Evening journal., 1914-07-15

it necessary TO call off the scheduled
game and, consequently. the Chicks
did not have chance to even up the
series. However a double header Is
piled up to be played the next time
George Cockill and his team come
here
The Chicks open a two-day series
with Trenton this afternoon. conclud-
ing tomorrow with a double header,
and, incidentally, Chamber Of Com
merce Day" will be celebrated
"Bill' Yale will be seen for the first
time as manager. Recently, the for
mer Trenton first sacker displaced
"zeke" Wrigley as manager of the
Tigers.
Malloy will likely twirl this after
noon. while Swallow will work in the
( first game tomorrw. Jackson says the
series with Trenton marks the start
Of the Chick sprint back to the lead.
Red" McKenna is hitting at an
/ even 300. according to figures COM
/ piled last night. Red" has had a
hard climb to the 300 mark, but his
! perseverance has made il possible.
The Chick fighting fielder is sting
ing the ball at opportune times, and
! tight pitching would show his
blows to better advantage.
The first game of the double head
er tomorrow will be called at
o'clock An effort is being made to
have the Chamber of Commerce mem
hers attend the games in a body.
Following the conclusion of the
series with Trenton tomorrow, the
team will go on the road
Jackson has taken a slump in his
hitting During the week he has
dropped from the 800 class of hitters
Jarman. the former Chick twirler
will joint the Baltimore team at New
ark. y. j.. on Thursday. Jarman may
pitch with the Orioles after a rest
Morgan and Pearce have taken a
Jump" recently in their hitting Nor.
gan. especially. seems to have found q
new batting eye.
Brown and Pearce, who have beer
out of the game on account of injur
les, will be back in the lineup whel
the team faces Trenton this after
noon in the first game of the serie
with the Tigers
II is a difficult matter to crowd ii
week of baseball without havini
at least one prevented by raln-il
fact. the Chicks find il impossible
Yesterday everything looked Lowell,
until noon, when Jupiter Pluvius step
ped in and gave the Capital and loca
boys a vacation for the day.
Maybe the Harrisburg boys are gla,
it rained. Their winning streak vii
, last a day longer
The Chicks find it impossible u
escape double-headers this season
, Rain and tie contests have added
| lot of extra toll for the Champs
z There will be a number of inter
esting events at the Tri-Stat
+ grounds this afternoon when tn
! Chicks and Tigers mingle in anothe
battle.
{ Pop Foster, the newly ordaine
2 manager, will make his debut in thi
city this afternoon as the leader {
the Tigers. He was formerly wit
the York boys.
Sunny Lee and Artie Hammonr
I the Bengal speed boys. expect 10 col
| tipue their rapid fire work when the
play today.
Confidence is assured by the loca
s because Lee Myers seems to be losir
l. his grip. His hitting has not been u
T. 20 the standard and his fielding
e mediocre.
y The Trenton fans we're sorry
J. see Bill Yale depart, but welcome
o the deal whereby Foster was put
e Tiger managerial regalia.
y Home Run Johnson and Phil Pc
n and who are hitting the horse hi,
ID .321 and 337. respectively, will he Il
L daring opponents The two Tri-Sta
~ veterans are putting mp a bang-l
:, game for the Trenton Club. The
- men, with the addition of Lee. for
y one of the strongest outfield triur
! virates in the circuit
- German airman broke worlds re
~ ord by reaching a height of 21,5
- feet. but certainly there are sor
= ball players on the Chicks who cou
- pop them up that high.
~ After seeing his team lose TO Ha
20 risburg Monday Jimmy Jackson b
lieves that Wilmington's chance
- get into first place is still under
- definite suspension.
Wonder how many games t
, Chicks pitchers would win If IN
didn't have the great infield behi
them? Sharpe. Peirce. Morgan a
Myers cut down base hits in eve
p game bv their lightning defense woi
Many time when rivals are
the road to victory they are foiled
an electrifying double play. III
leads to the thought that If pitch
can't win consistently with the grei
est infeld quartet i'm the league
: helm them out Of trouble. what wor
they do with only a fair four
hind them?
seldom. with the season half ov
- 4l,oro beon a r,oro onan rara