The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-06
GREATEST CONTEST
SEEN IN RICHMOND
IN A LONG PERIOD
1t Required Fourteen Innings
To Settle the Controversy
Between the Decatur Bunch
And JeSsup's Tribe.
fTIMELY HIT BY JIMMY
CAMERON SETTLED 1T ALL
Event Full to the Brim With All
That Goes to Make Up a
Heart-Breaker---OnIy Sew
enty-five Were Present.
(By Tort.)
Richmond g.; Decatur 3.

hICnmOno o, DeCdLur Do
It was the last of the fourteenth
E5eventy-five dippy bugs were making
the noise of boiler factory listen like
1.-THE chirps of dicky bird. Two stur-
rdy Quaker athletes were straining the
leash at second and third base, one was
Known, and the reliable j. Cameron,
first baseman and swattist of note was
sat bat grasping pole the size of a
barrel Two strikes and three balls
had been called upon said Mr.. Cameron
by Jumps Lally. Suddenly, out of a
Iclear sky came snake shoot across
,4he grove hurled by Lefty Geyer, who
had been pitching a bang up game for
THE Decatur outfit. Mr.. Cameron lean
ed against the shoot with his war club.
"C-r-a-s-h" rang the bat, and the ball
dropped safe hit in center field while
s'Grins" Wiltermood on third Hoped
home with the winning run, incidental
lily breaking up the greatest game of
ball that has been seen in Richmond
for moons and moons.
And talk about paGded cell stunts at
THE lame head works. Cap Jessup
and company wallowed about the sod
while the faithful ran about in circles
lgurgling loon talk to themselves. One
war correspondent in the press sky
iparlor fell off his perch and came to.
imurmuring rag time about home runs.
Hts the nerve specialist and rest cure
for us if another such contest is pull
ed off at Athletic park in the near flu
ture.
A Game of Games.
As has been intimated above, the De-
catur-Richmond set-to Friday, was a
n game of games. Filled to the brim with
sharp fielding. good batting, clever
pitching and heart breaking suspense.
Big Gene Moore was in the box for the
locals. If there was any distinct fea-
ture of the game it was the nervy
pitching of the big fellow. Several
times he pulled himself out of air tight
holes and seemed to be as good at the
finish as he was at the start Moore
was opposed by Lefty Geyer. the Deca
ture crack. and for thirteen innings the
southpaw kept the hot pace set by
Moore for pitching honors. In the
fourteenth he let down the bars and
the Quakers romped home with the
] game.
Richmond started the scoring in the
second, when three hits and double
steal netted two runs. In the first of
the fourth. Decatur, by base on balls,
1 a double and a triple, tied the score.
Richmond took the lead again in the
\ last of the fourth, bringing in two
more runs by a base on balls, a single
and another double steal. In the
first of the fifth, Decatur made the
score to 4. netting two runs on two
singles and fluke double. For six
bitterly fought innings after these last
1.-TWO Decatur runs had been made there
was not a tally scored by either team.
Then came the twelfth. The first half
rof this inning gave the faithful heart
failure. The last half brought bliss
ful happiness. In Decaturs half
winger started rally by coaxing four
wide ones from Moore. Winger was
then scored by Geyer's single, which |
was slowly handled. Geyer died at
second and the next two batsmen were
killed off by sharp double play. Miller
ITO Cameron to Miller.
Moore Tied the Score.
In the last of the twelfth Moore. to
save his game from the clutches of the
enemy. led an assault on Geyer by
singing clearly. Ritter beat out a
bunt Cameron flew out then Justice |
smote a hard one which was scrambled /
by Behringer at short, allowing Moore
to cross the plate with the tieing score
This ended the Quaker rally, Justice
and Jessup being retired. In the thir-
teenth Undertook led off with a sin
gle. but the next three visitors went
out in order. 1t was one. two three for
the locals in the last of the thirteenth
The first of the fourteenth brought
more heart disease TO the faithful.
Whitman got life on Cameron's muff
of low thrown ball by Squibbs. Win
ger came along with a single. then both
of them advanced respectively to third
and second. With no one down and
two men on bases Moore showed his
nerve. He promptly whitfield Geyer.
caused Nash TO pop fly in Jessup's
glove and then ended the inning by
forcing Behringer. Justice to Cameron.
In the last of the fourteenth. amid
the din of enthusiastic roofing, Wilter-
mood. who had been figuring promi-
nentIy in ali the run getting. drew his
base Moore singled and Ritter adj
yanced both men with neat sacrifice
At this juncture Cameron came along
with his pinch hit and the game was a
Quaker victory. Score: