The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
A REDHOT CAME
The Merchants Take the Conceit
Out Of the Lawyers.
ID TO l3.

the game were:
Merciants-A.G, Steinman, Chas.
Oaks, batteries; Ed Rochester. Chas
Recktenwald, Henry Kessler, Ed
Leonard, John Ucker, Luke Leh.
man and Lon Green. Lawyers
Fred Bright. Harley Whitccraft,
batteries; Harry Sparnon, James
Thomas, James Martin, Gene
Wright, Clem Wright, A. Nj.
Brown, Judge Wright.
Umpires-Nick Shorr, Charles
Houston and Lem Stires.
The game by innings and plays
was as follows; ,
FIRST INNING-lsT HALF.
The merchants came to the bat
first with Gus Steinman to the front.
He had three fair trials and almost
made the first by negligence on the
part of Bright, who finally sent the
ball to Sparnon. at the first, where
the merchant died.
| Charles Oaks took the stick and
hit fly to center. Clerk Brown
gathered it mp and sent it to first a
few feet over SparnOn's head and
allowing the merchant to get second
and it was an easy matter for him
to get third.
Ed Rochester lined TO center, got
first and Oaks scored.
Charles Rec,enwald few to Sec
ond base and landed right in the
sheriff's hand, which fixed Recklen-
wald, but Thomas made wild
throw to first, allowing Rochester
to get second.
Henry Kessler hit a gronnder to
Whitecraft at third, which he de-
lIvered to Sparnon at first, outing
him and leaving Rochester on
third.
FIRST INNING-2D HALF.
Harry Sparnon was the first Of
the lawyers at the bat. He hit a
gronnder to the pitcher, who sent
it to first where Rochester found il
too warm to hold and allowed Spar
non to get sal ely OH first, from
whence it was dead easy to make
second.
Harley Whitecraft hit a grounder
to left, made first and let Sparnon
to third 49,
Fred Blight hit "a pretty flv to
left, which let Sparnon and Whit
craft home.
Sheriff Thomas hit a skyscraper
to right, letting Bright home and
getting second.
Jimmy Martin had no trouble to
get first on liner to left. and easily
stole second.
Gene Wright lined to right,
Thomas took second and Jimmy
Martin took third and stole his way
hpme.
Judge Wright hit short ground
er and died at first. -
Clem Wright famed out.
Clerk Brown lined to right too
near to first and got killed, leaving
Gene Wright or third.
sECoND-lsT HALF.
Ed Leonard hit a fy in Jimmy
Martins hands at third and took j
rest.
John Ucker made the FIRST on
balls, tried to sneak to second and
died an easy death.
Luke Lehman didn't know any
better than to drive a liner to Jim
Thomas, who easily gathered 1t up,
put it to first and retired Luke.
SECONDED HALF.
Sparnon was compelled TO take
first on halls. That WAS too easy
and he tried to steal second. Jim
Thomas fixed him.
WhItecraft struck out.
Bright struck out.
THIRD-lsT HALF.
Lon Green started the third by
tanning himself to death.
Gus Steinman linei to center, got
FIRST Oh it and stole to third.
Charley Oaks struck out, but did |
not do it on purpose.
Ed Rochester grounded to right,
got safely seated on the first and
Gus Steinman scored.
Charles Recktenwald pushed q
singing liner in right, got his first
easily, but Rochester threw a shoe,
corked himself and fell dead at Sec
Ond.
THIRD 2D HALF.
Jim Thomas lined to the pitcher
and was sorry. He never reached
the first.
Jimmy Martin wanted to Try Ro.
chester, sent him a grounder, which
got tangled with Eds Trilby's, was
overcome, and rut jimmy out of
business.
Gene Wright tried to cripple the
pitcher with grounder and was
caught on hrst.
FoURTH-lsT HALF.
Henry Kessler struck out.
Ed Leonard took first on balls.
John Ucker made three strikes,
but Bright monkeyed with the ball
md Ucker got first and Leonard
Luke Lehman hit an easy ground
Or to the pitcher and died on first;
Leonard got third and Ucker rested
N second.
Lon Green hit a fly to center,
anded safely on frst-Leonard {
rotted home and Ucker took third.
Gus Sleinman hit a pretty liner
o left, got first, Green took second
md Ucker landed home. 9
Charley Oaks lined to left, got a
irst, Steinman made third and
ireen paced home. I