Evening journal., 1912-06-14
EVEN BREAK
FOR THE CHICKS
Lose First But Win Second
Of Double Header With
Trenton
MANY THRILLS
In WITH THE GAME

Five thousand fans, the hlggeSt
crowd that has rooted for Whining
ton ball team for years. saw the
Chicks break even with Trenton in the
last pair of the series here yesterday
afternoon. The first game, hard-hit-
ting exhibition, on the part OF nren
ton, went against the Chicks by an II
10 ? score. The second game this time
hard hitting exhibition on the part
Of the Chicks, went against Trenton,
& 10 4. One unusual incident was the
fact that Trenton got fifteen hits in
the first game while Wilmington was
drawing nine and that Wilmington
drew fifteen in the second game while
Trenton was annexing nine. Whining
ton worked Llewellyn. Darlington and
Salmon in the first game and Tobin
and Llewelyn in the second game.
Trenton started both games with Mat
thews on the mound and he held good
until the second inning Of the second
game After that the Chicks hit him
hard and won easily. Llewellyn after
loosing the first game in the first in
ming by allowing four hits and one
walk. came back in(the second game
after Tobin had been pulled out. al
lowed but two hits and breezed seven.
Harry had speed 10 burn and seems to
have gotten his start az last Trenton
beat him in the FIRST game It is true,
but two Of the four hits they tore off
tho first time up went into the inheld
and should have been easy outs. Oar
lington succeeded Llewellyn in first
game and lasted two and two-third in
nings during which time Trenton hit
him for seven clean ones. yielding six
runs and sailing the game Salmon !
then got busy and held Trenton to
four hits that netted four runs.
Jackson, Mecherly. Clay. Myers |
johnson and Moriarity drew a brace !
Of hits and Mitchell three in the first |
game. Clay's total for the day was |
five in eight times up.
The second game brought joy to the
hearts Of the local fans. The Chicks
started the game as though deter
mined to win. sending McKenna
across on his hit, drive by Fritz, and
Myers boot Myers opened the sec
ond with double to right. Weeks was
out, Myers 10 Whitney: Kerr singled,
scoring Myers and going to second on
Clay's tumble of the ball. Tobin's
single sent Kerr TO third but he stuck
there as Marhefka famed and Nc
Kenna flied out 20 Clay.
Trenton got next to Tobin in their |
first Of the fourth inning. Tiemyer |
started the trouble by beating out an
infleld hit, Doubles by Whitney and !
Moriarity, Mecherly's bad throw OF
kavanaughs bounder a single by
Mitchell and a double by Clay sent
four runners across Tobin then made
way for Llewellyn, who walked Myers.
but famed c. Johnson and Tiemyer,
the latter coming up for the second
time. Matthews had previously bunted
third strike, ending the half. From
that point Llewellyn stood Trenton up
in great style. They got but two hits
of his delivery and seven OF them
went back on called strikes. Whining
ton, meanwhile was gathering steam.
In their portion of the half Myers,
Weeks and Kerr got across off hits by
themselves ahead OF Llewellyn's safe
one The hitting put the Chicks one
run to the good but the total was not
beyond the danger line. They came
back in the fifth inning with three
more runt of singles by Jackson,
Mccherly. Weeks and Llewellyn, a
double by Kerr and Myers sacrifice.
The runs put the game in the cooler
for tho Chicks. In the fifth inning Kerr
had his thumb split by a foul tip and
had TO get out Of the game for a few
minutes.
The first game was Trenton's from
the start. Singles by Clay. Myers,
Johnson. MoriarityS Kavanaugh
homer by Mitchell and Whitneys walk
sent. six runners across. Singles by
Myers and Johnson and Tiemyer's
out notted another run in the second
half In the third half Trenton hung
mp two more tallies. off singles by
Mitchell and Clay and a double by
Matthews
Salmon was pitching when Trenton
started the fourth inning Johnson
was an easy out. Marhefka to Myers.
Tiemyer hit and Whitney went out TO
Johnson. Moriarity was safe when
Weeks dropped his ny. Before Kava-
naugh went out to McKenna Tiemyer
and Moriarity pulled OF a double
steal Tiemyer scoring Singles by
Whitney and Mitchell and Moriarity's
walk sent Whitney across in the ninth
inning with Trenton's last run.
The Chicks had gone down TO the
ninth inning without getting a runner
on third. When they stepped up for the
last time they seemed determined TO
escape a shut out and at once got
busy on the run job. Fritz opened
with a single and Jackson and Mech
erly followed suit Myers sacrificed.
Weeks got on through a choice and