Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-02
1922 ATHLETICS ARE "
BETTER THAN 2l TEAM
One More Victory viii Tie
Last Years Total Wins.
Rommers Brilliant Pitch.
ing the Big Factor--Phils
Lose Another Pair
GIANTS LOSE AGAIN
BY JOSEPH r. LABRUM

M1HEN talking about the Athletics OF
w the 1922 edition, II might be said in
their favor that they are n much better
combination than any of the preceding
teams back to 1914. when the last pen
nant was proudly furled from the flag
pole at Shibe Park.
On September Q last year the Ath-
letics had won forty four games and
lost seventy nine games. A glance az
the standings this morning shows that
the Macks have ffty-two games on the
win side of the ledger and seventy-two
on the reverse. In other words, this
years team is just seven and half
games better than last years.
This years combination has to win
only one more game to tie the number
won by the 1921 team throughout the
entire season and would have TO lose
twenty eight straight games. which
isn't at all expected with Eddie Rom
mel pitching his knuckle ball so as
tutely these days.
Yesterday Handsome Eddie turned
in his twenty first triumph of the
season with team that is just four
games above last place after the titanic
series with the Red Sox. Eleven
games have been lost by the Oriole and
in four of them his teammates failed to
help him with runs. In the others n
one or two run margin was the cause
of his undoing.
Lately the team has been hitting and
fielding behind Rommel with the result
that yesterday he chalked up his seve
enth consecutive victory, not mean
feat on a seventh place team. Incl
dentally, Rommel IS only one game be-
hind Bush and Shorker for the title of
winning pitcher Bush has lost FIVE,
Rommel eleven and Shocker thirteen.
OF the ffty-two games won by the
Athletics Rommel has won 43 per cent
of them, the best average of any pitcher
in either league.
Should Have Won in Nine
The Mackmen should have captured
Yesterdays game within the regulation
nine innings. Two errors. one of omis-
sion and the other of commission, made
it necessary to battle eleven rounds.
At the start of the ninth the score
stood two to one in favor of the AS.
Burns beat out sharp one to Galloway
by inches. Pratt shot an easy one to
Young. who instead of throwing to
Galloway at second tagged Burns on the
line, losing a lot of valuable time and
missing the runner at first by slight
margin. Harris followed with double
that counted Pratt with the tying run.
The usually reliable 'Chick' Galloway
threw Pittinger's bounder way past
Hauser and Harris scored what looked
like the winning run.
yVffb fuo doUD in fhe nj infh and the
fans walking up the aisles on their way
out, Chick" Galloway brought them
back with a terrific jolt that after hit
ting the greenswad in front of the
bleachers took blessed hop into the
four bit section for homer.
The AS were Lelped lot in making
the series two all Del Pratt making a
pair Of costly boots. one in the second
that permitted Young to score and an
other in the third that made it pos
sible for Hauser to cross the platter.
In the eleventh Johnny Mitchell made
a foolish throw to third base instead of
trying to get the runner at first, the
ball hitting MCGOWAN in the back and
rolling to the grandstand. The former
League star walked TO
the platter with the winning run.
Phils Losing by Pairs
While the AthletiCS were turning back
one section Of Boston the Phllies were
another TO walk all over
them. For the second straight day the
Braves won a pair from our hopefuls
and this morning Wilhelm is looking
down at the Beaneaters by single
game.
Jimmy Ring pitched a good enough
brand Of ball to win the first, but he al
lowed too many hits in the fourth round