Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-21
YANKS REGAIN THE
LEAD FROM INDIANS
Six Runs in Eighth Ruin CIeve-
land-ciants Drop Half Game
to Pirates by Cubs Victory
BOTH LOCAL CLUBS WIN

If the Yanks and the Indians con
tinue their Alphonse and CASTOR ACT
until the end of the season, Cleveland
will win the American League pen
nant The reason IS ensy to see. The
1nnks have ten games to play and the
| Spokemen eleven, so that after they
have each played ten games and the
lnnks are leading. Cleveland will come
along and win the championship.
Yesterday morning the Yanks took q
day off In second place, but as the sun
went down on Coogan's Bluff they went
back to the top ladder again, while
Cleveland dropped a step. All Of which
means that yesterday the Yankees won
and the Indians lost, and that the for
mer leads by game this morning while
the latter is In second place.
Harry Harper, the big southpaw. who
among other things refuses to twirl on
Sunday, came through with his second
win In the last two weeks for the
1anks. lie defeated Cole and Hollings,
of the, Tigers, 4 to 2, in what was n
good hurling duel. Eight hits were
made by Cobb and his hirelings to seven
for the Huggmen. Several of the hits
made by the Gotham nine came in the
fourth inning and won the game, three
runs crossing the platter and giving
Harper good lead TO work under.
From the Cleveland standpoint there
was a catastrophe up in Boston. In
the last half of the eighth the score
stood to in favor of the Forest City
aggregation. with Sandlotter Uhle turn
ing the Red Sox back with monotonous
regularity.
Everything looked bright for at least
another twenty four hours in first
place. Then came the rout. Six runs
were over the pcntagon when the dust
Of battle cleared in that hectic eighth,
which. added to the one already scored,
made seven.
Before the inning had merged into
history Chle, very badly beaten
twirIer, was seeking the solace of the
showers and Sergeant Jim Bagby was
on the mound. Herb Pennock. after
his bad seventh, settled down and kept
the champions from the base paths for
the remaining two rounds, thus insur-
irg victory.
Iirates Make Slight Gain
In the National League, the Giants
lost slugfest to the Cubs while the
Pirates were idle, and this morning the
Gotham lead is three full games not
so very many in the fore part of the
present month, but lot just now, with
only eight games to play for the Giants
and twelve for the Pirates.
Alexander the Great, as he Is some
times dubbed, started against the Nc
Graw men. He was erased in favor
of Cheeves in the eighth round. The
Giants scored three runs in the second
and apparently had the game won. In
the third the Cubs came back and scored
twice. Four more were added in the
| fifth and Jess Barnes took the air.
Shcehan took up the task at that june
ture. only to oe relieved later by Slim
Snllee.
The Giants made sixteen hits off
Alexander, while the Windy City nine
had fifteen off the trio of visiting pitch
crs. With Alex out Of the way thn
Giants should clean up in the remaining
games with the Cubs. The Pirates have
double header this afternoon with the
Dodgers. A double win while the Giants
are losing to the Cubs will put the Pi-
rates back within striking distance of
first place and make their mathematical
chances much better.
Both the Athletics and the Phillies
broke losing streaks yesterday, the
former after a run of ten straight re-
verses and the latter after four.
Eddie Rommel, the pride Of Balti-
more and the AS hardest worked
twirler, turned in a great triumph yes
terday. lie defeated Shocker, the jinx
of the Mackian staff. 3 to l. A double
by Cy Perkins in the first inning sent
two Of the Mack runs across the pan,
while the third was made in the sew