The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-21
Immense Crowd See ''Big League
Talent Go Through Nine In
nings Of Classy Play to a
One to 0 Score
LONE COUNTER IS
MADE in THE SIXTH
Gesry Sends Man 10 Third in Last
Round Fentress There with
Poetry Of Molion"
Will Play Again

Biting their nails like the ''heavy
in the tenstwenty-thirty productlbn.
and slapping their neighhors to sleeb
through the sheer joy Of excitement,
crowd of the faithful jamming every
nook and corner of the grandstand and
soaking up all other available space,
saw Minco and Geary battle nine
nerve-racking innings at University
park Sunday, the ultimate result ~
which struggle was a to o victory
for the Bond followers.
IT was truly big league stuff from
the tap OF the gong, there probably
being at no previous time in the his
tory OF the park such an array OF base
ball talent present Fentress, late OF
the Texas league. pitching for Minco,
opposed Roy Allen, another Texas lea
guer, who did the hurting for Geary.
Both showed class and plenty or II.
with the shade favoring Fentress by
a considerable margin. Fentress al,
lowed but three singles, at least two
Of which We're of the sratch variety
He Whitfield nine and did not allow. a
! PASS Borrowing a line from the vo.
cabulary Of Eddie Collins. Fentress's
wind-up is 'the poetry of MOTION" II
is all his own. He seems to have
everything and is capable Of putting
| it where he wants it.
Allen hurled a good game, even
though he was bested by his opponent.
He relied on the team behind him and
was we'll rewarded for his confidence.
Every Minco man who faced him hit
the ball to some section. In other
words, he failed to strike out single
batsman. He relinquished eight hits,
one OF which went for extra bases. S.
Allen, catching for Gearv proved to
be especially dangerous on smother
ing the pop fouls, gathering some half
dozen during the game.
While batting practice was in pro
gress, J. Pluvius marshaled his forces
and advanced The game had gone
but one inning when he turned the
hose on the landscape and sent the
players scuttIing for cover The rain
continued some twenty minutes. re-
sulting in slow diamond
The game was won in the sixth
f,a,,.o ,,;tt. .,,.1 do,.,. rot<l x<.1 hos.s,s
killed at the plate The play that reg
istered the only score was neat and
nifty. timed to a nicely and executed
without flaw Palmer singled be
tween first and second and was rest
ing at first when Campbell poled one
to left that sailed over Masters head.
clean double Palmer was away TO
a good start and tried to stretch 1t
home. Masters relayed the pill to
Nelson, who whipped it home. catch
ing Palmer by couple of feet. Camp
bell took third on the throw-in. Shell
ton was up and as Allen started his
delivery of the second ball, Campbell
was away like rocket. In the nexl
second or so, the bugs Witnessed soma
inside baseball Shelton advanced +,
step and met the ball daintily, laying
down perfect bunt Campbell raced
across the plate before Allen could re
cover, there being nothing eftfor hin
to do but sacrifice Shelton at first
which he did Johnson single to left
but died wher Snyder flied out t.
Wilmoth.
Geary's first hit came in the secon'
! frame when Pop" Hall stung on
barely inside the third sack Brown
low knocked it down but could not r.
cover. Their second came in tn
fourth Dillon poIed one to Shelton. !
v advancing shelton slipped and fell bu
e slapped the pill down as it was pas
< ing. He could not recover in time I
d catch the runner. The last hit wa
n made by Gladson, who was sent in I
lie pinch hit for Masters in the ninth
Not until the last spasm did Gear
s. appear dangerous, it being in ths
ID frame only that they we're able TO pllS
Of man to third. They made despe
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