Thibodaux commercial journal. (Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.) 191?-1959, 1910-04-06
Seasons Opens
With Hospitality
Local base ball team present visitors
with game on a platter covered with
errors and lack of team work.

Local base ball team present visitors
with game on a platter covered with
errors and lack of team work.
| out through lack of proper support and
| dumb playing.
| Visitors very gentlemanly showing up
| well. Umpire from neighboring town
not over familiar with rules.
The local base ball season opened
up last Sunday at Dantin's park
with slow and listless game run
ming something like two hours in
| the presence of large and unap--
preciative audience, rendered unap-
preciative by the listlesseness OF the
game. Knobloch, tho local twirler,
pitched a good game up to the sixth
inning, striking out nine men, while
Boudreaux 1.-TWO tree) who sue
| ceeded him struck out three in three
innings. after having held down
third sack for the greater portion OF
the game. Knobloch only yielded
six hits in the six innings, but the
ragged support coupled with the
lack of team work and objectionable
errors piled up six runs for the Wis
itors, one in the first inning, four
in the sixth and one in the seventh,
four of which had no reason to ex-
ist. The locals had a splendid
chance to score several runs in the
fourth inning but lack of coaching
and dumb base running caused
a. double play and retired the side
with goose egg. At Several other
! times there were chances to score
but there seems not to have been
the proper ginger to bring them
over the rubber. The visitors were
very gentlemanly and played good
| ball, while numerous errors were
made they were not costly. They
secured number of clean hits, se--
curing the only three bagger of the
game with no one on bases. Deme
lKnobloch back of the bat did not
play his usual game and made
several wild throws to first and
third that were costly and meant
Iruns, besides giving free bases on
| pass balls, second and third being
obtained on passes by one man,
who afterwards scored. Albert G..
Boudreanx at second deserves spe-
cial mention and accepted two
chances offered him making a splen
did catch in right field. His
chances were limited as Deme was
a bit leary on tagging second. The
visiting pitcher struck out eight
men in the nine innings and al
lowed eight hits, which were we'll
scattered, he allowed three men to
walk, striking Sid Knobloch on the
arm two different times. Trosclair
had no chances but he as well as
Boudreaux got several of the clean
hits. The umpire seemed to be by
no means over familiar with the
; rules of the game and made bad Ell
ror that so affected Knobloch that
, he refused to pitch any more and
) it was with difficulty that he was
induced to go back to the box
The decision on the batter being
struck by the ball, that be
attempted to bunt and not being
called out was very damaging
4 to the local team, without this
there wonld not have been as
many runs scored, the batter wa:
allowed to have another chance
anda runner allowed his base. .Thi
was the first practice the loca
team had and it showed that they
!. were badly in need of it. The
!. team as whole however is ;
very acceptable one. Miller a.
first, although we understand
better backstop, made the bes
of his numerous chances. Tros
clair in right, brother of th
Star left fielder was bit weak
but has the making of a good bal
player. Claude Naquin had bu
one impossible chance, Thoma
lLadet at short had few chances
le Boudreaux at third was the gin
st ger and spirit of the game an
d pitched the three last inning
t. well. Sid. Kuobloch is as good a
IS ever, he struck out five out o
d the six first men presentln
ID themselves for a hit. The gam
fe by innings is as follows :
!, scbwrtz Stars 1O00O4100 1 6
1t Lafourche 001000000
~ Batteries Petite and Mar
ne Knobloch, Boxdreaux an
n Knobloch. Umpire DR. Toujal
II Attendance 800.
he One Conductor Who Was Cure
dis Mr.. MILFORD Adams is his nam
ul l,o xyritaS ahout it stSOu