Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-09

Before a crowd that was conser-
vatively placed at 5000 fans, the
celebrated Klein Chocolate Com
pany, of Elizabethtown, won last
night from the pick of the Allison
Hill League by a score of s to 2.
Tho spacious Reading Railway
grounds at Seventeenth and Chest
mt streets were crowded to their
capacity, and standing room was ut
~ premium. 1t semed as though tn >
entire city had turned out to see
its native son Jack" Breckenridge,
with his six cylinder cracker-jack
aggregation, that has been winning
from all corners.
First Baseman Walsh pulled a
dirty trick on the Chocolate man
agement by DESERVING, but he was
never missed. Jack" presented the
old reliable Bill" Kay to the fans
of this city and "Bilr' made good.
Kay has led the New York State
League as leading batter more tunes
than has "Ty" Cobb in the Ameri-
can League. And just to show the
fans that he had not lost his eye,
Big Bill drove out a triple the
first time at bat, and followed with
a single on his second trip.
The grounds had all the appear
ance of a big league park. Permis-
sion was secured from the police
department to rope off the grounds,
and the entire playing field was en-
cTcled half a dozen deep. Fans
were on tiptoe yelling their heads
off fer the Hill team, while they
were free with their applause and ap-
probation for the good work of the
Chocolate tossers.
Seventeenth and Chestnut streets.
adjoining the grounds, were parked
with automobiles, owned by persons
who had come from all parts of this
and adjoining counties to see the
contest. Center of attraction was
Jack" Breckenridge himself, who
kept the crowd in good humor by
his coaching antics at first base. The
genial manager recalled to the older
spectators, former days when
Jack" was the hero of many an
athletic contest over on the Island.
The way Jack" pulled off his
shadow boxing, and took the knock
out suggested the fact that Jess
Willard must have taken several les
som from the local star in how to
hit the canvas for a fade-a-away.
When Umpire Nebinger called for
the start of the game, the grand
stand opened up with all kinds of
support. 1t was neither Galahad,
Rosewood, Reading or st. Mary's. 1t
was the Hill league. Hit it out
Rabbit we're with you tonight"
or strike him out Nell" you can
do it again. is the waythe bleach
ers felt about it throughout the en-
tire game. That the fans considered
it a big league game was further
evidenced in the seventh inning
when the entire g~randstand rose in
a body and took the seventh inning
stretch.
The Klein tossers went out in or
der in the first round. Rabbit
Zerance hit one through Catcher
Bremen, who was filling in at first
base. He stole second and when
the ball went to center field, he
raced to third. But his efforts were
in vain, for the necessary hit was
not forthcoming. In the second the
Chocolate tossers got their first run
when Big Bill Kay drove out a
triple to deep left field. Hunter sent
a sacrifice fly to center field and
Kay scored.
The Hill team lost the game in the
third round when stage fright took
hold of the nine, and before the
side was retired six runs had scored
But for this inning the Hill team