The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-05-13
CeIina 5-Ft Recovery 4

| There are many and various defiini-
| tions for the greatest of joys, but they
all fade away in the minds of local
fans when they look back over the
score sheet of last Sundays contest
with FIT. Recovery at Mercelina park
and see what might have been, and
then joyfully come to the last halves
of the eighth and ninth innings, and
then to the final finish of the twelfth
| When it comes to coming in from
behind and snatching victory from ap-
parent defeat never again let it be said
that the kids are wholly helpless
The final score was only to 4, but
| Celina was on the top side of the mar
gin, and had overcome a handicap of
three runs in the closing innings of the
usual time allotted contests, setting
down the visiting kickers so hard that
| their language was brutal and violent
as they journeyed back to the hotel,
and they were still rampageous when
Manager Jimmie Big Injun and Cap
tain Heap Much Big Mouth Pausch
gathered the tribe together and toted
them-otf to their tepee at the Fort.
The contest was one of those which
makes up for much that has gone
the previous Sunday had been relieved
! of their two bits, only to see a magnifi-
cent dOwnpour of rain, were more than
| satisfied as they left the grounds at the
close of that third extra inning last
Sunday.
For five rounds it was a brilliant
combat, starred by courageous pitch
ing and grand fielding by both clubs.
Walls, the visiting sOuthpaw, was
flinging them over so fast that the local
lads were helpless, and when they did
occasionally take a crack at the ball ii
was blocked on its course by one or
another of the visitors. At the same
time young Ellis was doing nice work
for the locals, and his support, with
but couple of instances, was perfect.
So, when the visiting pOw-wow men
jumped into a nice fat lead in the sixth
and seventh innings, the game looked
to be a goner.
Up to that time the Kids attempted
but one steal on Houser, and when
they opened up on. this part of the
game in the eighth, matters took on
another hue.
The visitors jumped away in the first
round, Borman, the first man up,
scoring with nobody down. 1t looked
bad for minute, but, fortunately, that
was the limit to the round. Borman
singled to right, stole second and got
around on tumble by Wennig, who
failed to get Betz's throw on Wagncr's
sacrifice. Pausch flew out to the Rab-
bit at third and Houser was taken in
on a deep fly to Mayer. Manager
Coughlin then singled to right, but
Wagner was held at third. Then Ellis
pulled out by tanning Franklin. The
Kids, however, got this back in the
second, when, with one man out, Walls
walked Wenning. He went to second
on tumble of McKirnan's hot groun-
der, and scored on Newcomb's two
bagger. But they couldn't get one
better. Mayer and McComb struck
out.
Everything went along almost one
two-three then until the sixth although
Myers saved run by a most brilliant
one hand catch of fly in the second,
and Mayors relay of Coughlin's long
hit in the fourth, which caught the
runner Ia Sd, another. Wagner started
off with a fly to left, which Mayer
failed to get. Betz then missed an
easy chance for double, and two men
we're safe when he let Pausch's S groun-
der glide between his feet. HOuser
hit to short, but the ball rolled so slow
that Myers attempt to catch Wagner
at third failed and the bases were full.
COughlin hit clean to center and Wag-
ner scored, but Burris' throw held
Pausch, who a moment later was
caught between the bases. Ellis then