Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
Change the Football Rules Makes Detect Sa
CY WILLIAMS AGAIN
Wins FOR PHlLS
Elongated Center Fielder Makss
Second Successive Circuit
Swat at Right Moment
JOE DUGAN AND HIS DOUBLE

When the Athletics out in Chicago
heard the Hash that the Phillies had
defeated the Cubs in this city they
decided It was about time the City Of
Brotherly Love cleaned up on the Windy
City and they went out in the tenth
inning and won from the White Sox
Talk about upholding prestige. The
and the Phils may be in last place
but they had the number of the teams
on the rung of the ladder just ahead
yesterday.
For the second successive day the
Phillie pitchers scored close verdict
over the twirlers from Chi in two of
the best pitchers battles Of the season
Yesterday had something on Tuesdays.
because the fielding was much better
and runs were not made as gifts.
Had it not been for the errors on
Tuesday the report would have gone
out that Cy Williams homer in the
twelfth wins for Phils, 1 to 0. Cy made
sure the report would read az above at
lpast once this season by hitting the
pellet into Broad street in the fifth in
ming for the only marker of yesterday 8
game.
While on the subject of Williams 1t
might be well to mention that yester-
days four base ply was his fourteenth
Of the season. which gives him third
place in the National League standing.
The first ball pitched by Freeman, of
the Cubs. in the fifth was just to the
former Notre Dame stars liking and h"
lifted the horschide over the wall about
i've yards from the fngpole. Two
homers in successive days and both nj
crucial moments make Cy as valuable
To the Phils as Babe Ruth is to the
Yankees.
Josephus Dugan. the holder of all
baseball jumping records, was the hero
in the Athletics victory. With Edgar
Collins. late Of Boston. Oil City and
other points. on second base as result
Of single in the tenth and with two
down. the former Holy Cross star smote
one on the nose for two bases and won
the ball game.
Roy Moore started on the hill for the
Nacks. but failed to, last. He was
succeeded by Baltimore Eddie Rommell.
who hurled beautiful ball and secured,
incidentally the credit for the victory
A seventh inning rally in which two
runs crossed the plate enabled the
Macks to tie the count. Urban Faoer,
the leading pitcher Of the two leagues,
was the victim. 1t will be remembered
| that the SOS SJhT tuSils utl'"tcu 'hS
! As here on the last trip East of the
Chicagoans, holding them 10 iour SCAT
| tered hits.
! For the steenth time in the last month
the Yankees are q point back of Cleve-
lapd in first place Yesterday Babe Ruth
hit his forty seventh and forty eighth
| home runs Of the current season. ana
the world champions succumbcd in the
first game Of the crucial series.
Both Of the Bambno's homers were
made off Ray Caldwell. the former
Yank. The first came in the first with
one on and the second in the third win
one on. which accounts for four of the
six New York runs.
Duster Mails. who has been on the
sIdelines for q long stretch, hurled one
inning and was touched for a pair Of
hits and a run. Quinn held the Indians
TO five hits. while Guy Morton. in addi-
ton to the two pitchers mentioned, was
banged for seven.
Detroit hammered several Washing
TON pitchers numerically aud was re-
turned the victory II to 3. Zachary,
who is developing into star pitcher,
was the Senatorial victim. In the other
American League game the Red Sox
| had n field day with the Browns hurl-
ing staff and won easily, Is TO 2.
Both the Pirates and the Giants were
vanouished Yesterday. and the standing
in the National League between the
two contenders remains the same. The
Pirates last n close game to the Braves,
/ to 3 being the figures. The Bucs
made desperate rally in the sixth,
scoring three runs, but they were one
short the number needed to tie.
The Cardinals again proved that they
have something on the Giants by win
ming their second straight game Of the
series, 10 to I. giving them the edge on
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