The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-08
belts HEAVY CLUB
WINS GREAT GAME
|Portly Richmond Pitcher
Blasts Out Home Run in
MiddletoWn Game.
BY JACK THOMAS.


{ MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, July Sour
sthe league leaders Sunday by the score
bof to 4. Belts pitched an excellent
kgame, and scoredttwo runs in the sec
kond inning on his .home run over CEN
tier field, picking the game for Rich
Smond.
| Middletown, the league leaders, did
mot show much class. Our Boys work
ed together like clockwork, took all
chances and hit like fiends. The Mid
dletown aggregation was just little
\; too light to get away with the game.
| In the first inning Smith started
i things, getting liner through second
Chase. Supp got a two Dagger into left
yfield to the fence. Doc Martin lined out
la three Dagger into center field, scor-
Ting the two men, but was called out
because he did not put his foot on sec
iond base, jumping over the sack. The
Iside return with two runs.
! For the Middies in the first inning
1.-THE first man got walk, the second
fhit over shortstop's head, the third
Ebunted and Belts threw wild to first,
hone man scoring and the bunter get
Eting to second base. Two fly outs to
tcenter field came next and on the sec
Eond out one man scored. A runner was
.trun down between second and third
base. Score two runs.
/, Belts, the dyspeptic individual with
u the heavy bat came into prominence
lin the next inning. Powell got a hit,
but was forced out at second by Boil.
Then Belts damned one on the nose
clear over the center field fence, for
a home run, scoring Boil ahead of him.
], Both pitchers got their stride then
nd the infielders and outfielders of
10th teams played air tight ball for
two innings In the fifth Richmond
got a man on first and third with no
touts but did not get in a run.
In the sixth inning Stems got hit
Through third base, was forced on VOL
Henhaupt's hit to second base. Wollen-
Fhaupt was out at first while Stems
store out for third. The first baseman
Threw wild to third trying to peg
SStines and Shines romped home.
More air tight playing and then in
1.-THE last half of the ninth the Ohioans
fbegan a rally that for a time looked
had. With one man out, Osborn hit
niner to Supp who trapped 1t but fun
sbled it. Osborne was safe. Lewton
stried the same trick on Shines at third
base with the same result, foozle and
IA safety. Then French hit over third
Phase, scoring the two men. Belts then
sput on the brakes and after allowing a
sfew fouls struck French out, winning
1.-THE came to 4.
Little" Gene Powell, elongated first
ssackman, was badly spiked in the sew
zenith inning, but gamely bound up his
injured prop and went back into the
Sgame. Gene played some game at first.
&tupp did not get his three Dagger Sun
Sday, but got a double which would
have been good for three timer If the
sfence had not caused the ball to
sbounce back into the fielder's hands.
THE outfield worked to perfection and
sclosed down tight on fly balls. Belts
Mad his curve breaking fine, had plen-
Hy of smoke and made 'em cut three
Moot circles dropping over for strikes
Sthe batter could not see.
The Quakers dropped the sacrifice
playing, and worked the hit and run
Aame, and got away with it.
big Ship" Braxton prophesies the
nag for US now. Although We are third,
1--WE are headed toward the top, and the
in the game Sunday.
Hitts-Richmond, 8: Middletown, 8.
NErrors g. Middletown, 4.