Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-06

wizard Milligan's bunch OF bali
players practically cinched the pen
nam in the Ottawa city league las:
evening after they had defeated the
odd Fellows by score OF to 5 I
Zine inning game.
Johst's single to the rafters in the
ninth, with Bill Clegg on the far cor
ner, won the encounter. The Macca.
bees went into the winning column
for the first time this season at tbs
hands Of the Elks, whom they defeat
ed by a 6 to 8 score.
The first battle was one of the most
Interesting staged this year The los
crs ran up comfortable margin u
tho carly frames and it looked as tho
Biil C.egg ct al were due for steam
cleaning An abundance of pep
something which has characterized
the Boat Club bunch all season long,
f
car,e to their rescue and they nosed
cut ahead Of the Odd Fellows gang.
TO show that he was in form altho
hit rather freely, Bill Clegg famed
twenty Of the Odd Fellows bludgeon
wielders, and Peterson, second base.
man, whihfed four times in as many
trips 10 the plate,
Singles by Costello brothers In the
frst frame and Thomas passed ball
gave the Odd Fellows one MARKER In
the first frame. Tho Boat Club crew
evcned matters up In their turn at
sticking.
The second frame witnessed bonn
harding Of Clegg's offering that boost
cd the stock OF the Odd Fellows nine.
Leverich, Gastineau and Tillman sin
gled In rapid succession. With three
on the runways Chessman famed,
Rcedcr did likewise. T. Costello
cracked the nrst ball pitched for
double, sending In three runs. W.
Lindemann poked out long double,
scoring Costello. ]. Costello rolled
out, ending the rally. The Odd Eel.
lows bunch added two runs in the
fourth and one in the seventh, which
brought the count up to eight.
Tho Boat Club bunch did not score
after the first inning until the fourth,
when Thomas pushed out a two-bag-
ger into the beachers and scored
later on passed balls.
In the fifth they were retired in
fashion In, the sixth the Goats staged
a grand little rally Jobst singled,
Thomas doubled, Spuergin reached
first on Lindemann's dropped ball and
Jobst came home Milligan's double
sent Thomas home. Spuergin was out
trying to score at the plate. Whitney
cracked out a hard single and MILL
gan came home. The next two men
flied out
In the seventh frame W. Clegg
cracked out three-bagger and came
home on wild peg Of Gastineau, who
tried to head him of at third. With
two down Thomas Cracked out a tri,
pie and Spuerig single scored him
with the tie count.
1 The Odd Fellows were unable to
score in the eighth or ninth. In the
ninth Clegg got to first base aftec
Lindemann lost the last strike, two
passed balls allowed him access to
third Morahn famed. Jobst singled
to the rafters and Clegg came home
with the winning tally
Second Game.
In a fast and snappy game the Elks
lost to the Maocabces by six to three
count Bert Iiehman was touched up
rather freely by the hard hitting Mac
cabees while Gray held the Tlks to
four scattered blows Johnny Sneyd
had an awful time OF It in tho field,
pegging wild and using poor judgment
Oh drives
The Maccabees scored two runs In
the first frame on a single and a cou-
pie OF passed balls. A walk. a passed
ball and a single by | elk scored Sneyd
in The second, The Elks got two in
the fourth, white Fox poked out dou.
. Die and scored later on Buttes erro!.
Doubles by Milligan and Larson and
+. jeffery's single gave the Maccabees
a. IL [ u