The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-06-15
Fletcher Hits the Ball and Noses
Out in the Ninth AIphoaso
and CASTOR Stunt
is Staged
CHICKASHA TEAM
is CRIPPLED
Five Runs on one bit is Feature
Of Contest Terry-Hehn Com
bination Registers
Four Counters

The error column was fattened like
unto the fatted calf in yesterdays
game, but it was an error of Judgment
for which they is no column in base
ball, that at critical moment lost the
Chickasha-Fletcher game to Fletcher
by the wonderful score of 10 to z, when
in the ninth, with the score seven-all,
a trio of local artists did the Alphonse
and CASTOR stunt on pop-up, allowing
two men to score thereby.
In reality, neither team deserved to
win the game and Umpire Andrews
would have struck a decidedly popu-
lar chord had he simply taken the
game out OF the hands Of the players
and given it to Pocasset, or McAles-
ter or the Boston Nationals, all of
whom need game woefully bad.
Chickasha did not desereve to win be-
cause they didn't hit the ball, and
Fletcher was due to lose for the simple
reason that after hammering the pill
hither and thither, they kicked 1t away
wild heaved it and in one instance
alone allowed Chickasha to register
five runs on one hit
| at that, only the fighting abilities Of
the Chickasha bunch prevented ter.
rible score. 1t was like pulling book
keeper off his job and putting him to
| blowing corn. Crippled because OF the
unaccountable absence OF Wither-
spoon. Nicholson and Heffner the out
fielders were pulled into the diamond
and extra pitchers sent to the out
field. Witherspoon was barnstorm-
| ing at Minco, Heffner was in the city,
but though the game was delayed 30
minutes he did not show up and Pocas.
set would ont release Nicholson. yes
| terday.
The game from a Chickasha stand
point was lost tied. won. tied and lost
again. Fletcher led off with run in
the first, Terrys error in right being
responsible for the run In the third.
the Fletcher lead was further increas-
ed when on pass to first base aud an
error, three singles and double they
registered five. Chickasha came back
i'll her part of the frame and thanks
to the clownish performance OF the
Evisitors, scored five good ones on one
| hit. 1t was a return to the back lot
| town ball and cross-out game in this
session. Everybody on the Fletcher
team, including bunch of utility men.
the manager and the mascot, made
six errors each while the twinkling
legs OF the Chickasha players carried
them on around the civcuit and the
scorekeepers yelled for help.
In the fourth Chickasha came back
with two more without hit and went
out a run to the good. AS in the third
frame. it was the Terry-Hehn com
bination that started things. This
brace of twirlers crossed the pan for
four of Chickasha's seven scores dur
1 ms lhC Sdh1C. III THIS pdtttNuldA LidAuI
Terry was on second by virtue of Ball
having fumbled his long fly to right.
Helm was safe at first and Terry scor-
ed when Miller let one get through
him. Helm stole third and registered
on an overthrow to that station.
Fletcher tied it up in the fifth.
: Hanks walked and scored when Coke
! doubled to left. Helm was relieved in
} the sixth by Terry, who went well dur
! ing the remainder OF the game-alas,
, with the exception Of the ninth frame
} Hope blossomed as the innings dragged
by 'scoreless and no one was doing any
} particular gnashing OF teeth in that
inning when Freeman singled to right
Terry unloOsened notch and whitfield
Ford and, Arthur Elated. he uncork
ed fast one that landed with dul
!. thud against the rigs OF Johnny Pierce
: thereby issuing free transportation
! and sending Freeman to second. Thel
3 came the I-got-it- or youtake-it stuff
5 Hanks met one and sent 1t high owe,
q the general vicinity OF third base
: Shelby. Hays and Siddons congregatel
e but there was a balI-up and the pill
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