The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-31

No Question Now as to
Which Place Has The
Stronger Ball Team
Rousing Defeat Admin
iStered to Carbondale
Sunday Demonstrated
That.

Honesdale won the fifth and de-
cisive game of the Carbondale series
at Lake Lodore Sunday and won it
fairly There is no question, either
in Carbondale or here, as to that.
The Maple City lads outbatted and
outfielded their doughty rivals from
the other side of the Moosics The
game was won before three innings
had been played, for Pitcher Nc
Andrew was a regular pudding for
the Honesdale hitters. They found
him whenever they felt like it, and
after three innings the Carbondale
twirler, who once used to bother
our boys a bit, went off the job.
Neary followed him in the box and
did better, but the last Carbondale
chance had faded off the map before
Nearys time.
On the other hand, Honesdale was
sound in the box from start to fin
ish. Sweet-tempered little Bennie
Hessling, the able runt of a pitcher
who always goes into the game with
a rainbow smile and comes out of
colors simply augmented and in
tensified, pitched one of his strong
est and most "heady" games. He
struck out IL men altogether; and
in the seventh, when Carbondale did
actually succeed in getting two men
on bases, Bennie famed two and
lived to see the third victim send a
pop foul, a nice little dewdrop, right
into the hospitable nit of Catcher
Sandercock, who holds his pitcher
nicely and whose work behind the
bat was the real, simon pure article
Sunday.
Close to 1000 people saw the
| game. There were lis on the reg
ular 11.05 out of Honesdale in
| the morning, and for the special at
/ 1 Ticket Agent Transue let Capt.
I Kupfer and his boys have $50. Out
/ of that cluster very few tickets
were returned The special had
! eight cars, while the special from
Carbondale showed up at 2.05 with
4 cars and more than 500 men,
women and children to root for
| Mick" Murtaugns pets.
Honesdale got an elegant start.
Mangan, the first man to shake a
stick at McAndrew, liked the first
ball and hit it. He got it right and
the sphere shot we'll out into right
and Mangan took two bases as easy
as eating lemon pie with vanilla
cream on the side. Brader singled
and stole second and then Capt.
Kupfer came to bat. The Captain
had on his batting clothes and he
put the second ball off toward the
lake somewhere. He sent Mangan
and Brader home and got to third
himself by beautiful sprinting, but,
though the boss of the Honesdale
team had both hommels planted
squarely on the bag a full second
place of business, Umpire Mike"
Burke called the runner out.
Punk" yelled the Honesdale
= side of the field. 1t was a rotten
decision, and as the game progressed
the man with the indicator stirred
Heaven and earth in his effort to
get Carbondale home on top, but
!
> umpire couldn't do the trick at Lake
Lodore Sunday. 1t was Honesdale's
day to get there. 1t was Carbon
dale's day to lose.
In the fourth Neary took the
, box and McAndrew went out in the
field, and the new pitcher gave the
Carbondale outfit a new though
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struck out three men and gave two
free passes to the initial bag. Hess
ling was not so generous. He only
handed out one. 1t is true that all
through THIS season the little Homes
dale twirler has been throwing high
and he sent a good many of them
, high Sunday, but his old-tims speed
was there.
"Bennie pitched the game of his
/, life," said both the Carbondale box
: men. They know a good thing
: when they see 1t.
For Honesdale Hattler, Brader,
!, Kupfer, Murray and Mangan were
\ the hitters. Brader made three oi
- Honesdale's seven runs and the
!, others found McAndrew for two
baggers. Carbondale's runs were
. made by Neary and Williams
Neary scored the Carbondale short
stop on one of his two-base hits.
/, Carbondale felded loosely and
there were fumbles galore on hel
: side of the fence. Carbondale made
!, eight errors. Honesdale made two
1--WE did the best we could, ant
= II we'd had another pitcher from
the first we might have won," saiC
Manager Murtaugh.
"It was a good game and / thinl