Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-03
ALLENTOWN MUST
WIN BOTH GAMES
[Continued From First Page1

er in Chief Johnny Castle. marched his
army to victory in the first battle,
score 5 to 0. The big chief, George
iCockill, came back strong in the sec
ond, and retired with victory, score
2 to 1.
This is the first time In many years
that two Tri-State teams were fight
ing for honors with the end of the sea-
son only four games off.
Harrisburg must win at least one
of the games to-day. To take two from
the Teutons will give Harrisburg a
lead that can not be shaken unless the
Ponies lose all four of the remaining
games.
Should Allentown take both games
to-day, Harrisburg will have a lead of
only one game. Losing only one out
of the four to play, would give AL
lentown the flag, If the Teutons win
all four. The only chance for Allen
town to win is to take both games
to day. This makes the two battles
scheduled for this afternoon at Island
Park as important as any that will be
fought on a baseball diamond in the
United States to-day.
\ Little Heart to Heart Talk
Realizing that the loss of the first
game yesterday was partly due to
overanXiousness on the part of his
players, Manager George Cockill called
his army together last night for a
little heart to heart talk. Not in the
history of the Tri-State, the outlaw
days not excepted, has there been such
fighting spirit as shown by Harris
burg and Allentown yesterday.
What the two generals have sched-
uled for to-day will not be made
known until this afternoon. John Fox
may pitch the first game. Mark Ad-
ans, who started yesterdays battles,
but fell down when his team weak
ened is likely to try again to-day.
Walter Manning was picked to start
the first game for Allentown. He has
not been very strong against Harris
burg. There was also some talk last
night about Scott making another try
for victory this afternoon.
1t was a record crowd that witness
ed the exciting battles between the
Teutons and crusaders yesterday. AL
lentown was not without their sup
porters While the army of fans were
with Harrisburg. those Allentown
rooters in the first row of the box seats
were in evidence at every stage. What
a cheering crowd it was when Har-
risburg took q brace! When those two
runs were hung up in the second game
the fans stood up and cheered for five
minutes.
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott was the big boy in the
first game. He had Harrisburg chop
ping at his curves. and tanning when
he sent those speedy shoots across the
plate While errors back of Mark
Adams gave the Teutons lead in the
Arst inning, it was mostly Scott who
is entitled to the credit for the vic
tory. Harrisburg was not hitting
The Teutons got to Adams at inter.
walls and finally iced the game in the
seventh. O'Neil came into the game
in the eighth. 1t was too late.
The Second Game
In the second game Joe Chabek
figured. Scott tried hard to make il
two victories in one day, but Cockill
and his crew got to the cross fire puZ-
zler in one inning and won the game
1t was Chabek who was the master
The premier twirler won his twenty
seventh game of the season and chalk
ed up his thirteenth straight VIC
tory.
The game started with one weak
spot in the Cockill lineup. Whalen
the star infielder, was injured before
the game. The center finger on his
throwing hand was split when he was
hit with a bat. Manager Cockill was
obliged to borrow Hogan from Man
ager Castle, who was willing to give
the necessary aid Hogan succeeded
Whalen after he had been hit on
the injured finger in the seventh in
ming, and played the second game. II
was Hogan's work in a fast double
play that made the Harrisburg vic
tory certain in the second game.
Hard Uphill Fight
Harrisburg played a hard uphill
fight in the opening battle, and in the
second put up the fastest kind of
fielding. The game throughout was
brimful of sensational plays. Castle,
McGeehan, Boyle and Stutz put up a
brilliant exhibition of fielding. Emer-
son, Cockill and Mccarthy figured in
Harrisburg's special work. In the
second game Hogan took care OF
everything that came his way.
In the big crowd that numbered o.
122 were Governor John K. Tener,
president of the National League and
George NJ. Graham, president of the
Tri-State League President Graham
promised two umpires for to-day
In the first game Allentown scored
two runs in the opening inning on
Castles single, Murray's triple, and
Miller's bad throw to second to catch
Cannell who had gone to first on
Whalen's error.
In the seventh, two more runs came
in for the Teutons. Boyle singled to
left and went home when Crist threw
the ball over Cockill's head. 1t should
have been an easy out. Stutz who hit
the ball went to third on an error and
scored on Browns single. The fifth
run came in the eighth on McGeehan's s
single, Boyle's double, and an error
by Emerson, when he dropped Stutz S
fly after a hard run.
In the second game Allentown's run
came on McGeehan's single, Boyle's
sacrifice, an out at first for Stutz and
Crisis error
With one man down Harrisburg
scored two runs in the fifth. Hogan,
Mccarthy and Emerson singled in sue
cession. With Browns error two
runs resulted. TThe scores:
First Game
ALLENTOWN