Evening journal., 1911-06-30
CHICKS SOFT
FOR ROSES
Get Only One Run This Time
From Speedy Lancaster
Boys
BUSCHER PROVES EASY
In THE SECOND GAME

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
LANCASTER, Pa. June SO.-In re-
venge for the defeat Of the previous
day the Roses came back at the Chicks
yesterday and enacted the humbling
process IN good shape by a score OF
to /. Buscher was unsteady at times,
and received shady support, even he
himself getting into the error column
by vicious heave to second after a
throw-in to catch a runner going TO
second, sending the ball out to the
fence and admitting an extra run.
The Roses, after Mckinley and Lush
had received unconditional release
Wednesday. took a decided brace and
were considerably strengthened by the
presence Of Catcher LarRns behind
the bat. Marty Hogan having secured
him from Connie Mack, who Is said to
think very we'll OF the young back
stop. Their hitting was somewhat
superior to that of the Chicks, and
had the quality Of consecutivenes6 that
resulted in tallies.
In both games It appeared as II II
was up to Wilmington to initiate the
ecore-board. when the locals would
then fail in for tho follow-up game
Matthews started out extremely well
for Wilmington In the first inning
with a three-bagger to centre-field
fence. Marhefka unfortunately lined
ont a swift bounder 10 Third Base
man Hooper, which the latter quick
lv felded in time to catch Matthews
at the plate Marhefka took too big
a distance away from first and was
caught mapping as he stumbled and
fell while returning TO the bag.
In the fourth inning Marhefka
singled and got to the next station
on Frifz's sacrifice, but he became
stranded when Brent and Bastian
famed.
After two were out in the NTH,
There was safe on an error by
Smalling and when Buscher laced out
pretty double to centre the first
baseman counted.
In both the seventh and ninth
rounds the Chicks were Afforded
chances to cross the PAN but the
needed hits we're not forthcoming. In
the former inning with one down,
Harkins passed a double to left held
but There and Buscher we're easy
outr
I'm the nintn, hltel bieH' anu '''
tlan had flied out on long hits 70
coveleskie in right garden, keister
landed safely on an error OF Cnaoek'
and advanced bag when Harkins
SINGLED to centre. There, however,
went out on a grounder, Hooper 20
enine
N4fhefka. and Keister and Marhefka,
cn- of runs on the part OF the locals
in the first and fourth innings. In the
NTH. which proved to be the big
inning for the Roses, Thomas got to
FIRST station on Marhefka's error,
when he muffed an easy ny. Larkins
followed with a single. was advanced
on Chahek's out and both counted
on Joyce's hit to Matthews. Murray
followed up his advantage with n
blnele to the same territory and Joyce
scurried around the paths for score.
In Matthew'S throwing 10 catch Joyce
at home plate Buscher intercepted the
ball. which was too late to catch
Joyce. and made a lusty heave toward
second bag TO catch Murray, hut In
stead OF locating the bag he heaved
the sphere out to centre field fence
and Murray counted for a total OF
four
Things quieted down in the sixth
Inning, but the locals resumed hos
tilities IN the next time at bat and
added two to the total After two
were down. Joyce singled to the in
field Both Keister and Marhefka
were under the ball. but by a GER
tain species OF hypnotism each waited
on the other to do the easy stunt, and
the leather dropped between them.
Murray again followed up his ad-
vantage with a single to Bastian,
which put Mike Joyce on third, and
both counted when Johnnie Coveleskie
lined out beautiful three-bagger to
centre field fence.
The seventh tally resulted in the
eighth. Hooper singled. stole second
and after the next two men went out
on flies, came home on Larkins' three
bagger. The score.