Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-29
RAIL LIGHTS
TWICE LOSERS
Republics Defeated Famous To
ledO Team After Two
Thrilling Games.
MAINS HURL|NG FEATURED
Elongated Pitcher Performed Well
in BOx-Dunckle Star
with the Stick.

The famous Toledo Rail Lights,
who have been defeating major
league teams with great regularity
in the Buckeye City, during the past
few years, met snag in Alma this
past week, the Republic Trucks SHOW
ing over two victories, winning Sat
urday by to 3 score and Sunday
by score of TO 3.
1t was only after some fine base
ball that the Truckers took the two
battles as the Rail Lights were a
fighting bunch that did not let up for
an instant until the final man was
out in the ninth. Saturday with a
score of 4 to ! against them in the
ninth, the Rails started batting
rally that netted two runs, and came
within an ace of tieing the count, the
run TO even up the game being on
third, when Rabbit" Oakes, pulled
a wonderful shoe string catch that
liant feature Of the contest was
Dunckle's clean homer in the eighth,
that produced what was later shown
to be the winning run.
Sundays big feature was the great
batting rally that the Republics
staged in the eigth inning, when the
Traction team seemingly had the
game tied up tight. With two men
down, and Collamore apparently go
in as good as at any time during
the game, Hunter and Chouinard
doubled and Dunckle tripled, to score
the runs that won.
Saturday the Truckers scored in
the opening inning against Baxter,
one of the Rails best hurlers. With
one down Tooley singled to left, and
went to third on Brenegan's error. He
scored on Hunters infield hit.
In the third the Trucks had great
chance to score, with bases full and
one down, but Hunter was cut down
at the plate and Meidell struck out,
ending this opportunity
In the fifth the Truck City outfit
scored two. Oakes flied out. Mains
singled. Oakes flied out. Tooley
singled. Hunter was safe on an err
ror. Chouinard slapped one to CEN
ter scoring Mains and Tooley.
The final run counted in the eighth
with two down and a count of and
2 on Dunckle. He landed on the next
pitch and sent the ball TO the fence
for a clean homer.
Against the hurling Of Miles Mains
the Traction team was practically
helpless until the ninth, although one
run was scored in the second chapter
on good baseball. Thompson walked,
and was sacrificed to second. He
scored on VanDyke's single to center.
A double play ended further chances
10 score.
From this time until the ninth
Mains had the visitors eating out of
his hand. In the ninth the Rails
started a rally that was killed off on
ly after two runs had crossed the
plate, and the run that would have
tied the score was perched on third.
Wells hit for Baxter and singled TO
center. Miles singled. Breshahan
singled, and Wells cashed a run. Dau-
bert struck out. Miller scored on
Thompson's infield single that cut
down Breshnahan at second. With
Thompson perched on third, Clarke
tried hard to deliver and tie the
Eount. His best was a blow to left
that oloked like sure hit. Oakes
came in fast and made a diving catch
for the pill, picking it just off from
the ground. He went on his head in
making the catch, but held to the
ball.
Mains, the new Republic hurler
pitched fine ball all the way, and de-
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