Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-08
RUTH WILL TRY TO
EQUAL RECORD HERE
With Only Two More to Go,
Dustin Person Expects to
Make Them This p. M.
PILLS ARE J0LTED TWICE

Babe Ruth is In our midst again.
The demon slugger. walloper par ex-
cellence Of the mystic order of swat
tcrs will try to tic his record of last
season on the lawn at Shibe Park this
afternoon when the Athletics meet the
Yankees in a three game series.
Yesterday the Dustin Bnmbino sent
the sphere into the lap of n bleachprte
over in Gotham for his ffty-sccond
homer Of the season. Pcnnock. the
former Mackman, was the victim OF
the Babe. On the last trip here the
Babe smacked out two four base phys
and he might do 1t again this afternoon
The Yankees continued their dash
pennantward yesterday by taking botE
ends of twin bill from the Red Sox.
while Cleveland was winning one from
, the Tigers. This morning, according to
the percentage table one full game sep
arateS tho two contenderS. The sub
marine ball artist, Carl Mays. was re-
Sponsible for the first game and Harry
Harper, about whoN much has been
written in this column. came through
with his second victory in week in
tho second contest.
IN tue lrst the 1ankS were Outhit,
Il to y, but they managed to snare
their bingles when they did the most
good and as result counted n sex
tette of runs, while the Red Sox we're
getting but two.
Harper had the sign on the Sox in
the second fracas, holding them to six
scattered hits while his teammates were
making nine for seven runs off Pen
mock, including Babe Ruth's homer in
the fourth inning with .one of his pals
on the sacks.
Giants Slaughter Phils
The other half Of the big league pas
timing housed in New York handed our
PhiIlies two severe wnllopings yester-
day, scoring twenty runs and making
thirty hits, which included one homs
run and eleven doubles.
Jimmy Ring, who usually is effective
against the men Of McGraw, was help
less yesterday and was yanked after
seven runs and nine hits had been made
off his delivery. In the second game
Wilbur IIubbell was bounced on for
eleven runs and twelve hits during the
four and two thirds innings he per-
formed. Sedgwick went in for the last
named and Belts for Hubbel.
Cy Williams, whose batting this sea-
son has been better than any previous
one since his entrance into professional
| baseball. made two homers yesterday
| that brought his total for the season up
to eighteen. His first came in the open
| ing game and went over the wall in
right. Nchf was the victim. The second
came off Phil Douglass and went over
the same section Of the field.
Ed KonctChy. veteran of many cam
paigns. surprised the liberal sized
| crowd by duplicating Williams per
formance Honey hit one over the wall
in the first game and one into the
bleachcrs in left in the second. The
Phils had only seven hits in the opener
and both their runs came on homcrs.
| In the second game the Phils batted
Douglass hard. getting twelve safettcs
for a quartet of runs Several oppor
tunities to score were lost when bat
ters failed to deliver in the pinches.
Monroe and Miller. with three hits
apiece, led with the stick.
Giants Look Good
If the Giants continue to play like
they did here yesterday they should win
the flag. Outside OF the pitchers the
team looked much better than the
Pirates. The wav they hit the pellet
yesterday gives the reason why they
were able to take five straight from the
Buccaneers The inficld and outfeld
worked smoothly from the start, Ban
croft as expected, playing the stellar
role. at short
Howard Berry. the former Univer'
sity of PENNSYLVANIA all around star
was given his first opportunity to SHOW
before the hometown folks, and he made
good on the two assists he had. H.
firlded rhe ball smoothly and showed
the strength of his arm by his throw
t" second and first. lie failed to get I
time at bat by one
Casey StengIe, Irish Meusel. Ban
croft and Rawlings gave the team
Philadelphia atmosphere. Meuoel wa
given the ra2z by the fans all after
noon. but It failed to check him. IL
hit 4 single in the first game and thre
doubles and onc-base blow in the sec
end.
In the only other National Leagu
game the Reds. with Marquard pitch
Ing. won tou-inning game from tn
Cubs. ; to - Victor Keene, the for
mrr local >und.otter, was on the mouuc
for Knlif"r's club. lie pitched bril-
uantly for nine innings, but blew badl
il the tenth.
Leonard ana THE participated in
keen twlrI!ny durl in the Detroit
tClcve.and game The Tiger had muC
Dthc better of the game as far rs hlttn
was concerned, allowing but clever
while Tide was bumped for fourteen.
Th, browns fell on the delivery {
Lefty Russell. of the White SoX, an
rcor,d AN casy lO-to-@ victory. Dix