Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-13
AS STUMBLE AS
K: PILLS WIN AGAIN
Six Homers as Browns Open
With Easy Victory-George
Smith Gets the Breaks
CLOSE SHAVE FOR 'YANKS

MIATCH those Phils! Starting q
w Western debut with iyIr straight
victories isn't something to he snick-
cred at by any means even though the
team be the Cubs. 1t must be re-
membered that. for couple of weeks
the Cubs were up there battling with
he Giants and the Cards for the hon.
ors
II the Wilhelmitcs can do even half
so we'll starting this afternoon. wher
they inaugurate their stay in st. Louis
for four days. they should make the re-
mainder Of the National League sit up
and take notice that they have ar
rived.
The Athletics hit the skids again
Yesterday, making the day for local
fandom a fifty fifty proposition. AS on
| Thursday, II was case OF pltchers.
Mack sent three to the mound yes.
terday and Harris and Moore did well
in reverse. Yarrison was good in the
ninth.
Ken Williams. from st. Louis, who
is making New York and Babe Ruth
cnvious. gave local fandom an oppor-
tunity to see how he does 1t, when he
slappcd one Of Slim Harris best over
the right field wall onto a porch in
Twentieth street. Williams taxes a
mighty cut at the horsehide and though
| his homer was his only safe blow IN
Yesterdays fracas, he demonstrated his
possibilities as a long distance wal
loper. ,.,.
Williams is away ahead OF Ruth's s
best mark at this stage OF the game,
! and if he can keep it up may be having
| his name inscribed on insurance papers.
in the ads and what not as Dustin
/ Bambino has.
Harris was liberal with homers yes.
terday. George Sisler. the king-bc OF
| first base guardians. socked one and SO
did McManus and Shorten. The four
bomcrs, combined with seven singles,
gave the men from the Mound City thir-
teen large and luscious runs.
Dykes and Miller Again
Jimmy Dykes, who won Wednesday S
game with a four ply wal ~. and BinG
Miller. whose long wallOps have made
him famous for having left Washing
ron sent the horsehidc into the laps
of the blcacherites during the game. II
our Athletics continue their home run
hitting epidemic they will capture the
championship Of the league in that re-
spect. -, A..
The veteran SnOCker was ou u,
mound for the Browns. yesterday: anc
he held our AS to eight hlts. 81 Jlnm! m!
n pair of singles. Fuhrman and Young
one apiece. in addition to the aforc'
mentioned homers.
It looks like Ed Rommel,, the sta'
of tbe staff and one of the leaders of th'
Iaaruc for this afternoon. Holdout Et
boa four victories and only one defeat
70 his credit, and in addition. has dom
re,;ef work on several occasions. II
other words, he has been doing th'
''"r To H Get lack to the Philles. Georg
Columbia smith. who has more hare
luck per season than any three twirier
in the league, got iew OF tne preaS
bard and at the right moment. Th
result was victory.
Kings Homer Helped
Lee Kings homer with two of hi
brethren on the sacks in the slxt
canned the climax and gave the Phil
, the necessary lead. They made onl
| seven hits, by seven individuals, bu io
,;n,ss The Cubs made ten off Smith
hmt he showed considerable cunnin
u,hen hits meant more runs, and there
hr hangs the tale of victory. Jones an
. Sincland served them up for Bill killc
for hut not we'll enough.
Tho Yankees put crimp In the win
o Ming streak of Ty Cobb's Tigers /
y hating out five runs in the Gig nth fc
i a 1O.fo.S verdict. Hoyt was bumpe
Z ayain and had to be rescued by Ca
/ Mays. who Jared about as well. Bot
;: tnams made fourteen hits.
- Roston came out OF its slump, aft
fonr successive defeats. and handed Il
- White Sox a coat of whitewash; thanl
- ~ me excellent hurling of Quinn, la
" ~ The Yankees. The Gleasonites ha
!, four blows, while the Beaneaters mat
- fen off McWeeney.
Washington made 1t three out Of 70,
for the East by winning a 5-to-4 vi,
tory over the Indians. Erickson WI
b. the winner and Stanny Coveleskie Il
m loser. MT, =,
only Eastern team to win. The Card
after getting away TO a good lead, we
q tied, but won out in the tenth. Je
,,SS Barnes, in mis- first start since the NJ
!. hit NO run game last Sunday again
Y the Phils. was hit hard. jess Hahn
was the winner.