Evening journal., 1913-05-06
Let's Get
Acquainted

their home grounds. They played
like champions for seven innings yes
terday. but blew up and the Athletics
gave them a last trouncing before
starting west Plank allowed but two
hits. One was a home-run by
Sweeney.
Six errors might appear to be
enough to lose a game, but while
Washington was making this number,
Boston chalked up four and with a
mixture Of hits Washington won.
No games in the American League
today, the eastern teams being on
their way west. The western teams
open in the east in the National.
President Lynch, Of the National
League, dismissed the recent protest
Of the Philadelphia against the New
York club. Lynch found that the
"rut" behind the pitchers box at the
/ Polo Grounds was caused by the
washing of rains when a new rubber
was put down and held that it did not
constitute a breach Of the rule that
the field should slope from the box
TO every base line The scores Of the
two games covered by the protest
stand
l.a nInr a.
horn and il may also be improper to
squawk about ourselves. but never
theless we gotta ease a little bouquet
to our ball club. -Four out of five
will win any pennant. and as that IS
what Manager Jackson's crowd did
last week we feel It our duty to hand
out the flowers.
Heckert is sending around a paper
on which the York fans are 10 state
what color they would prefer in the
material for the 1914 Tri-State Lea
que pennant.
Paul Davis. a former Tri-state
player, has been signed by Heckert
TO play first base. He will Join the
team next Sunday Pitcher Hightow-
er, Of the Buffalo club. has been turn
ed over 70 York Manager has re-
leased Pitcher vordenberg and Out
fielder Brent
Remember the one most important
thing-root for the clubl
Tri-State fans are much surprised
with the poor showing Of Pep"
Young, the Harrisburg infelder who
started off in great shape for the New
York Highlanders, but he has taken
an awful slump. pep" seemed TO
lose all his nerve playing before the
big American league crowds. A lit
tie more minor league experience is
what Pep needs.
Manager Billy Clymer pulled on a
trade for his Buffalo baseball team
last Saturday He let Art McCabe.
OF Wilkes-Barre, and Hank Perry.
with Detroit last season and formerly
with the York Tri-State club. go to
Jersey City for Pitcher Mains. Clymer
had five or six good fielders, but
needs a pitcher.
The Federal League season will get
under way this afternoon with the
Chicago Federals opening with the
natives on the university diamond
/ President Charley Sherlock Of the
lChioago team accompanied his men
to ST. Louis for the first game.
Manager Stahl of Boston was re-
ported as resting comfortably TODAY
after the successful operation on his
FOOT, In which hone growth was re.
moved. According TO the surgeons
Jake should be playing again within
two weeks and sohuld be faster thar
ever as II was the trouble with hi,
loot that slowed him up last season
, Walter "Whirlwindn Johnson. car
carve his name on the pinnacle O
D the Washington monument and Their
5 viii be no complaint from the resi-
e dents OF Washington. The big pitche
e Is believed TO be en- route to the estab
hshment of a new pitching record
To date Johnson has pitched 43 .
r innings without being scored on an
a there is only a solitary tally charge
l. against him so far this season. Tha
Q was made in the opening game of m
season because Of misplays by hi
teammates. Johnson has won 81
II straight victories. more than half {
e the eleven tailed on the winnin
q sheet OF the locals