The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-17
VISITORS HAD EASY TIME WITH
LOCALS YESTERDAY.
WEATHER WAS DISAGUEEADLE
And Misplays Were Numerous-ssv.
age Had Bad Day at Short.-Last
Game OF Series This After
noon-Hamlton or Har.
ris viii Pitch.

When the cold wave struck Kansas
City yesterday. Jimmy Burke, a veter.
an bail player who is in charge Of the
Kansas City Blues said to his team:
Better lose these early games than
put your salary wings on the bum
This must have been the same dope
handed cut by Captain Sheffield to the
local team yesterday from the manner
in which they played, presenting Fort
Worth with the game, score 10 to 4.
A high cold wind with clouds of
dust made the plaing OF the game al
most an impossibility. \ number of
spectators, shivering with cold, tired
of the exhibition and returned home.
It must be admitted that misplays
could not be avoided yesterday on &C.
count of the drop in temperature. the
high wind and dust, but when the err
ror column of the two teams is exam
ined. the misplays of the local team
are all the more noticeable, cspeci-
ally at short where Savage made five
errors.
Fearing 10 iniure their arms. Cap
tain Sheffield kept Harris and Hamil-
ton out Of the game and sent in VII
liams, an amateur. for his first trial.
Had he received the right kind OF
support, the Durant boy would prob
ably have won his game as he had
plenty of speed and fairly good con-
troll. Merkel for Fort Worth went in.
to the air in the sixt inning and could
not find the plate with the result that
Salm ordered Mattox into the box The
latter was also wild and Dupree was
ordered to warm up to succeed Mat
tox but the latter settled down and
| pitched steady ball thereafter.
Carlin was the first man up for Ft.
Worth and was an easy out. Murphy
To Baum; Bell struck out; Pennell
walked on account OF Williams wild.
d ness, ItdNHtu StCOuu oil bduih 'i'
ror. Wilson. who would have been an
easy out going to second on the mis-
play; Salm struck out retiring the
side.
Sheffield first up for the locals,
walked and Hunt sacrificed him to
second: Earthman flew out to Shef-
field; Murphy's two bagger scored
Sheffield; Morris went out, Bell to
Salm.
Second inning-Zimmerman out
Savage to Baum; Clayton flew out to
Sheffield; Bierly reached first on Saw
ages tumble; Merkel was struck out
retiring the side.
Savage was cut on hit to Clayton;
Harris reached first on Bells error;
Baum hit to Salm forcing Harris at
second; Baum reached second on
Merkel's wild pitch; Williams struck
out
Third inning-Collin singled; Pol
hit a liner to Murphy, who threw to
Baum catching Carlin in the only dou
BILE play OF the game; Pencil out
Savage TO Baum.
Sheffield walked and Hunt agair
sacrificed him TO second; Earthmar
hit long one to center, which Pen
nell captured; Murphy out on hit tC
Salm.
Fourth inning-Wilson out, Murph!
to Baum; Salm hit for two bases ant
was sacrificed to third by thinner
man; Clayton walked; Bierly secured
two bagger, scoring both Sam anC
Clayton; Merkel reached first or
Earthmans error; Bierly adyancinl
to tnird Carlin hit a high one Il
Sheffield, which the latter dropped
Bierly and Merkel scoring; Bell hi
for two bases. scoring Carlin; Pen
nell out Earthman to Baum.
Morris out on easy ono to Sami
Savage out. Bell to Salm; Harris out
Carlin to Salm.
Fifth inning-Wilson, first up, hi
for three bases and scored on Hunts
throw to third Salm out Williams t.
Baum; Zimmerman struck out; Clay
ton walked; Bierly safe on another er
ror by Savage; wild pitch by Williams
advanced Clayton to third and Bierl!
to second; Merkel hit to Savage ant
again the Ardmore short stop tumble,
the ball, allowing Clayton to score
Biorly being caught at the plate, Say
! age to Hunt, for the last out,
Baum walked; Williams famed
Sheffield out on long hit to Wilson il
right; Hunt out on hit to Pennell.
Sixth inning-Carlin made anothe
safe hit. but was caught at second
Hunt 10 Savage; Bel singled anC
stole second and a moment late