The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-05
THIS WAS
A 'D|NGER'
OF A GAME
Especial to THE TIMEs.)

Indiana Harbor, July 5.-The cannon
hrecracker was not missed in Indiana
Harbor, after the ninth inning of the
ball game between East Chicago and
the Harbor. which was prolonged to
twelve innings before victory conde-
scended to alight on the field and perch
proudly upon the Harbor banners. The
yelling of the Harbor fans atoned for
the absence of the cannon irecracker
after the ninth inning which brought
in a tie between East Chicago and In
diana Harbor. and had a powder maya
zine exploded 1t could not have been
more explosive than was the joy that
rent the throats of the Harbor fans
when. after twelve hard fought in
nings as ever two teams engaged in.
the score showed to in favor of the
Harbors.
1t was as exciting game as was
ever pulled off probably in Lake coun-
ty. East Chicago drew first blood in
the sixth inning when Ullmann lined
one down to Stallnan which that play
er found too hot to handle clearly.
Kempf then sacrificed him to second,
but Peterson struck out. This, how
ever, made no difference. as the next
three men up, Strand, Enders and Con-
rad each clouted the ball for singles.
That ended the run getting for the
visitors.
1t was not, however. until the ninth
inning that Indiana Harbor began to
show. Bleachers and grand stand were
breathless awaiting something doing"
for 1t was the Harbor's last chance.
Already some of the East Chicago fans
had edged toward the gate In an eff
fort to get the first car for home and
believing that the game was over.
Beach. who up to this time had been
playing phenomenal ball at short for
East Chicago. began to weaken in his
defense and made two errors in rapid
succession, permitting Faulkner and
Kafyn to reach second and first, re-
spectively-
Stallman went out from shortstop to
first, but O'Brien hit a hard one to
Kempf which that player threw wild
! to first, allowing both Faulkner and
Kafyn to cross the first plate and tie
UP the score. This made it necessary
TO run the game into extra innings.
and there was nothing doing until the
twelfth, although East Chicago threat
ened to count in the eleventh when
they had men on first and third.
| Gaarde opened up the twelfth for
the Harbors with a long two-bagger to
the left field fence. Meinke was passed
and Dautell. the elongated first base
man, in an attempt to sacrifice. landed
a safe one over the second baseman's
head on which Gaarde scored and the
wild throw which Peterson made to
the catcher allowed both Meinke and
DauteI to follow their team mate
| home.
Hickman scored later on a hit by
Faulkner. ending the runs for the Har-
bors, and. as it later developed, for
! East Chicago, too.
Conrad who pitched for East Chi
| cago twirled a magnificent game Only
one hit was made off him until the
! eleventh inning and only four in the
eleventh and twelfth, making five in
all. Beach had eighteen chances in all
at short and accepted fifteen of them.
| but the two errors in the ninth inning
proved to be the undoing of his team
Gaarde, the Harbor catcher, also play
cda phenomenal game. He had seven
teen chances and accepted them all
and his two-bagger In the twelfth was
what opened up the opportunity for the
winning of the game by the Harbors
Kelly also pitched a good game. strik-
ing out ten men. The game merited a
crowd of 5000 people, but less than 50(
were there. This probably can be at
tributed to the number of picnics and
the sweltering hot weather for another
The game was the means of placing
r East Chicago and Indiana Harbor in
tie for second place. Crown Point hav
| ing taken the top of the ladder by vir
| tue of a victory over Hammond.
| Manager Matt Sternberg for the oc
casion unfurled his big new flag ant
} evidently it was a mascot. The flag /!
} six by ten and is to be run up on tol
} of the grand S@snd the morning of ev
cry day VIII Are is a game a
D the Harbor park. This Is Mats in
D dividual property and he is very prout
} of 1T. Young Matt built and put VI
D the pole.
D The score:
Il INDIANA HARBOR-