Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-14
Remarkable Recovery While Young Richards Actually Plays
INDIANS GAIN HALF
GAME ON YANKEES.
Mackmen outhit the SpokeIess
Clevelanders, but Lose Out;
Collins Hits Well
GIANTS STAGE GREAT RALLY

The Western invasion In the Ameri-
can League was one of the most success
ful first -day thrusts Of the season in the
iunior circuit. Every team from be-
yond the Appalachians turned in win
over its Eastern rival in the first OF the
crucial series between the sectional op-
ronents.
Cleveland BY subduing the Athletics
with ease while the White Sox downed
the Yankees gained full game In their
battle 10 get back in first place. and
this morning the standings show but q
half game difference. The Browns had
troit walloped the Red Sox in the other
game.
Without iris Speaker, but with suf-
fcient heavy artillery to shell two Ath-
letic pitchers off the mound. the In
dians, under the leadership of Jack Nc
| Allistpr, had an easy time Of il with
the Mackmen. McAllister. by way Of
explanation, is the chief scout OF the
Cleveland team and is generally credited
with being the discoverer Of Mails.
Sewell and Stephenson. He has been act
ing off and OH when travelling with the
team and at home when not on scouting
duty as the assistant manager. Some
| even 20 so far as to say that he is
! At any rate. his first day of manag-
ing In the East was huge success. He
started Allan Sothoron, the comeback
! twirler. and though the former Brownie
wns hit with fervor by the Macklets, he
shared the victory.
Imagine team making thirteen hits
and scoring but five runs, and another
team making ten hits and scoring eleven
runs. You guessed it. Passes and hits
when they meant something combine to
give the reason for the defeat. Eleven
members of the Macks were left
stranded on the basepaths. while two
double plays cut off other tallies. The
Mackmen were whitewashed until the
eighth. when they scored thrice. In the
ninth two more crossed the platter. Six
of the thirteen hits were made by the
Macks in the last two rounds. The
others were scattered or came at inop-
perfume times.
Yanks Best in Comparison
Judging the Yanks and the Indians
from the game yesterday and the series
with the Yanks last week. the men OF
Gotham have distinct edge on the For
est City nine. 1t may have been that
the Mackmen put more fight into their
games against the Yanks than they did
whatever it was Cleveland lacks n lot
that the Huggmen have. The threat of
Ruth. Meusel and Pipp is lacking in
the Cleveland line up, while the inteld
is by no means as certain as that of the
Yanks.
Dick Kerr had the Indian sign on
the Yankees yesterday. holding them to
five scattered hits and two runs. On
the other hand. Harper, the southpaw,
who came through in his last two games,
was lambasted for ten safeties and six
runs. 1t was serious reverse for the
Gothamtes. who expected to make hay
with the Sox. Instead they have been
defeated by Dick Kerr, and must meet
Reds Faber, the premier twirler OF the
league. which BODIES Ill for the Yanks.
In the other American League games
the Browns jumped all over Mogridge
and a couple Of other Senatorial twirl-
ers. In the seventh inning seven coun-
ters crossed the platter for the men from
Missouri.
The Tigers by punching hits in the
first. second and ninth innings humbled
the Red Sox In the latter's bailiwick.
Leonard, for the Tigers and Jones,
for the Beaneaters, were the twirlers.
Over in the National League the
Pirates and Giants remained the same
in the standings, the former winning
from the Braves 8 to 3 and the latter
by a great rally in the ninth and an
other in the twelfth subdued the Reds.
The Giants had a narrow escape. For
eight innings they failed to get a man
across the platter. In the ninth they
fell on the slants Of Luque for three
runs and tied the score. From then
until the twelfth the score was knotted.
In that frame the Gothamites slammed
| out run and won the verdict. Nehf
was on the mound for the visitors.
Pbils Subdue Keene
The Phillies got TO Victor Keene,
the former Bridesburg hurler, in the
fourth inning and knocked out enough
runs to score the verdict over the Cubs
Victor twirled an excellent game and
had It not been for the one bad inning
he might have won the decision. He
held the Phils to nine hits in eight
rounds being relieved by a pinch hitter
in the eighth inning. Jimmy Ring
showed cleverly, holding Killefer's team
TO nine hits and two runs.