South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-17
HOLSTERS HOLD
BEAVERS UNTIL
CLOSING ROUND
VaIIandingham Permits jenkins
Crew But Six HitS-FOur of
These Secured in Ninth =
Reamer Is Wild.

Charles Valiandingham STAYED off
the Bay City Beavers for eight in
nings Sunday and in the meanwhile
the HOLSTERS piled up a lead of SIX
runs, which easily offset the ninth
inning rally of the jenkins gang. The
final count OF the windy conflict was
20 3, the visitors getting their trio
OF markers and four of their six swats
In the last period.
II was extra-base day for the hit
tiers, eight of the % swats garnered
by the batsmen during the afternoon
being tWO-baggerS Five of the BeaV-
ers' half dozen safeties were good for
the keystone cushion. while Lake,
Grodick and HelmeT each picked a
Gou ole.
Umpire Ships Shafer can be held
responsible for the Beavers' scores in
the ninth. Shafer is not a home"
umpire, for which he is highly re-
spected, but "Snips' was asleep when
BrOder made a pretty circus catch of
Brady's drive in the ninth. Bert
grabbed the pill on the fall. Every
body in the ball park but Schafer said
zone out" to themselves. The umpire
called the Beaver first sacker safe
and the blow went for a hit. Don
nelly's bOunder and Conveys out
would have left the Bay city crew
scoreless had Schafer ruled as the
fans saw the play.
Vail Goes Strong.
'Valr' was practically unhittable in
the initial eight rounds, the Beavers
getting but two hits up until the
ninth Reamer started wild but got
by the first two innings without a
Hoosier crossing the rubber. But in
the next four stanZas the Smith brig
ade showed over six runs, three of
them coming in the fifth through
some real stickwOrk.
One Beaver got around 10 third in
the opening period. Nallandingham
passed Barry after Hartwell had skied
to Eschen. Barry stole and went to
third when Brady grounded Out 20
lSoehler. DOnnelly dashed the Beav-
or hopes for run by hopping one to
EdmistOn.
Reamer hit Broder with the first
ball he pitched. Hartwell then drop
ped Koehler's fly but caught BrOder
at second on the play. Koehler tried
TO steal but was nipped off. Eschen
walked and pilfercd. GrOdiCk famed.
In the second. Perry and Conway
grounded out and Blausser got on
when GrOdick dropped his flv The
Beaver pilfered but Henderson closed
by fOuling out TO Lake. ReameT was
WOODY i'm the Hoosier half Helmer
walked and Lake was hit with a
UAltItu JAIL btdlt Adiu one uONl 10
Reamer and Helmer was taken at
third EdmistOn lifted long one to
center and Barry grabbed it, getting
Lake who tried 20 take third.
Barry Gets First Hit.
Barry got the first hit off the big
Kentuckian in the third. driving a
double To left. There We're two down
and Brady finished by lifting one to
BrOder. The HOOSierS got their first
run without a hit. Nallandingham
walked and went To second on pass
ed ball. BrOder took first on his third
strike on another passed ball Koch
Ter went out Reamer to Brady. and a
bOnehead play by Brady on Eschen S
gTOunder scored Vail" Brady play
ed tag with Jimmy along the first
base line while the HOOSier tWirler
came in from third.
IL was three mp and three down for
the Beavers If the fourth. The HoOS-
icrs marked again. HClmer driving a
terrific double To the center field
fence, going 10 thicd on Koehler's sac
rifice and scoring on BealTs smash
through the box.
Blausser got a double To left in the
dfth. going To third on Henderson,
infeld out. but could get no further
in view OF some fast fielding by the
Smithies. Three scores We're chalked
by the home folks in this period. two
base wallops by Grodick and Lake be-
ing the responsible factors Broder
walked and was sacrificed by Koch
Ter. Eschen beat out a hit to short
and stole. Joe Grodick cleaned UP
with a double 10 left Helmer heat
out another scratch TO short. The
double steal was attempted and Gro
dick was nipped at the plate Lake
then brought Helmer around with
another double To left. Beal flied out
60 left.
Score Final Tally.
IL was three up and over for the
Beavers in the next three periods ex-