Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-05-31
GREAT BATTLE FOR
LEAGUE LEADERSHIP
First and Second Christians in a
Regular Family Fight" With
the Former on Top
HOW THEY STAND
(By Edgar Z. HigSins)

(By Edgar 7. Higgins)
The Decoration Day game wa:
played Monday between the Firs
and Second Christian teams o
the Church League, before tht
largest crowd 10 date. The mum
Der far surpassed any seen at any
game so far this season. Th(
game proved to be smuggling
match which resulted in a Is te
| Is victory for the First Chris
tians. The Second church gainet
! a big lead in the early innings but
not being able to maintain ii
were overtaken and dragged out
of first place. This games leave
these two teams. tied for frs
place in the League.
Harold Oldham's hitting wa
a big feature Of the game, H
pounded out a single, two double
and triple in six times up. /
faster man would have probably
stretched one of these hits into !;
home run for the three eXtr;
base smashes went far into th'
dim distance. At that Oldham
scored two runs himself beside
driving in six more
Lilly also drove out tripe ans
a double in three times up.
Creech@lcd the Second Chris
tians in hitting with four binglc
in five times at bat Yader alsC
connected safely with the horse
hide four times but in six tries.
Millard made to fine runnln!
catches off c. Rogers and Yade1
The Second Christian fielder,
held down their positions excep
tionally well. r. Pcyton am
Lackcy went thru the crowd t.
make pretty cathes of foul flies
Lackey also made fine stop 0
Chase's bounder ovei third in th'
eighth only to throw wild.
The former deague leaders
made two runs in their half of tn
first through 4 single by Yader, {;
lordly triple by Tanning, and 8
double by Chase, after two were
out. The First Christian boys
tied in their half of the first OF
three singles by Millard, H. Old
ham and Doty.
Bob Maupin began to smile
when his team added three more
runs to their column through sin
giles by r. Peyton, {. Rogers, d.
Pcyton and Yader, while their
opponents went hitless in the sec
ond. Neither team scored in the
third, but in the fourth, the Sec
ord Christians showed another
run across through singles by
Tanning and Yader and two er-
rors. The First Christians also
scored OH an error, a single by
Neff and double by Jennings.
In the first Of the fifth Douglas
replaced II. Oldham and wa;
greeted by hits made by d. Pey-
ton. Yader. Craech and {. Roger.
which combined with two errors
gave the Second Christians foul
runs. In the last of the fifth
single by Barnett, a base on balls
and a double by H. Oldham net
ted two more runs for the FRS
Christians. A base on balls anc
two hits by Chase and Creecl
yielded two more runs for thu
Second Christians. A nice catcL
by Millard cut off another run
Christians brought up their big
Christians brought up the bis
guns and combined three singles
by Lackey, Barnett, and Doty,
triple by H. Oldham and two er
rorS for five runs.
Douglas let his opponents down
without hit in, the seventh
while Lilly slapped one for a
triple, Douglas was hit by lsaacs
Lackey received a base on balls,
Millard tapped one for a single.
This netted three more runs.
A hit by Creech, an error anf
three stolen bases. gave the Sec
ond church their last run. The
First Christians opened fire again
in the eighth and slapped the ball
six times for hits which again
gave five runs. Douglas got the
first man in The ninth on an easy
chance, struck out the next, and
let Millard mike his second fine
running catch off Yader's bat.
So it is, and the two Camp