The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-09-11
LuTcHER BOYS DEFEATED.
Local Team Bests Lumber Town
Bunch in HotIy Contested Game.

In one of the liveliest, most pep
|perly and exciting games of the sea-
son, DonaldsonviIle defeated Lutcher
at the fair grounds Sunday by a
score Of 6 TO 5. The lumber town
,aggregation-the locals greatest RI
vals-defeated the home boys twice
this season and they came here last
Sunday with the determination of
administering a third trouncing to
| the locals, but in this they were sad
ly disappointed. They worked hard
land put up the best fight possible but
all TO no avail. The result showed
that they had met their masters at
last, and they left the field with the
humiliation Of defeat and not the
exultation of victory.
The triumph of the Donaldsonville
nine was not complete walk over,
however. Despite the fact that the
club was reorganized and reinforced
by the acquisition Of several strong
players, it was only by the hardest
work that they managed to win the
game, and for while it looked as if
they were destined to suffer another
defeat at the hands OF their erst-
while foes. In the fourth inning,
the home boys took a balloon as
| cension," or in other words went to
pieces which enabled their opponents
to score four runs. In the seventh
inning the visitors made another run
and things looked blue for Donald
sonville; but the home boys did not
| get discouraged-they kept up their
spirits and got down to real business.
They scored two runs in the sixth
| inning; two more in the sew
enth and an additional two in the
eighth. No further runs were made
by either side and at the close of
the game the score stood 6 TO 8 in
favor of Donaldsonville.
Great excitement prevailed when |
the home boys scored in the sixth and
nseventh innings, and when the two |
runs were made in the eighth, giving |
them the lead over their opponents,
pandimonium broke loose, and the
yictors were cheered to the echo.
In the sixth inning the discovery
was made that Pitcher Poole of
Lutcher was using an "enory" ball,
which gave the visiting team an ad-
vantage over the home boys, and the
use Of this ball was stopped and new
balls were used. 1t was then that the
locals batted him all over the field
and began scoring.
Special credit is due to Barefoot,
formerly of the New Orleans South
ern League club, who pitched for the
ocals. and Easterly of the Cleveland
reserves of the American Associa-
ton, who did splendid work behind
the bat. Dobard Of Mobile, also a
Southern Leaeder, covered hlmself
with glory at short. The feature OF
the game was the batting of Wallace
Prejean and Barefoot.
1.-THE visitors took their defeat very
much to heart, but the locals were
determined to win this game and they
carried their determination into ef-
feet. Every one who witnessed the
contest was highly elated over the
result and there was much cheering
and whooping over the splendid VIC
tory of the local team. The home boys
have reason to feel proud of the re-
suit of the contest.
Tomorrow the Donaldsonville nine
will go to Napoleonville to lock horns
With the splendid team of that city.
They will be accompanied by large q
number Of local fans. The lineup
il the home team will be the same
Is in last Sundays game and it is
foregone conclusion that they will
AXE the scalps Of the Maps. III
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