Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-22
V0SS-NiCHOL LADS
 TRIMMED HUBS LITTLE ROCKS CHAMPS WENT TO PIECES IN SEVENTH AND
 LOST GAME ALREADY WON. INEFFECTIVE CURVES
CURVES
Pitchers Changed By Visitors Thrce Times in One Inning But
 Slugging Continued.

o. $. Stahl munlclpdl CH''Aipo oh the capital city were defeated here yesterday afternoon by the Voss- Nichol team, of this city, by score of II to 4, the game being walk over for the home boys. The Pine Bluff team brought everything good out of the visitors but there was nothing to them. When Pine Bluf1 struck hitting and base stealing streak in the seventh inning, bling up scores which overshadowed the four runs of the visitors, the Little Rock lads tried to rally by changing pitchers, using three different tWirl- CTS in this one inHing.
 Wilson who had faced the Pine Bluff batters for six innings and had proven invincible during that period, went to pieces after the Voss-Nlchol got two hits Manager Stahl called him out of the box, placing larb on the mound. The second recruit, al
 
 was unable to find the pan and it was evident that he could not stop the romping of the home boys as he handed out his first batter a base OH balls. Price was the next pitcher to substitute in this inning and he fin ished the game pitching against score of II to 1.
 "Chef' Mullin, of the Voss-Nichol team, pitched a wonderful game for Pine Bluff and receiving superb sup port from his packers. Only during
 the first few innings were the visit ors able to place a few hits on the big
 pitcher In the first inning there
 but in the second the Little Rock
 lads started off at a lively pace, mak-
 ing two runs Pine Bluff was unable ; to score in the second or in the third
 or fourth While, on the otherhand,
 the Hubs made one run each in the
 third and fourth innings. In the ; fifth round however, conditions
 changed, when Merrick smashe out , a beautiful hit and scored in the same | inning. From this time until the fa- tai seventh, the Little Rock lads were gradually losing their nerve,
 the juice was coming up ill their
 necks, choking them until they hard l l,o1 y,f
 of the time.
 Bloom, Merrick, Franey, Mullin
 and Sparks hit heavy in the seventh l inning and when the ball was put l in motion the Little Rock boys seemed unable to recover it. It was , at this critical stage of the game that l Manager Stahl pulled Wilson out of
 the box. Fans criticised Manager Stahl for this act and it was the opin- . ion of many that Wilson would have : stopped the Pine Bluffians onslaught i had he remained in. The change in l pitchers only aided the hitting of the home boys. The ball was smashed out to all parts of the lot, Franey, l Bloom and others getting two base = hits
 7 At parts of the game a drizzling !, rain fell over Forest Park but htis . did not stop the playing. Only few 5 scattered fans in the grandstand wit l messed the game, but the enthusiasm , was great. Hubert O'Bannon umpir- e ed the game.
 = Next Sunday Manager Stahl's } beauties will play for the city cham 9 pionship of Little Rock, their oppon- = ents being the Lloyd team of that city The defeat of yesterday, as predicted in the sporting columns of l the Graphic, will be a sad blow to 5 ,ne Little Rockians.
 . Although the game was easily talk , en by the Voss-Nichol team it was a
 good one and up until the seventh
 Inning both sides played classy ball.
 A double play from Whitmore to
 Phillips to Cox, was a feature of the 7 Little Rock teams playing. Whit
 more got three base hit during the game and the good pitching of Wilson for six innings was appreciated. Pitcher Mullin allowed only one base on balls, while Wilson gave a first sack and his successors gave , one base on balls and hit two batters. Mullin struck out nine men while
 Mr. Stahl's pitching staff struck out , only four Pine Bluffians. Four er- , TOTS were made by the Little Rock players some of them costing runs. The total errors credited to the Pine
 Bluff men were three.
 The following is the lineup of the two teams:
 Hubs-Moore, 3b; Whitmore, ss;