Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16
WITT LEADS MACKS
AT BAT AT HOME.
Has Hit Safely In Last Ten
Cames-Made 81 Hits at
Shibe Park
R0MMELL THE IRON MAN


When II comes TO hitting one OF the
good derhies n;,st bo bopdod On Wbitev
W.. mi,
"nt' Ing TOW halred iad VINO caVort'
In right field for Conn lie Mack's Ath-
letics is the most consistent performer
with the ash on the Shibe lawn, and
on other lawns. for the matter.
Whitley is the only regular on Shibe's
Iayroll who is hitting above three hun
consistent h,ttor S on. t"tS 81 tSe ne n,ost nt
consistent in the American League, for
that matter. Whitley NAV not be n
Ruth, Cobb. or n Sneaker, when II
comes to hitting away up with the lead
ers. but when II comes down TO fine
points his batting is as opnort,re nc
any of the thrce stnrs mentioned
The Meckmen njayed twantv gomos
during their homo stav md Wit bit
safely in nil but two of tbem Us
started off by hitting sofo,v in oicht
straight games from Tho f;rst dov on
his return JJe want hitioss 10y ;u tbn
next two, incmding rho second game NJ
the doub,e .bcoJor ,,.itt, tho yants ha
bas hi nofai,, T., ., wv 49, -. a.. I'm. ;.ht H.
games '' i" '"e '"'' 'e" e'i"'s"'
Tn ol, s;,o, hi. ., A.. -
sword " a. '"rr T LIN return s 10 the srten
Wb;tov hos Mon.s s,on, nrSt a"u t.ea,sn .,Sn
On 60 ~, 't "t - sa;.l,ea n;h. ou. tn'r.t .Wo
nm avoroo" o"' 49, w. e'sn'' .ome % ,',nes u. o"t'
look over tbo e soouoh,. ~ ,ou. ne.eu e tLe .t 81
bonn. oto, ..ons 'ne Norepook OF the s Pas.
h;t -. ..""u reteais 'ne lact that WIZ
nf .h nofe uppoitunely thah any memoer
% t tne A'lne.ic team. ~ cohtihuation
~ ~ sn,u s,s present streak VIII enable WIZ
it, % 'ne sensoii WIN his pest oa'-
ling average IN the majors.
Tillie Walkers Homers
Sccond to W.. q, ,..., !. C,,
ence T.TiI,;o"t w pn.''hg @ Is NihI ns.
fielder had stroot &C. "tNe e.. ,.nn"n,. nme ,,t
tho start of tha hnn ~, star sta s.ruisnt ui a.
missing in fva oama. star,oJ I' another "o
snnrt tbat roo,h"I ";.ht ;.h ",o.n.i Gat'
day's donb,c .beodor ''fm, mr;mn wv w. 'I,u hono
stc,. T;i,;n oI'. ch' psr,hs ss tue none
hr;nc;ra bis ta,oI nIu o". NV nolne runs,
e;ahtaon ' n'htoh ", r;r iun 'ht S'uSHn . up "
In tbo imarico, 49,. n,, ..'r ,".u Et' Ea.I
and Eannath W,,i;e "t,s' nu.h ;I
HAVING tbo hrI,o nn IT,, VI vvoi,,ar I.', h..
banged o,,t twnntv ,fya hito o,t oe .auo a"o
entw .tbroo t;n,os y. ~. ''' 0'' VI 's'
Tbo raoorJa % ~ so.;,J. Al.
Atbiot,n go sa,lo pn.i,ir 90 90 .ne
nf 40. Iin, hJI'um m',V on mus, o'.
nrsar Jy 20 nn. Hss, as,. ~ Wa,, W.. OIL -
on, Nv. 1i ~ q. WnlRer, lo
% o", oi % w We,cn; 10 2ut OF 90; NC.
80 20. I.Hu pus VI u"Ilo"S' o ~ OUT
u o0h"Soh, : OUT ot =" Myatt'
, t out ot Q. W. NNesie, 'u. oi ~ "oIie'
ou5 VI "a! 'un ou' .. " nTu
m;u IN; ou, Vi = Hoi,il'ei' out OF 10 !;
olnns' l out or Hasty' out or .;
moore, y ou' OF {" freeman, U out OF D,
ana styles. out OF ..
Inc nome stay was not as productive
lot tne AtnleticS as Mack anticipated
hlter ms return nome last month. Ihey
won SIX out or nineteen games and tied
one. Detroit won three out OF four 4;
Chicago, three straight; St, Louis won
two ana lost the same NUMBER; Cleve-
land did the same thing, and the fanks
won three out OF four
The entire Mack pitching staff wit
messed the double header out at Shibe
park yesterday %hen Earnshaw, Of
iron man stunt after winning tbe srst ,"
game. Eddie Rommell, Roy Moore. Rob
Hasty and Slim Harris had a great time
sitting in the press box swapping talos
and kidding the semi pro playerse IIar-
ris pressed the buttons L.. the press bo,
that relay the balls, strikes and outs 70
the scoreboard and he enjoyeo nImself
immensely as did the youngsters around
him.
Rommell dishcd out the information
that he has lost more games thnn anv
twirler in the two leagues. To date
the Baltimore lad has dropped seventeen
games. He has ten TO his credit and
cxpects before the season ends to vino
out a large portion of the deficit
Rommell also informed tbe scr;hos
that he has pitched in thirty -seyen