Evening journal., 1908-09-22
TRI-STATE PLAYS
WORTH KNOWING
Some Of the Unusual Things
Done by the Players Dur
ing the Season


Trl-State League. the Williamsport
Gazette prints the following under the
caption Things Worth Knowing:
May 1-Kroh, pitching for Johns
town, established a new worlds record
by shutting out Wilmington without a
hit for ten innings.
May and z, 1907 and 190s-All Tri-
state games were postponed by rain.
May 13-Lelivelt, Reading, had
seven chances in center field.
May 1s-Williamsport did not have
man left on base in a nine inning
game at Altoona.
May 26-ward, Farrell and Geller,
Altoona, made triple play.
June 17-In a nine-inning game at
Williamsport Stem, Trenton's first
baseman. had only two putouts and in
the two nine-inning games Of a double
header had but eight putouts.
June 1S-Williamsport made nine
hits with a total Of twenty bases off
Fertsch. Wilmington, in the ninth in
ming OF the first game and batted Kane
out OF the box twice in a double
header.
The two double headers played in
Williamsport June IS and 10, between
Williamsport and wilmington are rec
ords Seventy-two runs were scored.
forty-nine by Williamsport and
twenty-three by Wilmington. Twenty
nine safe hits were made with a total
of 151 bases. There were four home
runs. fifteen three -baggers and ten
two base hits. The team batting
average OF the wiliamsport team for
the four games was .431.
June 24-Johnstown shut out Will
mington in both games of a double
header, winning the first on two hits.
June 12-In the Harrisburg Reading
game 25 runs were scored and 35 hits
with a total OF Sc bases. Six pitchers
were used.
June 25-In the Williamsport-Lan
caster game 21 runs were scored and 33
hits with a total of AZ bases. Four
pitchers were used.
July 3-In the Williamsport- Reading
game thirteen bases were stolen, seven
by Williamsport and six by Reading.
July 16-Calhoun, Harrisburg. mad
IS put-outs at first base. The league
record is held by Conn, then with
York, who had % put-outs on Septem-
ber II, 1906. Whitney, Wiliiamsport
had p put-outs April 25. 1907.
July 21-Cockill Williamsport, had
three put-outs at first base in a. nine
inning game.
July 2s-In the seventh inning of the
Williamsport- Trenton game Mattern
struck out three men and Warhop
struck out two and threw the other
out at first base
During the week of August 3, Will
Ifrt ,nrt MD H.,a do.
winning all four. Rain prevented play
the other two days
August 1s-In the sixth inning Of
the Williamsport-T Trenton game every
Trenton player scored a run.
August 26-Nuer, Johnstown struck
out twelve men, the seasons strike out
record. Brady, Johnstown. also struck
out the same number, but his record
was made in a thirteen-inning game
The league strike-out record was made
by Wigs, Altoona. who struck out Il
Reading men August 80 1907.
August S1-Altoona made five do1-
BILE plays in one game.
September 3-Koepmann and Poole
were both injured in the same game
and Johnstown had to borrow catch-
er to finish the game
September 3--Lee. Altoona, made
seven errors at first base and Altman
had twelve errors, both Of which arc
league recods.
September 3-Umpire Tom Connors
was so badly injured by foul tip that
he was out of the game the balance
Of the season.
September 9-Johnstown broke Har-
risburgs winning streak at fifteen sue
cessive victories.
September 9-Reisling hit ball into
right field in Winiamsport that rolled
out to the fence. where il struck the
end Of a scantling which is used tc
prop the fence. ran up the prop to the
top Of the fence and then dropped ovel
on the other side.
September lin the Williamsport.
Altoona game Altoona made 2s base
hits and Williamsport 27, a total oi
70 bases. This is a new Tri-State rec.
ord.
September lin the four game.
played there were 1870 base hits made
an average for the eight teams of II
each.
Harrisburg's winning streak of II
straight victories, made in 1907 is thu
league record.
Reading holds the record for con
secutive defeats. having II straight il
1907.
The Tri-State extra inning record 4
held by Johnstown and Reading, wit
went 21 innings August s, 1907, befor
Johnstown won, to 3.
On August s. 1907, Glendon hell
Lancaster to one hit, while Altoon
made seven and yet lost TO Lancaster
to O.
The most peculiar pitching record o
the league is held by Porter who, o.
August 20, 1907. gave twelve bases O
balls. struck out ten men and allowe
but FIVE hits.
The longest 10 game in the Tri
b state was played September ?. 1sO'
between Wilmington and Trenton, tn
former winning in fifteen innings.
Altoona and Reading played a nine
? inning game in SO minutes. Septembe
r 10. 1907, the Tri-State record for shoi
; games.
B Hartley. Lancaster, holds the Trl
e state batting record for single game
4 on July Is. 1906. he made three HON
. runs and two singles at Johnstown o
I Glendon and Gray
. Williamsport's feat OF winning bot
i, games of a double header from Hai
risburg. August Z, 1906. on a total Z
five base hits has not been duplicate
Another peculiar game which hs