The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-19
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RICHMOND S; PORTLAND q.

Before the largest and most select
crowd of the season the locals Sun
day rasped the visiting Portland Jays
in to 4 game, making it two out
of three. Incidentally, while we had
the squaking Jays under our feet,
plucking 'em for the feast, we appro-
priated the lead in the I. o. league
race, which valued asset the Jays
have been wearing for few days last
past.
The game was another one of those
now-we-areainThe-lea d-and-nowwelain
contests up to the last of the fifth.
when Stokes Weaver, the pride of the
Quaker bugs, stepped to the pan and
promptly smote the horse hide over
right field fence for home run. This
feat won the game. The spectacle
which followed Viewers biff had all
the stage mob scenes backed off the
boards and relegated to the forgotten
past. Wild eyed sun gods actually
Rugged and kissed each other and ex-
cited young women in the grand
stand forgot to ask their escorts what
the score was and inquired the name
of the hero. The uproar lasted fully
five minutes. 1t was an exciting fea-
ture to most exciting game.
Hunt Was Put Out
The other picturesque episode of
the contest came in the sixth. Lew
Hunt foreman of the Portland out
fit and alleged to be the best twirler
In the league. had been working since
the kickoff and Lew had been getting
his bumps. Lew is not used to bumps
and after Weaver's four base tap in
the fifth, he became quite peeved. He
decided to vent his pent up emotions
on some enemy SO he picked out Jumps
Thompson for the goat Mr.. Thomp-
son is really not a goat-he is joke.
Lewis opportunity came in the sixth.
Jonas Brambaugh poled a hot one ov
err third bag and Fisher seized the
opportunity to make another one of
his Barnum and Bailey plays. The
finer was speared by Fisher with his
gloved hand and then Tacks trans
ferred the ball to his throwing fin
and heaved it to first. catching Jonas
by an eye lash. With a roar Hunt
descended on Thompson and smote
him loudly in the countenance. Lew
had decided that it was better to be
canned from the game than to be driv-
en- out under fire. The Jumps soaked
him So, gave him a ten-day layoff and
then attached the sleighbells. Lew
retired to the club house where Casey
Horn locked him in. Romaine sue
ceeded Hunt and pitched excellent
bail to the finish.
FIeming's Good Work.
Nat Fleming was in the box for the
locals. 1t was the fifth game in the
last eight days that the little fellow
had worked in. He pitched a splen-
did article of ball and moved ND an
other notch in the estimation of the
local fans. Nat was tapped hard in
the early stages of the game but af-
ter the fifth he set the air brakes on
the visitors and allowed only one hit.
Portland made one run in the third
on an error after Parker had hit for
two bases. In our half of the third
Ritter got his base, Wiltermood sing
led and Weaver drew transportation
Morris poled a stranger through Stew
art and Ritter and Wiltermood then
scored. Morris and Weaver worked
the double steal gag and Stokes slid
over the pan. In the fourth Durham
and Carmony got on bases and
Morris missed Hardins high fly bal
bringing home the two base runners.
In our half of this inning Minzler
scored after singing. In the first of
the fifth Portland tied the score again.
Parker singing and counting on
Grey's two Dagger. In onr half of the