Evening journal., 1913-07-12

day
Negotiations BY the New York Ameri- !
cans for tho purchase Of Doc Kerr have
not been closed II is expected that the
deal will go through next week
Fritz Gleichmsn. Kerr and Meyers
] were the batting fends on Yesterdays
picnic. Kerr must have thought il was
his last day on the old club.
Tho Chicks made IL uncomfortable for
High'ower from the start. Kerr greeted
the newcomer with n double to centre
There werc two odd Incidents Jimmy
Sharpe failed tn hit and Doc Kerr had
nerve enough to attempt to steal home.
Fritz and Jackson batted in seven
runs bcwecn them.
Harry Fritz's fielding this time was
Of the character that delights Connie
Mack.
Two shut-outs in one day comes close
TO being Tri-state League record.
II the Chicks hadn't lost those two
games to York II would be time TO start
digging hole for the pennant pole
Doc Kerr is entitled to some credit
for the big victories of Thursday. He
held Tom Brown up in great style
In the fourth inning Of the first game
on Thursday Allentown looked bad Tho
baes were loaded with none down, but
Brown funncd Stutz and Russell and Nc
Geehan was caught Mt the plate.
Rube Bressler was the boy TINT
came TO the rescue Of Harrisburg
and pulled them out OF the slump
that has been holding them for some
time. Bressler held the visitors safe
during tho early innings. and his
teammates hutted out enough runs 70
make certain Oh the nnal outcome.
which was Harrisburg 10; Allen
town. g. Drcssler cascd up in the
ninth, and four hits were made. which
added three runs to the visitors
total.
Davis, home run in the eleventh
, enabled York 20 take Atlantic City
/ into camp Yesterday afternoon Score,
p 3 to g. York slugged the pill hard
= and registered seventeen safe bin
4 giles.
! Bob Groome hustled along In ad-
, vance OF his team mates from
! Detroit and will pitch tOdays game
/ when tho Cleveland series with
Washington opens at Cleveland
.aI1 A. II.
the Senators. He has had a long rest
and ought to be on edge today
With Manager John Evers tuning
his ear for possible word OF suspcn-
sion there were prospects tha. the
Cub infield would be a patchwork af-
fair for a fcw days, with Evers and
the two cripples. Zimmerman and
Bridwell out OF the game. Evers was
fred from yesterdays Giant battle
for addressing unkind words TO the
, umpire
Foster. known as "The Mathewson
OF the East" will lead his team mates
r from the Chinese University Of
n Hawaii against the champion Stetson
o A. c.. in Philadelphia this afternoon.
? The Chinese team has won more than
d sixty games IN this country and with
Z Foster In the box. they are confident
n OF annexing another. Stetson's, how
T. ever. will put their strongest lineup
a against them and is equally conhd-
d ent OF victory.
IT There were wild times at the Pol,
IN Grounds 1wenty-three hits for fourteen
m runs was the final result Of the slaughte
of the Cubs at the hands of the Giants
n Ieif Tesrcau didn't share in the victory
4 heing driven from the mound. but mos
d, everyone else took hand. Fletcher ha,
" four hits and Murray five.
he Another shift in the Phillies' line.u,
IA did not bring victory over the Pirates
vi and Dooins men arc now seven and
TO- half games behind the Giants
nj The Reds made clean sweep Of IN
" series with Brooklyn, taking tho fourt
r. game yesterday The Dodgers are no,
lie in the second division. President Ehbet
e. explained it by saying that Umpir
ms Quigley is incompetent
Pitcher Tyler winged Manager Huggin
~ twice in one inning, the second tim
H. knocking him unconscious, but the Card
IT mails took the game.
" Possibly encouraged by reports @
e what was happening in New York. tn
TO Yankees fell upon the White Sox for |
oc hits and scored one Of their most decis
i've victories OF the year. Cree lined on
a home run in the sixth with bases ful
The combined National and America
F. League scores between New York an
0 Chicago was 25 TO s.
o Manager Jerry Conncll. Clarence Eos
q ter and George Sherwood. members a
0 the New Haven Eastern Association
0 baseball team, were found not guilty h
! a Jury in the Common Pleas Court a
Q New Haven, Conn. yesterday. of par
o ticipation in game on Sunday, Apr
o 20. The accused, together with othe