Evening journal., 1913-05-12
SPORTING GOSSIP
AND COMMENT

ccllent chances of a big season up.
Allentown is in for games today
and tomorrow; Trenton on Wednesday
and Thursday. and Atlantic City. Fri
day and Saturday. The Trenton
games are transferred here
The official averages show the
Chicks we'll up in their respective
positions.
Tony Marhefka is setting fast
pace this time for those short garden
lads
The Wilmington League teams
are making a tight race for the top.
-Four Of the clubs are neck and neck.
Vandever will be greatly handi-
capped by the absence Of Stevens. The
popular pitcher had a chance to show
up again with the Athletics, but the
broken ankle will keep him out Of
the game this year.
Tommy Dougherty's team is hard
and tight on the rocks
Bill Crouch and Butteroh seem to
be the pitching class in the A. W.
League On Saturday the pair held
Hillside TO one hit
Bancroft threw a crimp into their
old rivals. bringing an extra smile for
Mr. Knots.
Conn is holding up ParSside we'll.
Wintrup says he has lost his last
game
A home run by Joe Jackson with
the bases full in the first inning was
enough to beat the Yankees. but
Cleveland went ahead and brought in
three more runs for good measure.
II took Boston ten innings to down
Detroit. but after Gardner tripled in
the ninth with two on, Carrigan got
the habit and broke up the game
AT the present rate the only way to
save the Tigers and Yanks from be-
ing kicked deeper and deeper into the
cellar will be TO sue out peace war
rants.
II was the first game in three weeks
for Ed Walsh He downed the Ath-
letics. four TO three.
Baumgardner was in good form and
the Browns took the jump game OF
the series from Washington.
Activity In the National League vas
confined to exhibition games and in
terviews.
Samuel seifert. one Of the new Tri
State umpires. has handed in hiI
resignation to President Carpenter
He quits the game on account of i'm
paired health.
The most wonderful fielding short
stop in the American League 4
Buck Weaver. the former York Tri
State PLAYER. says the Chicago News
Sam Crawford and other stars hav
declared Weaver the most ingeinou
highway robber Of base hits the.
jhave seen in many a day. Weave
has set many players grabbing b.
cutting off sure safeties by wonderful
assists that seemed impossible.
Larry I.aioie. Maps star inheldel
will be out Of today's game " he take
the advice of Dr. Castle. club phys
clan. The big Frenchman injured hi
hand in yesterdays game. and &C
day was unable TO practice, becaus
It was in such bad shape.
~ ~ A Trenton paper says everyone
~ looking for the expected slump
ne the Chicks. They're tho first OF
we've heard broach that subject
The Chicks are setting the leagl
aare with fast inside baseball. az
within a month Trenton won't even
ashes.
The famous combination viii
Manager Cockill had last year 20 "
ity a pennant seems to have been Drol1
IT. up with the loss of Pop Young al
OF the Senators viii not even be facto
ed unless the unexpected happens.
to Trentonites have found ont why
'W many balls have been hit over q
OF fence there. When Manager BE
ne Conn examined the field prior to Z
re opening of the season. he made Il
nS startling discovery that the distan
~ between the pitchers slab and hon
plate was eighteen inches longer thu
IA required by the regulation distans
'~ In addition the pitchers mound w
rls ON a level with the plate, while
should be elevated
- Ball players can readily see hC
this extra distance affected the bi
ting averages Of the players. b.
ter having a good eye would ha
that much longer 20 get his aim al
/. 4 swing as the ball iloated across q
"a plate.
In addition the strain on the pitc
er's arm is that much more. He
forced to put the extra steam on {
ball In order TO get Il over the pla
with the proper break. In a full min
inning battle It can be seen how II
added eighteen inches can weak
the pitcher
Just how this amazing error ha
pened to be made is hard TO imagiI
II has cost the Trenton club thousan
of dollars in patronage during {
past two years as it created the II
preston that the park was much [
small to play ball.
Secretary James H. Let's has
ten conicnded. however. that the fe
was the regulation size according
the inles Of the league and that IL "
no smaller than other parks on {
circuit Ills statement was sometim
discrodied, however. because on
other ball park IN the circuit, we
home run drives over the fence
frequent
That this error was responsible
the continual "oyer the fence" p'
Torrance Is proven by the failure
any OF the teams 70 do this trick
pcafedly this year or the six I
State games played At the park a
the dozen or so exhibition match
but one home run drive over
fence has been made.