The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-19

NICK ALTROCK IN FORM
Kept the Visitors Down to Half a
Dozen stingy Hits-Raise
Pennant

The first local appearance of the
White Sox in their dual role Of world
champions and American league pen
nant winners. which was made at the
South Side park yesterday, was a COM
plete and bowling success. TO signal
lie their debut in the gallery Of worlds
champs, the men Of Comiskey BANKED
the St Louis Browns, near champions
OF the city at the extreme end Of the
drainage canal by the score Of 2 to q.
It is like reading old time history
when it is related how handsome Nick
AItrock twirled a beautiful game ana
old reliable George Davis, who is sun
posed to be about three weeks late in
MS training, batted in the runs that
Won the contest. The old adage that
history repeats itself is nowhere bet
ter exempIifed than in the case Of Aft
rock and Davis When the South Side
fan starts to figure out how MANY
times Nick has saved game with his
deadly twfrltng, and how many times
Davis has broken up one with a pinch
MT he begins TO lose count.
All the champions performed like the
real thing, and many startling plavs
were staged. Two fielding errors were
made by the Sox. while the Browns
stopped through without misplav.
Nick Altrock and Eddie Mcfarland
contributed the bungles, and each was
a bad throw to first. Jiggs Donohue
tried his best to save the fielding aver
ages or his teammates, but in each
case he failed by narrow margin.
NICK pitched a great game, and
never hinehed when he got into a tight
place. Five times during the game the
Browns had good chance to send
run across the pan, but every time the
strategic German was too much for
them True, they gathered six hits
but only two of these came together
Ihat was In the second inning. but a
rast double play spoiled the chance
for run in that round.
fhe Browns had Morgan, an Ameri-
1an association recruit who worked in
a lew games for St. Louis at the end
u last season, in the box, and he did
Well, considering that he was asked
70 jump from a minor league to stop
ping the worlds champions. He al
lowed eight hits, but at that pitched
4 steady game. In the fourth session
ne displayed tendency to go UP in
me air, but got his emergency anchor
out just in time to prevent any very
disastrous happenings
Fielder Jones made two star catches
u long files, that very closely re-
'embled hits, and Piggs Donohue per
formed couple of his wherever-the-
oaL- goes-I keep my eye-on the bag
stunt in his own inimitable stvle
me Sox won the game in the fourth
ming. when Morgan had a brainstorm
A1ter lsben was out, Morgan to Tom
ones Jiggs Donohue sent a sizzler to
bird base, which was too hot for Del
'hanty, the ex-Red. to handle. Jiggs
started to steal second and Morgan
made wild pitch, which landed the
lrst baseman on third
Morgan was plainly fused. and
rave Pat Dougherty a base on balls
Fat stole second without any opposi-
ion, and both men were waiting anx-
ously when George Davis came to bat. |
feorge was right there, and a nifty
ing1e to right did the business. That
vas the end Of the scoring. but there |
7as plenty doing to keep the fans ex- |
tied, even though more runs were not |
orthcoming.
With two men out in the seventh t
IcFarland and AItrock knocked out |
afe ones, but Hahn forced Nicholas |
t second, ending the opportunity. In /
he eighth base on balls and a single
ut Jones and Robe on bases, but
hen 1t came to converting the runners
Ito runs, Pat Dougherty was not
here with the merchandise.