Evening journal., 1913-05-13
ERRORS COST
CHICKS WEIRD
EXHIBITION
After Having Allentown Game
Tucked Away Team Gees
Bad and Lose 7 to 6
BROWN ALLOWS THE
VISITORS THREE HITS

After holding Allentown 10 lWo hits
In nine innings, until one man was
down and the score to against
Coughlin's tribe, Tom Brown handed
out passes to Sheckard and the once
famous Lefty" Russell winged Ed
wards and allowed Coughln to hit
This combination, with errors by
Kerr and Sharpe, after Allen Russell
had succeeded Brown, allowed the
Chicks to lose the third game to Al
lentown. to 6. Allen Russell did not
allow the pill to drop out of the M
field and would have had chance TO
win had not Doc Kerr. dropped Mar
hefka's peg to the plate to stop
Lefty Russell, and Sharpes bad boot
of Stutz's easy grounder, letung
across the runs that beat our Chlcks.
1t certainly was a hard game for the
Chicks to lose. Until Brown, deyel-
oped his wildness he pitched{as good
a game as has been seen on the iield.
He beat Allentown in the opening
game here allowing them but, three
hits. and looked like a million against
them again yesterday until It was
demonstrated that any old ball game
IS not won until the last man is down.
At that he had all the better of the
control. and had Rasmussen so badly
twisted that Coughlin had to take his
choice out in the second stanza. Ray
Topham was not as good as his prede-
Cessor. but at that he won, through
the wildness of our own Tom Brown,
etc. The Chicks hit them again TO-
day. and if they don't trim them in
this third game it will be because
some one of those Chicks 80 crazy.
The game looked good for Allen
town after a bunch of juicy Chicks er-
rors allowed them to stick up two
tallies the first crack off the bat Stutz
started the rumpus by hitting the sec
ond ball over to left for two bags
Murray was an easy out TO Smith
ranuell was safe on Marhefka's boot
and Sheckard famed. Tony thre"
another boot into Russell's grounder
Stutz getting across, and when Sharpe
balled Tony's throw tostop Russell al
second Cannell got across. The trou-
Bile ended by Coughlin going out. Mar
hefka to Meyers.
Allentown made their total three IN
the second inning, when Monroe hi
one over the right field fence for the
.ClTcult. III Was lut ohlfoA nDAANA AhN+N
roe will draw for many years.
The Chicks took the lead in th'
third inning off singles by Marheika
Fritz and Jackson, Stutz's boot Q
Browns soft one, McKenna's sacrihc'
and walks by Meyers and sharpe |
was in this stanza that Rasmussen
threw the distress signal, Tophan
going in while the bags were loaded
He walked the two Chicks. The mu'
stuck four Chicks across the pan an'
from that time until the fateful nintl
Brown looked good for as nice vii
as the Chicks could pull, From th'
third until the nightmare came Brow
allowed only three men to face hin
each time up. Not hit could Allen
Gown collect. the hard hitting Lefty
Russell going down easy as any o
thcm He famed twice. But tn
worst was TO come. Cannell began tn
clean up by going out, Sharpe e
Meyers. Sheckard and Russell walke'
in order. Bill Coughlin singled 4
left and the bags we're loaded. Ed
wards went in to hit for McGeehai
and was winged, forcing Sheckar'
over and moving up the runners, wit
Monroe up Allen Russell jumped int
the breach in an effort to save tn
game for the Chicks. Monroe hit {
Marhefka, who returned the ball {
the plate to stop Lefty" Russell. bu
Doc dropped the ball and Russell wa
safe. Allen Russell breezcd Tophan
but when Sharpe booted Stutz'
erounder Coughlin got across wit
the seventh tally Murray ended tn
agony by>going out, Russell to Meyers
The Chicks made hard stab for
come back in their portion of tn
ninth, but fell short one run of a tic
up. although an extra hit would hay
given them the game. Meyers starte
things by bounding to Edwards, VIII
threw him out at first Sharpe flied
Sheckard. w. Smith walked and Ker
was safe .on Stutz'si second bungl'
Jackson sent Shellenberger in to pine
for RUSSELL and the lad poled on
over the right field fence scorin
Smith and sending Kerr to third.
was Tony Marhefka's chance to clea
mp. but the best he could do was
ny to Sheckard and the game was los
The score: