Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-30
GIANTS CROWDING
PIRATES FOR LEAD
Four Points Less Than Half a
Game Separate the Teams.
Indians Gain on Yanks
MORTON HURLS GREAT GAME

H' 'flNItS CrenI n HHlI gulne ClOStl
to the Pirates yesterday III that six
reel thriller entitled The Race for
First Place" The lead was narrowed
down through the generosity Of the
weather, which prevented the Bucca-
nccrs from playing their scheduled con
test with the Braves, while the Giants
were favored with good enough weather
and hefty hitting to defeat the Reds,
their trouble makers two weeks ago.
Pat Moran started Donohue, his
Texas Brother College hurler, on the
mound and he went along we'll for two
innings after the first. In the fourth
he stumbled and permitted the Giants
to knot the figures after his team
mates had handed him quartet Of
counters in the first and one in the
second. The Cincy boys went into the
lead at the end Of the seventh only
to be outscOred in the eighth. The fig
ures were knotted again in the ninth
by the Moranmen, but in the tenth
along came the Giants wrecking crew
with three lusty runs and the verdict.
While the Giants were gaining half
game on the league leading Pirates. the
Indians in the junior circuit were
widening the breach between them
selves and the Nanks NY Il half game.
Guy Morton. labeled as has been
more than once during the last year,
was on the mound for the Spokemen.
He twirled the best game in the Amer
lean League this season, permitting but
two hits. His control was wcll-nigh
perfect and he had the slugging Red
Sox eating out of his hands.
With Morton getting into shape the
Indians might surprise the wise ones
and come through against the Yankees.
starting this afternoon. With Morton
to take his regular turn in the box.
along with COvalcskic. Mails. Thlc and
Ragby. Speaker has staff 0f hurlrrs
that compares favornbIy with the
Ynnks.
Walker Takes the Floor
Tho PhillicS surprised everybody by
winning a real game yesterday. and in
doing SO knocked Sergeant York off the
| hill. Goldie Rapp met the former \.
f. Fer on the first ball pitched with
n homer. and from then on the game
was all Phillics.
Rapp Incidentally made sure Of get.
ting his daily hit at the first oppor-
tunity for he went hitlcsS the rest of
the game. 1t ran his string of hitting
in consecutive games un to twenty.
Wilbur llubbcll was on the mound for
| the QuakerS and he did valiant work.
Eight hits were made off his delivery,
| but they were so well scattered that the
| result was never in doubt
CurtiSs Walker is trying his best TO
/ prove that the Phillies got none the
worse of the deal that sent him from the
Giants. He combcd out three hits yes
! terday including a Slashing triple that
! sent run across to prove his Conten-
ton.
| The experts arc agreed that Walker is
! ono of the best young prospects IN the
league as an outhrldrr, and that con-
sistent playing will make him a
! dangerous hitter. He has strong arm
that is not likely to go dead on him at
any time, and he plays hard every min
ute of the game. Maybe the Pirate fans
will not feel so bad about the deal that
sent Meuscl to the Giants when they see
| how much different the Phils look with
hard working young player replacing
a disgruntlcd one.
Rain and the As
Rain can do any number Of things,
! save crops, destroy them, force new
suit to shrink into nOthingncSS and
other dasturdly things. And it can also
max" n baseball team look bad. That
! is what happened to the Athletics yes
tcrday. 1t started raining few min
utcS before play was started and kept
up until the last out and during the
| hour and thirty seven minutes J. J..
poured down his wrath on Shibo Park,
/ tho Athletics Looked miserable.
Right from the start the Tigers began
! tLrir lroIly work and the rain ailpl