New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-04-24

New liberia did Itself proud q
the opening ball game last Tues
day afternoon at Myrtis Parl
when the local Sugar Boys playe.
the Abbeyille Frogs to a standstil
in thirteen innings of fast baseball
to draw decision, 2 to 2.
The game was beauty bright
in virtually every sense of worc
and although the visitors outhit
local combination Of bal
tossers by eleven wallops to nine
honors were about fifty-ffty as
Mcbride, New iberia entrant in
the box, struck out ten Of the
Frogs and Hebert famed but five,
While the game is the thing the
writer wishes to spread a few
lines over the assemblage. There
were people there from every
walk of life: the office boy rubbed
elbows with the near millionaire ;
the young lady that took in
the show on an invitation from
her steady; the staid old business
man who ism t prone to any frivol-
ity Of any sort, for fear he might
lose his dignity; the sweet girl
graduate and her mamma, all were
there and last, but not least, the
Chamber Of Commerce brass band,
sans uniforms, filed the air with
popular melodies and received its
just applause. In fact the band
was virtually the entire show from
five minutes to three until game
time at 3:45. Under Professor
Yves Arnandez, the band dis
coursed something like a dozea
new popular melodies and they
played them all well.
The grand stand was overflow.
ing ten minutes before the game
was called and many of the fans
were standing along the cage and
in the boxes, necessitating several
rows Of spectators to stand. How
ever, even the standees enjoyed
the game and rooted like good
chaps for the homelings.
Manager Gandolfi's hirelings
disported themselves like real ball
players from the first inning until
mother nature with her cloak Of
darkness called a cessation of hos
tilities.s Umpire Dominick decid-
ing thar baseball by night WASH t
q popular pastime and that the
battle could be finished out at s.
later date.
The visitors got the jump on us
in the first frame when Eckardt
started hostilities with a heart
breaking two1bagger to left field.
He followed up this assault by
calmly stealing third and when
Gandolfi let Schmidt's heave to
third get away from his romped
home. Chastant, next up, took
another short fall out Of Mcbride
with single into center and went
all the way to third when Mcbride
uncorked a wild pitch. However,
he was left anchored on third
when Mac got busy with his fool
ers and struck out both Castaing
and Fish. He walked Schorling,
but the latter died stealing,
Schmidt to Slater.
The third frame saw the locals
forge to the front with two ITALICS
when Schmidt started the rally
with a single into center. He adj
vanced to second on Mcbride 5
well-placed sacrifice. Mac was
also safe when Churchill chose
to try for Schmidt at second, all
hands being safe. Yost also
hunted and the bags were loaded.
The fans yelled themselves hoarse
at this iuncture and the scene was
all set for a fitting climax when
Gandolfi kidded Hebert into Civ
ing him q base on balls Schmidt
being forced across the plate.
With the bags still filed and none
out it still looked like q happy
day but Rezza forced Mcbride at
home with a clean single to left,