The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-10-19
Take the Last Game from Geary
by Score Of A to 3 After a Neck
and Neck Race Almost
to the Finish
BIG LEAGUE TALENT
FIGURES in LINEUP
Minco Scores in the First Round
and Carners Three Before Geary
Gets Started Ceist Stars
in the Game

Battling until darkness had all but
stopped the game, Minco and Geary
entered the home stretch in the ninth
neck and neck yesterday and swept
down the course to the wire, Minco
being declared the winner 4 to 3, on
a play that while it was good base
ball, was pulled in such crusty man
ner as to leave bad taste in the
mouth OF majority Of the fans who
jammed University park from right
field to left field fences.
AS the struggle Cor supremacy be-
tween the two teams proceeds, the
class has grown decidedly better, until
the game yesterday presented an ar
ray of baseball talent garnered from
half dozen leagues, including the
big show" Perrys hurting for Geary.
bested Reynolds for Minco by fair
margin. Perry whitfield ten and allow
ed six hits, none going for extra bases,
while Geary touched Reynolds for
eight hits, including home run, and
he fooled but four Geary batsmen. At
that Perry was wild, walking two men
that figured in the run getting.
Minco Scores first.
The Minco crew started the run get
ting in the initial round With Petti-
grew down, Brownlow singled. Pal
mer hit line drive to Curtis, who
threw low to Hall in attempting
double. Brownlow advanced to second
on the error. B. Reynolds lifted a
twisting Texas Lacquer back of first,
scoring Brownlow Singleton was safe
when Hall failed to have his foot on
the bag ON the throw from Curtis.
Jones fouled out to Allen.
In the fourth two errors and a base
On balls scored two more for Minco.
Campbell lifted high one to Curtis,
who fumbled. r. Reynolds whitfield.
Campbell pilfered second, Pettigrew
drew pass to first. Brownlow laced
one nearly to right field fence, Stanley
muffing, the error allowing Campbell
to score. and advancing Pettigrew to
third. Palmer hit to Nelson and Pet
tigrew scored, Brownlow overran third
and was run down between third and
home B. Reynolds struck out.
Geary Cleans One.
With a three run lead, the Minco
hackers settled back in comfortable
assurance that the game was sewed
I'D. They failed to take into consider.
alton this Geist person who was doing
duty in the left garden for Geary. He
! later developed into the Gowdy OF the
game. In the sixth, by clean hitting
Geary put one across. Stanley singled.
Suuires singled, advancing Stanley
but was forced when Dillon hit into a
double Shelton to Palmer to Camp
bell. With two down, Geist smacked
a clean single between short and sec
ond. scoring Stanley, who had advanc'
ed to third on the double play. Mel
son flied out to Pettigrew.
In the eighth chapter the name Oh
/ Geist is also found in black face type.
| The general idea of a ball club, good
ball club. is to have a guy named Geist
lin the field. With the hope of the
Geary rooters hanging on by the eve
brows. the eighth opened, Stanley
was an easy out, Reynolds to Camp
bell Squires ripped off his third sin
Gle Of the day Dillon took three
healthies and srailed away to the dug
out. Enter the bright and shining star
OF the gamel The fans gave Geist a
cheer as he walked to the plate. He
met the first one over, full on the trade
mark, sending it high and far away. =
\ So high did tie BAN soar that every
one thought 1t would be an easy out
to Jones in right. Keeping their eyes
on the outfielder. however, they saw
him run back, back until he reached
the fence. With wave OF bis hands
Jones "high-balled'' the pill as It sailed
high over and turned and watched
Geist trot around the diamond, driving
Souires ahead Of him