Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-09-27
DWIGHT IS GIVEN
"a TROUNC|NC BY
FANS SPEEDY TEAM
TIED SCORE WAS PREVENTED
ONLY WHEN VISITOR STAGED
a sONER CLINGlNG TO THIRD
AFTER LONG SACRIFICE FLY.


THO Frank 7. Smiths Of Dwight
-, .ho s,,., tom, at Norris
WHO '''' ~
in the sunday, sept H. 'oufua'leHI
failed in their Countcrattack yester-
day 10 defeat Ottawa at the north
ri, ..,..,,,, - ~, hot.lo u,as
''"' NV '''
a victory LOT o''d"' ny ""'' 'N'''
OF to 4. Lynch. Manager Dunn
stellar tvirler, only pitched four in
,,i, and ,o-fo,,,oa weI in that
.,
snort tIi''e' luz N'uN7 u US
mcnt was a sore arm. During the
fourth inning. some absentmindea
weary Willie from Dwight, VINO
wanted Dunn TO bring the banks OF
Ottawa along the next time they
FLASHED with the Smiths team, nuns
the ball from the gTandStand when
had been knocked there as the result
Of foul tip, TO the Inheid. Inc naIl
struck Lynch squarelN on the leit arm
which at the time was III a very pam
full condition as the result OF toT-
mer injury.
Besides being struck by the ball,
Lynch hurt his index finger on MS
pitching hand in some manner which
made the matter worse. At the end
Of the fourth stanza he informed Duhh
he would have to put Wahl IN the
box, lad from Streator,
In a way it was a lucky victory FOR
Dunn's men. When Lynch retired
he left the score ) to in ottawa
favor VAIL, who is only an amateur
with not much more than prayer,
held the enemy down in the ttth.
Then came the sixth when every OF
tawa fan was shaking in his boots
and II looked Ike a sure victory ior
the Smith In the sixth inning so
bolla was the first man up and he
singled Wahl got little wild ana
allowed Ronchetti and Lane to bum
their way to first. The bases we're
full and Roth, Of the st. Louis Car
dinala who is playing with Dwight
took the bat, The batter connected
with the first one over the plate ana
he sent it sailing out to LETT held.
Woods put the spurs to it. At this
point of the game Sobolla who was
on third pulled boner. Instead or
coming home after the sacrifice haa
been caught by Woods, ne Stool on
third base Had he made the least
bit Of an attempt 10 reach home
he would have easily done IT as WOODS
did not have one chance in million
OF pegging the sphere home beior"
Sobolla passed the plate. mat run
would have tied the score, But II
Wahl was considered pretty lucky
for the manner in which he got out
of the sixth inning with only one run
scored At the time the bases were
full, there were no outs Both made
the first out
Ottawa was first to score In the
opening inning Dunn's men gathered
one Of the Cooked fors." Woods was
the first man up and he drove ter
rife double to left field. Clark Sacrl'
feed and was thrown out at first
Sheldon poled a long sacrifice fly TO
right field. scoring Woods Wolfe was
thrown out at first.
In the second inning they scored an
other. Williams first UP was walked,
Wilmeroth sacrificed and was thrown
out Kut2 singled and Delaney sacri-
feed to center field, scoring Williams.
Lynch flied out
In the third the mighty Polly Wolfe
did the dirty work With two men on,
Polly connected with one of Siegrists
shoots for home run through center
field II was one Of the prnttiest
hits OF the season Three runs we're
scored making the final total J to 0
in favor of Ottawa.
In the next StanHa. the fourth, the
Smiths succeeded in scoring two tai
lies II was in this inning that Lynch
was hit with the ball He was forced
TO walk he first man Lane struck
out. Rover Was put out at short and
then Roth the Dwight heavy poled a
triple along the first base line. sCOr
ing Ronchetti Roth scored on a
MA ased hall.
In the sixth stan2a the Dwight3
counted another and everything went
along nicely until the ninth when
Dunn and his followers were given
u-,Ll Had M, h,n,,