Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-22
800 SEE BLACKLEY
WARRIORS CONQUER
D|x0N'S ALL STARS
CROWD ENJOYS RARE AFTER
NOON DURING COREY SCENES
or sTRIFE-UMPlREs CARRY
THEIR SHARE OF BURDEN-Fl-
NAL COUNT 1918.

Jay Blackley sure knew what ne
was doing when he accepted }. 5
Dixons baseball challenge the other
day.
Yesterday afternoon, before ap'
proximately 800 fans, and out in that
sweltering, boiling hot sun, the DIX
onites were bumped off and given
a cleaning by Blackley's pressing out
at. Blackley's team cleaned Dixon
dry, goods and ladies' wear team TO
the extent OF 10 to 10 score, and
Oh boy il was some battle botn
teams displayed eloquent" baseball
ability and several members proved
that they might be given chance
in the big leagues some day IN the
far future.
The game was marked by many fea-
TIRES. too numerous to mention, al
though 1t is fitting and proper that
g. Calvert ctSpider") McEvoy and
John Jacob connie" Gribbons, mem
bers Of Dixon's losing outfit, be given
due credit for the splendid manner IN
which they performed throughout the
game. Their playing aided muchly IN
the Illustration of the plans OF attack
OF the Blackley team.
The game started out in real whizz-
bang fashion. The Dixons were hrs'
at bat, they having lost the toss-up,
and right off OF the reel they started
some excitement when they scored
two runs. Bert Wade, star moundef
for the Blackley outfit, had bad IN
ming in the first which resulted IN
the two runs by Dixon's team. lie
allowed two hits and walked t"e
men. although great many fans are
still arguing that those two men
should not have been allowed 10 &c
to first, as Umpire Yockey had PAD
eyesight.
Nevertheless not to be outdone,
Blackley's outfit, got their old smash
ing machine together, when their urn
a. the sticks came, and scored four
tallies. taking the lead by two runs
Pitcher Nicholson, star proformer LOT
the Dixonites, came nearly Delhe
knocked out OF the box in the frs'
frame. Hargrove, the Ottawa babe
Ruth." slammed him for a three base
hit and then stole home.
In the second and third frames
Dixon's outfit scored total or three
runs and it started to look mlghts
had for the Blackley outfit They
took the lead over Jays team 10
and right then and there, Bert wade
who up till that time came close u
nitching q no hit, no run game, re
signed his post. Wade said his arm
was not in real pitching CONDITION
and he didn't want to spoil 1t for the
next game. In the next inning DIX
on's team scored three more runs.
But the tide turned in the fifth In
ming when the Blackleys Whaieo
Nicholson for six hits and scored sew
en- runs, taking the lead IL 10 .
From there on 1t was Blackley's game
and there wasn't chance OF Dx
ons team overtaking the cleaners
In the fifth frame they batted cleal
around and scored three more runs
and before the end of the game, the!
had 10 tailed, while the DiXonite'
finished at thirteen. In the ma
frame Dfxonta team threatened u
even things up and put over WI
but his plans went up in the all
when his pinch-hitter refused to pal
Both pitchers. Bert Wade for TN
Rlackley outfit, and Harold RichoI
son for the Dixons, threw in IN
sponge before they finished thei
games. Wade, after he had perform
ed splendidly for three innings, hea'
ed the towel. Then Alex Gray. wa
sent in to relieve the furniture deaie
and handled affairs in very cieve
manner for the remainder OF the gam
while Fritz Irion. the tire and phone
graph gentleman of Madison stree
was sent in as the guardian or u
first sack,
'1Rick" stuck things out until IN
beginning of the sixth inning whe
he also put out the white flag an
sent dispatch to Manager Dlxol
that he couldn't stand the gatt an
longer. Charley Moore, relieve
"Rick," and had Dick Kerr or Ed
Cicotte backed off the map, as far
pitching was concerned.