The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-18
|CONTEST FAST FROM
START TO FINISH.
Milan, an Indianapolis TWirIer
Was in the Box for the LO-
Gals and Made Good Show
ing-OffiCiaI Score.
(BY ToRT.)
Richmond 8; Portland 7. 90 Inss.)

Richmond 8, forttano T. (fO In9S.)
In an exciting ten-inning exhibition
of our national pastime, which our de-
mons took 8 to Z, about six hundred
fans left Athletic park Friday suffer
ing from severe attacks of bascballetis,
which caused them to act in an erratic
manner and make funny noises.
The game was fast one from start
to finish. Milan. pitcher on the At
kins Saw Works team of indianapolis,
was in the points for the locals and for
four innings he steamed the ball over,
making it look like pea. Portland
seemed to be at his mercy, but in the
fifth, the Jays without a run and a
lead of four against them, unstrapped
their patent ball bearing bats and be-
gan doings. From that time on the
music of the festive bingles resound-
ed throughout the lot, and the Jays
weren't making all the music.
Looked Like Easy Money.>
BY good stick work our demons had
piled up seven runs when the seventh
inning closed. By lacing out four
swats in their half of the seventh, the
Jays came within a nose of the locals
and the eighth inning dawned with
the score Z to in favor of Richmond.
Neither side scored in the eighth and
the fans settled back with Sighs of re-
lief 1t was easy money. When the
ninth came, Gray. for Portland, step
ped to bat and was whitfield by three
fast ones delivered by the hard-work-
ing Mr. Milam Parker was next up
and died on an easy infield out. "All
over but the shouting murmured the
bugs. and this looked certain when
John Bambrough dumped a dinky
bunt in front of the plate which was
cleanly handled by Jessup and shot in
the direction of J. Cameron, who, TO
the astonishment of himself and the
crowd, dropped it.
Bugs Rose and YeIped.
Every bug on the lot rose to his hind
feet and yelped-the strain was telling
on their frenzied nerves. When Bitz,
proprietor of the five juicy swats ac-
cumulated by himself in Thursdays
game, stepped to Plate. low moan
went up from the populace, for Mr..
Bitz had already connected safely
twice off the delivery of Mr.. Milan.
Bitz smiled a sardonic smile. shifted
his quid to starboard and leared at
our sturdy slab man. Toward the
plate came the ball and then Mr. Bitz
leaned against it-biff-out where the
wild roses amt, scared the sphere and
came romping home with
the tieing run, while Bitz squatted on
third sack to rest his weary limbs.
Jonas Bambrough connected with the
ball and lifted it to deep left. 1t look
ed a safe swat, but by a beautiful
sprint Durham got under it and pulled
It down.
In the locals half of the ninth after
Justice and Meredith were down, Gun
ningham got a life and was advanced a
base by Jessup's single Milan came
% bat with the opportunity of winning
his own game, but all the pitcher
could do was to fan at three wide
3nes.
Slide Won the Game.
In the tenth the first three Portland
oatterS went down one. two. three To
10 or die, our demons came in for a
out Cameron was given transportation
q first. Plummer singled and Cam
.ron made a slide for third. in which
ne so severely wrenched his right an