South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-02
BEALL' 8 DOUBLE
PROVES WINNER
ON SMITHS FLY
Locals Take First Game of the
Season by Downing Flint
One to Nothing After Ten
Fast innings.

After holding Flint without run
for ten innings Pilot Ed smith yes
terday walked TO the plate and let
actions speak louder than words to his
bunch OF youngsters. when he tapped
q long fly 10 Thebo. that sent Beall
over with the winning run and gave
South Bend its first 1914 Southern
Michigan league victory by a count
Of 10 o.
In the ninth it looked as II the
game ras going TO be ended in favor
or the Benders. I.ayden led off with
an eSsy pop fly 10 third. Foley walk
ed, went to second on P2ttcrson's sac
rifice and TO third on Arndts short
single 10 right. Feathers took second
right under the nose OF Nesmer and
Stevenson was handed a walk. With
the bases full and two down Veteran
Billy Roth came 10 hit, ard took three
balls and two strikes. After fouling
two, and sending the fans into ner-
vous prostratiOn. Billy hit short fly
10 center. No on scored.
Beall, who has been one OF the
weakest hitters on the club. woke TO
the fact that a long one was the only
thing needed and pOled a double into
deep right center as a starter for the
rally. After rounding first he hit
Pahlman and demanded an extra base.
Claiming AlluL Gduiildu 0dQ DlOCkeQ
him. The game was delayed for sew
eral minutes while Smith and Arndt
argued with Parm. who was adament
in saying that Beall was not entitled
TO third.
BeaII Crosses Plate.
Beall was advanced 10 third on
Iandick's sacrifice. and scored on Pr
lot Smiths long sacrifice fly to cen
ter
The nearest the Nehics came to scor-
ing was in the third when Van Ian
bingham. who is said 10 be a regular
sitting pitcher led off with a double
10 right center He was advanced to
third on Burke's grOunder to short
after Thebo struck out Love went
down. however. Smith TO Beall. Tt
was the only time during the game
that a Vehic touched third.
Ehrbar. the umpire Who called
strikes and balls. ordered Ed Asher
off the coaching line for Overstepping
the lire. and out of the lot when Ed
came back with a retOrt He also in
the opinion of the fans was weak in
strikes and balls.
Patterson led the swatters for the
Benders. He got two singles in his
four times at bat He had only one
chance in yesterdays game but made
a pretty running catch of that. Lay
den in left got three long ones. two
of them sending him back toward the
signs for nabs over his shoulder.
Handed Two Walks.
Beall was handed two walks a
strikeOut and got one hit. He got on
base three times and scored once He
has been weak at bat but according
40 Pilot Smith. shows promise of de-
Neioping into a consistent hitter.
Pilot Smith had all the best Of it
all the way through. His arm has
had kink in il for the past week. but
he seemed TO have dropped il some
place. for the few balls that went out
of the infield were easy for the gar
deners to gather.
Smith held the visitors 10 but four
hits and whitfield seven Of the Flint
hitters. He was never at a loss for
control and not n man touched the
first sack except the men who earned
H.
Foley got into the game yesterday
and played the brand of ball that has
been expected of him after his sue
cessful season of last year in the Cen
trail league. His arm seemed TO be
still somewhat under the weather but
he fielded the game in big league
style.