Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-24
TIGERS IN BATTLE
FOR HIGH H0N0RS
cobbmen Are Only 2N2 Games
Back Of First Place After
Win Over Browns
is DOWN IN THE CELLAR

WHEN II comes 10 p"''o''n"s
w miracles in the baseball world.
Frrus Raymond Cobb, player man
,,er Of the Detroit Tigers, must be
,iven a place on the pedestal. less
Ann n month ngo Detroit Ind about
siven up hope that 1t wns going to
nave team in the first DIVISION. The
Tigers we're lolling around the second
division with designs on distinctively
lower berth.
That was before the four Eastern
teams started their swing around the
occident. The Athletics started the
Cobbers off on their streak by dropping
three out of four games. Washington
followed suit n.ld the Yankees. just to
make the measure good, lost all four.
Boston managed to win one out Of their
quartet, and now along comes the
Browns with two straight rcverses that
puts the Tigers up in the baseball sun.
Fifteen triumphs out of eighteen
sames played is one Of the best records
4 Detroit team has made in many years.
Cobb has just finished that run. The
standings of this morning reveal the
startling information that Cobb and his
team of youngsters and veterans are
just two and half games behind the
Browns IN first place, and one game
back of the falling Yankees in second.
A continuation of the spurt, and
Cobb will have moved his team up to
the head of the parade. The team is on
its toes fighting every moment and gets
It's inspiration from one of the most
aggressive players in the national past
time. Tyrus Raymond Cobb. Both
Cobb and Hcilman are among the first
five batters in the League. which means
that the hitting strength is In the
team.
The Team
Blue at first. Rigney at shortstop
and Jones Mt third are rockies who,
combined with 'Cutshaw, Il veteran. at
eecond Heilman, Cobb and Veach in
the outfield, and n mixture of rookie
hurlers and catchcrs. give the Tigers
Z strong team.
Cobb's young pitchers have been
keeping him up In the race. I'illctte
has eight wins and two defeats. Stoner
four and two and OlesOn five and four,
which means that seventeen of his
thirty five victories came from the
trusty arms of young pitchers. Emhke
has eight and eight, Dauss three and
three. Oldham three and five and Cole
one and three.
Yesterday the mauling Tigers handed
the Browns their second straight re-
verse by hammering Bayncs and Kolp
for eighteen safcties and decade of
runs. Oldham was the winning hurlcr,
lle Browns finding him for thirteen
sts. Five errors aided the Brown
reverse.
= With the Tigers bounding upward
me Macklncn are doing their usual net
1,,getting enmcshcd in last place. Lefty
helmach hurled great game for seven
innings against the Senator's and then
blew, losing the game in the eighth.
wheh three runs were pushed across
the pentagon.
Good for Seven Innings
Only two hits had been made of
Heimach up until the eighth. and he
was showing a brand of pitching that
pad the Senators completely baffled.
Ladlc Goebel, the former Reading boy,
sammed home run over Miller's head
the eighth that upset the Camden
s''izen. and before he could settle down
: Walk double, single and another
e'ngie counted two more runs,
ui ne Aackmen made but five hits off
wafer johnson, the old master, three
ct tnem in the second, when they filled
tne bases with no one out. McGowan
was forced ut the plate and then co me-
double play that killed off any chances
VI score. After that Walter John.
'on was the master Of the Macklets.
ptre iWe nome runs from the bats of the
.hiilleS came near not being sufficient
20 ofing victory to the Philiies yester.
my They went along swimmingly for
eight rounds. Fletcher getting a pHir 81
circuit S!, swats and Lee, Walker and
Mllilams one each. Hubbell was doing
nicely until Irv Wilhelm sent JimmS
smith to short.
Out Goes Hubbell
Jimmy hasn't played for n good
many days and maybe it isn't Mi Iii his
iault, but he mussed up n mir ~
srouhders at the start and before the
mnlhg was over Hubbell was on his
way 70 the clubhouse and the Braves
the score. "'''' 's'hs
.,r zoe Oeschger. John Watson and Ian.
Ms Msins were the hard-hit pitchers, with
Marduard NJ. the losing one and Phil Vein
sn .r. the winner. Boeckle arched the only
enemy four-base hit. WHY
matp single with Leslie on second
gave W the run that meant victory.
sor me iankees lost another to the Red
SUA; hv NAYS was relieved In the eighth
.suo W zoe hnsh, who yielded the run that
saTe w. the M Mbeaneaters the victory.
m IL Weoe mite Sox won out in the tenth
Gians Gni with Keefe. formerly Of the As
iSo'as ~ ~ me hurting. Sheeley hit a homer
IN the fourth for the Sox. ''
.,' ovsr In the National the Giant,
seoteu an easy win over the Dodgers
~ a h,ap superior d hitting. Casey Stengle had
s;ns p,s DAY; getting a homer and two
angles, .ha AMI Zack Wheat getting one for r