Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-08-19
TRANSPORTS WERE
DEFEATED EASILY
Unbeaten Mt. Pleasant Team
No Match for Speedy Re-
public Aggregation.
FINE RECORD WAS BROKEN
Score on Hagerman in the
Sunday Tilt.

The Transport Truck company
team of Mt. Pleasant, which had met
with fourteen straight victories for
the season without having met a
single defeat, has had its brilliant
record blotted badly, just because the
Mt. Pleasant fans were so confident
that the Transports could show the
Republic Trucks a thing or two. Sat-
urday in Alma the Yellow and Black
warriors defeated the Transport
crowd to the tune of to 8 and on
Sunday, rip" Hagerman just toyed
with the team at Mt. Pleasant and
held them completely in check VIII Z
Olmsted's men smashed out six runs.
The noise that had been coming
from the Transport camp was such
that Alma fans were highly tickled
and elated at the result of the first
game series which has been arranged.
1t was plain that the Alma fans
were just as much pleased over these
victories as any that have come the
way of the Republics this year.
OPPOSilS s'AiAlNis iHlDOl ANu lOI NHt
game, Main put up good article of
ball on Saturday, and the Transports
would have scored less runs had it
not been for the wobbles behind him.
Two of the local errors were respon-
sible for runs. Tooley's error in the
first put kench on the sacks and he
scored, while Boyle's error in the
eighth let Witt count
Chouinard was the star of Satur-
day, pulling wonderful peg to the
plate in the opening inning that held
a second run away from the count
ing station, while in another inning
ne made clever running catch, hold
ing to the ball, although thrown from
his balance in mailing the pill.
The Republics started strong.
crashing out four hits in the first
inning, which were followed by two
bases on balls and a hit batsman.
Three runs came in this inning, Civ
ing the Republics a lead that the
Transport could not match up with.
In the third with one down, three
more hits were clustered, and two
runs were counted. In the eighth.
with the game already on ice the Re-
publics crashed against the offerings
of Miller again and three more hits
again counted two runs.
The only time that the Tribe of
hewitt looked real dangerous was in
the eighth, when with the bases full
good swat would have counted runs
that would have tied the score. Main
frightened up and the hit was not
Forthcoming. In the ninth, four runs
needed to tie, the Transports died
painlessly, Main ending the game by
striking out Witt.
Score by innings
transports ...-...-..-..-.-.. 100 010 001-3
hepuDllcS --.-.--..---....-.~. 302 600 02x-7
Sunday it was just case of how
many runs the Republics could or
wanted to count, as the TRANSPORTS
had no chance against the hurting of
Hagerman. Only one man on the
Transport team got as far as second
base, he being Fitch, former Alma
collegian. Three little bingles was
all that rip" gave to the visitors.
The crowd of over 5000 people.
who packed the field, made it neces-
sary to make a ground rule of two
bases for any hit, and this kept down
possibly some of the extra base hits
off LaCronier. Seven of the twelve
hits that the Republics got were two
baggers, and it is not any stretch of
imagination to suppose that some of
these could have been made into trip
les had ii not been for the ground
rule, which worked against the local
team, as the Transports didn't get
such hits. Dunckle and Meidell were
the hitting features of the game each
getting three hits in four times at the
plate. Dunckle had two doubles to
his credit and Miedell one. Miedell
also pulled the feature play of the
day when he scooped Wits roller and
nailed him at first by inches.
The team gave Hagerman fine sup
port all during the game, and the Re-
publics looked every inch the fine
team that their record would lead one
to believe.
Score by innings
Republics .-...-.....--.. 302 900 lOO-6
Transport --.-.-A 900 900 OOO-O
The two teams will clash in the
third, fourth and fifth games Of the
series on Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day, September 4, ) and 6, with the
first two games TO be played IN Alma.
it is expected.
REGISTER AT ONCE
Voters Of the city, who desire to
cast a vote at the primary election
on Tuesday, August 81, and who arc
not registered, Should see that their