Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-30
IRISH MEUSEL HITS
HIS EIGHTH HOMER
Big Bat of Phillies' Captain
Routs Dodgers-A's Lose
to Yankees
RUTH GETS HIS FOURTEENTH

Irish Meusel swung his big bat with
effective results at Ebbets Field, Brook
lyn, yesterday afternoon and caused the /,
DOWNFALL Of the Dodgers. The score was
2 to I. with the Phillies on the winning |
end, and Meusers batting was respon-
sible for both runs scored by his team. |
In the first inning he slammed one Of
Smiths left handed offerings into the
center field bleachers. 1t was his eighth !
home run of the season, and he is now
on even terms with George Kelly, Of the
Giants.
Incidentally. Irish is making a spe-
clalty of scoring home runs off members
of Uncle Robbie's celebrated staff Of
moundsmen. OF the eight he has cracked
out four have been off Brooklyn pitch
ers. The one yesterday was his second
of Smith. The others were made of
Burleigh Grimes and Leon Cadore.
The Phillies scored their second and
last tally in the third inning. johnny
Rawlings opened with two-base hit TO
left and advanced to third on Lees
intield out. Meuscl came up for
the second time and pasted curve into
left field fort single and Rawlings
crossed the plate.
Another Win for Ring
Jimmy Ring pitched for the Phillies.
anu MhtH Dill IOnONdn USS1RneQ MIN 10
the slab he surprised Manager Robbie.
rs Ring had pitched the opening game
OF the series here on Thursday, and
won it. He allowed seven hits in that
contest, and in spite of the short rest
between starts, the Dodgers found him
harder to hit yesterday. and only five
swats were collected off his offerings.
The Dodgers did not get hit in the
first two innings, but in the third. after
the first two were retired. Olson hit
to the Bedford avenue exit for triple.
Johnston followed with single to right
and Olson crossed the plate with the
Dodgers lone tally of the afternoon.
Homer IL for Babe
Home Rune No. IA in Babe Ruth's
| 1921 series was the highlight in 9-to-4
| victory of the Yankees over the Mack
men at the Polo Grounds yesterday.
Ruth's bang into the adjacent meadow
was one of three homers which bloomed
| during the matinee. Joe Dugan and Cy
Perkins, of the Mackmeu, got the range
on the left field bleachers for circuit
drives, both hits being made with the
bases empty, as was that Of Ruth.
Perkins had been taking shots at the
bleachers all through the game and had
missed two homers by inches only. He
succeeded in hitting to fair territory
with two out in the ninth inning. and
got big hand from the crowd of % 900
fans as he trotted around the corners.
tive-run lead which the Yankees
picked up in the opening inning gave
the game the early appearance Of a
walkover for the Hugmen, but the Ath-
letics became so vigorous q few innings
later that Higgins had to change pitch
ers.
Alex Ferguson was mauled for eight
hits in five innings, and some fancy
fielding kept a few more out of the
records. Tom Sheehan, who replaced
Ferguson, was as wild as Borneo itself.
but he was able to pull through, despite
six passes, with no more scoring than
Perkins home run in the ninth. The
hit came at the only time of the Shee
han regime when the bases were empty.