The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-05
Win Ball Game IL to 10 Show is
Cut to Five Acts Scorer
Thompson Threatened
With Gun
SHOW TURNS into
A BIG SWATFEST
Kilgore in Sensational Jap Stunt :
Demos Strong at Finish
Spinning in Caudy Attire
Fun A-pIenty

In five act farce comedy yester.
day evening at University park, the
Repubs squeezed out with a two run
= lead in a performance that was SAID
by some to be ball game, but which
resembled series Of hippodrome races
during the progress sof the pieceas one
side or the other had an unusual
amount OF luck and did things with
the business end Of the bludgeon. AS
near as could be- calculated from the
scoring of Hal Thompson, the final
count was 10 TO 10. However, there
was some talk of having Scorer
Thompson's books audited.
They got away from the pole in pret.
ty good shape. That is the Republl-
can clan did. With the able assistance
of the Democrat error column and sun
dry wallops they were able to CLEAN
from the delivery of Mullican. the Re
pubs made the circuit six times In
the first. Albert Thompson, doughty
mogul of the Demo clan, was seriously
blinking os calling f0r :ie chemicai
brigade from fire station No. TO put
the Repubs out when someone looked
over the score sheet and broke the
news that there had been three outs
made accidentally or otherwise. 1t was
plain that Scorer Thompson was never
going to break the news.
The Demos didn't have such luck in
their first session with the club. Mont
gomery was the only man who could
negotiate the distance around the bags.
DeKinder hurting for the Repubs,
started the game In unbeatable form,
blanking the opposition in the second
and third innings. but as the perform
ance continued and the stiff-joints OF
the Demos began to be limbered b,
the excessive chasing Of the RepublI-
can drives, the tide OF battle began to
turn and long wallops from the Demo
bats began to follow long wallop, the
exhibition taking on the general pro-
portions of mutual swatfest.
In the second and third frames, the
Repubs annexed three counters each.
and after a trial balance Scorer
Thompson brought forward a grand
total OF IL at the top OF the column
on inning four. AS the fourth frame
dawned some Demo got a hit and
the rest OF the clan, seeing that such
a thing was possible. fell to and pro
ceeded to do likewlsefi This con
tinued through the fourth and fifth
frames while Jim Dillon stood over
Thompson with a gun and compelled
him to chalk down the proper number
of scores, to-wit: Five in the fourth
and four in the fifth. Another grand
total showed score of 10 for the
Demos.
j. Pluvius was mohilizing his forces
in the west and threatening an ad-
vance, hence it was deemed advisable
to cut the show to five act affair
This suggestion, it is claimed. was Of
fered by Republican. after he had
examined the score book in the fifth
inning and had made ain estimate Of
what might happen to them if the
game continued to the scheduled seven
innings. Anyhow they called 1t off.
The terrific shelling by the G. o. P. IS
drove Mullican from his position on
the hill along about the third inning
hand Brannon was assigned to the dan
gerous job. remaining there during
the rest of the engagement One thing
was plainly noticeable, Tom Driggers
is very deliberate in his Judgment. For
instance. Mr.. Driggers is playing field
a bali is walloped In his general direc
tion Does Mr.. Driggers rush toward
the point where he thinks the ball will
eventually settle? He does not. He
stands deliberately gazing at the soar
ing pill which position he steadfastly
maintains until the ball falls upon the
ground. He then goes and picks it up
thus eliminating all possiLiiities Of al
error.
There was always something mys
terious about Jack Kilgore and some