The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-03-22
PILLS HUMBLE
LOOKOUT CREW
NiCkIin'S Players Slaughter.
ed 16 to ! in 1920 Debut
Sunday Afternoon.
OVERFLOW CROWD IS OUT

With but two regulars in position
OUTSIDE the battery division, Strang
Nieklin's 1920 Lookouts were no
match for Gavvy Cravath's Phils in
their season debut at Andrews field
Sunday afternoon. Utterly unable 10
solve the offerings of Eppa Rixey and
George Smith. the home guard went
down in ignominious defeat, is to /,
being unable to cross the platter I'M
I'll the final round.
An error by Wrightstone was re-
sponsible for the Lookouts' lonely
tally in the final frame. Daniels
opened with a double to left and
Bratchi followed with Texas
Lacquer to right, populating the first
two hassocks. Hart flied to williams
without advance, but Wrightstone
allowed a mean bounder from Shay's
willow to squirm past him into short
left and Daniels counted. Gerdes and
Neiderkorn followed with easy outs.
The day was ideal for baseball
and almost $500 fans turned out to
see Cravath's crew. Stengel and
Paulette, former Southern leaguers,
were given hand. Epa Rixey, whose
great work at the University of Vir-
ginia first brought him fame in Dixie,
was also a great attraction. He was
taken In tow after the game by Ed.
Ffnlay, who was his batterymate at
Charlottesville.
Nicklin sent three of his best
pitching bets-Marshall, Cunning
ham and York-against the Pills,
but none of the trio worried them
to any great extent. All were saving
their arms, Of course, and ragged
support handicapped them greatly.
The Quakers went out In regular
order in the opener, but Marshall
paved the way for his own downfall
in the second stanza when he walked
Stengel first up. Wrightstone fol-
lowed with double to left and Casey
pulled up at third. Burton allowed
Paulett's smash to short to trickle
through him and Stengel and Wright
Quakers Score.
stone tailed. Gene reached second.
r. Miller singled to right and counted
with Paulette, when Rixey hit long
single after Withrow had whitfield.
Emerich breezed also and. after J.
Miller had singled to center, Williams
grounded out, retiring the side.
In the fifth the Phils raised their
total to nine, batting all the way
around on Cunningham. Emerich
opened with single to right; j. Mil
Ter doubled to left. regulating third
and second, Neiderkorn erred on
Williams grounder and Emerich
scored, J. Miller reaching third. STEM
gel singled scoring j. Miller and
sending Williams to second, Wright
stone then placed a perfect bunt
down the third base line and, when
Gerdes heaved the pellet into the
right field bleachers. Cy tailed,
Casey reached third, and Wright
stone perched on second. Paulette
singled, scoring Stengel and sending
Wrighstone to third. The latter
counted a second later on a squeeze
play with r. Miller. Withrow and
RiXey then went out, retiring tho
side.
Five More.
In the sixth the Quakers added five
more, again sending their entire bat
ting order to the platter. Emerich,
first up again, lived this time on
Burton's second error. J. Miller
grounded to third and. when Gerdes
peggcd again into the bleachers, EN-
erich tailed. Williams doubled to
right and Miller took third, Stengel
singled to center and both counted.
Wrightstone singled, snding Casey
to third. He counted when Burton
threw away R. Millers bounder after
Paulette had popped out. Withrow's
sacrifice fly to left counted Wright
stone,
The Phils final brace came in the
seventh at the expense of York. En-
erich leading off the third tins In
succcs sion walked. Miller forced
him, but reached second on a wild
pilch. Jack reached third on Will
lialns' inticld out and counted on
Stcngels third hit. Wrightstone
singled. senuing Casey to third, and
he scored for the fourth time on
Paulette's single; Gene went out
stretching. The box score: