Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-10
MARYSWLE HOLDS CHAMPIONS TO ELEVEN INNING SCORELE
THRILLING BATTLE KEEPS
FANS ON EDGE At ISLAND;
ELEVEN INNINGS SCORELESS
Second Game
SECOND Gnmc
Thursday evening at o'clock o.
Fourth and Seneca street grounds.
Third Game


Thursday evening at 6 o'clock on
Fourth and Seneca street grounds.
Third Game
Saturday afternoon at SIS o'clock
. on H. A. c. grounds.
In exactly 110 minutes of thrills,
West End, winners of the pennant
race in the West End league and hold
ers of the city title by virtue of their
defeat of Reading; and Marysville,
winners of the DauphinPerry league.
yesterday afternoon battled to an IL
inning scoreless tie. Both teams had
several chances to tally. but the op-
posing twirlers always frightened up
with hits when hits meant runs.
The game was a pitchers battle
throughout between Stricken for
West End and Biever for Marysville.
More hits were collected off Biever,
but he had an edge in the strikeouts.
Both hurled superb hall and were &C
corded support which bordered on the
spectacular at times.
Get Fast Start
Marysville started off with rush In
, the first inning. Gerdes singled into
center. Rutter attempted to sacrifice
and hit a short fly over Shafer's head
who was playing in. Moore secured
a scratch single on an attempted sac
rifice along the first base line. With
the bases full and no person out, j..
Lightner came to the bat with In
structions to hit 1t out. Stricker
frightened up and the best Lightner
could do was to drive an easy ball to
McCord who threw Gerdes out at
home and Lightner was caught be-
fore he reached first The inning
ended when Hippensteel famed. Att
ter that Marysville collected but three
hits and Stricken was never in dang
er.
NJ West End lost several opportunities
to score. the best one being in the
first inning After w. Euker had
been given his base on balls and sac
rificed to second by McCord, he went
to third on Shafer's hit while Shafer
went to second on the throw in. With
the heavy portion of the West End
batting order up, things looked PAD
for Marysville. Wagner popped TO
IIippensteel and Palmer was out on
an easy fly to left.
Again in the third West End had
men on second and third with but one
out. This time Shafer popped to Sec
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west End from the Newport Dauphin-
Perry team, famed. In the fourth.
Terry Palmer, West Ends first sack
er. on two successive errors ana
wild pitch, was on third with no one
out. Biever famed T. Euker, NC
Keever popped an easy fly to Herman
on an attempted sacrifice and Knight
famed.
Double Play Effective
In the fifth a double play ended
West Ends chances. Stricken led on
with a single to center, was sacrificed
to second and went to third on NC
Cords infield hit, after which McCord
stole second. Shafer was up ana
nopped an easy fly to Gerdes, VINO
doubled Stricken off third. West End
lost another good chance in the tenth'
when with two down. Shafer got an
infield hit, Fats" Wagner. clean up
man. drove a high fly to left center
which ]. Lightner dropped after
hard run. Stees, left fielder, backing
up, grabbed the ball and relayed II
to II. Biever to Hippensteel and Sha
fer was caught between third ana
home when Rutter run him down.
Stricken and Biever were IN the
1imelight the most, and earned the
honor of being the games premier
nerformers, Rutter made several sen
sational stops at third while Gcrdes
and Herman did some fast ilneiu
work. For West End, Ike" McCoru
and w. Euker starred in the lnhcln
NAV while Wagner pulled down three
difficult drives in the outheld.
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