Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-07-21
PROVIDENCE AIDED
BLOOM TO WIN
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continued uOm ISL rage.
most remarkable exhibition ever seen
on a Danville field. Rowe started is
suing bases on balls, allowed Blooms
burg runners to steal at will. There
are two explanations for his conduct,
and it is not believed anybody but
Rowe himself knows which is.acorrect.
The great majority think he showed
that yellow streak which on other oc-
casions has moved him to throw
games away. Others claim that he was
following instructions to keep the in
nings going until the rain prevented
Danville from playing their half, so
that Blooms runs wouldn't count.
Which ever way it was it resulted a
three passes and hit in quick success
sion added to several stolen bases and
wild pitch which netted Bloomsbury
three more runs, or a total of five.
Finally Rhodomoyer Saw that the
innings must be ended and Danville
play her half before Bloomsbury tai
lies would count. So he forced Rankin
home and walked up to the plate him
self and stood there until Umpire Will
son called him out.
Danville players, in quandry
whether to hurry things and try to
catch up in runs or to hold back and
wait for the rain to call the seventh
innings void, came in for their seventh
time at bat.
Hagy got bunt hit and Veith flied
out to center. Mackert then landed for
two bagger into center field which
scored Hagy. Kelly popped to second.
Brennan, batting for Rowe, put a
beautiful pinch hit into center field,
which scored Mackert, when Umlauf
made the third out on fly to second
base.
| Ainsworth replaced Rowe for the
eighth, with the darkness so thick the
people could hardly tell which team
was in the field. The auburn topped
pitcher, who had defeated Bloomsbury
the day before, famed the side on
nine smoke balls-and then the deluge.
| The furies of the storm which had
been gathering since l O'Clock broke
with terrific force. Coming from the
north the rain was driven into the
grandstand and drenched the huddled
| spectators on the exterior to complete
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within.
Those who lean toward the intense
in base ball had surfeit from start TO
finish in Saturdays game.
Danville's lead of one run, made in
the first, was likely to be overcome at
any moment. Bloomsbury was playing
rattling game and backing up to per-
fection their new battery, Dougher
and Crossin, from up Scranton way.
1t started in the first session when
Liyengood was caught at the plate by
throw from Rankin in deep centre
that was one of the prettiest heaves
ever seen on the local field
From then ON the excitement grew.
In the third Bloomsbury seemed sure
to score, when Rowe ended the in
nings by striking out Rankin, Bloom S
surest hitter, leaving men on second
and third. In the fourth again men
We're on second and third, this time
with but one out, when Veith retired
the side with double play unassisted
In the fifth hit and an error again
gave Bloomsbury chances which were
nipped by Livengood's quick heave to
Neith to catch Dougher at third
So it went, too, on Danville's side
In every innings except the second, the
locals had men on the bases, and time
and again quick work by the visitors
prevented scoring.
Base ball is an uncertain game, and
never so uncertain as when you are
sure.
The score:
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