The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26
LOCALS LOSE
HOT GAME
Hammond Team Defeated
by Union Giants by the
Score Of 7 to 6.
BIG CROWD PRESESNT
Home Team Makes Game Rally But
Horne Twirles Strong Game
for Colored Men.

In one of the closest and best games
witnessed on the local diamond this
year the Hammond team was defeated
yesterday by the Union Giants of Chi
cago by the close score of to g.
Jimmy Clarke and Elder were in the
points for Hammond against Horne and
Strothers for the Giants The Giants
scored the first run on a squeeze play.
In Hammond's half the locals received
a goose egg for their work, the second
and third innings resulted in little 20"
Tor each team but in the first of the
fourth the Hammond aggregation got
busy and before Horne, the giant col
ored pitcher could get the sphere under
control, the locals had showed across
two runs. In the Giants half of the
fourth they were shut out The fifth
started out fine for Hammond, the To-
calls showing over another run and it
began to look like 1T would be a soft
proposition for Hammond but in the
colored teams chunk they walloped out
two more runs, tying the score to g.
Both teams worked hard in the sixth
but neither side scored. The seventh
started out with Fowler to bat "Finne-
gan" waited until he had two strikes
called on him when one of Hornes
twisters came sailing over the plate;
Fowler swung and met the ball square
on the nose and before it was recov-
cred the crack third baseman of the
locals had made the four bag circuit
tallying up another run for the Ham
mond aggregation. Enright, the next
batter, was given a free pass to first
and stole second; Rhode flied to right
field and was caught out; Clarke was
the next EATER up and Jimmy, who
seldom hits the sphere, swatted out a
single, advancing Enright to third,
with two out; Shearer, Hammonds
right fielder, came to bat and connected
with the first hall pitched by Horne;
it looked like the ball would be good
for a three Dagger but the Giants cen
ter fielder made a flying catch, mailing
the ball and stoi1ping Hammond's
chance to score. In the first of the
eighth with the score of to in favor
of the locals, the Giants put across
| four runs in succession. Clarke then
settled down and struck out the next
| two battersi. In the locals half of the
| eighth Mcmahon, the first man up.
singled and stole second; Eher put one
between first and second and was safe
or first; Klose had struck at the first
/ one over Wnen MCMdnOn was out lIy
| ing to steal third; Klose then flied to
center and was caught out; Elder stole
second after the ball was caught; Horne
the big footer, who was in the box
for the Giants, began to wind up and
tried to settle down but on the first
| ball Barget met it and put a safe one
| just over the short stop; Elder was ad-
vanced to third and Barget was safe
at first Enright. the next batter up
put out a single and Elder scored; Bar
get stole third; Rhode also gets sin
gle and Barget scored; Clarke came to
bat and hunted to the third baseman,
who made a nice pickup and was
thrown out at first. Hammond got two
runs that Inning. In the ninth inning
neither side scored and the Giants won
by a score of 10 6. Fully 1000 fans
were out to the game and there was
more roofing in yesterdays game than
any other contest witnessed this year
IIammond ...9 Q 9 2 2 J ! 9 g ! ! Z a.!
Struck out-By Clark, 4; by Horne
| 4. Stolen bases-Hammond, 2 Giants
2. Hits-Hammond, IS; Giants, ~
Home run--Fowler. Two base hlts-
| Clark, Robinson, Green. McMurry, HorI
and Hopkins Umpire-Wtlliam Jones
Attendance--1,0 600 (estimatedl.