Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-11
u DYKES ENTERS
AS HALL OF FAME
Wins Hectic Fuss With indians
on Homer With One On.
Meadows Tames Cubs
ROBERTSON BEATS YANKs

syYYILL they keep It up? That is the
n Nv burning question being asked in
4 ollces, factories and on the street. The
: reason for all the comment. questioning
and rapid fire chattering among the
followers of major league baseball In
4 this city is another pair of victories.
Y The more hopeful are confident this
morning that our Pills and AS are
going to get away far away from the
last places they have tenanted SO long.
They both won Yesterday for the Sec
ond straight day. The Mackmcn were
forced to show their best and worst and
also a couple of breaks had 10 be forth.
coming before victory was tinall chalked
down. Lee Meadows. to prove that warm
weather makes him much better
twirler, handed the Cubs a whitewash
with Alexander the Greatt up.
"a Jimmy Dykes. Main Line citizen.
& and at present holding down the hot
Z corner for the Athletics. gets the laurel
crown for yesterdays verdict. After
going hitless all afternoon Jimmy de,
cided that it was about time for him
to do something to get his name in the
papers. So he waited for one Of Allan
Sothorons best offerings and WINGED
Il into the lap of bleacherite. Btng
Miller happened TO be on second rs
result Of the aforementioned good
break when Sewcll threw trii'c wild
TO first.
The game itself was ono of those
hectic affairs that try mems souls. The
Indians counted three in the first off
Lefty Heimach in the opening frame.
Lefty didn't last the inning. giving way
to Moore.
The Mackmen came back in their half
and counted one. Everything was serene
until the fifth. when a Mnckian upris-
ing netted four runs and the lead. Roy
Moore was going along in beautiful
style and the specs had feeling that
the game was as good as won.
Then came the seventh and three
Indian runs crossed the pentagon and
the lead went blooie. Moore was re-
lieved from his arduous duties during
the frame and Iarrson. who gets credit
for the victory. went TO the hill.
Enters the Homer King
Silence from the Mackmen bats in
the seventh and then the eighth. with
heroic Jimmy Dykes in the title role.
Harrison silenced the enemy in the
eighth and was omitted from the picture
by Pinchhitter Hauser. Slim Harris
took the tee in the ninth and nearly
spilled the beans when Wood doubled
with two out. Pep Young took care of
O'Neills groundrr and the fans whooped
with joy.
A strange feature of the game was
the fact that the As made eight hits
and eight individuals made them
Cleveland had eleven safeties.
Lee Meadows was never in better
form than he was yesterday. and the
Cubs were helpless before his brilliant
pitching. Three hits in ms many in
nings, two of which were made by
rGfimes. the Cub first sacker. was the
total damage TO the bespcctacled king.
On the other hand. Alexander was
treated roughly by his former buddies.
Thirteen loud and luSty walOps ca
romed off the bats OF the WiIhclmi,os.
Goldie Rapp leading with three. Walk
er's double that counted two. Lebour-
veau's two-base wallop that counted
one and Leslics sacrifice fly after
Parkinson's double accounted for the
Phils' quartet of runs.
The East West duel in the Ameri-
can was two and two yesterday. Charley
Robertson beat the Ianks and Walter
johnson the Browns. while the Tigers
we're subduing the Red SoX.
The Yanks did NOT fall before the
eleventh round and then by Il 2.to-1
count. Robertson. whose perfect game
placed his name in the Hall Of Fame.
won keen twirling ba-le with Carl
Mays. the submarine artist. The White
Sox rookie allowed seven hits. and
eight were made off the Yankee Slabman
Walter johnson. who has been given
the gate BY number Of authorities after
his poor start this season. pitched Il
beautiful game Yesterday in defeating
the Browns. The former premier
twirler Of the league held the ambi-
tious Mound City aggregation TO nine
hits. The Senator's only made five off
Dixie Davis. but most of them came in
the third inning, when they scored their
pair OF counters.
The Tigers won a wild and woolly
game from the Red Sox. the third
straight of the series. o 10 s. The Sox
made fourteen hits and the Tigers
twelve. Ty Cobbs hirelings had five
miscuPs.
In the National, Fillngim outpitchcd
I.uque, and the Braves were returned
the victors. 9 to 3. Thirteen hits We're
made by Mitchcll's men TO nine for
Pat Moran's tribe.