The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31
AlS' WINS AGAIN
FOR TRAVELLERS
Defeat Mt. Ida, Champions of Mont
gomery County in Smuggling Bat
tle-Visitors We're Hardest Hit
tiers Yet to Play on Mena Field.

Once again has Is runs scored on
Friday evening proven winning num-
Der for the Travellers. In an exciting
game played after 6 o'clock on the
sixth day of the week, the Travellers
slugged their way to victory on Mena
field, sending Mt. Ida, champions of
Montgomery county, home with the
short end of 10 to Z score.
Once again the Travellers demon
strated they can bat when batting is
needed. The home lads welded the old
willow wand for a total of nine safe
bingles and swatted the horsehide pill
when swats meant runs.
Dale Cunningham achieved the
mightiest wallop of all the Travellers,
polling one across the creek for hon.
er and scoring two runners ahead of
him.
And, speaking of sluggers, let's not
overlook the Montgomery county lads,
for the way they walloped the poor old
ball was sin and shame. The Wis
itors totaled 16 safe hits, and when
they laid on the pill they laid hard and
drove it far. But Cunningham kept
the long hits well scattered and the
Mt. Ida sluggers did not get the scores
they slugged for. Alley made a homer
for Mt. Ida, the ball getting lost in
deep center.
Mt. Ida can lay much of its defeat to
the ability of her players to juggle the
ball. Errors were plentiful and the
Travellers profted much by them. Wat
kins, on first, was the worst offender,
but he had plenty of company in the
error column.
The bombardment of hits started in
the second inning. Mt. Ida began it
when Radford slugged for bags into
right and scored on Carriers two-bag-
ger over Tweedy's head in left. Cum
ningham famed the next pair up and
only one run came home.
Mena evened the score in her half Of
the inning. Hounsel was sare thru All
error at first, went to third on Glenn
ents flyout to center, and scored on a
double steal he and Wood put on.
In the third Alley was safe when his
hit forced Smith at second. Jackson
smashed one that got lost in the right
field bushes and Alley scored, Jackson
going to third. Radford smashed al
dust raiser between short and second
and Jackson scored
The Travellers took the lead in their
half of the third by scoring four runs
and were never headed thereafter.
Daniels was hit by the ball and got
on. Galloway hit to third and was
safe on the vain attempt to nip Dan
iels at second. Cunningham soaked a
two Dagger into left and Daniels came
home. Fletcher hit past second and
Galloway and Cunningham both
scored. Tweedy sacrificed and Fletch-
er went to third. Hounsel laid one
over third and Fletcher scored. Glenn
emit placed dandy between second and
first, but to no avail for Wood made
the last out by hitting to second.
Hounsel was hurt and retired inl
favor of Anderson
Carter replaced Freeman in the box
for Mt. Ida in the fourth, but the Trav
elers kept on scoring. Daniels was
hit for the second time by pitched
ball, went to second on passed one,
and to third when another error at
first let Galloway land safe. After
Cunningham and Fletcher had both
whitfield, Silvey poled one to short and
while that worthy was juggling the
ball Daniels scored. Carter famed
Tweedy, making three strikeout in
the inning, yet the Travellers increased
their score.
Alley got his homer in the fifth, the
ball being lost in center. Capt. Glenn
ent called attention to the fact that the
hit had been made with an illegal bat,
but the score stood. tho the stick was
ruled out. Radford followed Alley
closely with two Dagger, but died on
bases.
Mt Ida increased their runs by one
in the sixth. Carter was safe on Gal
loway's only tumble in his first big
game, stole second and scored on Golf
mans two-bagger into center. Gallo
way redeemed himself by putting
Coffman out when the latter tried to-
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