Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-19
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

Nescopeck ..... .... . 9 800
/ Benton -................s III
| Bloomsbury g............7 10 .4I2
Berwick ..............6 70 1888
Alden n..,......,........4 70 .2ll
Those Bloomsburgers who for the
last week have through their local
news shaeJs been ciuchiug Saturday :
game with Nescopeck for themselves
and counting on a sure defeat for Dan
Vile at the hands of the league lead
ers must have much the same feelings
now that the aged lady who counted
her chickens before they had broken
she she'll Pardon us please If we
smile audibly.
Never having been in quite the same
position and standing ourselves we
can't perhaps appreciate their feelings
rightly, but we extend our heartfelt
sympathy.
Manager Hoffman's pennant chasers
never felt more like hunting the nails
TO tack up the pennant, and with some
reason. Never has the team worked SO
spleudidly. Nanticoks has played one
more game than Danville and both
have lost four. We have an idea that
by Saturday next Dsnville and Nanti.
coke will be tied for first place.
One strike two strikes ! Batter out
Sach was the sporting music that
fell with harmony on the ears of two
thousand fans Saturday afternoon
when the locals lowered the aspira-
tious of the anthracite sluggeys for
first place in the race OF the Susque-
hanna League. Probably, never in
the, history of, base ball in Dsnville,
did.the.locs team play such ball. and
never was local team given the ova-
tion and enthusiasm as were the
Browns in aid of their death deal
ing blowsto the slate pickers of South
ern Wyoming Valley. Nanticoke was
there with a special train carrying two
hundred rooters; Danville was there
win two thousand fans; the photog-
rapher too, was there, and evidently
cure, of swhst Danville was going to do
struck off the faces of the bunch of
which Danville is proud. "Pinky"
wasithere with the goods and Dooley
accepted them as they were delivered /;
Welsh, with ease and grace was
prize frst-sacker; Livengood took
safe one and accepted everything;
Umlauf opened the three bag rscs
Hess starred on Coveleskie's excussble
error Koehler pulled down the only
one that.came his way; Msckert fool.
ed the left fielder with "dazzler, "
and Metzler had one of the three home
touches one of the safe ones and cap
ped the climax with hair-splitting
catch off of center field fence with
gentlemanly apology to the splinters
on the rough side OF hemlock board.
Presidents William L. McCollum of
{ the Susquehsnna League who witness
ed thesgame stated that the game was
the best and cleanest exhibition Of
amateur baseball he has ever seen. He
spoke particularly of the work Of
Hess at third.
1t was pitchers battle from first
to last; the locals only getting four
safe ones and Pinky" was only
touched for three. During nine innings
the cleanest and fastest baIlwas play
ed by both sides. Danville having
little the better of the game from
every standpoint
Lehr for Nanticoke took the bludg.
con in hand drst Ooveleskie Just for
fun passed him TO first. Evans fouled
80 Dooley, AMI Lenr was caught on
first for one of the two double plays
early in the game that got the goat Of
the visiting league leaders. Brannon
/ flied ont 20 Koeh!er ending the first.
IN Danvilie' 5 half. Hess struck out
/ Mighty little Umlauf carefully fondl.
ed his typ5ty bludgeon faced Jenkins
and promptly ,clouted out JOY pro-
duoer that awoke the crowd some.
When the smoke cleared away Umlauf
grinned on third. He scored ON Bren.
mons passed ball jenkins struck out
Walsh and Dooley in order
In the second Shemanski for Eauti.
coke struck out Walsh was hit on the
arm. Murray next up showed down a
grounder to Coveleskie who threw to
Umlauf at second who threw tc
Walsh-being a narrative Of Danville' s
second double play in as many innings
Danville went out in order.
10 the fifth Nanticoke tied the score.
Murray got base on balls, Buskirk
sacrificed, Haley struck out. Murray
scoring on UmIauf's misjudgemen
OF Jenkins grounder. After this dire
feat, the slate piokers failed to get {
man to the second bag the remaindel
OF the game. Coveleskie owned th,
gRme auG nagseG 'em mn nc he do,,