Evening journal., 1912-08-19
FOUR STRAIGHT
FROM CHESTER
Chicks Clean Up Last Game
of Series in Two Inning
Rally
ON ROAD WEDNESDAY
FOR EIGHT GAMES

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Wilmington made clean up of
the Chester series. taking the two
Saturday games by scores Of TO 4
and 6 to 5. The Chicks had no
trouble tucking away the first game.
but they had 10 go some to cop the
second. Batting rallies In the sixth
and seventh innings did it while the
$500 fans who were present, lead in
the grand chorus by Dixie Kid
Meyers, shouted themselves hoarse.
Meyers. incidentally. was ordered of
she coaching inc by Gochanaur for
inciting the riot. IL was the best
dnish the Chicks have put on any Of
their games and was a promise that
at is In them any old time from now
40 the finish.
Kerr, Barker and Jackson were the
hitting stars of the day. the former
two drawing five each, and Jackson
getting out with three. Meyers hit
for a double and a triple, his triple
IN the first game putting the Chicks
on the lead by a wide margin, and
his double in the second game tieing
np the score and paving the way to
The Chick victory. Comfy, who started
the first game against Tobin, had to
he derricked after the third inning
when the Chicks hit him for five hot
ones which netted four runs. Iron
Man" Taylor started the second game
for the Chicks against Barker, but
he-was off color and had to be yanked
out after two Chesterites were on in
the third inning. He had winged
Conn. walked Crawford and Fink and
allowed two hits. Nicholson went in
although he walked Conn. and allow
ed one hit in the half Chester scored
three runs off two sacrifice flies and
Barker's single. After that Nicholson
was tight, holding Chester TO but one
extra hit.
Chester tried out ODonnelI behind
tho bat in the second game but the
speed was too much for the lad.
Dolph another newcomer. worked be-
hind the pan for the visitors in the
first game and he also was up against
too hard a proposition. Now that
Chester has a home. the team will
take on two receivers. Ketter quit
the club two weeks ago.
The Chicks put up the first run in
the second inning OF the first game
on Marhefka's walk. McKenna's sacri-
nee. Dolph's passed ball and Fritz's
sacrifice fly to Barker. -Four runs
came across in the third inning OF
sineels by MarheflSa. McKenna. and
Tobin. double by Kerr and triple
hv Meyers Weeks walk, steal. Nc
Cleary's error and wild pitch sem
rstL
son S walk. another passed ball and
Croh's double sent jackson over in
the fifth Another passed ball Kerr's
single Tobin's out Kerr's steal OF
third and Poland's error made the
total nine in the eight inning.
Chester scored their first run OF the
FIRST game in the second inning of
Follansbee's double. Barker's sacri-
nee and Crawford's single They got
their remaining tallies OF the game
IN the ninth inning off Tohin's error.
Barker's single, a double by Crawford
and triple by McClearly.
Each team hung up a run the first
time up in the second game. The
Chicks got theirs after Marhefka and
McKenna were down on Fritz's double
and Jackson's single
When the sixth inning opened Ches-
ter was leading by a three run mar
gin but when the Chicks finished they
were but one tally back. Singles by
Groh and Nicholson. Kerr's third
double and O'Donnell's passed ball
turning the tide in favor Of the
Chicks They came back in the
seventh inning with the winning run.
Fritz opened the big stuff by drawing
walk. Jackson and Meyers hit for
doubles and Groh sacficq infeld
ahead OF another passed ball by
D'Donnell. the combination putting
Fritz and jackson across tieing Ut
the game. and leaving Meyers on
third Barker got instructions to wall
Weeks and had put two bad oneI
scross. but the third one came close
enough 10 let Fred rap It 10 McCleary
scoring Meyers with the winning rur
while two men were down.
Chester's first run IN the second
game also came after two men wer,
down. Conn was winged, stol'
second and scored on Kerr's error
Three more runs came in the thirt
inning. Poland singled ara Taylor
walked Fink and threw a bad one Z,
first to keep Conn on before Nicholson
went, in. Nick walked Conn and the
pans were loaded. Follansbee sacri.
feed to jackson scoring Poland
Barker singled scoring Fink anc
Crawford sacrificed to jackson again
scoring Conn.
They got their fifth run on Poland's
walk, Fritz's slow fielding on Fink's
bounder and Conn's life. The scores.
First Game.
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