The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-06
K. C'S WIN AND LOSE
ON THEIR JOURNEY
Lafayette Knights Take
First Saturday; Locals
Victors at Danville.
SPLENDIOLY ENTERTAINED
Score on Saturday Was 6 to 2; On
Sunday, II to 15-Both Games
Witnessed By Good Crowds.

The Hammond knights of Columbus
baseball team on their two trips TO
Lafayette and Danville won the Dan
VILE game by score of II TO Is and
lost the Lafayette game by score of
6 TO ,. The Lafayette game on the
Fourth was by far the best game of the
two. The DanvilIe game was played
yesterday afternoon Humpfer pitched
the first six innings. striking out seven
and and was relieved BY Halfman in
the last three, who struck out four.
Hammond touched the home pitcher for
eighteen hits, while the Danville fell
lows secured seven from the Ham
mond pitchers. At the close of the
game Hammond had eight errors TO its
credit and Danville eighteen.
The X C's were trimmed in neat
fashion al Lafayette last Saturday The
score was 6 to ,, this being the first
defeat that the local boys suffered this
season. and it was rubbed in right from
! a Lafayette viewpoint. If there was
any downcast feeling following the
high hopes that the Hammond team
had it, disappeared when the Lafayette
Knights entertained their visitors in
their club rooms. The punishment on
the diamond was severe. but the score
was more than evened up in the even
ing.
on Day for Hammond.
Hammond had an off day and while
the score was to ., the teams were
nevertheless evenly matched.
Hammond did better playing to gain
it's two runs than Lafayette did TO get
four of its six runs
Schultz. Hammond's second baseman.
by a costly error, let in two runs at
a time in the fifth inning.
Halfman and Humpfer changed off
in the box. each one sending four men
to the bench Time and again each one
pulled himself out of a tight place
with the bases filled and no man out
Louis Keitzke caught for the locals
and he covered himself with glory. He
was there with the mitt, with the stick
and on his pegs. once he got to first.
VIII Gamer Trips Up.
Will Gamer on first tripped upon a
runner whom he should have put out.
He fumbled the ball. but in the next
inning he swung the willow right.
making a clean hit Charley Gamer
did good work in the fed and with
the bat. but was guilty of one error,
. l
Jim Carroll touched the Lafayette
pitcher time and again. but had the
misfortune of being left on the bases.
Hugh Carroll, after making clean
hit, gave an exhibition of scientific
base running. Playing on foreign
grounds he was nevertheless cheered
by the crowd for his daring and his
cleverness. Dibos, big long lanky Ed
had an easy time of it in the field. but
> twice he got his nit on the horsehide,
and there it stuck. Eds favorite pas
time in the game is % swing the viii
low, and he made good connections yes
terday.
Teams Well Matched.
The Lafayette team had nothing up
their sleeves to which the Hammond
boys weren't on to- but they had the
good fortune of catching the locals nap
. ping when the bases were full
Schultz heard all about it yesterday
r how costly his error was. but it should
be mentioned here that it was the
same Bugs Raymond Schultz that
brought in the second run for his team
The xneup was as follows: