The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-05-21
End OF Prefect Day Comes When
Reynolds Poles Pill over Wall
for Circuit; Crowd Rivals
Opening Day Gathering.
PRESIDENT LETCHER
PROVES NOISY FAN
Wonderful Baseball" Says League
PreNy; Chicks Frappe Game In
Third; Miller Again Hurls
HIGH Class Bail. II

The end of a perfect day came
yesterday evening as the shadows
nt University park were lengthen.
ing, when the bludgeon of Red ney.
nolds caught directly on the nose
an offering of Pitcher Gardner and
sent the pill ten feet over the right
field wall for home run. giving
the Chicks to | verdict over
Springfield In the deciding game OF
the series.
This elout was not needed to give
Chlckasha Il win as the home club
was out in front by two runs, but 1t
added cream TO the coffee, so u
speak, as well as the final thrill TO
a game filled with sensational field
Ing stunts and genuinely good base.
ball. The game had been put In
trapped condition In the third inning
with two singles, a sacrifice fly and
a double, scoring two runs and
DIedhlHB OHe-dll tie.
Crowd Rivals Opener.
Swelled by the presence OF some
$50 delegates to the Oklahoma Elks
association here, plus the fact that
the merchants OF ChIchlsha had
closed their places OF business, the
crowd riyaled the congregation that
witnessed the opening game here.
Probably the most enthusiastic
rooter In the crowd was Jack Letch.
er. president OF the Western asao-
citation, who occupied one OF the
boxes. From IA Chlekasha stand.
point however, Mr.. Letcher was on
the wrong side OF the fence about
half the time as he cheered as ius.
tlly for the Springfield Boosters az
for PettIgrew's Chicks. Wonderful
baseball" was the way Lne league
prexy summed up the going at the
close of the game
Boosters Score first.
The Chicks got away to a had
start, allowing thes Boosters their
only counter In the opening frame.
on boot. Hallaek, first up. smack
ed one TO McMullen, the Chicks
short field man, who messed things
ulpnd gave a life at first Hallack
was sacrificed by st. John and scor-
ed on Browns single.
The score that tied things up came
in the third. Kennedy was hit by
pitcher. He went to second on Pet
tigrew's single, was aseriflced t.
third by Kitterman and scored on
single
Chicks Win Game.
What proved to be sufficient
scores to win were glrnered in the
third by the Chicks. Poolaw struck
out. Reynolds singled and went 10
third on Kennedy's double. Petit
grew poled a long sacrifice fly to
right and Reynolds scored, Kennedy
pulling up at third Kitterman, who
apparently is acquiring his batting
eye, reaped single in the pinch
and registered Kennedy.
Things rocked along scoreless un-
til the last of the eighth when Red
Reynolds picked out one to his lik-
ing and slammed 1t over the right
lield wall for a homer
Miller Hurting Ace.
Lefty" Miller is making a strong
bid for the title OF hurling ace with
the Chicks. In yesterdays game he
held the Boosters to four blows,
two OF which were of the scratch
variety, struck out six and poleI
the single that tied the game.
Ellis, the Boosters manager, had
a great day. He pulled down six
and in the eighth inning robbed
Reudy of an extra base wallop when
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