Evening journal., 1912-06-26
FRITZ SAVES
CHICKS GAME
Two Base WaIlOp After Two
Men We're Down Cleans
Up for Locals
WIN GAME EARLY
THEN HAVE TO FIGHT

After the Chicks had won and then
lost the first game of the series with
York here yesterday afternoon, IL re-
mained for Harry Fritz 10 win il a
second time for his team with a two
baeger out back of theDurham hull In
the ninth inning after two Chicks had
been plucked OF all the flashy fin
ishes that have been seen here this
yesterdays was the best. Aside from
this fact the game will go dawn in
local Tri-State history as the most
nerve-racking, from the viewpoint Of
the Chicks, of any ever seen here.
Until rain threatened to call a halt
in the sixth inning, the game belong
ed 10 the Chicks BY a wide margin.
After that Pluvius helped York and
the game was either teams until
Harry Fritz determined that York
shouldn't win after his pals had let
up in the fourth and fifth inning while
they were in the lead. believing that
Pluvius would stop the proceedings
And what drivel Llewelyn was on
third, Marhefka on second and NC
Kenna on first when Harry's drive
landed in left field corner. Had
Harry cared he could have made
circuit out of the wallop. Even NC
Kenna would not cross the pan back
of the two runs that were needed 10
win. Only 100 fans saw the wind-up,
and In them the game will ever re-
main as the grandest, the best, the
most flashy the Chicks have ever put
up.
Weather conditions we're against
baseball. and strange to say, the con-
ditions seemed to be against the
Chicks in particular The home boys
opening with Salmon on the rubber,
drew FIVE runs the first time up on
Marhefka's walk. McKenna's triple,
Fritz's double. Jackson's single, Mech
erlv's rib stab. Meyers sacrifice
and Porte's error One more tally
came in the second half off Marhefka's s
single, after Tony had gone to second
on McKenna's out, Hopper TO kauff-
man. Fritz's out, Wagner to kauff-
man. and Porte's error.
York did not start until the fifth
inning. when Marhefka's error OF
Millman's bounder let the runner. get
on. after Porte had been winged.
Tony failed to, get Culp at first on his
slippery ball and Millman got across.
BY this time rain was falling heav-
ily. but Walker would not call the
game. The Chicks had the thing won
by a wide margin until York opened
in the sixth and after the stanza had
gone into history they had lost ap-
parently York evened up off singles
. by Wagner, Groh and Swayne, Mar
hefka's tumble Of Millmans bounder
Porte's pass. Culp's sacrifice and
doubles by Hooper and Kaufman, the
scramble netting York FIVE runs
The Chicks got one run lead in
their half Of the sixth off Meyers
walk, steal. and Weeks double tc
right
The slippery ball was responsible
for York's spurt. and believing that
Tobin was the man of the hour Jack
son hauled Salmon out and started
Tobin in the seventh inning. York
however, hit the same slippery bal
Tobin pitched as easily as they hac
the one Salmon put over. and after
the inning was over and York had
scored two runs off Wagner's double
and Groh's homer, Tobin was derrick
ed to make room for Llewelyn Th'
Chicks, however, in their half of the
seventh, had evened up OF Msrhefka'I
triple to center and singles by Nc
Kenna and Fritz
Then the break-away began. Yorl
could do nothing with Llewelyn Il