Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-25
STANDING OF THE CLUBS

In perhaps the best game of the sea
son on the home grounds Danville on
Saturday compelled Nanticoke to
strike her colors for the first time in
the second series. Score 3 to l.
The game and surroundings had all
the old time incidentals included. The
big crowd was there to yell itself into
whispers over every play, and showed
spirit that has not been equaled this
year And the players furnished an
abundance of material to do all kinds
of rootip', about.
Ir e galaxy of stars that appeared
in Saturdays horoscope, two stand
out with scintilating brightness-one
James McInnis, who, rescued from the
wilds of Reedsville, made his initial
bow Saturday in Danville ball togs /;
and the other, Mr.. Big Bill Mack (no
reIis[ ..5n to Connie) who is one of the
outcomes of the memorable and now
historic trip of the Danville scouts to
Philadelphia.
While none of the Danville tossers
missed any chance to worry the Nanti-
ed sunk their talons deeper into the
twitching victims than any of the rest.
McInnes established himself in the
hearts of Danville base ball lovers by
his mastery performance in the box.
His heady conduct of his end of the
game inspired confidence from the first
fling He is the kind of twrler who
is never in "a hole. He can serve up
the best that is in him no matter what
circumstances conspire to bewilder.
His six strike outs were distributed
impartially among Nanticoke's best
bets, while their three scattered hits
spell for Danville pitching ability
with a head ON its shoulders.
Mack's merit extraordinary is found
accredited on the batting end of the
score sheet. His beauteous soak it was
that hurtled Smiths persriring head,
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for a new airway speed record and
landing in the muck outside the con.
fines of the paid admission area, scor-
ed the two runs of Danvilles lead
His hit it was, also, that sent Bren-
nan over the plate in the fifth for
Danville's scora.
The nonchalant south paw, Jenkins,
was Nanticoke's choice to put the
kibosh on Danville, and Danville' ;
sparse four hits attest to the efficacy
of his curves, albeit he gave the first
shove TO the dumping of his own APP
pie cart in both of Danville scoring
innings, AS likewise did McInnes.
FIRST BLOOD is NANNY'S
The game progressed through the
first two innings runless, but when
Nanticoke came in TO open the third,
Davis got nipped on the head by one
of McInnis' benders for starter. He
went to second on jenkins sacrifice,
and to third on Morris out. SHELTON
then selected this time for one of the
three swats, Texas Lacquer over sec
ond base, and Davis deposited Nanti-
coke's tainted tally at the pan.
Danville went through her half of
the third and the fourth with nothing
to show for the trouble, and then just
as the fans were beginning to show
the first signs of anxiety, Brennan cell
ebrated the opening of the fifth by
trotting to first after four wide ones
had been deposited by Jenkins. To sec
ond he went on McCarty's sacrifice,
and fitted around the rest of the
square when Mack Strengthened out
beautiful drive four feet over Skel-
toms head.
1t appeared as if the fifth was to be
repeated in the sixth when Jenkins
again opened the session by present.
ing McInnis with standing on first.
Mackert ran and went to secord on
Umlauf's sacrifice, but stayed there
while LivengQod and Nipple both flied
ont.
In the momentous seventh, Captain
Nipple, whose wheels are never idle,
dispatched the fleet Mackert to usurp
Wagner's bat, with instructions to
bunt and run like blazes. But Mackert
fell prey to Jenkins wiles and fur
nished only another mark in the strike
out column. Brennan rolled one to
Shemanski and went ont. Hopes went
up slightly when McCarty got to first
on four balls and then Mack's home
run brought the deluge. Davis ended
the fun by dandy catch in the crowd
of Veith's foul fly.
Danville had near score in the
eighth when McInnis opened with
two bagger in the vicinity of the flag
pole and went to third ON Umlauf's
sacrifice. The runner remained on the
third sack while Livengood and Nip