The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-14
Vaccinated Arms RESPONSE
bic For Let Down In
Third Inning
ARTILLERYMEN STAGE
AN ELIMINATION DRILL
Scoles Wins Prize OF Box OF
Cigars In Interesting
Contest

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llainpered by arms that wers still
sore and itching from the results of
vaccination several days ago and the
effects of injections of anti.typhoid
serum administered Thursday morn
ing the baseball team from Battery +,
put UP stiff little fight against
Barre's Mt. Vernon team at Athletic
PARK Thursday aftcrnoon-unul the
pace told on the sore arms in the
thlrd inning and caused the game to
end in the fifth with a score of 0 to 2
in favor of the Mt. Vernon team.
Pugh, who did the tossing for the
battery boys, was unable to stand the
strain on his weakened wing and dur.
ing the fifth inning the Mt. Vernon
team pounded everything that he was
able to throw close to the plate He
had two strike-outs to his credit, how
ever, when the game ended and dur.
ing the five innings, despite his weak
ened fipper, had only passed two men.
or rather one man twice, Weed being
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given free trips to first both times he
came to bat. i". --
Barry Boosts Score
Barry, catcher for the Mt. Vernon
team, was the hero OF the game. polling
out a. home run when the bases were,
full.ho That clout was RESPONSIBLE for
the scoring OF Mills, Mondron, and
Householder as well as his own. 49,.
\ Others that specialized in trying to
loosen the cover on the ball we're Pop,
! hahn and Beck, of the battery team,
I and Wootton for Barre's AGGREGATION.
wailopiHg out a tfiree-bagger- each
! Lake, who was impressed into service
4 by Manager Barre owing to the fail
ure of one of his players TO show up,
! took a healthy swing, at the first ball
served to him and by sprinting could
have stretched it into a three-base hit
but he stopped on second, protesting
later that while he wanted to go on to
third he was forced to stop at second
in order to get his breath. Lake, while
a baseball player, has not been in
/ training, and three-quarters around
the diamond was too much for his en-
durance.
Norrick on the mound for the Mt
Vernon team was the cause of the
death of seven batsmen before they
had look at first base and passed but
one.
Hold Elimination Drill
At the close of the fifth inning,
Lieut.. Headington appeared before the
grandstand an announced that owing
TO the vaccinated arms of his mon and
/ their condition resulting from the in,
oculaticn Thursday morning he did
not think it advisable to permit them
to continue the game, An elimination
drill for the battery was then an
nounced, box of cigars being the
prize for the one man of the battery
who could "stick" throughout the
manoeuvres without making mis-,
take.
The battery was then divided into
SQUADS and one squad at a time was
marched before the grandstand, re-
spending to the various commands and
losing men at almost every step, as
the quick eye of Lieut.. Headington
detected flaws in their work that were
absolutely hidden from the spectators
not versed in military work. The To-
cal battery has received unqualified
praise from military men who have
seen it drilling, but the lieutenant
chalked up every mistake and the
squads rapidly dwindled down to one
man each.
The squad champions" were then
formed into squad and drilled again,
the contest ending when all had been
dismissed with the exception of
Claude Scoles, who was duly declared
the winner of the cigars,
A fair-sized crowd attended the
game and enjoyed the drill following
and owing to the generosity of the op-
posing team and Manager Barre, the
entire gate receipts, which approximat-
ed $50, were donated to the battery.
Ralph Taylor, a member of the bat
terry has been notified of his appoint
ment for regimental recruiting work at
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