The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-02
HAWLEY BEATEN
IN CLOSE GAME
Home Team Wins by Final
Score Of 80
VISITORS HAVE STRONG NINE
AND MAKE HONESDALE
WORK HARD FOR VIC
TORY.
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Such was the verdict, Saturday
: afternoon, at the silk mill grounds,
in the snappiest base ball game
ever played in the Maple City.
Something Doing. Honesdale
VS.. Hawley at p. m. To-Day
That was the way the game was ad-
vertised in streaks of white on every
corner fiag-stone in the city last Sat-
urday morning. And you can just
bet your sweet life there was
something doing" too
The spectators, and there were al
most thousand of them, Hawley
alone bringing over two hundred
rooters along, were really treated to
a double-header. They certainly
got the worth of their money.
The First Game.
The first game was called at 3:17
p. m. by Umpire H. Bales, who gave
the decisions on balls and strikes,
while Robert Boland, Hawley UNI
pired the bases.
Sweitzer opened the stanza by
grounding to Kupfer. Mcnamara
singled to left, and Rose followed
suit. Gilpin famed. Sweitzer tried
to reach home, on Sellers safe hit
to left field, but "Duffer'' Weaver re-
covered the ball in time to make a
splendid throw to Sandercock, cut
ting off the threatened run, and re-
firing the side.
All looked well when the County
Seaters went to bat in their half of
the first. Mangan Strengthened out
one of Southpaw Sheridan's curves
and sent the ball akiting to centre
for one base. Captain Brader sacri-
feed to Sheridan who threw the ball
to second in time to catch Mangan.
Ross hit grounder to Wilson who
threw the ball to Gibbons in an at
tempt to make a doubleplay. Glib
bons dropped the ball, and Brader
kept right on to third. Gibbons
threw the ball to Mcnamara, who
dropped it, and Brader was safe on
third and Ross on second.
A hot argument arose over the
play, Hawley claiming that Brader
was out for overrunning second.
The crowd rushed on the field. The
discussion waXed warm. The Bridge
Dodgers left the field refusing to
continue the game, unless Brader
was declared out.
The Second Game.
We have compromised on the
scrap and start the game over from
the beginning!" That was the COM
forting announcement Manager Leon
Ross megaphoned to the rooters dur
ing a temporary lull in the verbal
hostilities following the first game,
which by right belonged to us. Just
to show that there were no hard
feelings, after winning the first
game, 9 to 0, the County Seaters
| turned in again, and in a ninth
inning batting rally, won the second
game to 2.
Hawley got runaway start in the
first session, when on a combination
of three hits, base on balls, and
Sandercock's wild throw to third,
they scored the only two runs they
made that afternoon.
This is how they did it: Sweitzer
singled to right garden, beating the
ball out to first, but was caught try
ing to steal second. McNamara's
patience was rewarded by a pass to
first. Gilpin famed, Mcnamara
| meanwhile stealing second. On
Sellers single to right, Mcnamara
went to third, and all the way home,
followed by Rose who brought in
the second run on Sandercock's wild
| throw to third. The Hawley root
/ ers went wild. Thielke ended the
agony by sending an easy grounder
to Kupfer. Score 2 to 0.
In Honesdale's half of the first
| Mangan put a pop fly in Wilson's
hands. Captain Brader was hit by
| pitched ball. and trotted to first base.
Ross got to first on players choice,
| sending an easy grounder to Will
son, who tossed the ball to Gibbons
and Brader was out. All that San
| dercock could do was to send a pop
! fly to Mcnamara. No runs.
In the second canto, Captain
| Gibbons famed. Wilson walked,
and took second on Captain Brader's
tumble of Sandercock's throw.
Sheridan rode. Sweitzer rolled
to Brader. Nothing doing" that
inning.
Kupfer fouled to Mcnamara, and
Polt sent an easy one to Sheridan.
Schllling gave the ball ride to
right garden, stole second, but was
an easy out at the home plate, in
attempting to score on 'FDuffer"
Weaver's single to right.
Hawley threatened to score in the
third inning on McNamara's double
to left, but Rose and Gilpin famed,
Seller flied to Captain Brader, and
the danger point was safely passed.
Benjamin Franklin Hessling was
out on a terrific line drive to Will
son, who made fine catch. Mangan
followed suit with an easy one to
SWeitzer. Captain Brader walked.
Ross singled to centre, advancing
Brader. Sandercock flied to Captain
Gibbons.
Thielke opened the fourth inning
by striking out. Gibbons singled to