Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11

| two-ply shot in the second, doubl
in the third and single yesterday. II
the field he has handled himself like
Milton Stock or Il Icinie Groh. Ill
has accepted nineteen chances, clgh
putOutS and ten assists, without mis-
| cue.
lie is tall. ranGy chap. standinj
six feet and weighing in the ncighbor
hood OF $50 pounds. lie is built alons
the lines Of Fred Thomas, who ono
cavort"d around the third sack for thu
duty for Chief BrndRr's Reading Aces
! Traynor is probably the biggest third
baseman in either league.
The Last of the Mohicans' failec
to stop the Pirate slaughter yesterday
Jimmy Ring. the only consistent win
ner on Wilhelm s staff. was in prett!
good form for seven innings. but blew
with resOunding smack in the eighth,
Had the former Red been accorded the
kind Of support he is entitled to the
result might have been vastly different.
Three Of the five runs made in the
early innings were tainted, infeld boots
and lost fly in the sun contributing
to the making of the markers. Up to
the eighth the score should have been
3 TO in favor of the Pirates because
of Carlson's homer with one on. An
nfeld single. hit batter and n pair
of sacrifices counted the third.
Then came the eighth. Five hits. n
base on balls, an error by Rapp and
another by Lebourvcau. a hit batsman
and wild pitch chased eight runs
across the wel1-worn scoring station.
\ Record Series
The series is one for the book. In
the four games played the Pirates made
fifty seven runs and eighty four hits
for Il total of l04 bases. Records for
this season and last fail to disclose a
series in which such swatting was done.
Another unusual feature about the four
games is the fact that every man wear
ing II Pittsburgh uniform who saw ac-
tiun had one or more hits. This In
cludcs the pitchers and substitutes.
The triumph marked III" eleventh in
succession for the Pirates and their
twelfth ont Of fourteen on til" Eastern
trip. According to the standings this
morning the Bucs are five and n half
games back of first place and four be-
hind the Giants in second.
The Cards gained full game in
their fight for the lead by humping the
Braves. while the Giants were being
showed under by the Reds
Marquard proved easy Tor the ~.
Lou!sans. who found him for enough
hits in three innings to make the con-
test a surety. Gainor. playing first
in Jacques Fournicr'S place. drove over
the first run with triple and Two more
and himself with homer. Jeff Pfcffcr
had the Reantown aggregation at bay
throughout the game.
Four runs in the seventh spelled the
end of Johnny Scott and gave the Reds
their third straight of the series with
McGraw's pets. \ home run by Jake
Daubert with two on in this round
proved the deciding blow. Donohuc
was the winning hurler. Eddie Roush,
playing his first game of the season,
had single and base on balls in
four trips to the plate.
Ten runs in the fourth inning.
seasons record. enabled the Dodgers 10
humble Bill Killefcr's Cubs. kauf-
mann, Stueland aud Jones proved easy
for Robbe's men. while Vance. Mamaux
and Murray divided the work and held
the Cubs helpless.
The American League had a day off
the sectional teams being on the road
This afternoon two games are listed
with the Athletics meeting the Yanks
and thu Red Sox- Grifath's, Senator's.