Evening journal., 1912-07-05
TIGERS GET
AWAY WITH TWO
Big Holiday Crowd See Chicks
Go Down to
Defeat
BAD UMPIRING HURTS
HOME BOYS CHANCE TO WIN

Sixty-fve hundred fans saw the
Chicks drop two games here yester-
day to Heckerts Tigers, the morning
game going by a Z TO s score and the
afternoon game by a 10 1 score.
The morning game was featured by
the poorest exhibition of umpiring
ever seen here, IL being so bad that
the Wilmington club owners refused
10 allow Weldron 10 of1ciate at the
afternoon game and telegraphed
President Carpenter to that effect AS
Weldrons successor did not arrive
IN time to work in the afternoon
game Llewelyn and Lloyd umpired
the game and did good work. The
morning game was also played under
protest after Weldron allowed the
fans to decide a play that cut the
Chicks out Of two runs which would
have tied the score. It came in the
third inning while McKenna was on
after two men we're down and two
runners across. Jackson hit the ball
out back of Johnson, who got under
Il while he was In the bleachers
Weldron at first declared that he had
not seen the play and allowed Nc
Kenna to score, holding Jackson on
third The Trenton players howled
against the decision, insisting that
johnson had held the ball. Several
hundred fans, crowding on the field
argued that Johnson had dropped the
ball After some of the excitement
had subsided Weldron walked, out to
the bleacherites and inquired II John
hA1l he kan l.
IDENTIFY said he had, for Weldron at
once threw the decision against the
Chicks and the runs were gone. If
Johnson held the ball he made the
greatest catch that has been made In
Tri-State ball for many years. The
play was hard to decide, II is true,
and Weldron would have been safe In
deciding it as he saw It. The police
had to protect Weldron after he left
the grounds
The Chicks lost the afternoon game
because of their inability to hit
''Rube" Oldham. Four scratch sim
giles we're all the Chicks could grab
of the boy and these were so far
apart that they yielded only one run.
Taylor, the new Chick twirler made
his first appearance at home and al
though he lost his game he showed
fine pitching qualities.
Each team had to use two pitchers:
in the morning game. Lloyd and Bax-
ter we're the first selections but Bax-
ter had to quit in the third inning
before anybody was down while
Trenton had piled up four runs of
Eve hits. n walk and knockout
LLOYD lasted until the sixth Inning
when the Chicks got next TO him foi
three hits that netted as many runs
and putting the Chicks one run back
Girard and Llewelyn finished the
game.
Oldham and Taylor opposed eacf
other in the second game. The Tigers
got on the run Job In the second
inning off Marhefka's boot Of Whit
neys bounder, Girard's triple and
Mitchell's single. Two more runs
came in the fifth inning OFF shingles
by Oldham, Clay and l.. Meyer and
Kerr's overthrow to head of Meyers
steal.
The Chicks got their only run IN
the seventh inning on Fritz's infielC
hit, Jacksons life, Meyers socrifc'
and errors by Girard and Meyer. Sc
effective was Oldham's pitching tina
the Chicks faced him only 80 times
He famed seven of the number and
OF the four hits he let out only two
went to the outfield. Meyers drov'
one TO center and Kerr dropped ont
in right that almost causd a COLI
sion between Clay and Whitney. AL
though the Chicks hit the ball hard
Clay, Johnson and Tiemier didn't giv'
the ball a chance TO fall safe Tha
outfeld put up a splendid game.
The scores.
Morning Game.