The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-20
CAIRO BEATS
MOUNDS Fl
ON BAD FIELD
Local Boys Have to be Very
Careful Because Of
Bumps

On one of the worst ball fields that
it has ever been the fate OF Cairo
team 10 have to train, the local
Kitty league team yesterday after
noon won from Mounds by score Of
7 to /. The local team did not eX-
tend itself, aud, but fc" an error on
the part of Catcher Zeke TayloY,
would have shut their opponents out
The MOUNDS field, while ii pro-
sents pretty view to The eye. is I'M
even and the bail takes many bad
bounds Tufts Of grass in the in
field makes fielding groundera an un-
certain proposition al best The out
field Is covered with grass, but IN
many places, is soft and yielding UNI
der TOO and makes hard work for
the outfeldcrs. For these reasons,
Manager Pace refused to allow his
men to extend themselves.
Team Should Be Good,
a
with the veterans and the new ma.
teriaI gathered by Pace. Dewitt, at
third. is one Of the fastest inhelders
ever shown i'm a Cairo uniform and
covers a world OF ground Lewis taa
shortstop is fast and good fielder
At second base MCClintock, the
Kansas City hoy whom Pace brought
here, will undoubtedly make good,
Tie carries himself with the poise Of
a finished player and comes with q
reputation for fast hcady work.
At first Williams. another new
comer is cayortiug He takes the
throws wherever they come, diggin1
the low ones out Of the dirt and
gathering in the high ones.
Outfeld Handicapped.
The outneld has no chance 10
show It's worth Several fly balls
wen, toward the dclders, but the
muddy outdeld slowed their work ua-
til easy outs we're converted into
hits
Manager Pace worked Weakley in
the box for five innings and then
put in Binkley. Weakley is suffer.
ing with kidney trouble, q sore toe
charley horse and a bruised leg
and is the alround 'hardluCk kid.
Binkley showed up nicely, although
Pace ordered him not to work toe
hard. Taylor handled the shoots
throughout the game.
How the Runs Came.
AS starter, MCClintock, the frs
man up, garnered a hit off Wagner
going to third on an error of The
right fielder. Lewis followed with 9
hunt, which he beat out and Mach
scored on the squeeze. Kinser pop,
ped one to the pitcher and Lewis was
doubled off first and Williams fannec
for the third out.
In the second Taylor went out at
first and Dewitt followed with a
single to left, but was forced at sec.
ond when Walters hit one TO second
Waters was caught second to first
In the third with two out Nc.
Clintock garnered his second hit and
stole second, but failed TO get far.
ther, as two We're out and Lewis few
to first
In the third the Cairo bunch gar.
nercd two runs when Kinser hit, ad.
vanccd to second ON Williams sacri-
flee and went home, when Hunt, the
Mounds first baseman, succeeded in
making two errors on one play. when
he muffed the throw to first on Tay-
lor's liner to short. Taylor went to
second on the first error, stole third
and went home on Hunts wild
throw to third.
Weakley scored run in the fiftn,
when Wagner hit him on the leg,
went to second on MCClintoCk's sac
riice and went home on Kinser',
hit In this inning Kinser stole sec
ond, but died there
The seventh inning resulted in
two more Cairo scores, when Blink
ley, who had relieved Weakley IN
the sixth got to first on an error by
the Mounds shortstop but was caught
stealing second McClintock follow
ed with a long fly to center and
Lewis drew free transportation.
Lewis stole second and Knser fol-
lowed with single Williams re-
peated with a two-bagger, after Kin
ser had stolen second and Kinser ard
Lewis trotted home.
The Mounds team scored their run
In the third on errors by McClintoc)t
and Taylor and hit by Pitcher
Wagner.
The game was called at the end
OF the seventh, because Manager