Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-04-09
VANS NOSE
OUT CHICKS
Mack Youngsters GO Hard to
Trim Locals by a z to !
Score
STEVENS GETS CHANCE
WITH BIG LEAGUERS

CONNIE MACK dhlbdho hOP' w
their great record by defeating the
Chicks" here yesterday by the score
of 2 to l. The game was one of
the closest and hardest played that
the Yanigans have experienced on the
tour, which is saying something, as
the big league recruits have won %
out of 25 games played
The game was one OF the prettiest
exhibitions of winter baseball ever
seen at Front and Union, and was
marked by snap and effort that one
would expect to see only in July OF
August. It was only after the full
nine innings that the Chicks we're
forced to take the pill OF defeat, and
the crowd showed its faith in the
boys by staying until the last man
was out at first.
Each team used three pitchers,
Houck Stephens and Coombs, the
great Iron Man, who single-handed
won a world series, opposed Brown,
Robertson and Cannell. of the Jack
son camp. The three twirlers gave
ihe smuggling Mackmen a battle royal,
and allowed them only four hits,
which Is some performance in mid
season, let alone the second game az
ter FIVE practices. The Wilmington
fielding was a bit off color, four errors
being made.
Tom Brown was the first local man
on the rubber and in him the Mack
men soon found that they we're up
against the real thing. Only one hit
was recorded against him, a->slash-
ing double from the bat OF Schang
who put up the best all-round game
Brown got into a bad hole in the
second round, when ne hit Fritz
walked Orr, and by his own error
filed the bases by mufing Davis
bhnt Lapp got to first when Fritz
was caught at the plate. and would
have been a double had not Doc Kerr
dropped the ball doc" needs to dc
quite bit more training before he
will be fit. and first base is not a
logical spot for him under any cir.
cumstances Brown famed Hough
and Lapp was retired at first.
Only one man above the legal mum
Der faced Houck. He stopped one
with his ribs. Four famed, four
went out via. the high, punk fly lin'
and one knocked feebly to Byron him
self
But three hits were counted OF LAM
Robinson, who twirled an eXcellen
game. CAMEL showed some rea
stuff and redeemed himself for tn
explosion that occurred in the mint
inning of the first game. But min
men faced him.
Mack sprung a real surprise Of
,p ho f,11nvyorsu of fha
when he introduced Arthur Stevens
a local boy as his second pitcher. Tn
local boy pulled off the real stun
the Chicks getting to him for onl
two hits during his stay on the rub
Der One OF these was high bounce
down the first base line. However, tn
only run Of the game was scored dur
ing this session. Stevens was wilC
having worked out but little thi
spring, but he showed enough stu
to warrant his retention for turtle
trial. The recruit is of the idea
Mack build for box work He is
years old, weighs 1856 pounds and I
one inch short of the six feet mari
He is graduate of St. John
ACADEMY, Baltimore. and has pitche
amateur ball here for two years.
The Vans scored in the third o
.Schang's double, Daley's out an
Flick's grounder Their winning ru
came over in the fifth, on Taffs single
Schang's pass and Daley's rap for
base
Harry Fritz was given great han
when he came to the bat, bu. Oh
former Chick was oil on a vacatic
with his stick and failed to get a hi
In the latter part of the game kei
went behind the bat, and Shollei
berger went to first, where he playe
star game.
The SCORE