Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-22
GIANTS DRAW AWAY
FROM THE PIRATES.
Four.Game Lead About Clinches
Pennant for McGraw's
Team Of Stars
INDIANS GAIN ON YANKS

Might as we'll pay up the bet OF the
new brown felt or wheel the peanut
around the City Hall, for the Giants
have about clinchcd the National League
| pennant. Yesterday. while the Pirates
we're suffering very serious setback
! at the hands of Brooklyn, the Giants
were beating the Cubs in rally in the
eighth inning. Four games now separate
| the two teams
As the standing reads this morning
the Giants have 81 victories and SO de-
feats, with seven games to play. The
/ Pirates have S5 wins and SO reverses.
with eleven games to DC played. On
the strict mathematical basis the Pirates
are not out of it, for If they win all
Of their remaining games while the
! Giants are taking five out of seven the
I series would be tied. II the Giants only
| win four while the Pirates are winning
| eleven then the pennant will be captured
! by the Bucs.
! 1t is reasonable to assume that the
! Giants will win at least four Of their
! last seven games. Three are with the
J
with the Phillies. The first named may
/ upset the Giants in two of the three,
| but 1t is hardly likely that the Phils
and Brooklyn will.
The Pirates have to meet the Dodgers,
the Philles and the Cardinals. This
trio should be able to win at least four
of the seven games from the Bucs and
! probably more. for the Cards have had
the number Of the Pittsburghers all sea.
son.
! One for Mitchell
The Pirates never had a chance yes
I trrday. Mitchell handing them four hits
I in an abbreviated game that was called
! in the seventh on account Of rain. The
| Dodgers secured seven off Morrison for
I two runs. Tho Pirate weakness with
! the stick. that has manifested itself at
the crucial stage Of the race. was the
cause Of Yesterdays defeat.
In a regular slugfest the Giants won
out over the Cubs in the eighth by
scoring four runs. two more than nee
cssary to tie. Art Nehf started on the
mound for the Giants, but was peltcd
with such fcrocity that he was taken
out and Phil Douglass took up the
task. When the Giants went in for
their half Of the eighth the score stood
seven to five against them. Four runs
trickled over tho pentagon. Martin
and Freeman wero the victims. The
Cubs made fourteen safe swnts and
the Giants sixteen.
The Indians and the Yankees came
within two points of playing their Al
nclement weather stopped the Yam
KEGS, and the Indians, taking advan-
tnge of every opportunity. downed the
Red Sox for a gain that brought them
within the aforementioned two points
of the lead.
The Clevclanders have nine games to
play and the Yankees nine, so the i'm
po:tance of the series tomorrow in
Gotham cannot be ovcrestimated y
clean sweep for either club will mean
tie pcnnant while two out Of three for
trc Yanks or the Indians viii make the
winner look like the flag wcarer.
Caldwell, the Forgiven One
Slim Caldwell, who was benched
not so long ago for not living up to
training rules, proved to Manager
Speaker for the second time yesterday
that he meant no harm by stopping the
Red Sox., slim twirled against our
Athletics here and defeated them, and
yesterday was his first start since
then. lie held the Beaneaters to five
hits, no mean task with their team OF
wallOpcrs. Jones was the Boston
twirler TO be vanquished.
The White SoX lost both ends of Q
twin bill to the Senators yesterday. G
youngstcr, Phillips by name, winning
the first from the veteran Faber, to =
and Zachary winning the second, / t
3. from Russell. A ninth inning rally
that netted three runs gave the Senators
the second game.
The !ncement weather yesterday gav'
our home athletes a day of rest an(
kept them from getting deeper into The
cellar. The MaCkmen start a series O
double headers this afternoon that vii
tax the Macktan twirling staff. To
morrow and Saturday twin bills are OF
the card and the same holds for mex
Tuesday. Connie Will have q squad o
his young tw!rlers on hand to use.
Another bit of news that filtered II
this morning concerned Bill Donovan
the former pilot of the Pht!lies. Bill
was given his unconditional release b!
the Phil'ies Yesterday and is now opeI
for all teams needing a manager. In
ctdentally Donovan was paid in full be
for" receiving his release.