Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-18
FANS ARE GIVEN VERY ENJOY
ABLE TREAT AT FIRST CLASH
or STRONG AGGREGATIONs-
DOuGhERTf'S MEN FIGHT HARD
But FUTiLElY
The STANDINGS.

In game that furnished indon
baseball fans plenty of hrills fer ,hei,
money. the Macks last night defeate1
the Casees by a score OF II to \ BE-
Tore good sized crowd at the armCrr
In executing the win the Mack, now
top the city league with a clean slat,
OF Lct3 pcr centum. and from present
lndicationS appear on the face OF re
cent events as the strongest bet OF
+ the eirclit when the eishteen game
series is brought 10 close.
I The knights. battling with old.timo
'igcr and super abundance OF pen,
can always be depended upon 20 fur.
h'sh an audience a very agreeable
| nights entertainment, The word
quit being out of their vocabulary
entire.y, the clash with the Maccabee s
was Only repetition Of the games of
yester year. when the peppery aggre.
gaIon ed BY Vince nougierty were
Up and at 1t tooth and tong from start
to finish. With Doughertys crew
once hitting their srrile the ltaeuc
lracas is bound to enter some mighty
interesting phases before the remnant
Is finally decided and the awards OF
oh np!ons made.
me pitching OF Clif Hodgens. the
Macks Sensa. ional twirler. was again
a Potent factor in his sides victory
Hodgens, who developed great gobs ~
ICED While in the A. f. f. is nothing
short OF phenom. as his work on the
slab c.eai.y shows. He mas eyery
thifls an indoor slabbist should have
including nice hep to the big sphere
ana very healthy cutshoot While /
:cne conend his siiewheeling is, il. |
legal, tle various league pitchers all |
nave their Ii tie pecularities which
run amuck of the indoor laws. leaving
tue lLegalities as slight as they are.
comp RAJ ivelp on fifty.tf.y basis.
Ian Riordan. working on the mound
ltf Inc CaseeS, is certainly nice
pitcher to watch. His even tanored
ways, cool head and an abundance CT
sFeed, together with a nice idea of
NJ" 10 maud them up. makes him Pre-
nCuhced as favori!e among the fans.
be<t or all his conduC. is the way ne
ieaVe his feelings unruffled when "A
Stfeak CT bad spurts hit into the base.
men and feeders. His composlTo
under the occasional flightiness of hi4
packers * truly remarkable and en-.
list; from the neural fans great o1lan.
tlties of praise for his exemplary ne.
havior in the box.
La3t nights contes' was a case of
nfs and downs The Knights got ava,
10 good start by skilltul manipq,Ia
uoh OF the bases that made every hit
count. The Macks were incline1 To
MUGS up some of their base runniny
a. ZINES when d little more care wc1,ld
awe Trcfited them to better adyau.
Iage
After getting off with a jump the
asees were slipped into the cabocse
hen the Macks opened fire on Rio
Jan s cenders, with Morrell leading
me assault whenever he came to bat
Noilel! bears the dis motion of tea-.
'og eli the first home run of the Dres.
an. season He tipped one far int
ne orchestra balcony and rompa
around for the initial circuit drive A
couple of times later he tried to re-.
Teat, but Halligan in left field inter.
lered greatly with his PLANS by bring.
ny uoWi, ms drives for outs instead
d base hits. Fiesel. the nimble little
MACK catcher. WAS cheated OF n
homer when he hit the railing sur.
rounding the balcony and it bounced
'ach onto the field in play, cuttins
nm Gcwn fo''wO bases instead o. TIL
cur he would have had with little
uck
The score;
y Maccabees.
ALB. r IB.PO.As +.
Mcrrell. 81 ..... & 4 . q 81