Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-10
FREEMAN EARNS H|S|
PLACE IN THE SUN
Athletic Rookie Holds Worlds
Champions to Eight Hits
in First Full Game.
HE STOPS. SPEAKERS TRIBE

The Philadelphia teams are always
pulling something new and novel. Less
than a month ago Bill Sedgewick. late
of the Washington sand lots twirled
the remainder Of a game for Bill Dono-
van, the ex-Phillie pilot, and earned
himself a place on the regular twirling
staff.
Connie Mack not to be outdonc. and
because Of necessity, sent suck Free
man to the mound yesterday ana the
former Kalamazoo, State Normal School
pitcher earned his varsity "a" with n
bang. A.,
All Freeman did was to defeat the
worlds champions. 4 to 3. and In 80
doing he twirled as beautiful a game
MS has been seen ut Shibe Park in many
moons. Freeman did what Hasty'
Moore, Rommel. Harris and heele
failed to do. He defeated the CleVeiahu
Indians.
The Nerve Of the Rookie
For GOODNESS the nerve OF Freeman
has been unequaled this season Oh .ne
Shibe Park greensward: lie Mns
cooler than the proyerbiai cucunipe.
and was not tlustered once, no' ever ever
in the seventh when three runs "ero
scored off him. .,
For six innings the Indians found
themselves powerless to make safeties
off the youngster when they had men
on bases. no less than three being
off on the sacks in the first three
frnmes, A double play in the fourth
and another in the fifth cut down ad-
litional runners, while in the sixth the
>, de went out in one two three order.
The victory of the Mackmen did NOT
dunn the Indians out of the front sca'
Of the old apple cart. the Yankees sur
fering defeat at the hands of the White
SoX by q single run.
Monroe Does the Mauling
While Donovan was being fired
"Kaiser" Wilhelm failed to make the
fans happy when his Phils dropped an
other to the Reds Jimmy Ring was the
victim, the Cincy lads hammered on'
ten hits for seven runs, while the rms
| could do little with Donohue; ia'
! Mornn's prize right handler from Texas
, Eight hits were made by the Broad ana
/ Huntingdon streets lads. Monroe, SUB
bing at third place for GoIdie kapp
getting three.
King was pclted hord in the third ant
three runs were counted by the heaS
In the fourth he wns subjected 10
terrific bombardmcnt that fcrced him tt
cover. Sedgewick relieved him ana "f'c'
tbe fourth held the Reds scoreless.
Hcnline. who came to the Phils from
thc Giants in the Meusel trade. caugh
his first game for the Phils: lie maa'
cne hit and scored n run. Walker, th'
other half Of the same trade. continurt
! his batting spree by scoring has" hit
The nineteen inning game won by IN
| st. Louis Americans over washington
ycstc, day has been surpassed in Length
only twice In the American League
| Tic Athletics and Boston were the con
testing pair on both occasions, goinj
twenty four innings N 1906 and twent!
innings in 1908.
The major league record is twenty
six. set by the Brooklyn and Bost0'
Nationals in Il IL tie last year. ii
yesterdays battle. which lasted three
hours and forty five minutes, Davis, o
st. Louis, did not allow hit in tn
last nine innings, although he pitchee'
the entire distance.
Three New York National home run
by Frisch, Burns and Snyder-wer
not enough to offset the heavy batting
of Chicago. consisting of triple ant
five doubles. O'Farrell, of the Cubs
had three two-base hits and Maise
two. -, =.
The Boston Americans won thei
tenth straight victory over Detroit b.
taking two games from the Tigers.
MeuSel. Of the New York Americans
knocked a home run with the bases full
and tied the score with Chicago, whicl
won on triple and single.
In the Pirates Dodger game, OlC
Babe Adams had much the better o