Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-19


Commonwealth VS.. West End.
When Fat" Dill. who has nothing
to do with Dill Pickles, except that he
is round and juicy. makes a slide at
the West End grounds. as he did last
night, 1t is worth the price of ad-
mission alone, and there amt no reg
ular admission. Fat" obliged yester-
day in the harsh battle where En-
gineers and Firemen squeezed out a
victory 6-5 over Motive Power. The
Wertz's delivery for an umblemished
single. This so excited him that he de-
veloped into a coyote and as Wertz
made a sour peg to the outfield Fat
pulled himself together for mara
thon from second to home. coming in
over the plate under wraps and with
his two hundred pounds al to the
good. His herculean feat practically
won the game.
Another star of the contest was
Harry Rote, world renowned athlete,
who ate 'em up around third base like
Arthur Devlin in his palmy days. Two
hits. two outs and I assists, was his
record. Buck" Ramsey got buck
fever as Centerfielder Hoover hiked
away from third and stole home.
Gordon Ford. the illustrious one of
basketball. was called on to help out
in the pinch and went into the box
for L.. and F.
The Motive Power team started the
scoring in the second inning, after
Weaver had gone out, short to first.
Hiney was walked and stole second.
McCurdy then flied to right and
Hiney scored when Welccmer doubled
to center. Ramsey was an easy out.
In the fifth the NJ. P. team got an
other run, after Ramsey and Hooker
had been put out. Stewart followed
with hit to left, but the ball was
lost and before il could be recovered
the runner had reached third base.
minute later Stewart crossed the
plate when wertz singled to center.
In the sixth inning the Motive
Power clubbers tied the score after
hit for a single and Welcomer flied
to Hoover. Ramsey followed with a
single. placing McCurdy on third. Dill
then left the ball get apast him, and
McCurdy scored. Hooker singled.
scoring Ramsey. and on an error by
Ford. who attempted to catch Hooker
going to second. the runner went to
third. Stewart followed with a single,
scoring Hooker. Howe flied out to
Madden and ended the scoring.
Enginemen on
The Fnginemen started strong IN
their half of the second inning when
Madden opened up with n single.
Ford sacrificed him to second. Hoover
then singled and stole second, and
on Dill's out. short to first. Madden
play and while Ramsey was winding
mp the Engineers centerfielder stole
home.
Bennett opened the third inning
with an inield single and took sec
end on Howe's bad throw to first:
Klerner went out. short to first, and
Bennett took third. Boss famed but
on Rote's single. Bennett crossed the
plate.
In the fourth the Engineers added
two more runs when Madden opened
with double. Ford followed with a
single and Immediately stole second.
In an attempt to catch Ford. Wei
conner dropped Howe's throw. permit
ting Madden to score and Ford 70
take third. On Hoover's out. second
to first Ford also scored. Dill and
Benin were easy outs.
With the score tied Dill came up
and the first ball pitched to him he
hit for a single to right. When Hiney
returned the ball to the infield, he
threw bad to first, and the big
catcher took second. Dill took long
chance by playing far off second and
when Behm hit to Wertz, who threw
the ball over the first basemman S
head, the 200-pound backstop crossed
the plate with the winning run. There
was no person out when the ru was
made. The score: