Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-16
PENNANT VIRTUALLY
CLINCHED BY GIANTS
Pittsburgh Must Vim Fiji
teen Straight While Giants
Are Losing Eight Of Re-
manning Serenteen Con-
tests to Yin the Flag
BY JOSEPH r. LABRUM

nNLY the worst losing streak Of th"
" year among the top-notch teams
combined with winning streak better
than any this season will prevent the
New York Giants from figuring rs one
half of the competition for the title Of
worlds champion newt month.
According to tho averages Of this
morning. McGrnw's hirclings are ont In
front by six full games over Pittsburgh
in second place. The Cothamt"s haze
sovcntccn gamoS yct TO play and Pitts
hurgh fifteen. If the Giants win min"
Of their remaining games. which IL NOR"
than likely Mt this stage Of the race
the BurS must capture all of their
games I" finish on top. Which. while
not imposst5lc, IS highly improbable.
While the pitching Htaff harbored by
McGrav has proved anything but high
class during the last two weeks, 1t h"S
proved capable enough, with relief w"rk
hv several ui the pitchers, to win seven
straight games, inc'uding yesterday :.
In that stretch Of victories only on" or
Two pitchers have been able 7" last tHc
entire nine innings. BY Gint Of extra fine
hiudgcon work the Giants hav" Kept
going at fUl! tilt just when they w"r"
expected to crack.
The merry battle that IS being wAG"d
for second and third money ny th" four
Western rivals. Pittsburgh; -. LOUIS
Cincinnati and ChI"HRO, will occupy TN"
attcrtion of n" NDtional Ieagu" fans
during the remainder Of the season.
TIE Cards took like the best bet
I INST n0rr. athough the Pirates
hare been getting nfiy pitching ana
bard hitting o. late that m'ghf pun
tdru through. IhCy hare the dd::
rqnt0ge Of being 1ut IA 'front.' 1'tM
onIp t,co more wccks Of the season,
BY three fuH games.
T,HE Cubs came within run OF tying
l. tho Giants in a ninth inning stand,
during which nine runs were scored ana
Rnokfe HIll. formerly Of Indianapolis,
Who had pitched brilliantly for eight
innings, was driven from the hill. Scot'
relieved Hill and retired BARBER on
strikes with the tying and winning runs
ON base.
osborne was found for five runs In
'hc hrst 'hrcr innings and was r""'yeo
l., Stur,aud, who did not aIl0" III
...Iu me seventh, when tn" Giants
,I,.od urruss a pair Of runs, Whi'E
,Iuyr. to hr the winning ones.
rirates Lose Ground
The Pirates lost ground by dropping
tine fnal game Of the series 10 the
Hruyrs. Murquard had the INDIAN slSl
.r, BN, MClNrrHnie ; rr"w, holding tAeH
ry eight hits, all well scattered. 'Ila@'
,.,.r ON the utu"r hand, was found iOI
Il,s wien they meant runs. PU""i!
urnliug and hitting featured the com
int. The game made tho series for The
..n.nn brtNern the two clubs stauC
twelve nud ten in the Pirates favor.
Neither Keck nor Gillespie had enough
"a fool the dodgers IN the final game ol
the series, and the Reds were iorcec
,n accent defeat. Leon Cadore had ont
nf his good days, holding the M"rnnmeI
10 eight hits. Pat Moran and livc Of hi
KcdIrgs were CHASED from the bench fol
uuing too much talking.
Butch IIenline ana 'lif Lee sharet
the heroic parts III the PhiIlieS game
umLiu fight that eliminated in
triumph over the Cards in the tina
game Of the series.
nF THE ten local markers, sir
" ,,srs directly attributable TO the
catcher. He Knocked out three
homers uhich means three rams aud
cent three other runners GCrOs the
platc ahead Of MIN. His round trip.
pcr in me ninth tied tie score and
6arc hin. n tie tcith ken Williams, Of
ihs Browns, for hnrtng registered a
trio Of homerio clouts IN one after
noon.
CLIFF LEES bat was silent durin
, - the entire afternoon until he con
ncctcd with one of ShCrd"ll's shoot
Immediately after llenline and sent tn
pellet high and dry into the left fel
blcaCherS.
Rogers Hornsby had n field day a
bat getting his thirty sixth and thirty
seventh honcrs of the season and sin
gle, running his total Of hitting in con
secutive games up to thirty. He score
two runs and drove home four.
0 The Cards used quintet of hurlers
one being equally. as bad as the other
The Phils used fhree, Ring, Winter
! and Weincrt, with the latter doing IN
best hurting and getting credit for I'll
0 victory.
Ted Blankenship, the Texas cowbo