Evening journal., 1909-09-23
DATA ON THE
TRI-STATE SEASONS
Principal Events of Past Sea-
son And Records of Former
Years


Now that the Tri-state League base
hall curtain has been runs down on the
1903 campaign a review OF the records
made In every department OF the game
as compared with the records OF previ-
Gus years will be interesting.
a number OF peculiar contests were
played during the past season and many
excellent pitching and batting records
were established. Some OF tho things
in connection with Tri-State League ball
worth knowing follows:
April 2s and 29-Harrishurg made one
hit each day on williamsport pitch
err.
May e-rrenton used five pitchers
against Winiamsport In an eleven in
ming game but did not win.
May i9-Coughlin, Wilhamsport. made
four runs and four base hits with to-
tai OF six In four times at bat, of salve,
OF Johnstown.
May 2s-Keiler, OF Altoona. had but
two put outs az first base In seven In
ming game against Wllliamsport
June Williamsport shut out Harris
burg two games.
June 1i-Four shut-out games were
played in tho Tri-State.
June 14-President Carpenter fined Will
Transport 500 and took five games away
for breaking the salary limit The five
games were awarded 10 York.
June 26-In the Altoona Harrisburg
game all OF Altoona's FIVE hits we're two
haggers and two OF Harrisburgs three
hits were two baggers.
/ July Sin the Altoona Harrisburg game
there were twenty-one runs and thirty
five base hits.
July -wiiliamsport scored fourteen
runs to Harrisburg's ten and twenty
three base hitt to Harrisburg's four
teen.
July 20-Seven home runs were made In
the Wlliamsport-R Reading game.
July Williamsport scored ten runs
in the first inning, off Teal, Altoona.
July wiliamsport defeated Harris
burg 90 TO 2. making % base hits on
Hich and Zimmerman.
August i6-For the second time I'm the
season four shut outs we're recorded IN
the Tri-State.
August 1s-Lancaster made % runs and
SO base hits on skillman and Gray, Of
Johnstown. This IS a record In modern
baseball
August so-The longest game Of the
season. fifteen innings Williamsport G.
Altoona s.
August 3O-In a double header, at Har-
risburg. Gray. Of Johnstown, made nine
base hits in ten times at bat
September 6-Eleven home runs were
made in the Williamsport-Altoona game
This Is a record
The strike out record for 1909 Is held
liointly by Stroud. of Williamsport. and
Matthews. Of Trenton, each Of whom
struck out thirteen men I'm nine-in-
ming game. The league strike-out re-
cord is held by Wigs. Altoona, who
struck out fifteen Reading men Au'
gust 80. 1907
WfIamsport and Altoona hold tn
record for the longest and shortest ful
games OF the 1909 TriState season
The longest game was played Angus
80 and went fifteen innings. III
: shortest game was played Septemb'
! s. went nine innings and was playe
4 I'm one hour and three minutes. It
. a peculiar coincidence that the sam
0 teams should appear in both record
6 and that both games should he playe
in WiIliamsport Another peculiarit
: the pitchers in both gaines
In a nine inning game at Williams
port. June ~, 1908. stem, Trenton
first baseman, had only two put-out
and I'm the two nine inning games Of
double header had but eight put-outs
Kroh. JohnstoWn. holds the Tri stat
record. made May l. 1908. of pitching
ten Inning no hit game against VII
mington.
MAY 6 and Z, 1907 and 1908, all Tri
3 state games were postponed by rain.
The two double headers played II
Williamsport June is and 10. 1908. be-
tween Wnliamsport and Wilmington
are records Seventy-two runs wer
, scored. forty nine by Williamsport an'
twenty-three by Wilmington. Twenty
! nine safe hits were made with tota
of f51 bases There were four hom
runs. fifteen three -baggers and ten tw
baggers. The team hitting average o
: the Willlamsport team for the fou
games was .4S1.
June "a. 1908, Johnstown shut on
+ wilmington in both games Of double
header winning the first on two HIT
It The league record for put outs q
10 first base is held by Bert Conn, the
is with York. who had % put-outs o
september II. 1906. Whitney, VIII
Transport, had q put-outs April 2
B; 1907
! During the week of August 3, l90
Williamsport played four double-head
ers. winning all four. Rain prevente
3. playing the other two days.
August 81. 1908. Altoona, made fiy
double plays in one game.
l. September 3, 1908. Koepmann an
II Poole we're both injured in the SAN
game and Johnstown had to borrow
catcher to finish the game.
September 8, 1908. Lee, Altoona. mad
b. seven errors at first base and Altoor
e. had twelve errors. both Of which al
q, league records.