The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-27
FLEMING GOT BEST
OF GOOD CONTEST
Pitchers Debate at Athletic
Park Resulted in Favor
Of Merry Nat.
RITTER THE SENSATION.
IN A GOOD CONTEST, TWO TO
ONE-LOCAL LINEUP is MUCH
STRENGTHENED.
by z ORTIZ
Richmond 2; Portland, 4.


After four days of baseball famine
the locals, with much strengthened
lineup. jumped upon Mr.. Hunts Port
land organization Friday at Athletic
park and sent that outfit to the mat
with to / defeat. 1t was pretty
pitchers, debate between Fleming and
Romine. and hits were as scarce as
Strawberries in Greenland. Mr..
Fleming was exceedingly cold and stin-
gy, allowing the visitors only three
singles. and not one of these came until
the sixth inning, when Nat of Fair
mount allowed two of them to be
punched on him. Fast support by his
pals prevented them resulting in runs.
Romine was touched up quite lively the
first four innings when all of the five
local hits were made. After the fourth
the ex-Dunkirk twirler was as close
as the next second.
Ritter the Sensation.
Mr.. T. Ritter furnished the sensation
of the contest The first ball pitched
in the first inning by Mr.. Romine,
was met on the baziz by the Rabbits
shillalah. 1t dropped languidly into
right center and looked good for sin
GLE With his gasoline tank working
overtime. the Rabbit circ-ed first and
second bags and continued right on
Tor the third station, which he reached
by sliding through the perspective. The
Portland fielders were dumbfounded
by the crust of the wee center fielder,
and the ball was not retrieved to third
until the Rabbit was safely lodged
there. The sun gods, as a result of
Ritter's Texas league three Dagger
gurgled tack talk and bit at each other.
The three batsmen that followed Tom
my, died easy deaths, SO his three bag
ger netted nothing.
Lineup Is Improved.
The new lineup presented by Mana
ger Jessup, looked sweet. Fisher con-
tinued his grand third base play and
incidentally accumulated two clean
hits. Morris was at shortstop and
while he failed to do anything with
the stick. his fielding was clean cut
and was applauded by the populace.
Little Minzler was on duty at second
and he covered that territory as neatly
as he does the short field. Ridgely
displaced Cunningham in right. but he
had no work to do in the sun garden
and he did no execution with the bat.
Not FIeming's Fault.
The lonesome Jay tally was no fault
of Fleming's. 1t came in the third
through errors. Parker got life by
let D-,-l mr.
then started out to pilfer second and
Jessup. to catch him, made heave
that went a mile over Morris's head.
Ritter rushed in to block the ball but
allowed it to get away from him. Be
fore the ball was returned to the in
field Parker was across the pan. VIII
termood killed the only other chance
Portland had to score. In the sixth, |
with the bases damned with palpitat-
ing Jays. whose eyeballs were strained
toward the plate like famished CANNES
in butcher shop, joints Bambraugh
came to bat and poled a single to left.
Wiltermood came in on the drive.
trapped the ball and by perfect throw
caught Grey six feet off the pan. This
made two outs and the side was retired
Wnen harmony pOppeu W MllZiSI.
Made Double Steal.
The first tally by the Quakers came
in the fourth Wiltermood drew his |
base. Minzler sacrificed him and Ridge
ly breezed Fisher then came TO the
rescue with line drive TO right |
bringing Wiltermood home. In the /
fifth. with Cameron on first and Rit-
ter on third, a double steal was pulled |
off. sending Ritter over the pan with |
the winning rum The score:
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