Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-19

| and accepted it well.
The hopes of local fandom that Bryan
, Slim Harris, Connie Macks pitching
ace, would give them a record Of con-
secutive victories that would entitle
them to talk about the twirler of their
day who could outdo Harry Krause in
the palmy days Of the Mackmen has
been rudely shattered. The Browns
OF st. Louis usually weak, but the
breakers of many record held by
twirlers, did the trick again yesterday.
For seven innings the slim person
went along sailing with the slight
breeze. Two hits had been made off his
delivery and the stage seemed set for his
| eighth or ninth consecutive victory, ac-
| cording to the mix-up among the sta
tisticians. Then came the deluge or the
| break or whatever II was, and blooie
went the hopes of the rabld ones. Har-
| ris was pelted from the mound Just as
though he was any ordinary hurler and
not person seeking to have his name
| placed in the Athletic hall of fame.
Chick Galloway fumbled one at short
and the food waters were on. Mr..
| Harris took his glove to the bench
| and Mr.. David Keefe mounted the
peak. The damage had been done and
the struggle was lost. It was the fourth
straight defeat for the Mackmen, tieing
their longest losing streak since leaving
| these parts for the swing around the
circuit
Wasted Opportunity
Opportunity after opportunity pre-
! sented itself 70 the IS, but they were
| unequal to the occasions. Eleven hits
in all were made by Cy Perkins and
his pals to five for the Mound City
team. but our hits were not made at
the right time, and hence the reverse.
have put US in the way of two runs,
but 1t was lacking. That came in the
ninth. after Perkins and Dugan had
singled. Galloway tried his sacrifice,
but it wasn't good enough, and Myatt.
running for Perk. was caught at third.
BRAZIL, batting for Keefe, dumped a
single into the outfeld and the sacks
were loaded. Whitley Witt had three
and none, but Shocker shot across two
strikes and Whitley was in the hole.
He tapped the next one weakly to
Shocker and Dugan was out at the
plate. Griffin fell easily and the rally
was over.
While the Athletics were losing the
White Sox were forging further ahead
in sixth place and, Of course, the
Browns were getting distance in
seventh. The Sox, playing great base
ball. walloped the Red Sox twice, Kerr
and Hodge turning the trick. The
Chicagoans hit the ball savagely. secur-
ing twenty nine safeties in the two
contests. Amos Strunk. of Llanerch,
Pa. was the shining light with the
stick. He shot out two singles out of
II IN, 81 n,,I 1tx 1nu
and q homer ont of four steps to the
platter in the second.
Ruth Makes Another
While Cleveland was having n battle
royal to defeat Washington by a one
run margin. the Yankees were lacIng
Emhke and Cole, of the Tigers, with
considerable venom. Bambino Ruth to
show that he has not lost any of his
hitting powers, slugged one of Coles
choicest to the $50 0-foot mark his
longest homer this season and inciden-
tally his thirty sixth Of the season.
Navin Field is wonder. Ruth's swat
fell some hundred feet short of tieing
Harry Heilman's wicked clout of two
weeks ago.
Muggsy McGraw and his Giants
scored their second crushing defeat over
the Gibson Pirates in New York,
scoring twelve runs off Morrison
and Glazner, the two rockies who have
had much to do with the present stand
ing Of the Pirates. The win of the
Gothamites again places them two
games behind the leaders.
Fourth Inning Attacks
One of the features OF play
NaA hA
three teams made the fourth inning
their center of attack. The Boston
Braves and the Giants each scored eight
runs in that inning while the Reds
scored one less in the second game with
the Phillies.
The story out at Broad and Hunt
ingdon streets was the same. The Reds
won both ends Of the twin bill by iden-
tical scores. Errors on the part of his
mates. with opportune hitting, spoiled
Jim Rings chances for victory in the
first. while weak pitching by Lefty
Baumgartuer was responsible for the
defeat in the second.
About the most promising thing out
of the two reverses was the catching
and hitting of Jack Peters, formerly OF
Birmingham. He caught the second
game and peIted out homer, his second
il two playing days, and single.
Peter Donohue, right handler, sent TO
Pat Moran by the Christian Brothers
University of Texas. showed real class
after relieving Rube Marquard in the
first game. He held the slugging Phils
to four hits in eight and two. thirds
innings-a clever exhibition for q
yOungster.
The Braves victory over the
Cards kept them right up in the run.
ming. They are now six games back Of