Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-07-15
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

With its Big Stick" working with
the precisionsand acouracy.of latest
improved model trip hammer Danville
on Saturday succeeded in drawing 3
game with Shickshinny after the team.
5he umpires, Dame Fortune and all the
other fetishes Of baseball had com bin.
ed in R oonspirscyEto hand the game
TO the visitors on a silver platter.
The game was a hair raiser-the
most exciting that has been played on
the home grounds inymany day, and
in voicing their agitation the fans
rooted with such power that the few
people left downsou Mill street stop
ped TO listen to the yelling The in
famed climax was reached il Dan
vilte's last'hslf .of'the ninth when the
rear, and made two singles and two
doubles count the coveted taIlies, tie
ing the score, and leaving the game a
draw because Shiokshinny train was
nearly due.
Dsnville, played exemplary base ball
for the flst five innings, allowing the
visitors nix. Coveleskie smiled on
but sixteen men during the first FIVE,
allowing three hits and recording
three strikeouts-theimen behind were
on the jump and nothing was too
hard. Then the sixth. With one man
out Mitchell, But2 and Cowley each
cracked long drives into center, the
three Of them scoring before Danville
finished tossing the bali around the
grounds. InsEcoming home Cowley
spiked Catcher zimmerman, putting
the nervy little Dangille player out Of
the game, and causing shake up in
the team 10 fiji his place. Coveleskie
went out in the grass, and McOioud
took the mound. Msckert took first and
Thomas put on the mask. 1t didn't
look very good, but it was the best that
could be done with no subs on the
bench. Anyway 1t stopped the scoring
for that innings.
With the foreisste Of victory Snick-
shiny would have no more goose eggs
frapse and in the seventh com bined
single, pass and an error TO 5aIly
once. Ia the eighth they again giEded
on their armor. Butz went out ny the
shortstop 70 fret base route; COwley
got four balls and stole second ; Booth
got in the way OF one Of Honey's
ourves and took mis- base: Williams hit
to right and Cowley and Booth scored,
the latter on blocked ball Here Nc
the platform, Honey going to center
field. Laird hit so right and scored
Williams, before the SIDE was retired.
Again in the ninth Shiokshiuny SCOT.
ed three.
Five Of Danv!l4e's rams were made
in the first three innings, good heavy
stick work being responsible for most
OF the locals tallying. Again in she
sixth DsnviIle tailed once.
Ia ths ninth the crowd was begin
ming 10 Aook toward the gates despair
ing OF Danvi!le's overcoming Shiok-
shinny's lead, when Clay berger took a
pretty single through short stop;
Thomas, old reliable, pounded one in
10 left Things began once more 80
assume an interesting aspect when
Coveleskie came to bat. but tie best
Pinkey could DO was to pop one up TO
second base; Lewis was fortunate
enough to get .n front OF a pitched
ball, loading iue cushions; UmIauf
brought che crowd 70 the pinnacle
with a two bagRer inEa left scoring
CiaybeIger ana Thomas; Brown struck
out, watch was some " hat disuuieting,
bat Maokert saved the dav with his
second double and third hit OF the dav
a long drive into left field, scoring
Lewis ana Umlalf McOloud made
the third out
= ue score
DANVILLE.
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