The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-04-28
CHICKS LOSE TO
HENRIETTA CLUB
IN HECTIC FIGHT
Gray's Pitching in Pinches Holds
Home Crew Scoreess Through
Nine Frames; Visitors Get
Two In Fourth Inning.
PAYNE HOLDS ROGERS
MEN TO FIVE SAFETIES
Chicks Get Seven Blows but Fail to
Register; Bickering Proved to pe
Best Game Of Season.; vii.
son in comeback.

While diminutive hurler who an
swers to the name of Gray pitched
shut out ball at University park yes
terday afternoon, his fellow hirelings
who draw their semi-monthly stip-
ends from Emmett Rogers, hamered
out sufficient hits to garner a cou-
pie of tallies, and Henryetta took the
Chicks into camp winning ball
game TO o.
Fans are due to journey TO univer-
sity park many more times during
the season but the chances are that
they'll never see better ball game
than the Chicks and Hens staged
There was snap and vim to every
line. Chickasha played errorless
ball, while Henryetta pulled two mis-
plays both being charged to Cassidy,
their premier shortstop who threv
too low to first once and dropped
toss on force-out for the second
ChickaSha battieu Haru-
The Chicks apparently realized
that they were up against the real
thing from the tap of the gong and
batlted hard especially as the piece
drew to a close. While the home
crew nicked Gray for seven safeties'
he proved to be the stingest bird on
earth in pinches. His performance in
the seventh and again in the ninth
with Chi6Ks roosEing on the bags.
brands the game he turned in as
Glass A.
Things looked rosy in the seventh,
even with Chickasha two runs to the
bad when the bases were loaded with
none down Kitterman had walked.
Poolaw and Pettlgrew each singled
and all stations were occupied
Hayes came up and the fans prayed
for safe blow that would tie the
score. "Drap" took vicious cut at
the ball after which Gray fed the
Chickasha catcher one that made him
pop up to short.
Pull a Hair Raiser.
With Payne comnig up, Pettigrew
sent r. Smith in to hit for the twirl-
er and started Lefty Wilson to warm
ing up. It was then that the Hens
staged one of the prettiest doubles
in baseball.
Smith emacked a hot one to Gray.
The little left handler made q perfect
stop, shot the ball home killing Kit
terman to Bell who whipped the pill
to Zilkey in time to catch Smith at
1 first, completing the dougle play and
! retiring the side
Chicks Threaten Twice.
In the eighth and ninth Chickasha
had men on second and third and in
either inning an opportune hit would
have tied the thing up, but when
such a hit was needed, Gray tight
ened up and refused to allow it. In
the eigth, Reudy singled. but was
promptly forced on McMullen's offer
ing. Heneger to Cassidy. Scott doU'
bled and McMullen pulled up at
third Reynolds grounded out to Zil-
key unassitsed and Dwyer, sent in to
hit for Kitterman. struck out. In the
ninth with one down, a hit, an error
and an infield out landed Hayes and
Pettigrew on second and third re.
spectively. Reudy came up and Pet
k.yrew signaled for Dobbins TO gel
IN and hit The Hens refused to al
low it, so did the jumps, wherefore
Pettigrew served notice that the
tgame would be protested. Reudy end
ed the game by going out Cassidy tC
ziikey.
How Hens Scored.
The Hens registered in the fourth
= Speculating to some extent it migh
be timely to remark that hld secon'
+ base been properly covered in thi
inning by either Reynolds or McMul
len, the two teams would have bat
+ tied to a draw, had subsequent hap
e penings developed as they did
Cassidy. first up, was an easy out
Poolaw to Kitterman. Bully" NJ,
l. Claim singled. Zilkey laid one dow
d which Payne grabbed cleanly an
n turned to force Bully" at secons
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