Evening journal., 1912-04-27
TRI-STATE in
CLOSE RACE
Success Of Season Depends on
This, President Carpenter
Says
VILLA NOVA WARM
UP CHICKS To-Day

That the success Of the Tri-State
league this year depends largely upon
che closeness Of the race is the belief
Of President Carpenter In view of the
TACT that every club in the league is
making efforts to strengthen, the chief
executive is assured that there will
be no runaway race for the pennant.
1T looks like good amusement
year." Carpenter said. The interest in
Tri-State baseball has been growing
steadily for some time and all the
clubs in the circuit are evincing a
determination to make their particular
club the winner That is as it should
be- The admission OF Allentown to the
league will create lot of additional
interest and as / figure up the pos
sible final personnel of the clubs ! be-
iieve that they are more evenly match
ed than ever before in my experience.
Unless one or two clubs are crippled
by accidents or show surprisingly
poor form, the race will be nip and
tuck from the tap OF the bell"
The league will suffer 10 some ex-
tent on account of the injuries to
players in the big leagues. Many Of
the youngsters who are now filling the
places of veterans who are out OF the
game because of injuries would other
wise have been sent to the minors and
the Carpenter clubs would have gotten
their share. Trenton is the only club
on the circuit which has not accepted
farmed players. Heckert believes he
4..r uhn u
those teams that have borrowed men
with strings attached.
Allentown has released Jack Mat
thews to Johnstown and the turkey
trot" pitcher will twirl for Conn's
team this year Matthews Is said to be
a first class acquisition by Johns
town critics Wilmington will have
Ziegler back again this year. The
twirler was snapped up by Cleveland
last fall but got squeezed out and has
been returned to the Chicks. He will
add great strength to Jackson's pitch
ing staif.
The Johnstown players are up in
arms over the action of the club Of
ficials in permitting varied hued signs
and advertisements on the outfeld
fences. They claim the colors hurt
their eyes and interfere with their
Judgment of fiy balls In most places
such signs are painted green to cor
respond with the grass but in the
Flood City no attention has been
paid 10 color and there are grays
blacks. yellows, green's. reds and
whites. Several players were almost
M by halls because OF their inability
10 soc them coming. An effort will b.
made 10 have the signs changed.
This afternoon the Chicks are NJ
against villa Nova in the hardest
game of the practice season. Manager
Jackson will try out three pitchers
hut lust who they will he Is mol
known There. Abbott and HarkinS
will do the receiving Myers and Miller
who have been working on first base
will be watched with interest and
Ryrne will also be under the view oi
the rooters
From now until next Wednesday
when tho Tri-State season opens. the
fans will he scanning the lists n
players and their doings on the dia.
mond and already as man friends
have been made. thax. ssSilAs.aasA. .As6saARl
that their favorites will be retained
on the toam.
Lou Groh. who played In the New
England League last season has beer
signed by York. Groh will take thu
place Of Hafford. who is In the hosni
tai suffering from concussion OF th'
hrain and will not be able to get int,
the game for at least a month. Pitch
err Fritchley has quit the York team
and will enter Dickinson College.