Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-07-26
boobies PROVE BIG
FACTOR IN PONTIAC
WIN OVER OTTAWA
FANS TEAM USE BOOTS IN CRU.
CFIAL PERIODS WHEN FEET
AND HEADS WOULD HAVE
SERVED PURPOSE MUCH BET
TER

Before a crowd Of approximately
1000 fans, Manager "Dinny" Dunn'5
band of huskies We're knocked to de-
feat by the strong Pontiac aggrega-
ton yesterday. The final score was
1 to in favor of the retormatOry
boys A vain attempt was made by
Dunn's men to age n comeback in
the ninth after the game was appar-
entity lost. They succeeded in getting
two more runs which made the total
three. but failed to get the big one,
which would have tied the score
Three of the runs scored by Pontia"
were classified in he unearned col
umn.
In the second stanza Pontiac start
ed things going when it succeeded in
scoring one Then in the fifth they
rang up another. In The seventh two
more were added to the total. In the
fifth il looked bad for Pontiac when
Ottawa threatened to do some scor-
Ing but the clouds blew over ana OF
taWa only got one run. Two men
were on up to the time the lasi ont
was made, but they didn't get
| chance to get in and place their foo
on the home bag.
| Gunkel held the men from the re-
! formatory down as bay through the
eighth and ninth innings, Then in
/ he ninth, Ottawa staged its little
rally. With two men on, Williams
/ and Clark and two men out, Wilmer
| 9th. who has recently been signed by
| Dunn, and whose home is in Peru.
| stepped to the plate and poled the
sphere over the short stops head and
| scord both men This brought the
| crowd o. it's feet and it looked as
though the score would be tied kaff-
ron was next up and he landed big
/ high fv out over the left center field,
It looked like a hit and Wilmeroth
sped around 10 tie the count, but the
fleet I.annon. playing center field for
Pontiac dashed across the outfield
and nabhed onto i. making circus
catch and STAYING off defeat.
The game was one Of the best play
! ed on the ball grounds this year and
every fan was we'll satisfied with ne
/ show offered them. Several bad err
rors were made which lost the game
for Ottawa. O'Bricn made bad bob
BILE when he hit runner wlth
brown ball as he was attempting to
steal second.
Featuring in the game yesterday
we're Williams. Clark and Sheldon
The trio are always going. All Of
them PLAYED exceptional good ball
and deserve much credit Wilmeroth,
the new lad signed by Dunn, also
PLAYED star ball He got two pretty
singles and pulled down several nice
flies which came his way
Red" Kunkel. the former L. of J.
hurler who pitched against the Pont
ac club yesterday, did good job OF
+. He allowed six hits, walked three
mon and struck out three AT times
decisions were given by Umpire f'it2-
Iatrick which made il look bad FOR
. GunkCl. He showed almost every
thing and Il little BIZ more, and pitch
cd as good as any of them that hurl-
ed at the ball park this season
Romine who has been with The
ThreeI league for the past fifteen
wears and more, hurled for the Pom
. tiac bunch and also pitched good ball.
| He got five WalkOuts, walked one man
/ and allowed seven hits. COMPARING
J. his HnlSn Wllu lIldl VI N'ulih'i' N'''
/ be plainly seen that both pitched a
prettv close game Of bal
t Pontiac had man on every frame
except in the eighth and ninth in
o nings. Ottawa didn't have such luck
) or probably the game would nave
ended with a different score. Several
=. time had two men on bases but failed
10 bring them home because or tht
II hard luck which was following them
. It wasn't the support which caused
their downfall. because they had al
/, kinds of it, \ very large crowd at
1 tended the game from Pontiac.
But for their defeat yesterday
r Dunn and his gang Of warriors plan
/, on handing the fast Morris Reds
l. trimming of their life next Sunday
}. when the two clubs meet on the
!; north side lot Yesterdays game was
I. lust a little rough riding for the 10
l. cal boys 1t was an off day for Them
Following are the lineups.
p Ottawa-3