The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-09
VALPO WINS 4
LUCK BALL GAME
Hammond Stays Right With
the Standards Until
the End.
THE FATAL NINTH COSTLY
Jones Makes Error In Getting Ball
and Zimmerman Brings
In Score.

The Valparaiso Standards won what
you would call a lucky game from
Hammond yesterday afternoon. at the
formers grounds, by a score of to B.
It's what you would call hard luck
when a visiting team loses the game in
the last inning on an error. In this
fatal ninth inning Zimmerman scored
on an error which will have to be Civ
en- to Jones, although the ball was hard
to get and Jones fell while getting 1t.
giving Valparaiso the game, on little
bounder which Jones failed to field
Jones was not used to his position
but filled the place fairly well. He
is an outfelder and owing to the alb
sence of another player he had to play
the inheld position.
No runs were scored on either side
until the third inning, when the Ham
monds began to find McCamment. He
had not been handing out any hits un-
til this third inning. After Buhrig
had famed walker poked out single.
Rhode walked and Jones was also pre-
sented with a pass, filing the bases.
When then famed. but the inning was
not over yet. Boyle was there with
the big stick and clouted McCamment
for a three Dagger. scoring Walker and
Rhode. and would have also scored
Jones. but he cut second and was sent
back by the umpire to touch second,
which Jones willingly did, but Boyle
was making the circuit at such a rate
of speed that he passed Jones in going
to third. and the latter was called out
on account Of being passed by Boyle.
| The Standards came back in their
| half of the third and tied the score.
| McCamment walked and Zimmerman
repeated the act, Seabrook was easy
and Whitfield Harris doubled, scoring
McCamment. Mckay sacrificed, Zim-
norman coming home on the hit Stra-
chan retired the side by hitting to
pitcher.
Rhode Pitches Good Ball.
Walker was bothered with a sore
arm again yesterday and the Ham
mond team. having no other pitcher
with them. put Rhode In the box
Rhode had never pitched against a big
team before. but he made good yester-
day and had the Standards striking
at the wind, getting five strikeouts in
seven innings and allowing only five
hits.
Again in the fourth Valparaiso came
back to cause Rhode more trouble
SEWERS started the inning by being
put out at first. Mckay repeated by
retiring the same way. but Nuppnat
made the circuit on a single In steal
ing second Nuppnau got a life. Freed
meyer throwing low which wen
through White. but Buhring backe'
him up and helped things along 70
Valparaiso by making a Wild throw
to third. on which Nuppnau took home
walker Starts 1t.
In the fifth Walker got his secon'
single off McCamment, and after max
ing McCamment wear his arm out try
ing to get him on first. he laughed a
Rhode, the latter tanning. Jone
walked and White singled. filing tn
bases. Boyle then hit to third Will
Walker stood there gazing at the bal
and wa sforced at home, the base
were still full when Clabby singled
scoring Jones, and White was caugh
at the plate.
After the fifth inning both pitcher
pitched good ball up to Valparaiso
half of the ninth. when the the latte
scored the winning run. Zimmerma