The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-17
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PORTLAND 10; RICHMOND 9.


Biff, biff, bang-the sound of the
merry base hits echoed throughout
the neighborhood of Athletic park Fri
day afternoon. Ever and anon the
atmosphere was crowded with bingles.
Five Portland and Richmond slabmen
tried to check this increase in the
batting averages and the result of
their heroic efforts was the pounding
of three of these lads, two of them
Jays, into the buffalo grass.
After the nine nerve racking In
nings, Portland dynamited the game,
adding a 10 toe victory to their scalp
collection in the tenth.
The whole gamut of base ball was
run in this exciting, wierd and spec
tacuIar contest Besides hard hitting
there was brilliant fielding, putrid
errors. odd plays, good, bad and SEN
sational pitching and rotten umpiring
In addition to all this the Jays had
enough horseshoes to start up black
smith shop. Had the GODDESS OF
Chance favored us with just three or
four of the smiles she bestowed on the
visitors the game would have been
ours with ease.
Pitchers Chased Out.
Mr.. Romano, late of Dunkirk, took
ND the task for Portland of plucking
the Quakers tai feathers after admin
istering the salt treatment. He was
driven under the ropes in one inning,
salt bag and glove. Casey Horn was
pitted against the Jays but in the mid
die of the fifth Mr.. Horn exploded
with a dull crash and the hard-work-
ed NJ Fleming was dragged in to stop
the carnage Nat pitched a beautiful
game the five and a half innings he
was in the box, holding the Jays so
we'll in check that the locals were
able to overcome the big lead Port
land had accumulated. In the tenth.
completely exhausted, Fleming let
down the bars. He hit two batsmen
and these gifts combined with an err
ror by Hicks and a single brought
in the winning run. After this heart
breaking blow Nat rallied and struck
out two men and forced a man out at
second.
Started With Three.
In the first inning the Quakers hurl-
ed themselves upon Mr.. Romaine and
before his mangled remains could be
carted to the bench. three runs were
IN. Horn had splendid curves and a
good change of pace in the first and
the Jays went down one, two three.
The lead of three runs looked good
for winner. Then came the second. |
when that lead was overhauled and
sunk in plain view of 400 agonized
bugs. The Quaker outfielders had
been shifted and as result two or
binary singles were converted into |
three baggers by poor garden work. |
With these triples came two singles |
and when the dust settled the score
stood 3 TO 3.
Casey travelled nicely until the fifth. |
then came the Roman candles and |
pin wheels. The first three Jays up
singled. two runs being netted. Man.
ager Jessup then ordered the big fell |
low to the bench and trotted out Flem-
ing who had pitched a two hit game
Thursday. Nat allowed a hit which /
with an error on his part and another
on the part of Meredith. who was sub
bling for MINER at second. netted /
three more runs. The score then
stood to in favor of Portland.
Undoing Of Grey.
In the sixth Meredith singled and /
scored on Ritter's fly out to Durham.
Grey. who had taken the place OF
Romaine looked to be invincible but
his undoing came in the seventh.
Weaver first up. lined out beautiful
double and Morris followed with a du-
plicate of this hit. scoring Weaver.
Manager Hunt then chased Grey back
to left field and brought Wagner into
the box. Wagner issued a pass to
.Jessup. Hicks sacrificed and Billy
Meredith scored Morris and Jessup
with a beautiful single. This made
the score to in favor of the Jays.
In the eighth with one down Hardin
smashed hit 70 Wiltermood in right,
which he allowed to get past him. Be
fore the ball could be retrieved Har-
din had crossed the pan. In our half
of the eighth Wiltermood and Weaver
drew transportation and Jessup
brought them home with the tieing
runs by smashing a liner over first
Won in the Tenth.
Neither side scored in the ninth Tn