Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-09-07
MORRIS REDS FAIL
EASY PREY TO FAST
0TTAWAS;; IS TO 0
FANS TEAM DEFEAT p { p p y
Grumpy COUNTY BOYS IN LOp.
SIDED CONFLICT AT NORTH
SIDE LOT 49, RAIN PREVENTS
SUNDAYS GAME.

Although Manager Dunns stellar
gang OF baseball players did not get a
chance to whip the Norris Reds sun
day afternoon the opener Of the
scheduled double header Ottawa
handed the Reds a double defeat yes
terday afternoon on the North Side
/ lot when they shu them out II ~ u.
/ The boys from the WaupoHsea Greek
sector were Absolutely helpless against
the big league pitching of Spencer
Heath After allowing fifteen hits 10
be made of him and eleven runs 10
be scored by DuunS aggregation,
"Bruin' Etten became displeased with
the way the Ottawa lads were ham
mering him and departed for the
bench, allowing B. Miller, third base
man. TO take his place on the mound
The big shell exploded in the sixth
inning when Ottawa scored nine runs,
Thirteen men faced lLtten during that
stanza and every man scored one run.
The feature of the inning was a cir
cult drive made by Heath with two
men on The locals knew he was due
for big drive. The big Lacquer
stepped up to the plate and faced
Etten right handed. After the Morris
hurler has pitched one bah he cLang-
er over to left Etten placed 4 darb"
over the plate and Heath connected
with l.. The ball sailed between right
and center fields and alighted in The
ditch along the inner fence OF the
race track He reached third base be.
fore the ball was recovered. but tho
coacher warned him to stop. Heath
looked to see where the ball vas and
then dar ed home. but was forced to
slide. Every man on the team except
Sheldon and Clark had scored up to
this stage Of the game Clark was
on third and Sheldon on second ToI
give them a chance also OF having the
honor OF scoring a run in the fatal
sixth inning. Wilmeroth peeled sac
riiice hit to center field, scoring both
of them,
Dunn's men first counted in the
third inning, when they succeeded in |
bringing in one tally With Heath on !
second base, Bassett knocked ii pretty |
double, scoring the Ottawa pitcher .
In the fifth stanza they secured an
other. O'Brien. after knocking a {
three-base hit to center field, scored .
on a single of BassettS Then came
the sixth, when thirteen men faced /
Elton, and scored nine runs In theI
seventh they added two more to their
total. After getting two clean hits OF
him in the seventh. Eten went to
the bench, Miller taking his place
Heath vas in perfect pitching form
During the game he only allowed five
hits to be made off him, all Of which
We're lucky singles. He struck out
five men and allowed only one man 10
bum his way 10 first base.
Every man on the local team vas
on his toes throughout the game Bias /
set displayed some wonderful field /
ing yesterday. He was pulling them
down with his left and right hands. I
only using one hand at time. and
he vas pulling some hard ones. "kab- /
bit Clarke also proved to be no
slouch at shorstop. Red Williams !
and shorty sheldon also deserve /.
much credit for the brand OF ball they .
played, besides ku'z at first. O'Briel .
az catcher and Wolfe ana WimcIUth .
in the poppy field, Heath, it is known, /
played star brand ball. Only one er-
TOR was made by the locals In the I
third inning Clark tumb.ed an easy
one at shortstop.