Evening journal., 1912-06-18
EVEN BREAK
FOR THE CHICKS
Llwellyn Wins First and Bra
zeIl Loses Second Of Johns
town Double Header
HOME RUN RECORD
HUNG UP IN GAME

Johnstown and Wilmington broke
even in the last Of the series here
yesterday afternoon and at the same
time hung up a record in home run
hitting, the teams driving out FIVE cir
cult wallopers in the two games
Meyers performed the extraordi-
nary feat of driving two Of the long
drives. the first Of them in the ninth
Inning winning the first game for the
Chicks by 3 to score AL
though Poland's came on the sec
pnd ball that was handed to him the
FIRST time up in the second game IL
NAL be pu down as the run that lost
the Chicks the second game by a to
8 score. The games abounded in many
thrills that might have sent the 1900
Chick fans home in even better spir-
Its had Brazell who pitched the
second game shown anything like
form. He walked seven men, one Of
whom scored and got himself in so
deep frequently that only brilliant
helding kept Johnstown from scoring
q bunch of runs
Harry Llewellyn got his stride at
last. The article Of ball he pitched in
in the first game was the best that
has, been seen here this year and the
Tri-State twirler who beats him will
have to pitch better than a three-hit
six strike out game. Harry did not
hesue more than the usual number Of
passes and all att times demonstrat-
ed that he had the stuff that goes TO
make a good pitcher.
The team goes 10 Reading today to
Ut..fJ J~r
fo play a six game series beginning
with Harrisburg.
Goetell was opposed to Llewellyn
IN the first game. Neither club did
anything in the run getting until the
fifth inning when Johnstown put Bar
ker over on his own life Kerr's pass
ed ball and Goetells single.
Kerr's homer over left field fence
in the fifth evened matters until the
eighth inning when McKenna,
after walking and stealing second,
scored ahead of Fritz's single.
Fink tied the thing up in the ninth
off a homer over the left field fence,
but in the ninth inning Meyers clean
ed up for the Chicks with his first
homer of the day over the right field
fence.
Johnstown stared the second half
like a house on FIRE Poland hit one
of Brazell's safe ones over the right
field fence for a circuit wallop and
before the half was over eight men
had faced him He walked Newton
Conn sacrificed Raub and Follansbee
hit. Newton going over before Fink
famed McClelland was safe on Me-
cherly's boot but Barket struck out
ending the half
The Chicks did nothing until the
second inning when Meyers landed
his second home run outside the right
field fence.
McKenna's triple in the third sent
Marhefka across. Brazell's passes 10
McClelland and Barker and Bentley e
single gave Johnstown another tally
IN the fourth.
In the same inning Mecherly sin
gle. Meyers sacrifice and Kerr's sin
gle put the Chicks even with the
Johns. after they had played BRILL.
ant ball back Of Brazell TO get him
out OF the trouble his passes had
put him in.
Johnstown won the game in thu
seventh inning off singles by Newton
Raub and Follansbee.
Tom Corners got into the game
after a three weeks absence and die
not draw kick from Johnstown un
III Meyers hit his clean four bas
vallop over the fence in the ninth in
ming Of the first game. Conn though
the ball was good for only two bases
The score.
First Game.