Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-25
VEACH AND PULETTE
HELP BEAT THE MACKS
Former RobS Walker OF a
Homer and Double and
Latter Stems Tide of Ath-
Letic Base Hits
Rv InSEPu T. LABEEM

TT THE Athletics had locked Shibe
i Park Yesterday previous to the en-
trance Of Bobby Vcach and Herman
pi,lotte they might lave won bali
game from the Tigers and evcned the
series. The gates remained unlocked
and NIessrs. Teach and Pillctte amblcd
inside to throw wrenches into the
MHckiar hase-hit machinery.
vpach is n robber of the worst de-
s-rirtion. Deliberately and with pre-
meditation he caused no end of trouble
in the series that closed Yesterday with
Detroit victory. Til'ir. Walker will
not long forget the burglary he per-
rctra,cd on him twice in the same
afternoon.
As for P.lletto. Just when our IA
yor;tcs were batting the horSchidc
around tho grecnsward with much fer.
vor. and were making the fans feel that
the series would be evenrd. the Pacihc;
Coast lad appeared On the scene and
stifad the base hit log completely.
Previous to Pillie's entrance TO the tee
| the Mnrks were making merry at the
cxrcnSo Of Johnson and Olsen.
Getting back to Vcach. Walker. In
the second inning. hit one three or four
rows IN in the bl"achers for his thirty
first home run Of the season. 1t wns
the kind of a ?lout that the l'etro
burglar could not reach even with his
| finger tips.
In the fourth Walker took toe hold
on one Of Johnson : shoots and when the
hall left the hulgron it was labeled
rs tho thirty second homer of the sea .
son for the Tennessee citizen. Some OF
the ecribcs had recorded the fact and
| the fans were making merry.
The Joy was short lived. for Ncach
took leap that made him look ten fee,
! tall, slammed up against the bleachor
wall and with his glovcd hand In the
lap Of suntish pulled out the horse
| hide.
,THE fans didn't kno,o whether to
L cheer 0r jecr. Some in the
b'cachcrs did the latter, While Others
| upplaudcd the me,itorious act. Ono
man icGs on nt the time and toould
| hare giren the As pair Of runs
had the ball landed safely.
A GAIN in the sixth during n hecti
"A batting spree the Macks had score,
two runs and had Miller on third witt
none out. Walker shot one over shor
that looked like a certain hit. Neach
tearing in like n Tiger should, made
lungn for the pellet and came up wit
It clutched tightly in his gloved hand
What was fondly hoped would be
single was turned into sacrifice fly.
Had Walker got on the stag
would have been set for further scoring
for Jimmy Dykes shot single tina
scored Perkins. Ogden and Youn
proved unequal to the task OF dr!v!n
Bryn Mawr Jimmy around.
Enter Pillette
Count four runs against Veach's act
and the game would have been won b
the As. pillcttc came onto the hill
the eighth inning after the Macks ha
soundly thrashed Olsen during II
seventh, scoring three runs and stand
Ing within one of tying.
The youthful right-hander starte
by walking Young. HaUser, who in h
| previous trip TO the platter had
; homer, flied to Cobb IN deep ccntc
. Then started the harsh work by PHI,
lie famed both McGowan and Mile
.. In the ninth the As died In one.twc
three order and the game belonged
, Detroit.
Joe Hauser continued his brillial
stickwork by fettin9 double and
' homer and walking in five trips 10 Il
plate, which keeps him In the select SO
, Eing Miller had a double and pair
( singles and MCGOWAN two one ba
blows. The remaining hits were sea
tered among Young, Perkins. Gallowa
= Dykes, Walker and Slim Harris.
Harry Heimnnn, who would rath
:, hit on the loan at Shibc Park than al
" place on the circuit, brought himSe
into the home run hall of fame by lif
u. ing one of Curley Ogden's shoots o.
Z into Somerset street in the seventh II
p ming. Others who have performed d
D feat are Welch, twice; George Burn
9 BABE Ruth and Tillic Walker. ri
= Tiger right fielder had three home
d during the series, running his total
j. twenty one.
i EDDIE RONnEA, who likes pitch
u Il ing better than anything else
a rrnt into the game in the eight
= and duplicated his feat Of a mont,
y, or so ago, rhen he retired the std
- in that inning on three pitched balls
In the ninth Edrard Gidnt tare 81
i ,ccH. Cobb and Heilman had triples
y Rigney a double and Jones q single
= CLIM HARRIS started and like
,e - beginnings of the last few wee
had an abrupt ending. Slim look