Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-09-09
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THREE TO TRUCKS
Alma Aggregation Shows Su-
periOrity Over Fast Isabella
County Ball Team.
FIVE STRAIGHT VICTORIES
SherlOw and Hagerman Get Shutouts
While Main Wins BY A
5-2 Score.

J-Z score.
The ASPIRATIONS of the Transport
Truck team of Mt. Peasant have been
badly blasted during the past week
end, the five game series with the
Republic Trucks of this city, having
been brought to an end Monday with
out the Isabella County team being
able to put over single victory in
the five starts. The two previous
games were Republic victories, and
then to top it off Sherlow shut out
the Transports in Saturday TO o.;
Main came back at them Sunday and
walloped them into submission 5 to
2, and Monday at Mt Pleasant Hag-
erman handed them the third shut
out of the series by score of to O..
1t was a bitter pill for the Trans
ports to swallow, and just as pleas
ant morsel for the Republic fans.
as the long record of the Transports
this year had given them a real rep
utation. They have lost only to the
Republics this year, and to the Re-
publics just five straight games.
Saturday the Transports came to
Alma with Shrver, the highly touted
MO Lacquer, who last season lead
the Mint circuit in pitching, and who
lately was sold to San Francisco.
Shriver pitched a good game and de-
served a better fate, but pitted
against Sherlow, he was forced to
defeat, as the big Gratiot lad hurled
shutout ball all the way.
Only once was Sherlow i'm trouble.
this being in the first frame of the
game, when men got on second and
third with none down. He struckout
the next three batters, and from that
time on had them eating out of his
hand.
The Republics got next to the of
ferings of Shriver in the fifth In
ming. when four punched hits gave
the Truckmakers two runs. In the
following inning with two men down.
a single and a double brought in the
other counter.
Sherlow struckuot ten men during
the game and Shriver only five.
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Transports - 600 600 000-O 5 0
Republics ---- 600 O21 0Ox-3
Batteries: Shriver and hewitt:
Sherlow and Devogt.
Sunday Main was on the mound
for the Republics, and while wild.
would have had shutout except for
errors behind him, the Republics
making four npssplays during the
game, two of which started men
around the paths to the scoring sta
ton. The Transports pulled just one
error, which the locals managed to
use IN bringing home a run.
The Transports put over the first
run of the game in the third inning,
bringing JOY to the Isabella fans who
thronged the bleachers. Loneys err
ror gave Martin a life at first. and
allowed him to take second. He went
to third on an infield hit and scored
on sacrifice fly. The Republics
tied 1t in the fourth Dunckle was
safe on an error, stole second and
scored on Loney's single. In the
sixth three hits, one double, count
two more runs for the Republics. The
Transports added their second count
IN the seventh. Johnson struckout.
but Devogt dropped the ball and Ed
was safe at first. Meehan cracked
one for tree sacks, johnson count
ing. In the final half of the seventh.
the Republics put it on ice. by count
ing two more. Oakes and Tooiev
walked. Hunter singled, scoring
Rabbit" Chouinard singled and
Hunter cashed
In the fifth inning the Transports
filled the bases with none down and
It looked as though runs were certain
to count. A double play. which
missed little of being a triple plav.
killed the chance. This play, Loney's
stick work and the clever fielding of
Dunckle at first featured.
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Transport .... 001 600 1902 !
Republics - 600 lO2 2Ox-5 3 4
Batteries: Martin and hewitt; Main
and Devogt.
Rip" did not appear at his bes,
against the Transports on Monday.
but even at that had stuff enough to
the third coat of kalso-
mine that was given the Transports
turing the five game series, finishing
an argument convincing enough to
satisfy the most courageous Mt.
Pleasant fan, that the Transports
we're completely outclassed.
Hagerman allowed the Transports
six hits in the game in the Isabella
own, keeping them we'll scattered.
except for the eighth when the Neviti
rev busched two bingles. Not
nan was able TO reach third base.
iagerman struckout the smallest
lumber Of men that he has cut down \
n game since joining the Republics .
'ver a. year ago, getting only six /
Umpire Cameron did not intend 10
lid him in the least. and had rip"
n some bad holes several times by
Door decisions on balls and strikes.
The Republic scored the first run
n the opening chapter, and should
save added two or three more. Two /
hts and base on balls came in that /