Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-21
ALEX GOING BACK?
SCORES I'd WIN
Former Phil HurIer Again Beats
Reds and Holds Cubs
Close to Giants
SIXTH CLEVELAND VICTORY

TNllE aged and withcring arm of
l. Grover Cleveland Alexander and the
hus,ling. fighting spirit of the Indians
are furnishing spine -quvering feats for
fans in their respective leagues.
The prince Of pitchers was tagged
for a poor year. Experts all over III"
country nrcdi",ed that he was going
{" Slide far into the drnths, but yes
tprday the former Phil checked in with
hrs second win "f the season. lnridcn-
tally. il was only his second start
The Cubs have won five games in
this youthful campaign. and if Alex
comes through for them. they will not
be the wpakling of club they are re-
puted to be. On the opening day. Gro
yer Cleveland beat Eppa Riyey aud
Yesterday I' tripped III" Reds again.
3 Five hits he allotted Ia the Moran
: mau'"r> and they wcr" keep, we'll >rat =
tered.
SiXtl, for Indians
The Indians have been grinding on;
daily thrills for the Cleveland rootcrS.
Speakers tribe cashcd in with five
straight wins before they lost their first
game. Yesterday they scored their
sixth triumph by nosing out the Tigers.
81 Spoke has his clan out in front
by full game. the Yankees being >"r-
ond and st. Louis and our As are tied
for third with four victories ont Of seven
games each.
/ The aggr-ssirc spirit of the Indians
! was shown in their Detroit game. when
, they overcame a thr"e-ruu lead and
rabbed tn" laurc,s with n pair Of runs
IN the ninth inning This was the
closest Ty Cobb and his athletes have
come to winning bail game this year.
TIpV have III in n
! The Giants ar" tind.ng themselves
closely pressed bv the Cubs. and Ne
Hraw has 10 keen h!> bail players ON
their TOES in every "unI"St to STAY ont
IN front. The cub. are only II half
game behind
En-. PhiIs Help Giants.
Yesterday on opening day in Brook e
! Tyr the worlds champions bunchCd
seven hits in the first two innings and
cantered away 10 II six run lead. This
was enough to win. They finally ropped
at ST.. \ home run off Earl Smith :
bat and triples by TWO former Phils
aided materially in the McGraw tri :
Gn.ph. The ihrce-ply blows were de.
l!rered by Emil M"usrl and Johnny
rawlings.
Th" 'hiIs r"siUion didn' change over
the day despite IN" fac, that their game
VAS postponed They still hold third
ulGce. with the Cards and Pirates tied
for fourth.
cooper pulled ST. Louis down TO a
lie with Pittsburgh by scoring II l0-.J
victory over Rickpy's club yesterday.
It was in the late innings that Pirate
bats began to rattle. In the tifth they
were trailing j-3. but they fell on Sh"r. .
dell and put over enough runs 20 wlu a
couple Of games.
Ruth aud Mrusrl wcrcn missed any
IN the American League bow in New
York. for the Nank> cluhhcd the S"na
rOr> into submission. l0.3. Mogrldgc
trimmed he Johnson circuit champs ON
April - in Washington. but he didm't
Uav" enough t" repeat yesterday Sam
Jones. on tn" other hand was very
steady
The A. were saved from dropping
/" fourth place by Frank El"rbr. tho
Browns third Lus"mau. Ellcrbr dropppd
q hy bail in the first inning OF the st.
Louis Chicago contest and two White
Sox runs shot over the plate. Gleason s
Tired men won. ~ u was a pitching
dIel between Shorker and Fabrr. They
wer" even on hits. each club gcr,ing
eight.