The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-11


return from a prodigal trip by losing
their first game. 5 to 6, after they had
sewed it up and apparently placed it
in the cooler, where all good ball games
go.
Something seems to be wrong with
the moral attitude of the Ardmoreites
toward their jobs. Seems to us as il
a fellow who contracts for a soft job
three or four hours a day, and then
doesn't give his manager and the fans
the best he has, all the time he is in
the field, is not much of a specimen of
the genus homo.
The recent road trip taken by the
an unlooked,for hitting streak in the
boys, but they've slumped something in
fielding. Seven errors were marked
against them yesterday, two each
against Henderson and Totten, and one
each against Payne, Crittenden and
Alexander
4 Alt AeiilS just Ndll ulltti Hldnu lloM
a club can score six runs in the first
six innings Of a game. and then blow
up and allow the visitors to make eight
runs in the last three innings. said
visitors having been held scoreless
while the locals were doing their best
stick work and base running.
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day, scoring the first run in the sec
ond inning. They added three more in
the third, one in the fourth. and their
last tally was recorded in the sixth.
Then the club blew up In the sew.
enth inning, McCabe first up. doubled
to centerfeld Blue took FIRST when he
let a fast one jolt him, and Lipps
grounded to Speer. forcing Blue out at
second. McCabe went to third; Wano
doubled to right field scoring McCabe
and Lipps Murray was safe when Tot.
ten fielded his ground ball and threw
wild to first, Wano taking third. Wano
scored on Alexander's grounder.
In the eighth, the Boosters made three
more, on four hits and two errors by
Henderson. and added two more in the
ninth on two hits and two more errors
Totten starred at bat for the locals
Out of five trips to the plate. he con-
uected safely four times ami popped out
to Blue once. Payne. Clark and Russ
also did good work each of them CLEAN
ing three hits. Crlttenden got two, safe
bingles, one Of them for two bases, and
Henderson, Speer, Allison and Alexander
got one each In fact, the locals pound
ed Kraft numerically. cleaning a total
OF nineteen hits Off him, but couldn't
win.
II is rumored that Skipper Dick Speer
has rendered his resignation as mana
ger Of the club to Shelton Tyer. presl.
dent Of the club. to take effect as soon
as possible. IF | give orders to the
players from the bench, and within
three seconds they forget all that l say.
then it's not up TO me 10 bear the bur.
den Of all the teams losses alone" said
Speer yesterday.
Russ pitched a pretty game up 10 the
seventh inning. In the first six frames
he allowed only four safeties, but blew
up in the seventh and eighth innings.
| Red Patterson, lanky utility man of
the Sherman club on its last visit here.
has been transferred TO the Oklahoma
City club, and is being used regularly
at third base by the Boosters. out oi
five trips to the plate yesterday. he sac
riiced twice. walked once and went
out twice on a ground ball and a fly.
Today's game Is carded for 4SO.
Here's hoping Kraft doesn't pitch again.
Besides being one OF the headiest pitch.
ers In the Western association. he's alb.
solutely the slowest. II took just two
hours and five minutes to play yester.
days contest.
First Baseman Stewart. OF Muskogee
was fined fifty dollars and suspended
indefinitely for his assault upon Umpire
Roth at Sherman, July 8, according to
a telegram received this morning from
]. W. Bell. president OF the Western
association.
The want ads will rent that house.
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