The Evening Missourian., 1920-04-22
SPORT

In a hurlers' duel that wore the
nerves of more than thousand root
ers at Rollins Field yesterday after
noon. the Kansas Aggies were yictors
over Missouri in the first conference
game of the 1920 baseball season, the
final score being 4-3.
For nine innings the two teams
waged combat. At the end of that
time each had only single run.
In the tenth the Aggies ran three
runs across the plate and almost any
normal baseball team would have Civ
en- up. but not theTigers. They came
back and ran in two runs, but when
Lam flied out to first base they were
still one run behind.
Roberts. batting in a pinch in the
tenth and delivering a pretty double
to left field, furnished one thrill. Nc
out fifteen men and retired the side
Grath, the visiting pitcher. who struck
on strikes in the third after the bases
were filled and then duplicated this
strike-out record in the next inning
furnished another. Charley Laurance,
Missouri sunfielder, made a sensation
al shoe-string catch in the second
inning, the ball being apparently la
beled for a home run. Many other
. such plays kept the rooters constant
ly on their feet applauding.
The battle of pitchers in which
Stanley McClaine for Missouri and
McGrath for the Kansas Aggies were
the leading figures, would have done
credit to pair Of major leaguers.
Twenty-three batters were sent to the
bench by the strike-out route. OF
these, fifteen wore the gold and black
of Old Mizzou.
Up to the tenth inning only two
hits had been made by each team.
In that frame each pitcher weakened
slightly and allowed two hits. With
out several bad boobies, neither Nc
Lane or McGrath would have allowed
a single run. The Tigers second
counter in the tenth was the only
earned one. In eight of the. ten in
nings McLane retired the opposing
batsmen in one, two, three order.
McGrath accomplished this feat in sew
en- of the frames. To give either hurl-
er a decision would be an injustice
to the other.
McGrath opened the game under
trying auspices. After Lam had ap-
parently been retired at first in the
opening inning, the first baseman
dropped the ball. Huber was safe
when Lam was thrown out at second,
but a moment later McGrath threw
wild to catch Huber and the latter
went to second. CcGrath again at
tempted to catch Huber, and this time
hit the baserunner in the back and
he advanced to third. McGrath's third
miscue of the inning, wild heave |
out of reach of the catcher, scored
Huber with the first run of the con-
ference season. From then on Nc
Grath sailed along in great shape till
the tenth.
With the crowd growing restless
Coach Klepinger's warriors opened
the tenth with fireworks. Snapp |
started the trouble by walloping one /
to left field. Dickerson lived when
Huber failed to complete the first half
of double play. .Mershon's single
filled the bases. Burton clouted a long |
sacrifice fly to Whitbread. which
scored Snapp. Messick and Canter-
bury mixed signals on play to catch |
Dickerson and the ball got away from
Canterbury, Dickerson scoring. An
error by Lam allowed the third coun-
ter to come across. That was all for
the Aggies, but it was too much.
Stroeter allowed one Of McGraths
slow ones to Craze his leg and gained
first base. Whitbread was out, but
Roberts batting for Packwood brought
new life by clouting one into the sun
over Cowelrs head and Stroeter came
all the way home. Messick was an
easy out. McLane, however, came
across with rousing single and ROD
erts brought home the third and wnat
proved to be the last run, for Lam
brought the curtain down hurriediy
with foul pop fly.
The box score:
KANSAS AGGIES ALB II. H. 0. A. =.
Cowell II o o o OI
Gulfoyle, c ........-.--O o 0 Is z 0I