Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-08-26
FIRST DEFEAT
IS GIVEN RIP"
Hagerman Lost to Rail Lights
Sunday When Team Boots
The Ball.
SHOULD HAVE WON HIS GAME
Five Errors Came i'm One Inning,
Giving Toledo Outfit An
Easy Victory.

Alma fans have been brought to 8
realization that rip" Hagerman
Ace of the Republic Truck hurting
staff, is only human, through the de-
feat which he suffered at the hands
of the Toledo Rail Lights Sunday, a
defeat for which no blame can be at.
tached TO the veteran star, as his
backing slipped badly in one inning
allowing the Traction team to count
three unearned runs, which put along
side the one run that the Truckmak.
ers propelled home on three hits, was
more than enough to win. On Sat-
urday the Toledoans jumped onto
Miles Main in a cruel way for )
to 0 victory, this being the only shut
outs that the Republics have sus-
tanned this season.
Collomare was on the mound for
the Rails in the Saturday game and
pitched excellent baseball in spite of
the fact that a rain fell during most
of the game. He was given good
support during the few times that he
was in trouble, and the Truckers
found it impossible to nail a counter
at the home plate.
That the Saturday scoring was not
entirely the fault of Main is easily
shown from the fact that his back
ing was just about as poor as that
given Hagerman on Sunday. Seven
errors marked the play of the Re-
publics in the first battle of the two
game series.
Sunday rip" was in trouble in the
first inning, the Traction team crowd
ing them on the sacks. Finally Hag-
erman started out in his determined
way, and struck out three men, pull
ling out of tight place.
In the fifth. with neither team hav-
ing scored, the Republics cut loose
five of their six errors. Hagerman
walked the first man. The second
attempted to sacrifice. Dunckle made
a brilliant recovery of the ball and
started what should have been a
double killing. McElligott got the
first man at second, and threw to
Tooley, who was covering first. The
ball went wild. Tooley recovered it
and attempted to make a play on the
man at second and shot the ball to
the outfield, the runner going to
third, from which point he scored.
Later in the inning with men on
second and third, Boyle attempted to
nail runner at the plate. He tagged
him and then dropped the ball, the
runner counted.
In the sixth the Truckers jumped
on Baxter with two men down. Oakes
started it with single. Tooley
sacrificed him along, and Hunter
drove him home with the Republics
only counter.
1t might be recalled however, that
the Republics threw two or three runs
to the wilds in the opening inning by
poor base running. Oakes was
nailed at the plate in the opening
inning, but should have been scored
because of interference, and the
catcher after tagging him, found two
Republics perched on second, and it
was an easy matter than 10 retiring
the side.
In the Sunday game the Republics
outhit the Traction team, and had
Hagerman been given good support
there is no question but what he
would have won to 0, and continued
the brilliant pitching record that he
has set. Saturday the Republics were
outhit, and never had chance to win.
as they could not hit Collamore vban
lits were needed.