South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-20
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Singers Drop
First Inter
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first inning. when four clean HIS
pounded in two runs for the visiting
Great Westerners from La Porte,
the Singers never gathered the
courage 10 push across a run and
the opening OF the Tri-City Factory
league at Singer park went TO the
| visitors with a 10 count
With appropriate ceremonies lead
ing ElbeTs band ard supported by
the members OF both teams, Or.
Franklin Carson. president Of the
league. officiated at the flag-raising
just preceding the game. Threat
ening and actual showers OF rain
and hail did not stop the patriots
nor did it stop the opening of the
game which ended amid dust storms
stirred by a strong northeast wind.
Encouraged by two clean hits.
one going for a three Dagger, and
assisted by two costly errors, the
visitors sneaked two more runs
Throughout the whole game the
playing on both sides was exceed
ingly loose as the seven errors for
Singers and four for the Great West
crners prove. The latter, however.
captured the long end of a IL TO 6
equasion in hits and too they
chalked up a total of seven pill
fered bases, TO two by the machine
men.
Hargrave. for the visitors. started
/ the ball rolling with a safe hit
through second base. He then stole
second and advanced TO third on a
safe hit by Donica over first base.
Both scored on a long single oy
Blacksmith to right field. Main, the
sixth man to bat. filled second and
third by the fourth hit Of the in
ming just inside the third base line.
Rainier went out on an easy roller
to second base.
The locals started well with a
three base hit to the foul flag in
right field by Broder the first man
to face Cramer. Aftowski. how
ever, famed and CoDnors tipped
an easy roller TO Donica who threw
/ Broder out at the plate. In trying
/ TO catch the man off first base
| Blacksmith jugsled a throw from
the pitcher ard Connors took sec
ond and third a second later on an
error by Fisher Spair fouled out TO
Donica and the best chances the
| Singers had during the game were
/ lost
Once in the sixth inning l.. Spair
stole third and in the eighth wild
pitch landed Aftowski on the final
sack but during the rest Of the aft
ernoon the South Benders never trod
past the central station.
With two down in the second in
! ming Mullen poled a questionable
hit between first and second base
and then advanced to second on one
| followed him. batting left handed
hit TO deep left field and landed
/ safely on third.
| COnnors erred again and a sec
4 ond run crossed the plate. Fisher.
who also profited by the error, stole
! second but his efforts were unavail-
/ ing for Donica dropped the ball at
/ Hodak's feet and was thrown out
at first.
In the fifth DOnica reached first
| on an error by AftOwski, took sec
/ ond when Aftowski dropped the ball,
was advanced to third by Black
smiths hit and took home when
/ White fumbled. Blacksmith went
out when he tried to steal home
| after Main had made a clean single
| and Rainier hunted Peterson failed
4 10 connect safely
Mullen, in the next inning, scored
an unassisted run. He was hit by a
/ pitched ball and when he stole sec
/ ond the thrown ball again connected
/ with his frame and he easily took
! third while it rolled away toward
/ left field. Then he stole home and
added the last score to the total of
\ the visitors