The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-21
ENID WINS CAME
FROM CHICKS IN
TWELVE INNINGS
Heart Breaking Battle Goes to War
ing Outfit After Crippled Locals
Grapple League Leaders to
a Dead Heat.
HOME RUN EPIDEMIC is
BIG CONTEST FEATURE
Brannan for Enid, Lewis and Hayes
for Chicks Pole Pill over Right
Field Wall; Miller Pitches
Winning Ball.

Never before in the history of the
village have the bugs round about
witnessed such baesball battling aa
the Chicks and Harvesters engaged
in yesterday at University park when
Enid secured to verdict in
twelve heart-breaking innings
TO the everlasting glory Of the
Chicks is tho fact that, but for one
bob5le they grappled to dead heat
with the league leaders, despite the
fact that the club is crippled. lnto
the list with the select goes the
name OF f. Miller, whose heady, CON
sstent pitching held the lighting
Harvesters in check, inning for inn
ing. Also, you boys in the hall Of
l.me, please move over and make
rooms for Jawn Lewis, Drap Hayes
and Dud Brannon, and in the mean
time, boy, please page Babe Ruth
A Nerve Wrecker
1t was nerve wrecker through
every one of the dozen gruelling
rounds. 1t was more like hand to
hand grapple for the last ditch and
the fans as for two and a hall
breathless hours waiting for on
team or the other to erack-and
neither cracked. The attack of the
Harvesters seemed to be the fierccr,
but if SO, the counter offensive OF
the Chicks had it tied.
The good right arm Of Drap Hayes
had much to do with holding the
IIaryesters back. Four times he
knocked runners off the paths at
second proving himself to be a sni-
per supreme. The Enid team started
in to steal few sacks. Martin tried
it in the first and Hall tried it in
the second and both were thrown out
without either decision being close
They then left off the thievery fof
the remainder of the game, except
WIN Brannon trotted down with q
man on third to draw a throw. In
the fourth and ninth frames Hayes
sniped men off second, each time
pulling the Chicks out of a bad hole.
Home Run Epidemic.
In the fifth Brannon caught the
home run rash 1t was catching and
in the sixth and seventh it became
an epidemilc when Lewis and Hayes
broke out with the same malady
Brannon's homer was the first score
of the game. He smacked the onion
far and high over the right field wall.
In the next inning, the SIXTH Eddie
Neusel, outfieider who was forced to
play first base, lost the ball game
for Chickasha when he dropped a
throw from Hayes on McGuire's weak
chance in front of the plate. Nc
Guire took second on a sacrifice. Neu
popped one up that neither Lewis nor
Poolaw could reach. Martin came
up for a two-bagger, scoring Mcclure
and Neu.
That put the Harvesters three to
the good and there wasn't a fan in
the stands who wouldn't have quoted
bargain counter price on the chan
ces Of the Chicks to win the ball
game. Stock sky-rocketed however
in the last of the sixth. Miller sin
gled sharply by third. He was roost-
ing comfortably there when Lewis
smashed one over the right field wall
about where Brannon's drive went.
lie cantered around the bags shoe
ing Miller ahead OF him.
Hayes Follows Suit.
Hayes, first up in the Chicks half
Of the seventh, picked out one OF
McGuire's offerings. hastily figured
range. detection and elevation, ana
sent the old agate over the right
garden wall, the ball going apparently
100 feet farther than either of the
other drives.
The fans hadn't entirely finished
shelling out coin of the realm to
Lewis until they were again digging
down in the old pocket after more
Jack for Hayes. one fan in the
stands yelled, Hey. make EN- three
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