Evening journal., 1912-03-11

games at home with Trenton on Julv
4. and two at home with Reading on
Labor Day, September 3. The Chicks
play two games at Trenton on Memoir
ial Day, May 30. The Chicks open
their season at Trenton on May 1 and
have their own home opener on the
following day, Thursday, May ?. After
playing the Labor Day games at home
with Reading. the Chicks go to Tren-
ton for games on September and 4,
ending their schedule.
The Saturday games at home are.
With lork-May IL and July 27.
With Johnstown-June and
August II.
With Harrisburg-June %.
With Altoona-July 13.
With Reading-July 90
With Trenton-August TO-
With Lancaster-August 81
The holiday games at home are.
July with Trenton, morning and
afternoon.
September 2. Labor Day-With
Reading. morning and afternoon.
The schedule calls for 112 games.
The season opens on May 1, when
Johnstown will play at Altoona. York
at Harrisburg. Lancaster at Reading.
and Wilmington at Trenton. The sea-
son will close on September 4.
President Carpenter has computed
the mileage Of all clubs, and it shows
tnat Johnstown will pay out rather
more for railroad fare than any of the
other clubs. Johnstown is scheduled
to travel 1866 miles, Altoona, 1856;
wilmington. 3545; Trenton. 3445;
harrisburg, S139; Reading. 303S:
York, 3012; Lancaster. 1868.
Material for Fast Team.
The Chicks approach the opening
with a good lot of material from
which to pick a winning team. Mr..
Brown, Mr.. Cassidy and Mr.. jackson
are working together for big season
and from all indications they will not
be disappointed. The only cloud on
the horizon Just now is that over
South Side Park. but this promises to
disappear ahead of the first genuine
March wind. Should it not. the
Chicks will timber up and open the
season at Front and Union streets.
where they will hold forth until June
4, when the team owners will take
possession Of South Side Park under
their own lease. OF coure. new stands
and fences will have to be built at the
old park, unless the team owners can
get the presen. property at fair
price. But if the warning parties can
not agree ON the price the team will
pay at front and Union streets until
the new grounds are ready.
TO date the owners of the club have
signed seven pitchers, FIVE catchers.
six infelders and five outfielders Last
seasons players are: There and Har-
lsns, catchers; Muth. Brazell and
Meyers, pitchers; infielders. Bastian
Fritz and Marlefka: outfielders
Brent, Weeks, Silknetter and Mat
Ihews.
Among the new players signed are:
1atchers, Abbot. Bransfield and
Reilly; pitchers. Smith. Tobin.
Nykoh, Mederia; infelders. Miller,
scott, Fritz. Byrne and Jabeck; out
ielder, Jackson.
Harry Fritz, the former Central
High School boy. is expected to be
me Of the star infielders of the
eague.
Brazell, who did excellent mound
work during the latter part of last I
is expected TO be one OF the
nainstays. He says he never was in
letter condition.
Cassidy says Silknetter is a comer.
md he also declares that Smith will
'e one Of the star .twirlers Of the
eague.
Jmpires Are Named.
President Carpenter has announc-
d three of the four umpires-Thomas
ionnors, John Gochnauer and Thomas
keenan,, all former arbitrators.
Manager Hank Ramsey. who man /
ged the Altoont Tri-State League
'lub last year was in Trenton the
ther night and according to his own
tatements he has a pretty likely
ooklng team lined up for Troy, in the
Sew York State League.
4 comparison OF records on work
lone during the 1911 season shows
nat leonard Frost. the young Tren-
on player, whom Manager Manning
proposes to use regularly behind tho i