South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-24
HEAVY HITTING
GIVES VICTORY
TO NOTRE DAME
Local CoIIegians Collect Dozen
Safe SWatS and Defeat the
Bethany College Lads Eight
to Three.

Notre DANES heavy hitting COM
bIned with three errors by the visitors
IN the opening inning yesterday ena-
bled the gold and blue 20 obtain "a
commanding lead and 10 breeze along
20 an 20 victory over Bethany col
lege This is the first game Bethany
has lost this year The Nirgintans.
unaccustomed To cold weather. We're
IN the air during The first inning ana
allowed Notre Dame 20 tally six times.
They steadied down hmm ediately. how
ever. and held the locals safe during
the remainder OF the game
After hitting weakly for the last
ten DAYS. the varsity PLAYERS cut loose
with their bats yesterday and laced
out twelve safe bingleS. Five came IN
the first inning. and from the second
10 the seventh the gold and blue regis
tered one or two hits an inning. Tie
lo Gals hit the ball hard AT an times.
only five men being retired on strikes.
FARRELL led the batting attack With
four hits. two OF them going for extra
bases. Mills did his best hitting Of the
year
First Up Singled.
Radcliffe. first Ep. singled and was
sacrificed TO second by Koran. He was
! lett there for Batch famed and
Rodgers popped to Meyers.
Notre Dame got busy In the first
session. Bergman Was safe at first
1 on Rodgers error and went TO sec
/ ond when Harris attempted 20 get him
/ off first. Smith letting the ball get
away from him. Lathrop singled
/ sending Bergman o third. Farrell
tripled TO right cent'r. scoring two.
Farrell counted on Mills hit into right
\ Meyers infield hit moved Mills 10
second. BJoin slammed a long hit 70
/ LETT field but the wind made il an
4 easy out for Hagey Newning got an
infield hit, filling the bases. kenny
fouled out TO first, but Sheehan came
through with a long single 20 left and
/ Mills, Meyers and NeWning reached
/ nome when Hagey made a bad peg 10
i the infield. Bergman ended Beth-
anys agony by grounding to Batch
Burgan reached first for Bethany in
the second inning on an error by
! Newning, but two strike outs and a flv
! 10 Farrell left him there. Notre Dame
cut loose again in the second. After
l4athrop flew out 10 Batch Farrell
/ doubled 20 right center Mills sin
gled through the box sending Farrell
to third. Mills then pilfered second.
/ Harris pulled out OF a bad hole by
forcing Meyers TO pop TO Smith and
! bJOn 10 go out on strikes. The
/ SouthernerS went out, one, two three
in the third. but Notre Dame chaIked
/ Newning and the latter promptly stole
second, and scored when Kenny bang
ed a hit off Rodgers shins at third
! Sheehan sacrificed Kenny TO third
but Bergmann popped TO Batch and
! Lathrop famed.
Bethany Scores One.
Bethany SCORED her first run in the
fourth. Batch famed but Rodgers
| worked Sheehan for a free ticket 20
1lfSt. Rodgers stole second and then
came home when Harris clouted hit
! to center. Burgan eased a hit through
second when Mills moved over TO COY
er the bag. Sheehan famed Farrar
end forced Smith 10 fly out 10 Lath-
rop. Farrell opened Notre Danes
half OF the inning with a smash
! through second, but the three follow
ing batters went down in order.
Bethany looked dangerous in the
fifth when Hagey started the inning
/ with n single over second. IIaEey went
out when hit by "A ball from Rad
cliffe's bat. Radcliffe went out in
! the same fashion when Batchs dTiTC
| potted him in the leg. Koran flew
out 10 right. H. Newning banged out
| a solid single to left for NOtrc Dame i'm
this inning and stole second. Kenny
flew out TO Hagey but Harris got
himself in hot water by passing Shee-
! han. y quick double play on Berg
| manns grounder to Farar quickly
! sQuelched the gold and blue chances
| 10 score.
NOtre Dame put over one more run
in the sixth. Lathrop lined 20 Smith.
! Farrell then singled and scored on
! Mills long triple To right. a perfect
| throw by HaRey cut Mills down at
the plate when the big fellow tried 10
score after Myers fly 10 left. BETHANY
I made a strong rally I'm the seventh. i'm
which inning Berger was sent To the
box Farar went out Newning to
! Farrell. Smith singled 20 right and
Berger hit Hagey putting men on first
and second. Radcliffe's grounder
forced Hagey at second. Koran then
doubled 10 deep center. scoring Smith
and Radcliffe. Lathrop made "A hard
try for Horan's swat. and running
backwards almost captured o. Batch
famed 70 complete the inning. Both
sides went out in order in the remain
ing innings
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