The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-19
GRAYS TR|UMPHEO
OVER CENTERV|LLE
West End Game Leaves Cam
bridge City Team Claim
ing Championship.
THE SCORE WAS IL TO 2.
BUT FOR ONE "FATAL" INNING
THE CONTEST WOULD HAVE
BEEN ONE OF THE BEST OF THE
SEASON.

nave the Trays any more COnteudeIS
for the amateur championship of this
vicinity? Ii so just let them amhle
towards the alfalfa" end of the coun-
~. for the mighty foe. namely the
Centerville '@wouid-be's" have been
vanquisned. Gone and soon TO be for
gotten by the fans in their mad joy
over other triumphs. The Centervil-
lians, now a mere joke but once look
ed upon by the populace of the west
end as formidable rivals, defeat and
humiliation stamped upon their weary
and disappointed visages, bundled up
their belongings and sought their hab-
itations in Center township taking
with them their exploded phenom, Mr..
Tibbitts, after spending couple of
hours digging in the debris of base
hits and runs which swooped down
upon their pet twirler like an avalan-
che in the fatal sixth.
What was the score? Hush, don't
say it too loud else you will disturb
the peaceful revery of Centerville
folks with your whisperings-it was
IL to 2. 1t would have been SO sad
to have been compelled to say IL to 0
but this would have been the case
had not Bremen wabbled on Gill
mour's effort in the fourth and Dub
by" Paul dropped fly off Davis bat
in the eighth.
There was nothing to it but the
splendid pitching of the clever Ger
man lad from Bradford. He held the
blue jays" to seven singles, two of
these being of the scratch variety. He
caused six of his opponents to Whit
at the atmosphere and gobbled up five
assists. But one put out was register
ed in the out field, the balance being
pop-ups and easy grounders. But the
1t was punk, rotten and any other
old thing you are a mind to call it.
Errors and dumb playing galore char
acteriZed the work of both teams. Not
to be outdone by the bail tossers. the
Jumps" thought to contribute their
share to the bum work by making
miserable decisions all through the
game. To say the least the umpir-
ing yesterday was the worst seen
here this season. Jot Goar, erstwhile
famous league curve dispenser of the
Cincinnati Reds, Jumped" about as
well as he played at first some time
ago. Vanderbeck was clearly out in
the first when he was hit by a fair
ball batted by himself. Stratton es-
sayed to act as Jump" in conjunction
with Goar but ne was a dismal fail
ure and was relieved after the eighth.
Centervi1ie came loaded to the
guards with home rooters. They
made plenty of noise. The score
stood tie in the sixth and Center
vile confidently expected to see their
pets put over the winning scores.
However, the fire works happened to
be in the hands of the other fellow
and about that time the Grays began
shooting sky-rockets. Incidentally
Phenom Tibbitts, made a balloon as
cension. When the smoke of the bat
tie had passed into the horizon, the
Grays had raced 10 scores across the
pan, driving out bingles off his
'Tid-bits." His team went to pieces
Will HlIIl anu ilkeNlS6 TOOK view OF
the landscape from aloft, piling up 6
of their errors in this inning Then
libby" was chased and lanky Harry
Ryan went in the box in his stead.
He did not do so bad but the Grays
counted once more in the eighth.
Shiverdecker was not hit hard and
the few hits off him were scattered.
He fielded his position in fine style
and never, at any time was he in TIE
least danger of defeat.
The Centerville team up to that
fatal sixth" showed plenty of gin
ger In the first it took the field on
the run and played good ball until the
Cambridge City. sluggers got in their
work on Tibbitts. In fact, if that one
inning could be stricken from the
score book il would show that the
visitors put up a splendid game.
Their team does not show much talent
but Davis and Ryan appear to be fair.
Tibbitts has fair speed and a pretty
drop ball and is probably the making
of a good pitcher. Jones, his receiv-
er, is also a natty catcher.