Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-06-16
DANV|LLE LANDS
ELEVENTH GAME
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
SATURDAYS RESULTS.
Danville, 8; Berwick, 2.
Shickshinny, 4; Benton, 2.
Bloomsbury, Nanticoke, wet.grounds.
Alden Nescopeck, wet grounds.

Bloomsbury, Nanticoke, wet.grounds.
Alden n-Nescopeck, wet grounds.
Reds" Metzler and his eight assist
ants helped boost the pennant aspira-
tions of Manager Hoffman's aggravat-
ing aggregation ON Saturday by oblig-
ingly handing the home team the big
end of the 5-2 score. This too in spite
of the fact that Reds had his net
spread of the whole center garden
and the holes all sewed shut.
A great game-from the spectators
view point-something doing all the
time. The fans put in few anxious
moments previous to the opening of
the game, waiting for Sweeney-Kelly
was there. Time passed and various
opinions were being formulated as to
the honest truly reason for Sweeney's
non appearance when-listen Manag-
er Laubach of Berwick and Manager
Hoffman of the locals got their heads
! together. Laubach doffed his suspend
ers, borrowed belt, snatched cap
from nearby head, disguised himself
in a sweater and walking like an um-
pire, called the game. Hoffman agreed
to handle his share of the damage by
over looking the bases. Think of it,
dear reader, ever hear of such thing,
two managers umpiring their own
game? Trouble? Nix. We want to say
right here that Laubach out-Sweeney'd
| Sweeny and earned the honest regard
of every fan by the able and impartial
manner in which he ran the game.
And Hoffman circled the bases with
| the runners.
Considering the day, the crowd was
large but not exactly so enthusiastic
the first portion of the game with Ber-
wick run ahead. In the seventh how
ever, Danville's stock took jump and
the bleachers took the hint.
Brannen was there with his smile
and bunch of fascinators and his little
part of the winning may be CLEANED
from Berwick's lonely four hits and
! his fourteen strike outs.
Mackert endeared himself to the
Danville base ball population by his
nifty playing in the field and his much
needed two bagger in the seventh,
starting the winning run getting. His
catch of Ash's drive to left in the
ninth and his phenomenal throw to
the home plate mailing Wagner, clos
ing the game was worth the five and
! twenty entrance fee.
In the second Dooley got ball on
the finger breaking it just below the
/ first joint. He heroically stayed in the
game however the remainder of this
and the following innings. The injury
will probably keep Dooley out of the
game for month anyway.
! The seven errors ON both side were
largely due to the wet ball.
The happenings:
The penant chasers kept up theirsus
ual habit of scoring, after Umlauf and
Livengood had been put out, Nipple
made drive to centre field, stole Sec
ond and crossed the pan when Wagner
hit high one which Flaherty, Ber-
wick's third baseman failed to gather.
Honus' died on third and Hagy fan
ned. This ended the local run getting
until the seventh. To the interested
and disgrutled multitude of fans it
looked like kink in the aspirations
of Hoffman's s bunch when Berwick
secured one in the second and another
in the fourth. In the second round,
after Flaherty had been put out and
| Tierney struck out, Metzler received
| present of base on balls. He stole
second and strange to say, unbeliev-
! able as it appears, he hooked the third
! bag. Horrible! Wager also took
Weston promenade. On a series of Dan.
vile fumbles, Reds scored while
Custer fell victim to Brannen's
oddities.
In the fourth Berwick tailed again.
Foster, the heavy hitting ex-Tri-Stat-
er, connected for two bagger to left
field Flaherty hit high one which
was to Brannen. Tireney placed one
through second which scored Foster.
Metzler struck out and Tierney was
caught at third. So ended the Berwick
end of the scoring although four men
faced Brannen every innings.
In Danville's half of the seventh
with Veith an easy out, Mackert made
the feature hit of the game, a long
drive over right field wall, for two
bases. Kelly who replaced Dooley in
the fourth, popped Texas leaguer''
into right which brought the Sunbury
man.bird across the pan for the even
up score. Woof
Brannen drove one to Heist who
gathered it off his shoe strings threw
to first mailing Kelly in a lightning
double play and retiring the side.
In inning eight Danville put the
game on ice by finding Custer for
pair of singles and two bagger. Um.