Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16
BROWNS Only HALF
GAME FROM LEAD
1lsers' Win Over Yanks With
Second Rookie Pitcher Makes
Race a Tight One
BOTH AS AND PILLS WIN

..,., p.r.o,, .ra .h,. h,nth.,
,.suler have been doing active duty nov
for almost month, and the Yank'
are far from having an easy time Of 4
IN Ban Johnson's circuit.
A glimpse at the percentage table
this morning reveals the startling new
that the prides OF Gotham, when th'
Giants are away, have the slender
margin OF half game over the pesky
Browns, In secc"' place: Not only
that, but the enti-e i."aJuc 10 having :
battle royal for positions that hasn't
been equaled in many years. "
Less than a hundred points separatt
the third place nine from the one ir
last, with places changing daily. II
the other six clubs in the League car
hand the Ynnks and the Browns q num-
Der Of defeats In the next month, prob.
sbly three or four teams will be batting
for the lead during the merry baseball
mouth Of August.
or the fourth straight time tho
were trimmed yesterday, Two
" lost ut St, Louis, and the Tigers
ves,. .yrdoy handed the nrima .donnn
.sst onotber setbscl. th. ssconJ ~ ~.
east eas,,s a"''D'' ''''".~' '"' '''0"a VI 'ne
sei'e''
Tho Rockies Star
The marvel of the two triumphs from
tbe Tiger angle IA the hurlinr ~ tbe
.acrr,ts IN woJrs.don Oioso, ~
s"r,ad o., Ca-n.,, nv. =" ,s ~ ~
nuried ior Cormei not SO long ago. nad
the oetter OF ware hoyt ana yesterday
etoher neia tne hardest hitting aeere-
Hafinn In fha American In uvta - thvou
hits. Pilette, who humbled the Yanks
in their own bailiwick, and Howard
Ehmke, who also turned in a win there.
are vet tn ho heard from.
The tcnperamentaI Yanks sr. h..
ginning to lose their heads in the heat
N tne race. yesterday the Detroit
ponce rorce nad to escort Hildebrand
from the game after he called Scott out
on fouled third strike, the Yankees
surrounding the arbiter and threatening
dire happenings to him.
Carl Mays, the submarine nrtist.
was the victim yesterday, the Tieers
getting nine safeties, enough of them
being punched in the eighth TO give two
runs and insure the victory. Tho
Cobbmen are now nesting in third
place with 800 percentage. nfter n
remarkable climb from the depths,
Once more both home teams won on
the same day. The Phillies. thanks m
excellent hurlinR by George Smith. and
some wonderful fielding, as of 1915,
Pammed the Cincinnati skiff for a shut
out victory, the second in as many
starts.
The Mackmen fought one ~ tbo,r
Characteristic come backs and iostlcd
the White Sox lust when thew thought
the game tucked etrav IN tho ,,,. 81
umn. The victory broke the AS losing
streak that had reached three, and
smashed the Sox winning splurge that
numbered six.
n.. c..
"os0 enl'h nass One
Heorge smith, who Is undoubtedly
one OF the real hard-luck pitchers OF
oaseoall, had everything with him yes
!erday. He hurled good article of
oall' holding the Reds to six hits and
fielding Tmo %ro %%ettea donh1a nH some grea!
artful pickups and throws and some
good fly chasing all contributed to
make the day huge success.
Cy Williams arched one of the new
horsehides into Broad street in the
first, with nal on base. Some hits.
WulhS ana un error HuUe0 f0llr moro I'm
the third and another came in the sev.
enth on a single and double.
Frank Keck. who eIectrificd rho bose.
ball world last week bv holding the
Giants to two hits and no rms in e,aht
innings, was the victim yesterdov Ths
former Springfield. Mo. lad who bosm't
yet become accustomed to awjncino
doors, was pelted yiciously for seven
rounds. ten hits heino mode off b;o do
livery. 'N "'' w
The Athletics were IN md out vo..
terday. out for eiobt ,omrJs onJ ~ 60,
the game Rrvan Harris startod ond
lasted an ;rrins Co.. r,,., S."r.eu Saiu aIu
of his delivery Eckert camr nsxt and
aid we'll nntii ro,,anad -, 'Iu WnumI mH' .mhu Mhu
did we'll mil tho s;stt ho aU"nII' mil, wnS
hits added fout nova Mnuiom m",nS tnoL "mu mu
the work and " a,t oe orej,. so .ho 'oEk ', up
stbomvh Ga,n,as 81 . ,.a iot thc sir'ory
nincb ebi,tar noita,,,. I'm, s"' "'"'h,
'''ef fe''e''hs A'o'i'e'
Tillie Walkers Twelfth
The AS unb,,, c,;mh vostordo, 10 =,
epic and wortbv of noooTntipn y"' I'll, an
Dykes hit homar I's, IN .ha sh,rJ J'm,y aai,i,
none on for tho first rrr '"' In ~ Gthh Gf,h
Harry Hooner mada = " mre thot ,tG 10. MN ~
two and nnotbar % co"ntad d" whan shaa ~ n,nn ~
Miller orcbed Jonhioo "Hem Tsn LIE 10
eighth, still owaS hohimd T,,,io w, ,tn', tnu
thought it about time that ha Iid "u,net sarne
thing, and he shot n e homor ~" uiu nut s'm ;m,o
untenanted territorv tbot sn"uoJ 5"u .s my
his pals, Franz RrHvsr t ,%" Jno'Sa bo.tT tWp on
Rommel, and Yonna ~, % ,,o,bioJ 'u 'of
Gleason thonSht fi,o, Sohoutse ,,,,
stem the tide and H. sent o'no" bim ~ ,'u,a ,ha
n'htn. lie got by one, but four stra ipht