Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-08-12
4REVENGE IS SWEET"
FOLLOWING VICTORY
HELGAM|TES CLAIM
THE SCORE OF YESTERDAYS BAT.
TIE BETWEEN TEAMS OF BuSl.
NESS MEN. SOUNDS MORE LIKE
A GAME OF AFRICAN GOLF,
HOWEVER. 'I

Notwithstanding that his team was
outhit by the other aggregation, Mana.
ger J. S. DiXon's dry goods and ladies'
wear outfit, better known In the league
as the Helgamites, stepped out yester-
day afternoon and handed Jay Black
leys cleaning outfit, the Never
Sweats, an IL to trouncng, in the
benefit game for tho play ground
fund. Approximately $50 fans paid en-.
trance fee of twenty-five cents to wit.
ness the blood thirsty encounter, which
eyened up the standing of the two
clubs.
The defeat was a shock to the Black.
ley outfit, who never dreamed of de.
feat. Manager Blackley. before the
game, headed his famous oriental iazz
band, marched through the loop dis.
trict, confident that his outfit would
win, They played loud and long. and
Blackley had John Phillip Sausa back.
ed off the map. At the ball PARK,
members Of the Never Sweat outfit
formed into line and headed by the
band, were escorted into the bloody
honors receiving much applause from
the audience. Then shortly after.
ward, they entered into combat with
the Dixons, only to be trumbled into
deep and detecting humility.
From the start fans picked Dixon's
team as the wianer of the second con
test. The Helgamites were the first to
score when in the second frame they
gathered two runs. In the next spasm
they reported two more, while Black
ley'S charges rang up two tallics
Then came the fatal fifth chapter
which put a crimp in Backley's team
winning the contest. In that inning
Pitcher Bert Wade's Offerings be.
came uncomfortable and he was batted
all over the lot. Dixons team opened
up their drive, clouting Wade for four
hits, one of which was a double, and
scored four runs. The game was over
then but Fans or the players didn't
know it Nevertheless, despite the
lead, Blackleys players, plugged along
the best they could, but in vain Black,
ley did everything available in an at.
tempt to win the second contest. In the
last of the sixth inning, he pulled
Pitcher Wade from the box, and sub
stituted him by Giljames. Giljames
failing to check the drive of the Hell.
gamites. was also jerked and substitute.
cd by iHargrove in the last inning In
the eight inning, he put in a pinch
hitter, Hank Boyle, with an intent
of coping several runs, but the breaks
were bad and his plans were frustrated.
Charley Moore, Velie salesman, oc-
cupied the mound for the Dixon team
throughout the contest and proved
very spasmotic munder. AT times he
offered wonderful brands Of ball Then
for few moments he would go wild.
But in general Charley's slabbing was
good.
On the Dixon team, the Hon. Conny
Gribbons, must have thought he was
pushing scenery around, because he
performed in most gracious manner.
AT all stages of the game, he behaved
well behind the bat. Besides Mr.. Crib
bons scored two of the winning runs.
Commissioner Charles J. StiCklen,
star third baseman for the Dixon out
fit had Baker, Johnson, Frisch, Deal
Barnhardt, Groh or any other of the
boys backed off the map, as far as
sensational performances about the