Evening journal., 1913-07-21
BASEBALL
diamond News and GOssip.
On the road for ten games.


The Chicks make the start with an
eigh game lead.
Last week they won four OF their six
games II they do as we'll the coming
len days the lead will hold good,
Jackson put the Chicks in the lead
on Saturday by his home-rm drive.
The batIng averages this week show
McNenna hitting close 20 the 800 mark.
This Is Macs best year in baseball.
Fritz leads the Chicks in long hits. his
record being twelve doubles, four
triples and hvc homcrs.
In :hc absence OF the Chicks on Thurs.
day The Chinks from the Honolulu Uni
Ncrsity viii be- ON the old ball lot Billy
NcGoNan. who attended the university,
will umpire the game and It will be
some game.
parkside seems to have struck the
skids. Rockford trimmed them tor the
third time on Saturday.
With stevens back in the game Van.
de,er ought TO get somewhere. The boys
-lumpcd badly after Stevens was OBJ
iged to quit because OF m injured ankle.
just To show that hc Is good hitter,
: eve drew long bunch OF hits in the
saturday game.
After ten years absence from the
game Tommy Doughcrty filled Ia for
hillside. but Tommy amounted TO little.
HILLSIDE lost again.
Joe }oehlng turned his tenth straight
victory tor Washington against the
White SoX. OF the six hits on Bochlmg
Recmi. Larry Chappelle connected with
two.
Mitchell htld Boston to four hits. but
lost his game He struck out eight men
and gave but one base on balls. An err
ror by Chapman starred the trouble in
the ninth and the Maps were nosed out.
Every man in the Athletic lineup
contributed to the total of fifteen hits
/ of Loverenez and Allison. the Brown
pitchersA With the exception OF Walsh
ochang and Plank they connected for
two euch
The Yankees and Tigers plowed
around IN the mud for nearly two hours
and the New Workers proved the bes in
! the heavy going. The Nunks used ur
hrcc Dotrot pitchers.
Following Umpire Walkers recent
trouble IN the Allentown-Atlantic Ci.A
game Bll Coughlin has preferred
charges against the ump.
Walter Johnson is brec1ing along on
another straight win record He has
already taken siN straigh victories. "A,
hopes to make this eight before return
l ing TO Washington. where on August >
fans will muik his sixth anniversar,
in the big league by presenting him witt
ia loving cup.
With few more men like Reed
ON the team Hillside might get some.
where. The lad uncoi ked three hit.
in The Saturday game.
Murphy Is congratuating himself
( Oi the four games parkside has lost
/ Rockford has grabbed three of them
Holloveck is showing some OF nis
old time speed and control. On sat
urcay be allowed eleven hits an,
breczcd eleven men.
Manager Grifhths, OF the Washing
,on Americans today issued an or
der that his men snail take no NOR
rlungcs in the lake during the CHI
cseo series unless the water is calm
Five OF Grifiith's charges. includiu
Pitcher Walter Johnson. narrowly cs
capped death from drowning after yes
tcrdays samc. -Four Of thcm-Iohn
son, Ainsmith. Henry ana Laportc
were carried out by the unicrtoy
while jumping the hig waves. Th
fifth, lnficidor Gcdcon was lifted by
huge breaker and tossed against
pier, rendering him unconscious. Gel
con would have drowned had not ot'i
or bathcrs como to his rescue. Ii
was taken TO his hotel room and re
vivod.
President Ban Johnson of the Amer
lean League expected 10 Issue an o
iic'al statement today declaring tha
tho league can take no Official coz
nizance OF the protest made by Man
+ agcr Frank Chance of the New Yor
HishlaDders. over the deal that CAV
Hal Chase to tho Chicago White So,
in exchange for In6c'ders Borton an
Zeider