Evening journal., 1913-05-02

Twenty-Five hundred fans, enthused
BY the Chicks victory over Allentown
on Wednesday cheered them on to VIC
tory in the Tri-State opening here
yesterday afternoon. by the tight score
OF ] TO 0. Whether the presence OF
niGovernor Charles r. Miller, Mayor
Harrison w Howell or President
Charles f. Carpenter was an extra
. incentive is not known. The game the
va Chicks won was one of those games
that belong to either team until the
last man is down. and will go down
!. as one of the fastest games ever play
ed in any home town on an opening
day.
OF course. there we're frills. Gov
ernor Miller. not forgetting the days
of his youth when he played ball on
the lots threw the ball into the field,
4. which was the signal to Craven TO
start things, and the game was on.
Rawnsley's Band struck up that ia
miliar song. Take Me Out to the
Ball Game" and the fans caught up
the air. and rising to their feet
yelled for Brown to get busy. Doc
4 Kerr's prodigy from Baltimore looked
good to win. although he was pitch
ing his first scheduled Tri-State
game. Against him was pitted Hor-
sew. a Tri-Stato veteran who on more
than one occasion has stood up the
Chicks. But when the clouds rolled
away he was a badly beaten pitcher
His team mates drew only three
singles of Brown, while Jimmy Jack
sons players were batting Horsey to
all corners. The only extra base hit
came from McKennas bat in the
sixth inning. while Jackson was on
second. I'D until this time the teams
had played an uphill game, with the
q pitchers working in something like a
( battle with Brown outclassing his
opponent This time the pitchers
b broke even on the strike-out route,
but Horsey. despite his splendid con-
troll. walked four men, while Brown
walked only two.
McKenna's drive in the sixth in
ming down the left field line for two
bags. while Jackson was on second
won the game. Up until this time
the Chicks had been unable to send
& man across, although they had
s. splendid opportunities IN both the first
6 and the fifth innings. They seemed
y &c think that thew coudd win In The
= sixth inning, and sure cough, they
did
e. Although the game WAS du9NpNl
2 until the last, Allentown did not seen
able to pull it their way. Their Muir
ry. Cannell and Sheckard combina.
tion fell when they had a chance e
score in the fifth inning.
There was no spectacular fielding
The game was one of those tight one.
that gives only inhelders the chance
& 10 show their mettle and the onl,
NI.n4 t44 I.aa
who afterwards redeemed himself b,
& accepting six other chances and tear
& ing off sharp single into right field
= Jimmy Jackson got under one dim
cult drive from Scheckard's but while
the fans held their hearts in thei
q throats. Tony Marhef5a got every
3 thing that came his way.
s. There was a regular summer GROVE
N TO cheer the Chicks off on get-a-wa,
e day. and when the band struck nj
& those all inspiring .unes, the fan
# began to shell coats and hats and &c
"a down to business with all the vir
6 that they would show in the middl
s OF July.
More than two hundred women at
3 tended the game. and they rooted 70
. the home club aud most of them show
s ed great disgust at the umpiring whei
some home man took three health
g swings and was called out
Next 20 the daring OF the baserun
p ners was the man who wore a stray
hat IN Is way through the bleacher
be was cheered and jeered at as muol
= as the fans cheered or ieered at any
3 thing, but It never faxed the old boy
q and he took his seat with great dignit
3 and was seen roaring with the rest O
= the bunch
e Following is the story Of the gam
E In detail:
FIRST INNING.
ALLENTOWN-Stut gronnded on
3 TO Meyers, unassisted Murray walk
= ed. Murray caught mapping on first
Brown TO Meyers Cannell out, Meyer
g to Brown. No runs. No hits
e WILMINGTON Shollenberge
singled TO right Marhefka out. Nc
s Geehan to Topham. Schollenberge
3 going TO second. Fritz singled L
s right Jackson fouled out to Menov
sky Meyers skied to Murray. n
s. runs. Two hits.
SECOND INNING.
ALLENTOWN - Sheckard single
20 center Topham out Brown I
Meyers. Sheckard taking second. Nc
s Geehan save on sharp's error. Sheck
out. Sharp to Kerr, Monroe safe a