The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-29
Especial to THE TIMEs.)

Crown Point, Ind, Aug. 29.-Nine |
good ball players, comprising the or
ganization known as the Gary base
ball team. and one poor umpire. said |
to hail from the same town. were beat
en- at their own and his own game yes
terday by the score of to for the
team and, according to reports, about
s25 to nothing for the umpire. Even
at that it was good exhibition of the
national game and outside of some of
the rankest and biased decisions ever
heard on the local field, by the Gary
umpire. said to be holding on to the
name of Moore, the nine innings were
replete with exciting and spectacular
playing by both teams, with the locals.
as the score shows, looming up as
stars OF the first magnitude.
Crown Points two costly errors were
responsible for Gary's two runs, one
of the mis1udging of a signal by three
players to catch a foul fly, proving
that too many ball players sometimes
spoil at catch. which would have re-
tired the side In the fourth inning. re-
sponsible afterward for chalking up
Gary's two lonely runs. To stem the
tide of defeat and to stop the drub-
bling given Dawson. the Gary twirler.
he was sidetracked in the sixth in
ming by one Leroy from somewhere,
but his work proved ineffective against
the heavy clouters on the local team
and he was hit at will, besides being
wild enough to satisfy a Comanche
Indian. The work of Glover In right
field was especially praise worthy. nab
bling Gary runner at third base by
probably the prettiest and most accu-
rate throw ever seen on the local
diamond, heaving the ball in from deep
right and landing it squarely in third
baseman Davies mitt in ample time to
retire the runner. Glover also knocked
beautiful home run as his share of
the glory IN the game. The rest of
the team played like clockwork. CIV
ing brilliant support to Percy Smith,
who had the visitors at his mercy in
nearly all stages of the game
| Another beautiful catch of a hard
drive robbed Crown Point of a possible
| score when Kossow, left fielder for
Gary, spiked the ball which seemed
| good for all OF two bases.
One regrettable feature of the game
was the rag-chewing occasioned by
| some Of the decisions of the Gary UNI.
pire which. were eminently unfair The
lineup was as follows:
Gary-Collison, SIS; Saulters, 2b
Erickson, RI; Heating. CT; Paine. ID
Kossow, If; Glenn, 3D. Geghork, C; Da
vison, Leroy. p
/ Crown Point-Needham, IS; Harris
2b; Glover, IF; Claussen. CT; Elder, lib
Enright,, If; Davies. 3b; Herrick. c
Smith, p.
Three base hits-Davison, Geghork
Needham. Home run-Glover. Hits-Of
Smith, g.; off Dawson. s; off Leroy, 8
Struck out-By Smith, g. by Dawson, 8
Double play-Collison to Saulter t.
Paine. Stolen base-Needham. Will
pitch-Leroy. 8. Umpires-Horst an
Moore Attendance-30O
Crown Point. .-...1 1 -
Gary .............0 2 o.
= Gary brought the crowd down in
special train. about $50 rooters &C
companying the team from the stee
city.
| Crown Point gives Gary retur
game, at Gary, on Labor day.
Umpire Moore's decisions were beyon
reason, and his roasting from the fan
seemed to do some good. 1t is sal
that he had considerable money was
:. cred on his pets.
Gary's mayor. T. E. Knots, was OF
0 served on the west bleachers rootin
l for the steel city boys
Needham and Harris at second De
. vies at third and Herrick behind tt
. that Crown Point has an inheld ths
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