Evening journal., 1914-05-13
Reading finds THE
Second CANE SOFT
Pretzelmen Wallop Mahaffey
For Nineteen Bases and
Win Easily by 5 to 2
Score
HOMER, TRIPLE AND
DOUBLE ARE STUCK IN
The Chicks got theirs.

Ine CHICKS got Lnelr5
Boots upon boots, and inability to
hit while the going seemed good ex-
plains the loss of the Champions
first home game to Reading, to 2.
All the while Reading was good. They
pounded Mahaffey's delivery into
pulp in every inning, after the third,
except the sixth, and grabbed game
that was like taking toys from
child. The Champions we're simply
not in It, They we're completely out
classed for the first time this year,
but as the season is young, there is
hope. Today they take the road for
an eight-day swing around the cir-
cult, and as the kinks are out the
club ought to break even on the trip.
Surely nothing more ought to be
expected of them.
AS before indicated the closing
game of the first home series was
slaughter for the Chicks. In the
opening game against Trenton Ma
haffey showed real class. Yesterday
he was away off. Some might say
the March wind sent his delivery
away. Although the same March
wind opposed Bohen. He got away
with game that did him credit,
despite the eight wallops for ten
bases the Chicks got off his delivery.
Reading came back with twelve safe
ties for total of nineteen bases, a
homer, triple and two doubles, ac-
counting for the extra bags. How
ever, Bohen stood up six Chicks. Ma
haffey famed only four, assaulted
two Reading men with the pill, and
heayed two wild ones that helped
toward two runs. Although the run
getting story may not be interesting
from the local viewpoint, II must be-
told, so here goes:
The Chicks got one of their pair
the first time up off Morgan's single
TO centre, Pedone's sacrifice, Bohen
to McInnes, and Doty's tumble of
Jackson's bounder. The other one
came out of the situation In the
ninth that looked like a rally-for a
second. Meyers opened the last
stanza with a singing double to cen
tire, Sharpe uncorked a single
through Doty. and on Pearce's sacr-
ifice fly to Joyce, Meyers got across.
As a last resort, Jackson sent Neylan
and Foye out to replace Shollenber-
ger and Mahaffey respectively and al
though Neylon singled to left, the
boys could not stick up more than
Meyers tally.
Run-getting was much easier for
Reading. Coraleski started his team
mates up in the fourth inning when
he whipped off a double to right;
Caruthers sacrificed and on Hoff-
mans smash TO centre, Coraleski was
across.
McInnis' infield hit, followed by
another infield drive by Wyckoff, |
Sharpe's tumble of Bohen's bounder,
and Joyce's single to center, scored
McInnes with the second, Reading
tally in the fifth.
After that Reading sailed into the
mud. Nagle opened the seventh with
a triple to right and scored on Ma
haffey's wild heave. Bohen was soft,
Mahaffey to Meyers. Joyce and Cora
lesh tore off successive singles to
centre, Mahaffey stuck in another
wild pitch, and after Caruthers had
flied to Pedrone, Hoffman pulled off
a double to left and three more runs
went up on the Reading end.
Pearce boot of McInnes' grounder,
Wyckoff's single to center and Ma
gle's rolls loaded the bags in the
eighth before the Chicks had got their
feathers down. To add to the confu-
sion, McInnes and Wyckoff worked
the double steal, McInnes scoring;
Bohen's single to right after Wyckoff
had been caught mapping at third,
sent Nogle to second. He went to
third on Joyce's out, Mahaffy to Mey-
ers, and scored when Sharpe let
Coraleskis easy one get away from
him. Caruthers ended the agony By
fouling to SholIenberger
Doty put the finishing touch on the
Chicks slaughter with homer to the
left field corner in the ninth That's
all, except the official score:
10 II A n