The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-14


 won the day. against mighty odds, was in the box for the locals and handed out his lustiest curves and inshoots. Even the presence-and the mighty right of the redoubtable Mac could not dallnt the Flag Defenders, for they whalloped Macs drops and spit balls to a farewell and carried off the honors by a score of l3 to :. At that Nome played an excellent game and displayed considerably improved team work but the swift deliveries of Dame, the Fort twirler. again proved to much for the local champs.
 Following is summary of the game by innings:
 Two hits and an error in the first gave the Sourdoughs two points Fit Davis came back with a sharp voley of four hits. these with a walk kindly be- slowed by the local pitcher gave the Defenders three runs.
 Nome hit twice in the second, one of the slams being a two bagger, but could not land more than one point. Mcclure got his arm working and held the visitors down to two hits in the second half and the side was retr- cd scorcless.
 Nome again shook things up in the third by landing on Dame for two singles These with a walk raised the score of the home team by three points. The Fort hit twice and landed both of the runners in safety before the end of the session.
 In the fourth frame Nome hit twice and landed one of them on score board. The Fort came back with two points obtained from a hit and a pass combined with some loose playing by Nome.
 The locals strovc nightly in the fifth but Dame had his howitzcr oiled up and nary a hit could they land. The shut out apparently stirred Nome's lander and they turned the tables on the Defenders in the second half and chalked up nice gose egg on their side of the board
 \ heated dispute over q questionable decision by the umpire stopped pro- ceCdings in the first half of the sixth. After it was settled, trouble began. Maybe the Defenders got their favorite jinx to working, or maybe the brief de- lay caused the Nomeites to contract Whatever may have been the reason. they could not see the ball when play was started and not hit was recorded The score at this point was even with a big seven chalkcd up to the credit of each team. But when the Fort came to bat, things commenced to happen, and the welkin rang with the blarc and clamor raised by the F't. rooters
 The first man up slammed the ball through the Nome defense, the second followed suit. and then the third An other slam by the Defenders added a tally to the Sammy score. Horatio's hands got slippery about that time and one Defender was handed a safe con- duct through the belligerent lines The next man up crushed one of Macs pet curves in a wide tangent ceilingward and two more of the braves walked home. The next man up also sent one crashing off somewhere to the south and two more chalnnarks were mark ed on the Defenders score. Horatio McG. bestowed another walk, for hold ing the bridge was getting to be one tough job with the enemy Hinsing the dunn duns that-a-way. The next two up sacrificed and brought home another score for the wearers of the blue, making total of six in all and setting the score at : for Nome and 13 for Fit, Davis. Nome could do nothing to save the country in the next and the game ended amidst a tumult of shout ing and blare of horns.
 The Pygmy- Midget basket ball con- test was pulled off next and created great amusement The little chaps displayed considerable improvement In their playing methods and handled themselves like vetrans. The Midgets won: Score. Midgets 10. Pygm,es 8.
 The much anticipated basket ball contest between the All Nome team and the Nome High School proved to be the best seen here in years. Both teams were in the pink of condition and kept the crowd wild with excite .En nzlzzz.-.zaEzsS.- zsS.=-<sx--xE
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