The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-15

test throughout was replete with brill
liant stops and catches, hard hitting at
| critical times and some few fumbles at
| equally critical stages.
Then the crowd that was there. Gary
did not send so large a delegation as
Indiana Harbor sent to Tolleston, but |
| she was well represented at that. |
| Fully $50 people were packed in the
| little grandstand and that with the
bleachers and the crowd which fringed |
the field, it was estimated that from
1000 to 1900 people saw the game.
Roofing? Yes there was roofing. |
| Roofing with lungs, roofing with cow
bells and roofing with what a great
many people at first thought was the
Inland siren. But it wasn't. 1t was
only the electric horn from DIR. C. C.
Robinson's auto which was detached
from the car and brought into the
grandstand through the enterprise of
Glare stephens and Tom O'Connell. 1t
makes an unearthly noise but it Is fine
or roofing both the acme of joy and
the depths of despair can be fully ex-
pressed in it's versatile tones with
proper manipulation.
Saunders the Gary short stop headed
the batting list for his side and soaked
the first ball Croak pitched for a clean
{ second and Keatings single advanced
him to third and he scored when
Erickson hit to Sternberg who shot the
ball to Calvin the fractional part of
second too late to shut off the run.
The siren said misery. The next two
. men struck out In Indiana Harbor's
hauf Smith hit Riley where it could
do the least harm and he not so
badly injured but what he could steal
second moment afterwards Stern
bergs sacrifice place him on third and
he scored Rymals long fly to left
The siren was joyful. Croak was out
trying TO stretch a single into a double.
In Garys second Doyle struck out but
| Cassona walked and scored on Smith s
!, }three Dagger. Deepest agony for the
:, siren. Saunders hit to Croak and Smith
: who was taking long lead from third
/. was caught between that base and
home and run down. GLENN struck
. out In l. HIS half smith famed the
: side in one. two, three order. Siren
. wailing.
Nothing doing for either side in the
= third, but the locals got very busy with
the bat in the fourth. Rymal the firs'
man up dropped a Texas Lacquer back
= of second and scored on Croak's double
Hitler duplicated Croak's effort scoring
: Leroy who made a good catch. Hillel
stole third and counted on Saunder.
slam to second, which badly re
turned to Doyle. Saunders was caugh
- | trying TO steal and Erickson STRUCK
out. Three runs and the score to
- I. II. way. Siren almost delirious will
joy+
- Nothing more doing in the way o
- counting until the ninth when the visi
- tors registered one more tally. In thi
- round Leroy singled over third stol
~ second and went to third on Jimmie
2 bad throw to catch him. Doyle strucl
. out and Casson was out. Thomas 1
V Sternberg but Leroy scored. Smit
ei landed on the sphere for a double int
nv the crowd back of right and things be
u gan to look doubtful but Saunders re
@ lieved the suspense by popping UP
er high fly which Thomas ate up and til
lg game was over. Frantic and prolong
DC ed notes of joy from the siren.
e; When the game was over CAPITAL
Ericsson reiterated what he said abou
the Harbor team after the Gary gam
i. the previous Sunday. He believes tina
the county championship viii eventual
ID. simmer down to fight between hi
y own team and the Harbors. The lin
I'd. up follows:
Gary-Saunders, SIS; GLENN, srd I
I Heating, CT; Erickson. End b; Paine, Il
IN b: Leroy, IF; Doyle, c; Casson, !
Smith. p Indiana IIarbor-Riley. 81
b; Sternberg. LIST b; Ryma1, SIS; Croal
.o p; Hitler, Of; Thomas. End b: Saunder
~ IF; Erickson, If; Calvin, c.
Indiana Harbor II O 3 0 0 0 o.
wv Gary ....,.......1 0 l.