Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-18
AS ONLY -FOUR AND
AHALF FGAMESAWAy
Sounds Like Old Times to Talk
About First PIace-Walker's
Homer Makes Four Straight
.PHlLS DROP CLOSE ONE

HOW does 1t sound after seven long
IL years of aridness to say that the
Athletics are four and a half games
back of first place. Truth.
Take look at the standings this
morning. add and subtract and 1t vii be
found that our favorites are in third
place. Just that many games back Of tho
costly cast of New York Yankees. And
it Is May Il. II that isn't record to
he proud of for team that was counted
n possible seventh place habituc at this
stage of the race what is:
1t took them thirteen innings to turn
the trick yesterday against the Whit"
Soy, with the star SALESMAN of ne
American League last year doing the
hurting. Tillic Walker. veteran OF many
hectic campaign one of the really
hard PLAYERS Of the great national
pastime. earned the honors. Tillie
smackcd one of Faber's offerings in the
unlucky round into the lap Of four
bit customer. sending Johnston. who
had singled, ahead of him to the plat
ter.
Rain was falling softly. but the noise
made bv ,he rabid 2OO0 fans who braved
the threatening weather WAS nothing
soft Tillio had to fight his way to the
pentagon 10 register his sixth home run
Of the season, which puts him in tie
for the honor of shooting the pellet OUT
Of tho field with Blngo Miller:
While mentioning Miller It might be
we'll 70 say that the center fielder: who
is earning his salary these days, singled
IN Tho sixth with Johnston on second
as result of single and steal. He
had two other hits. That gave the
Workmen the lead. which they held
mil tho seventh. when the SoX man.
| aged to push over tally.
Heimach's Great Hurting
After the orgy of runs and base hits
of me last week yesterdays hur!lnS
battle was delight to the fans lie, !,
mach, OF Camden, who. according to W 10
C"nroy, Of the Philiies. learned ms
baseball in Moorestown, toiled for the
A' The left handler. who looks like the
goods, hurled as beautiful a tnlrIeeh
innings as has been seen on Sh!br Park
since Eddie Plank used 70 np'es .ho .ho
visitors. Eight hits were made on inc
southpaw, and he scattered them ~
we'll that he was seldom in hot water
No, only did Heimach STOP. the Sox,
but he banged out pair OF hlts 1Tt
Of tho ten made of Red Faber. He
walked but two men. which Is some :
thing of Il record in thirteen rounds
for southpaw,
Tw, thousand kiddies the guests Of
John Shlhc. were pleased at the fourth
straight victory. They whooped things
up in great style all through the game
Fabar didn't twirl such n bad game.
The ten hits We're scattered untll me
thirteenth. and thirteen of the Mack
m i
DYKES famed four times, which Is
something of a record to be placed III
the Athletics log book.
The defeat dropped the White Sox
into the cellar. and rs Detroit was
iIIo after the first inning the Mack :
men moved UP 10 the aforementioned
third place.
Tough on George Smith
George Smith, mentioned several
times in this column az hnrd-luch
pitcher. added another, peg, to tha'
rcpntatlon yesterday. when he lost q
tough during bout with Pete Donohue
OF the Reds, by 1-to-O score.
The lanky right handler twirlef E
beautiful game. allowing but eight hits
but his teammates were impotent with
the nsh and thereby hangs the tale o.
defeat. Three hits, all singles, was thu
total damage done to the Texan. Cy
Williams getting a pair and Butch Hen
line the other one.
The only run Of the game came "
the second and Smith was partly re-
sponsbIe. Harper doubled and wen
to third when Smith threw wild tryint
to catch him Mapping. Hargrave sho
: short fly back of second just beyont
p Parkinson's roach and Harper scored.
Ty Cobb Tigers were prevented from
continuing their winning streak by ole
' man weather after the first inning dowi
D in Washington. The Yanks, by battinl
Uhlc freely in the second, third ant
4 fifth. scored G-to-4 verdict over tn
b Indians yesterday. Shawkey wa
:. found for seven hits and four runs.
a An old-fashioned rally in the mint
a by the Red Sox gave them the verde
a over the Browns, to 3. Van Glide
was hurling brilliantly until the ninth
when the Sox stepped on him for tn
quartet Of runs. All told, the Rean
eaters had four hits during the game.
> In the National, Jones outpitche
y McQuillen and the Cubs defeated tn
n Braves, 6 to 3. The Cards banged ou
!. a victory. over the Dodgers by good US
y Of their bats.