Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-20
INDIANS BACK IN
FIRST PLACE AGAIN
r,oh+ Runs In Eighth Spell De-
,sat for Mays and Yanks and
Loss Of Top Rung
rs AND PILLS LOSE AGAIN

rs.n, rms in the eighth inning OF the
n,;er L twirlcr Of the American LSague
pred.ha prd .hat pitcher n member OF the leau,
sna Cor a day in the nennant nnsn, % ,s
g. g. nroud boast Of the Tigers .n,s ,ius i,o' IN
". ,ns es they sit back III tnelr ,. cnn's III
ins nns of the best hotels IN New ,, hTIN. :-t,s,
oari ling twirlcr in the American
snd leauitb Nth twenty five victories, cs-
Leasu. task of winning his twenty :.
nyed ssterday afternoon. but he proved
dItn For seven innings he hurled
unequa,t,fu n game Ms has been seen IN
a. oeau, oons nm the Polo Grounds After
many failed to do anything.
tha. n Eobh and his hirelings, smartine
~ IGv' defeat handed to them on
under 'Iv nv Waite Hoyt and McNaily,
sunday .hc,r wrath in the eighth inning
rose eior ~ and punched out an octet OF
yesteru"i rs went to the showers ana
runs 81, ,oIev took the hill in un enort
BOD on" thc tide. He too proved un-
10 s,em ,d before the ninth frame was
equai a Tho Tigers two more runs naa
over ior i,prsd sa and Waite Hoyt was back
on nhe sn.l figures of the game, when
Inc ," multitude Of the see the !,
Nunnvu Sor;os in Gotham crowd, reao
wol,u .win 4 Cobb was forced to use three
v,,hteen TO Twelve Ala hot.
E,,bteen hits in all rang OIL tns ps.s
.hs Detroitcrs during, the mne a,',o Lral,es
o. od,iis M the Yanks cracked out o;ns smei,St a.
Mi..o Mh, miscues were charged aguL,,. gln,.
,bs Huggmen and two against '''
charges. ,.noJ tho Yankees out
~ srst place for the second ,ilI;n ,S,o - q. " n
isst las Ave days and Iieveinnu ,o'c 20 The
Jus. ~ one of the vagaries or .he
fesuM VI ;nmped right back into the top
scheau,ss, ns,or m absence Of twenty-four
runs ',,nding more credence to the OFT, Z,
houls, ho,,I yarn that. at Is great race.
rPnu.r rePeas; IN the National League the II
Wv, ,,nnagcd to break the long WIN
rsV.' ,,roak of the Giants by taking the
hlns same Of the series, two to one.
., ,sM Straight had been taken by the
Mn Nno yorkcrs up to yesterday, with IN :
N,.ns NM nointinp TO n tenth. In the
elcauun; 100 thc Chants counted one of
pah. p,Is Adams. but after that they were
IA scoreless by the veteran, VINO per
mitted six hits during the nine iraiheS. S,.
Trisch's single. steal ana slng'e o'
Young counted lnc ohls '''
Three and Half Games
As Il stands this morning. three and
,rs.half games separate the Giants and
tbo pirates, with the odds favoring the
msn OF Gotham. They have niue games
rst TO play. while the Pirates have
tvelye. The Ginnts must win seven OF
their remaining games while the n
rntes are winning ten out OF the dozen
remaining for the lead to change. with
the Giants going as they have been for
The last three weeks or more. the pen
nant seems to belong to the New York
Gs.
As usual. the two, local teams lost
Yesterday. the Athletics dropping the'r
tenth straight, the Browns in the open =
Ing game turning the trick. to T.. :,
Jess Haines hested Wilbur Hubbel,
in twirling duel out in st. Louis and
me Cards defeated the Phils for the
fourth time. The final figures read .
to 3. The Cards banged out an even
dozen hits of Hubbell. while Haines
permitted eight.
The Red Sox won both ends Of twin
bill from the White Sox up in Bean
town yesterday. Bush and Karr turning
IN the victories over Connally and
Thompson, two rockies.
In the National League Scott and
McQuillen had the edge on Rixey and
Coumbe In n batting duel which the
Braves won, 8 to 6.