Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-14
PARKINSON PLAYS
WELL FOR PH|LL|ES
Young Shortstop Pulls OF Sew
eral Great Fielding Stunts
and Bats Well
STILL THE GIANTS WIN
Ry SPICK HALL

w no Is IArklnSOnt
That $ the question asked by thou.
sands Of Philndrlphans yesterday after.
noon when it was announced that he
would play Shortstop for Bill Dono-
van club. As the opening game with
'he 'iants progressed tho question was
repeated many times but there were
comparatively few among the 1000
spectators at the PhilicS' Park who
knew who or why Parkinson was.
ms young inhcldcr was with the
F.hliIliCS at the trimming camp in Gaines.
ViIie; Fla. He showed lot of promise
, ana Donovan decided early in the spring
! ihat Frank Parkinson would be among
/ those present when the SOUND was cut
I" IN" National League limit. Parkin
| son baseball experience has been
largely Of n scmi-pro nature. He has
played during the last few seasons with
clubs in New Jersey. Among others he
vas with the Paterson silk Socks last
season, He was II power on that club
ana II was his work there that at.
tract"d the necessary amount of at
tcntion for him to get a tryout with the
I phillies.
Proves His Worth
Parkinson Yesterday proved that Wild
! William knows a coming yOungster
when he sees him work While the
l'Hl'l DNN - llJA IL IHINll'u p'Il'l
for n major league club, he showed the
! hustle, zip and gamcnCss that charac-
t"ri2eS the average major Lacquer from
tn" minor. All he needs is more eX-
! pCriCnCe
On several occasions. Parkinson
| looked bit weak at the bat on curved
| balls. hnt il must be remembered that
! h" hash seen great many hooks this
season. Against Jess Barnes. one OF
. II. Z la.t n,.ls, ,,,un
, got single and double. both Of which
| figured in The rhils' run getting. lie
| had one sacrifice. giving him two hits in
! five times at bat. Parkinson takes
| healthy cut At III" ball and yesterday
! he looked as though he meant to hit
every time he went up.
Great Fielding Stunts
In the field. Parkinson did quite as
well rs he did at bat. Seldom has the
crowd appaud"d a fielding play as
they did when he stabbed Brown $
liner in the sixth inning.
The ball was hit with terrific speed
between short and third. Parkinson
raced over and made a back hand catch
few inches from the ground. The
ball was going al such clip that Par
kinson was almost carried off his feet,
bur the pill stuck and Il run was saved
III inc S''OnN lulllUS W hIh'l SlhIlIiI'h
I what looked to be Il certain hit over
second base but Parkinson was over in
a fash. scoopcd the ball up with has
glovrd hand and threw out the runner.
Furthermore. the Philly shOrttiCldcr
tried T." get everything that came his
way. He wasn't afraid 6f making
boot. He took all kinds of chances and
twice he got away with plays thai
any man in baseball would have been
proud 10 make.
Ring strong for While
For five innings yesterday Jimmy
Ring, the former Cincinnati hurIrr,
who came here with Neale in the trad"
for Rizey. was invinCiblc. Jimmy dur
ing that time had everything. His
control was marvellous. Not one" in
those five frames did b" Civ" the
Giants a good ball 10 hit. He was just
hrcczIng them over the corners so That
most Of his offerings were called strikes
! if the New Workers. passed them up.
! 10 III" hfth Ring began 70 lose his
| rontrol and he lost il almost com
! pletely in the seventh lie was taken
out in tina, inning and Lulu BcttS'
. the yoUug D"iuwarean, finished tn"
/ gam" Beuts proved 70 be cool under
fire bn' nfrrr he had finished the sew
.
through IN, eighth. ninth and tenth
innings wi'h"ut being scored upon. h"
! uuycrcd in the eleventh aud three runs
were scored. and with them went tn"
game. for IL" phiilieS We're unable to
put over DuI one in their half.
AIthough New York won Yesterday :
game. 10 to :. Donovan's batsmen
! outhit the Giants eighteen swipes to
| fftrcn. 50 there was really little to
choose between the two clubs as they
played Yesterday Both teams had a
trio of errors The Giants have been
loudly ,outed aS peununt winners, but
McGraw was forced to use DoughlaS,
Barnes and T"uey, three Of his pitch
ing stars. to win. That being the case,
either MrGrnw'S men are not pennant
/ caIihcr or the Phillies are far better
than turN have been given credit for
being