphia.
er A home run which landed 6lO fe
away from home plate was credited
Harry ReiIman. of the Detroit Amer
cans off Pitcher Bush, Of Boston, ye.
RS tcrday. The distance of the hit--On
81 - fifty feet short of one eighth Of a mile
up was claimed only as record for Il
70 Detroit field. On June II Babe Rut
:" made a long distance hit at tho Po
!, Grounds, New York, estimated at Al
feet.