The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-01
After Stepping Ahead With
Five Run Lead, Kenney's
Men Fall Behind, Finishing
Second, 12-11.
POpkins Attempts to Relieve
VOrdenberg But Fails, and
Calls Roop From Grand
Stand to Save Game.
Frank Duning
Cadets. II: Richmond. IL.

st. MaryS Cadets, of Dayton, took
one of the Wierdest, wthal one of the
most unCany contests ever staged from
<onney'S Quakers at Athletic park yes
t"rday. From all appearances Rich
fnOnd had the game sewed up in the
early rounds, but whether it was from
the fact that the locals let down after
piling up five run lead or that Dame
Fortune changed her mind after the
first disastrous sessions, the Dayton
crowd managed to retain the import
ant end of a 12-11 count at the end Of
the ninth inning.
AS it was, the Quakers came within
an ace Of grabbing the game out Of
the fire in the last. With but one man
down and the sacks loaded and one
run in the rear of the Buckeyes. Rich
mOnd to all appearances was about to
Overtake the visitors, bat a couple of
pop flies off the bats of Cushing and
Nordenburg brought the rally to an
end and victory to the neighboring
Staters.
If there was any phase of the base
ball art that was not demonstrated by
the athletes Of the two teams, fans
failed to discover them. Heavy hit
ting, pinch hitting good fielding, de
lays, arguments. all had their inning
in the farce. When NOvack. backstOD
Of the Quaker aggregation. secured Il
home run off what otherwise shOGld
have been a single. he showed but a
good example Of the fielding of the
visitors at times. And chen Zimmpr-
man, cadet third saCker, scored from
first OIL a single. another line Of the
work of members Of that team can be
rad
Novack Is Injured
But one thing married the rafting
good bill Of vaudeville, the injury to
NOvaCk, catcher Of the Richmond team.
"Novy" unfortunately got in the way
Of John POpkins' second and last of
fering on the mound and suffered a
badly dislOcated ankle. II was neccs-
sary to carry the injured man off the
field This accident caused a delay
in the game, while Dick krnney round
ed up a man ont of tho crowd to fill
the gap as the Qualers carried no ex-
ira man.
After the visitors had threatened to
count in the first being retired only
after some fast fielding on the part Of
the locals, Richmond or rather Dayton
opened up and presented the locals
with a quartet of scores. Mccain
started the ascension by lining one at
the Buckeye short. who promptly bob
bled the same Merkue dumped q neat
sacrifice and then Novack leaned on
one of Mr.. Browns Slants. The hit
was sizzler and bounded from the
Dayton center gardener While two
fielders and two infield men played
with the ball, Mccain and N0vack
romped home with the first scores Of
the game. POkins then tapped an in
field hit and was safe when Big Gene
Powell muffed Zimmerman low
throw. Lenniger then did his duty by
slapping one out for two bases, send
ing Popkins home with the third mark
er. Zimmerman muff of SchIemker's
tap allowed our third sacker to reach
the home station. Four runs, two hits.
Come Right Back
The visitors came right back in the
next frame, adding couple of tallieS.
Vordenburg, who, by the way. was as
wild as a march wind, generously pre-
scented Zimmerman and Weaver with
free passes to the first sack Powell
advanced both runners with an infield
tap. Zile whitfield but not so Mahrt
Far be it from us to relate what the
afore m entiOned wOrthdy did with the
second ball Of our EOrdy. Sufficient
to say when the Disc of the anvil
chorus had subsidized, Zimmerman and
Weaver had long been home and
Mahrt was safely planted on second.
Two runs. one hit.
While the DaytOnianS added a pair
Of ZerOeS to their account in the run
column in the next two frames the
Quakers managed to garner a trio,
thanks to couple OF timely hits and
a error or two OF the opposing forces.