Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-18
PRUETT IS THE STAR
OF BROWNS VICTORY
Holds Yanks to Fire Hits
and II Run in Crucial
Came: Hilliams cts
.38th. Ruth 33d and Sisler
Breaks Hit Record
Ry JOSEPH T. LABRCM

TEN WILLIAMS thirty eighth
IN homer. Ruth's thirty third and
%i,,or's breaking tho consecutive game
hitting roe ord were all oversh0dowcd by
the Iitchirg Of Fred "Shucks' Pruett,
who handed the Yankees a 5to-1 re-
verse, with five stingy hits in the second
game of the crucial series Yesterday. ;,
For a mere stripping. just out OF
college. with one short year III tn"
minors and then being used only, az
relief hurler, to stand the Ianks. on
worthy of note.
"Shucks' hasn't been starting many
games hi year. Fohl using him in the
role Of pinch pitcher. The dope had 1t
that the y,unester was getting expert
en"o and that he would b" ripe neHt
sea son for regular duty.
He has appeared in thirty five games
to date. seven OF which have been
cbalked w o. victories aud the same
number rs revprses. Tho youngster
gained fame early in tho season by
in snning Rahc Ruth three times in sue
co>siou after going to the rescue OF ono
~ his teamm9tcs who had been hatted
ofT the peak. ,
T., adynntacc on the rolo Grounds
upaipsr the nome run king in doing more
reIiof work. 1t Is on the basis OF the
fadeaway. the first in the big leagues
sjncc Mathewson made th" pitch famous
that St. Loui, fans base their hopes
for next year.
physically. Pruet do'sn
measure M IN the usual standard
nj bi1 League hvrlrrs. He looks more
Lke tho acreage college freshman
joro, lean and Of the typc that -
vsn0Uy seen playing chess ana
rhcckrrs. Yet he has rorid of
steam in his small frame ana cdm
Sboot the pellet mp TO he pare ",In
cucuoh stuff 10 fool the best IN me
1IUP
ZEE FOIL, like Connie Mack. be-
IL lipyes in starting youngsters at un;
nxppcted times. II will be remembered
tGs, Cornelius, Of the Athletics. sent
,Toe Bush into a Worlds Series back In
the polmy days when mere rooKle,
and he surprised every one. inciudine
himself and Connie Mack, by winning
the game.
Kon or Wright was expected TO hurl
Yesterday. Pruett not even being con
-idcred That means thar thlS alter'
noon ono or tho other OF the veterans
will face Joe Bush. who has been saved
for lust such an OCCASION
Half tra,ne From Lead
The Browns triumph puts then
u;thin half game of the tor
rung, and II they win today Will tak,t
| the lead by the same margin. A TRIUMPH
/ Tor the Yanks will send them out feeling
chesty with lead OF game and
half. .u 4.
turning back the prima donnas. Fol
eIaht innings only five men reached
bose and OF that number Ruth alon'
crosscd on his circuit smash In tn,
rInth Dugap and Ruth opened up will
sinplos and the $4,000 fans groaned
pr,7ett. however. was equal TO the oc
reeion. Pipp forced Ruth. Schang
aIways n dependable hitter. famed ant
pinp was doubled at second trying t.
steal. 49,
short Lived lead. for the Browns cam
hack in their half Of the sixth ant
drove across three runs. Singles b.
Williams and SEVERED were the blow
in the pinch that sent the markers owe
the platter.
TONES had succeeded RoW in the
j c;obth rhen Williams lifted the
boU ont of the lot, scoring Sisler,
Tho had ,cnlked ahead of him. In
cidentnllp. Sisler. IN the sirth, smote
a single that made his consecutive
oomc hitting streak forty ono and
cnob bled the Michigan olumnus TO
.hrc1E Cobb's record made back in
1911, Of forty straight.
OUR Athletics lost ground in thei
effort to keep out of the cellar. tn
Indians handing them a reverse; Will
the Red Sox were humbling the White
!hospd combination.
Connie Mack tried to use lot o
strategy in the eighth inning Of tn
game and inserted Frank Welch as
pinch hitter for Rob IlaSty. The scor
was tied at the time and the As had
couple Of mon on the sacks. Conni
figured that n hit by Wclrh would win
Frank failed 10 deliver and when III
second half Of the round rolled aroun
Slim Harris was on the peak.
Wasn't Warmed Up
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