The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-31
LOCALS LOSE ONE
IN FAST EXTRA
INNING CONTEST
Nairn's Team Goes Down to Defeat
in Last Of Series
Here

III SUpl lSlildu > j al N, ING fiSihOia
taking the first, a ten-inning con-
test, ) to 4, and Cairo the second,
G to 5, in seven innings, by agree
ment.
The crowd was larger than on
opening day, and was marred only
by the conduct of Catcher Osman
of Paducah. 1t Is rare incident
for a player on one of John Nairn's
teams to act other than a profess
sional ball player should conduct
himself, but 0sman broke the pre-
cedent.
Osman singled and in attempting
to take third he was ont seven or
sight feet on throw from Kinser
to Dewitt. Osman knocked the ball
from DeWitt's hand and then grab
bed Dewitt and commenced to
shake him, for doing nothing bnt
what third baseman should.
Weakley rushed to Osman and
swatted him one in the mouth.
which caused the blood to how
freely for several minutes Grlp!rf
AIarcks called Osman out.
Later in the game when some OF
the fans in the grand stand called
to Osman. who made some Insult
Ing gestures, which women in :ne
! grand stand saw. This provoke | y
great deal Of indignant comment
among the spectators.
Umpire Marcks decisions showed
marked Improvement to those of
Wednesdays game, and he may
develop into a first-cIass referee.
"a. Cairo scored first in the opening
game. sending one run across the
nan in the first inning. McC1intock
walked, was sacrificed to second by
Kinser and came in on Hughes
smash to left
Paducah went ahead in the next
inning when Thrasher made first
on bingle to left, was sent on by
Kelly's high fly TO right and both
scored on Pee Wee" Boley's dou-
Bile. The latter came home on
Phelps deep three base hit to CEN
ter.
Cairo tied the score in the latter
part of the same inning, when Jake
Waters grounded one to left for
first, Dewitt scored him on a high
fly to center, taking two bases him
self, and then getting In home on
a nice single through the middle OF
the diamond.
Paducah went ahead again when
Osman doubled to center and Uncle
John Marin arose to the occasion
with a nice liner to center serving
him, and getting two bases himself.
BY fast work the locals retired Pa
ducah without any more runs,
Cairo was not able to score
again until Kinser tailed in the
ninth, when he sent a high one to
left and got in on Dummy's
double.
In the first of the tenth. Hurst
sent a deep grounder to center field
fence for three bases and ran
across the pan on Lynch's double TO
deep left Cairo was unable to score
in the latter part of the tenth.
Weakley and Boley pitched fast ball
from the third one and the former
famed six.
The second game opened with
Timmons on the slab for the locals
and Eisele for the visitors. Nc
Guilty relieved Eisele in the second
and Timmons was displaced by
Binkley in the fifth.
Paducah got two in the first
when Phelps was given free
ticket to first, was advanced by
Johnson's sacrifice, Osman scored
MIN on double and himself scored
on Nairn's two-base hit.
With two out Kinser started the
hrst works in the latter half of the
second inning with double to CEN
Ter. Dummy preferred to wait out
one than hit the ball and got to his
regular home on first that way.
Big Liz Taylor popped a high
ny TO center, scoring Kinser and
Dummy. and himself going to sec
ond, later coming on Williams
double, who was afterwards called
out at the plate on a close decision
after Waters singled.
Paducah got two more the next
inning and made the game resemble