South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-30
Blenders BEGIN
FIGHT To RETRIEVE
Loss OF FIRST
Ed. Smiths Bunch, Undaunted
BY Defeat on Wednesday,
Ready to Attack Kalamazoo
With SChOrr on Firing Line.

NOTHING Gaunted by the misfortune
or dropping the opening game Jf the
season. Manager Ed. Smith on Thurs
day set out to- right his way into the
lead with the Blenders. Big SchOrr
was selected as the probable pitching
selection against the kazCoZ for the
THURSDAY game with Moore as the
likely rescue man in case rescuer IS
needed. Johnny Jones looks good for
Friday with either Duffy or Asher SEE
Iected as the Saturday bOxman.
Smith may inject himself into the
tray at some point and twirl a game
The work of the Bender in6eld
Wednesday was pretty ragged in spots
but the condition Of the field 4
ceritable Guagmlre. accounted for part
Of this. The kazoO inner works were
Just as slippery so Smith has had no
cause TO revise his estimate OF his in
ner defense
Game Under Way.
Whea the umpire yelled play ball &"
they started To play ball. For "A bunch
~ innings there was real baseball I'm
the fourth session South Bend did
some tall blowing. With a couple of
dinky hits Kalamazoo. showed over a
half OF dozen runs. that looked as
big as J. DIS millions. That was ali
they got for quite a session. The Bend
ers grabbed off one in the sixth and
the bugs went buggy.
Then I'm the eighth there was some
big doings. The locals showed over
five runs and made il six to six.
These runs were due mostly To boots
and a vote Of thanks was rendered to
flalstead. Ga y. MaZOO's pitcher in
the said frame lie tossed To first.
but since the tall lanky Carlton is not
the taller, lankicr Carlton. the said
toss went due bleacherward and two
runs came home
From then on il vent along in a
fairly decent pace The fans kept pull
ing for that needed run. but il cOmeth
not. The locals got men on but failed
10 solve that battling problem OF TAX
ing round trip tour on only few
safe swats. The timely punch was
not there and likewise the timely run.
Get TO Big Asher.
Tn the twelfth the KaZOOers got to
Asher who went in the ninth after
Arndt was called on for a timely swat
and Duffy sent TO the bench I'm the
eighth. The first two men up. got
safe swats. Miller hesitated on the
last. a hit to center and remained al
third. When Halstead hit To Foley he
died at first and Beall's perfect peg
Ia home caught Miller who was try
ing TO pun the winning count NJ
Fiannery banged a double To center
and Edwards came home Woodward
was soaked and Smith, who had boil
hled n couple of times came throue h
with double TO right cente. Elan
merry trOtted across and when Watts
throw got past Warner. Woodward
cid likewise. Wagner poIed "a single
20 center and smith trotted in. Ash
er whitfield Carleton.
The locals wanted to show the fans
they could come back twice in one
day and Layden first UP cracked one
20 right and was safe when the bal
was dropped. Stevenson and Beall hit
direct at the pitcher but died al
though their demise showed Layden tC
third. Hermie Sack was called upon
FOR a pinch hit but Hermie failed Ia
deliver. He let "A couple go by and
missed his third swing.
Duffy who started for the locals die
some tall pitching He held the Wis
TORS TO three hits one of which was
questionable, famed ten men and but
for a bunch Of boots i'm that fourth
was entitled TO a runless game. He
whipped them across and with a lit