Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-26
|GIVE NE PITCHERS,
Says |RV WILHELM
..,,h,e Reverse. With Five
pitchers on Duty. Shows
Lack Of Good Hurlers
|,u1p BECOMES NETTLEo

m1,vE me pitchers or give me last
i II racc for good might be used
!. , narophrase of Patrick Henry s
.,,.,,v address back in the days OF the
".,u,,on with Irving wilhelm. man
~. n the Phillies, in the speakers
jocket. .,r =. A..
.,rt regulars, was knocked UNCONSCIOUS
hotted ball and this morning IL
,y,,s in the Stetson Hospital with a
/ tksrtured skull. -,,
y Wilhelm yesterday in an effort to
4 S.m the rushing tide of defeats that Is
fSs,v,ng the pills in last place. Win
~: tried his luck after Hub was taken
sn The field. and didn't do so good.
M tbe eighth straight was lost.
IN The second contest Stanny Baum
,tncr was given a chance TO display
Ii. wares before the home folks. and
!. a. rore he failed to even show flashes
4 y Sorm He was succeeded by Hnck
S..ts who suffered some, and then
SsWv Weinert, late of Reading. who
ssi,ied fairly well for few innings In
~ last part Of the second chapter.
MAT too. went as a loss, making it
ane straight reverses. -, =,
pinto. Ring. Smith. Sullivan and
4 ussdows remain TO face the Dodgcr
s.ttsr, in the double. headers scheduled
T. this afternoon and tomorrow after
s~on. Ring and Sullivan worked on
1 Wednesday and cannot be expected to
!. mnch before tomorrow. Pinto Is nm
4 s,;sd AZ A starter. and that leaves Lee
/ Meadows and George Smith.
| N Biz Change
What started to be an auspicious
.ason for the Phils has degeneratcd
into one Of the debacles that have been
sommon here for many years. The pitch
M cracked and the batters failed to
~ when hits are needed. With the
Giants following the Dodgers. Wilhelm
lin not have much chance to check his
shattered forces and get them in shape
;or a comeback.
III Seven homers were made yesterday.
which keeps the daily record for the
esson up to snuff. Five Of the number
we're made by the visitors. High.
Myers, De Berry. Johnston and Wheat
cracked out the four ply shots for Rob
bie's men and Jack Peters and Leslie
! ia the clubbing for the Phils.
Trenton Parkinson led the Phils at
\ bat with five hits for the two games.
Johnston, the veteran outfielder of the
Dedsers, made six during the day, in
duding his homer.
The Athletics had a day off yester-
day because Of wet grounds, but will
y est started this afternoon. vying with
he intercollegiates at Cambridge. Con.
nile will probably use Eddie Rommel
this afternoon so that he can take the
boz again on Tuesday when The AS
D met the Yanks at the Polo Grounds.
4 The Yanks without Ruth slammed
1(sut two runs in the seventh and eighth
| that gave them victory over the Sem
ators. Phillips hurled we'll for the
Senator's. but Hoyt hurled little bet
ter and kept the Griffmen away from
the sacks in the later part Of the
game.
The Tigers continued their streak Of
handing iris Speakers team n reverse
With Stanny COveleskie on the mound
Pillette, one of Cobb's sensational
youngsters, was the winning hurler.
In the National, Alexander and
Donohue hooked up in a twirling duel
that lasted for eight innings. each al
bving two runs when rain intervened
b that frame.