The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-09-09
ROCKvALE LOSES
TO CANON. IN
FINAL GAME
LOCALS oET> BIG LEAD BUT
LoAFlNo NEARLY RESULTS
IN DISASTER.
"SlIM" ON THE WARPATH
faY PErER srERLINe.l


Slim, as Freddie Fan began to josh
with fiendish vim. Come right
down here an I'll chew yer ear. I'll
wiring yer neck TO tinhorn wreck.
I'm mad b'gosh. as | said before, an
you're the fellah I'm lookin' for.
But Freddie F. began to laugh and
handed Slim some hefty gan. The
score was ours at nine to eight but
Rockyale had come up of late from
nine to one to what they got through
monkey play and Tommy rot on Can
on's part. They'd picked their start
from easy hits and bonehead plays
and had us goin' forty ways.
Take the gol-blamed pitcher out"
said Freddie F. "Shet yer trap or
Ill punch yer snodt. . yelled Fight.
ing Slim. as. bin. ban. bim' the balls
went sailing cross the plate and hits
came whaling past HIS pate.
The game was now at nine to nine
with Canon on the firing line. Bash
drew a pass to the opening sack and
then came home on strickland's
whack. putting the winner across
the dial In the easiest kind Of style
We captured the game Eve had
won before) but II all seemed tame
when Slim got sore at Freddiets bosh.
as we heard him roar. I'm mad
b'gosh'
But enough of this "rhyming rot"
The facts OF the matter are that the
locals had Rockville whipped last
night nine to one up to the sixth
inning when the sharpshooters from
across the way landed on slim"
Kearney pretty hard and his support
went awry TO such an extent that in
two innings the Miners were able to
make a creditable showing on the
scoreboard with eight scores. The
crowd commenced TO yell at Slim to
take himself out OF the box and Il
made Slim SO mad his Adams apple
went up and down so fast that he
could taste cider
In the dictionary. There amt no such
words.- you might say. And that
Slim was right is indicated by the
fact that Canon won after all des-
pite the fact that Rockvale tied up
the score In the first half OF the
ninth. In the last half Harry Bash
got n walk. wns advanced 20 second
on S6erman's out and was brought
home on S;rickland's double to right
field.
Fox for Rockvale was just as in
effective against our stalwarts as he
was the other day when be hurled
for Radiant Frabrizzio was injected
into the heaving fray along about
the fourth inning and kindly donated
I'VE numerals to Canon. just enough
to make up the nine runs
The locals then ioafed bit. In fact
they ioafed so much they were ai-
most caught mapping. An eleventh
hour rally is all that saved them.
The fact that they were loafing is
evidenced by the brilliant defensive
work they exhibited In the carly in
nings. Nothing got past them and
took every chance in fine style.
especially Hammil. Duncan. Strick-
land and Casey Sherman. Later
Strickland and Casey slumped a notch
or two and were instrumental in
permitting n few good runs for
the Rockies.
Smith. backstopper for the visitors.
got n bad Jolt on one OF his fingers
Of the right hand and had to quit the
game. He had Just recovered from
q broken finger which amply demon.
strates that he is the original hard
lack kid.
The crowd was q little shy last
night and the official edict has gone
forth that II better support is not
accorded. the games win have to be
dispensed with.
CANON CITY.
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