Evening journal., 1912-09-03
ERRORS CUT
CHICKS OUT
OF WINNING
Team Goes Bad in Second
Game Of the Allentown
Series
29 MEN FACE NICHOLSON
In GAME HE WON

Nicholson, in an attempt TO make
bis pitching record eight straight
wins. suffered setback here yester-
day afternoon when the Chicks threw
the ball all around the lot in the
second game of the last OF the
Allentown series and lost by an s TO
3 score. Groh was the star slammer
although only one of his bad heaves
sent a runner across. Meyers drive
TO third to stop Monroe-in the seventh
inning Of the second game let the
runner scross. and In the same half
McGeehan got across when Kerr
dropped Jackson's throw to stop the
runner. Jimmie ran from center field
after fielding Sutz's double to make
the play at the plate and had Kerr
held the ball the play would have been
a dandy. In the first inning Two OF
Groh's boots let Murray and Tarieton
on and both men scored. II seemed
impossible for Nicholson to get away
with two straights. AS II was ne
broke even in the hits and went the
sixteen innings in good shape and
would have won both games had the
Chicks put up anything like classy
ball back Of him in the last game
The first game was as clean and
fast as one would care tossee- Top
ham. throwing them over for Allen
town. was hit for seven clean ones.
Allentown got only four off Nicholson.
Rndolph and McGeehan dividing the
number. Only twenty nine men faced
Nicholson during the game. OF the
ou,nher he famed six and did notwalk
nna Topham on the other hand was
wild. tanning but one man., walking
two. winging anotheri and heaxanS
two bad ones.
Allentown collected their only run
in the FIRST game off Rudolph's double
10 cneter, Monroe's out, Marhetka 70
Meyers. and McGeehan'a single 20
center.
Marhefla's walk. passed ball, Nc
Kenna's out and Weeks out, Monroe
- Tarleton, scored the Chicks first
run in the first game. Groh'B walk,
Wild heave by Topham. TohinaH
sacrifce and Kerr's drive toleft sent
another Chick run up In the. seventh
inning, and Weeks single, another
wild heave by Topham and sacrihce
bv jackson and Meyers ended inc
Chicks run getting in the 'first game
When Nicholson trotted out 70 star
the second game the fans gave hin
hand. Kurtz went in for Allentown
rhe Wilmington waterloo started with
stutz hitting TO center for two bases
Murray rolled one to Groh who threw
Wild. Stutz going to third. Cannell
skied TO Marhefka who got the ball
after a hard run and held Stutz to
third. Tarleton hit to Groh and again
Louie heaved bad. Stutz and Murray
getting across. Rudolph tripled TO
center. scoring. Tarleton.
McGeehan's homer over the Jeff
Geld fence made up four for the
visitors In the fourth inning.
But 1t was in the seventh that the
Chicks sent the game against them
selves. Stutz's double TO left. Mon
. roes single and errors by Kerr
Meyers, and Groh sent up four ad'
ditional runs that wiped Nicholson
out OF an even. chance 20 w5n the
game.
The Chicks got their only three
tallies Of the game IN the third In
ming Kutz was on the mound and after
Marhefka and Nicholson had doubted
Week and Jackson had singled anC
Kerr walked, the combination yield
ing three Chick runs. Manning wen
In to finish the game. And a bril-
liant finish he put 10 It. He sen
every Chick back hitless. three OF 'th'
number being strike out The scores
First Game.
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