The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-08-14
|FAlLON TROUNCES OIvORCANS
Our Base Ball Team Downs The
Crack Reno Aggre.
CATION.

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travelled to Reno Sunday and the team
carrying the local colors decisively beat
the fast Reno baseball team on the af.
ternoon of that day. 1t was Reno's
first defeat OF the season, and it carried
certain other humiliating features.
For instance, but five divorcans ever
reached first base and the hits garnered
from George Johnson's delivery were
few and far between, two bingles being
the sum total. The extra men on bases
reached the vantage point on free
ticket and two errors.
Fallon played really wonderful
game for an amateur bunch of players.
1t played as it is capable of playing and
J every individual on the team was on
good behavior. Not only this but the
needed head work was in evidence
throughout the entire nine innings, and
from the time when the first inning
was called until the close of the game,
the result was never in doubt.
The defeat was particularly bitter for
the divo-cans to swallow, inasmuch as
the season had progressed 80 far with
out defeat and it was planned to seek
other fields for conquest in the Califor-
MIA.
Falon was held SO cheaply by the
Renoites that two to one money was
freely offered by the partisans Of the
Reno team. This fact may have made
some difference In the antics of the
Falonites when on the diamond, for
be 1t known 1t is really aggravating to
have would.be sports wave long green
stuff around In your face tagged with
such disparaging odds. In fact it was
so cussed aggravating that several of
the Fallon boys felt of their biceps,
bit their lips and proceeded to call the
proffered bets with the result that
they now have bank rolls that would
choke full-grown mule.
The Reno Gazette has the following
to say relative to the game.
The Reno Stars lost their first game
of the season on the local ground by
2.4score to Fallon, yesterday afternoon.
The contest was Witnessed by 400 fans
who assembled at the Moana ball park.
Powell, the first Fallon man up, was
passed on four balls, Shepard bounced
nice one off Martins glove, and Pow
ell took third. Neese then retired the
next two men, but Woods, the next
man up, hit a ripper through Martin
Powell romping home and Woods was
out trying to make second on his hit,
retiring the side.
The locals then came back in their
part of the inning tying the score.
Martin famed, Reese was safe on
Foot's error. McClintock was out at
first. Neese going to second; Reese then
stole third, coming home on a high
pitch. Goodwin was called out on three
otrik ao the eide rotir;po
Fallon came back in the third and
made two more runs on three hits three
errors and a double steal.
The locals in this inning made their
final score. Neese hit bounder to
Foot who failed to get a hold on it, the
ball going out into right field. Neese
second, took third. A quarrel then
started around second about the ''bone-
headed" plays and Neese, with both
eyes wide open and waiting for such a
chance stole home and was loudly
cheered when the catcher dropped the
ball at the plate owing to Neese's slide
throwing the heavy backstop off his
feet The Fallon players then closed
up and none of the local men got past
second after that frame.
The visitors scored another run in the
fourth, on an error, a sacrafice, stolen
base and single.
Score: Fallon 4; Reno 2.
Neither side scored after the fourth
inning, both sides tightening up and
Goodwin then taking the mound for the
locals.
Johnson pitched fine ball for the visit
ors and was given splendid support and
deserved winning his game.
Martin of the locals was credited with
three errors which accounted for two
of the visitors runs.
The game was as follows.
B. R. E.