The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-18
RICHMOND, s; MUNcIE. 4

RICHMOND, s; MUNcIE. 4
According to Sox Quigley. captain
Of the Richmond team and one OF the
oldest heads in the game today. each
team In the l. S. L. Is 20 evenly
matched in playing strength and skill
that, give any one team 4 break In
the luck, and that team will win
every time. The philosophy OF o.
Quigley was never better illustrated
than last night when the Quakers.
with a shade Of the luck breaking IN
the last two periods, nosed out the
Muncie five in one OF the closest and
most spectacular battles OF the pres
ent season.
Muneie Gets Early Break.
Decided by the system that governs
a ten-round ring battle. last nights
game between the Quakers and Magic
City five would have resulted In
draw. There was no visible advan-
.ape shown by either side. Muncie,
With the breaks favoring. led easily
II the first round, but the Quakers.
roncficiaries OF the charity stuff in tho
'~s& periods. managed to roll up
.r~~-~h goals to make 1t Richmond
T->ieion.
,-nt that the home team was pre-
''r'od with the game. Far be 1t TO
T act any credit from the showing
~ fhe scrapping Qnakers, who, three
e'>,,s to the rear at the close OF the
first stanxa, trotted out brand OF
comeback work that surprised even
the most Optomistic. Richmond won
fairly and sQuarely and no credit is to
be detracted.
Dame Fortune Smiled.
Dame Fortune did more than smile
ut the Muncie team in the first period.
It was almost chuckle. Aided an
abbetted by one Artha Williams.
Wayne Farmer, Huston and big
break, the visitors had ruffled the
Richmond cage netting three times be-
fore a Richmond caucus decided that
things had progressed far enough and
that it was time to inauguarate the
return journey.
The trip back was started just
seventy-five seconds after start Of the
second inning. Lou Quigley. on an
assist from Bob Griffith. caused the
first home-ward squirt A little later,
only fifty seconds to be exact, Lou
COPIED out another spent drive and
administering . new brand OF the
King George stuff. had the satisfac.
ton of watching Freddie Pence frown
at himself. The close Of the second,
3 to 2. saw the atmosphere growing
more and more ominOus for the men
of Pence.
Storm Period Breaks.
As intimated before, the storm broke
in the last one. From the first 1t was
evident that Muncie had dropped back
on the defense while the Quaker rush
ers on the other hand we're determined
to stage all the playing IN the near
vicinity of Freddie Pence and his
Muncie goal. s...
The count resolved itself into tie
when after scant half dozen minutes
OF play, the brothers Quigley put on
brotherly skit entitled "Osk to Lou
and goal" II there was any super.
fluous love between the two teams
floating around it departed at this
stage Of the game.
Muncie Stock Advances.
Richmond didn't enjoy the fifty.fif-
ty proposition long. A handful Of
seconds after Lou Quigley had knotted
the score along came Huston with a
more or less lucky swipe that made
the Muncie stock take Bethlehem
Steel boost.
II was about this time that Walt
Evans. Richmond pivot man. crept in
to the foreground with timely shove
OF hickory. The goal evened the
score at four and speeded up another
notch the carnivorous nature Of the
pastiming.
With a couple minutes left to 60,
Lou Quigley broke Muncie just three
minutes after Evans had embarrassed
that team with the tying goal. The
winning marker was teed from the
south bank and was of the angle var.
iety that links the name OF Lou Quig.
ley with that Of Ted Lewis.
Two thousand or more Richmond
populi paid money for the privilege Of
watching the Quakcrs take out an
other license on the top rung Of the
l. s. l.. ladder. They were not cheat
ed.
The game in cold figures:
Richmond 60 Muncie ca
l.. Qulgley ................ Wllil0mS
y. QulSley ................. fAnTner
Second Rush
Evans ................. Huston
GrlIfltn UeWlLt
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