The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-20
ELY TEAM LOSES
SUNDAY GAME HERE


day defeated by score of s to I the
regular Ely team In one of the mos,
spectacular games ever played upon
the local diamond. Home runs. three
base hits and two-baggers made at
critical times caused the tide of for
tune to ebb and flow with first one
side leading and then the other. unt,l
hnaiiy with two men out Phoebe
turned defeat into victory with a
thrilling home run by Carter Hames.
The Ely men were courteous during
the hard game. cheerfuily taking the
lead when fortune smiled. and uncom-
plainingly taking their loss when the
nckie goddess turned against them
during the last instant OF the game.
Julian Clock. second-baseman for the
visitors, played professional ball. Du-
bravac, pitching. did well but was not
properly supported at critical times.
Mcmillan. catching. deserves praise.
For Phoebe It IL hard to single out
the players. as the work was more
consistent. Dolan and Hames, the bat
terry, worked resultfully. The infield
made but few mistakes and no errors.
The outneid dropped no chances The
umpires. Paul Dorothy and A. L. Scott.
iaid down the law with such stern di-
rectness that they got away with IT,
and gave entire satisfaction.
In the opening of the first inning the
ELY boys made two runs when Steven
son and Clock hit safely and crossed
the plate before the side was retired.
For Phoebe Carlyle Wilcox made a
run. Hames reached third safely with
Ronnow at the bat and two men out.
procedure in this situation is thus set
forth in chapter 10, article 2, ''the run
ner Will sit comfortably on the third
sack, walking home gracefully imme-
diately following the batter's safe
MT Hames, however. elected to steal
nome and was caught The means of
the spectators were pitiable. "whr
did he done it?" cried one Phoebe man,
lately from Europe. "oh, why didn't
he slip along the ground faster with
his belly?" This criticism was unjust
since Carter hit the dirt some twenty
feet from the home plate and slid
swiftly but a fifth of second too late
she score was thus to l in favor Of
his being shot at sunrise. which. as
everyone knows. saves the cost of get
ting one breakfast.
| In the second inning Ely struck out
in one-two-three order and Phoebe did
but little better.
In the third inning Clock hit safely
and stole second. whore he was strand
| ed when the three men following were
put out. Frank Wilcox tied the score
with home run for Pioche Dan
Franks got two-bagger and Hames
| got three base hit When Ronnow
| hit to center Hames walked gracefully
home, strictly according to Hoyle.
Score now to and Phoebe completely
bugs.
| Ely struck out one-two-three in the
fourth inning and Phoebe almost the
same, leaving the score to 9
In the fifth inning Dubravac struck
out, Stevenson hit feeble one to Do
Ian and Clock Knocked foul within
reach of Hames Phoebe came to bat
and Franks hit a fly to Rowan, who
| caught it twice. Carlyle Wilcox got a
three-base hit but was pegged at
home.V Hames and Ronnow reached
bases and came home when Dolan
made three-base hit Dolan tried TO
stretch this into home run and per-
lshed on the plate. The score to 2 in
favor of Phoebe, delirious, screeching
| Phoebe.
During the sixth Ely got busy and
tied the score and then held the Phoebe
boys tight.
In the seventh Clock hit safely over
second, second, stole third and then
stole home, which gave Ely the lead
and quieted considerable noise. The
next three men went down and Phoebe
came up to get even, but they ran into
an out and a double play and were re-
tired, with the score still quietly to 6
in favor of sad town being made of
Phoebe
The eighth inning was nothing, as
the Ely men were promptly put out,
and they In turn promptly struck out
the three Phoebe batters
The ninth inning opened when Ste
venson flew to Rutherford. Out. of
course. Clock flew to Orr Two outs,
OF course. Wheeler struck out Score
still to in favor of Ely.
Rutherford went out with a fly to
second Wilcox struck out Two outs.
when Dan Franks reached first safely
put none too soon. He was followed
oy Carlyle Wilcox, who reached first
by margin narrower than a gnat,s
eyebrow, forcing Franks to second
Hames at the bat with two strikes
called and the game as good as gone
20 Ely when he connected with the
ball for home run and won the game
Score s to Z.
The batting order FOR Phoebe was.
Frank Wilcox, first base; Dan Franks
second base: CARLYLE Wilcox. third
base Carter Hames, catcher: Charles
Ronnow, shortstop: Frank Dolan
pitcher; Alex Arr. leftfield Jay Chris
tian, right field; Rutherford. center
field
The batting order for Ely was: Ste
venson. first base; Julian Clock, sec
ono base; Lowell Wheeler. left field.
l. 0. Mcmillan, catcher: James Holmes.
shortstop: Harold Rowan center field:
Kent Baird. third base; Harold Jack
son, right field; Steve Dubravac,
pitcher.
Score by innings:
Phoebe ...t 0 8 0 2 o. e-S
Ely ...-..2 O. o 0 OF
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