The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-09
ELKO |Nv|MC|BLES
BEATEN By CARL|N
ELKO BOYS SUFFER FIRST DE.
FEAT OF SEASON AT HANDS
OF CARLIN PLAYERS


The first defeat of the season was
inflicted on the Elko ball team Sun
day when Carlin took them Into camp
by the score of IL to 10. and to say
that Carlin was elated is putting 1t
very mildly. But the fact remains
that the Carlin team carried off the
winners end after 1t looked that the
Elko bunch had come back and
snatched the game from certain de-
feat. The Free Press says those who
saw the game insist that 1t was the
best game, especially from the
amount of interest taken. that has
been seen this year.
The game was played at Carlin and
the members of the ball team were
accompanied by many of their friends
who made the trip in their autos. All
of the Elko team was there with the
exception of two players. Manning
pitched for Elko, while Bowling
pitched for Carlin.
The Carlin team was made up Of
picked players from Palisade, Wells
and Carlin and they have some top
notch ball players, especially Bowling,
who pitched league ball. and too much
credit cannot be given Triplett, the
catcher from Wells. who not only
played perfect ball behind the ba..,
but who pounded out home run,
a three-bagger and two-base hi,.
Elko went all to pieces in the first
seven innings. and Carlin piled up a
total of seven runs. Manning couldn't
put them over the plate, and walked
man after man. He insisted that the
pitchers box was more than the regu-
lation distance from the home plate
and when it was measured 1t was
found to be two and half feet farther
away than the rules call for, and that
was the reason Manning was wild.
His curves we're breaking before they
reached the plate and all the oppos-
ing batter had to do was to wait and
box was moved up to where it be-
longed. he was as invincible as ever.
and only the errors of some of the
players let in runs.
AT the first half of the ninth In
ming the score stood ten to nine in
Elko's favor, and ii seemed to be all
over but the shouting, but Carlin
got the break and when the dust
cleared away two runs had crossed
the home bag and the game was won
They had gotten a man on third
and one on second with two men out.
when the Carlin batter lined out a
strike to the Elko shortstop. Mickey"
fielded it perfectly, but was too eager
to get 1t to first base, and made a
wild peg, the ball passing over Hoyt's
head. and the men on third and second
raced home.
The ElkO players played in hard
luck, and they not only played with
the ball. but they booted it all around
the diamond at critical times. But
after the seventh inning, when the
score stood seven to one in Carlin's
favor. they settled down and in the
next two innings made nine tallies.
There were hot arguments. not only
among the men, but among the
women. and some of the arguments
took a personal turn. Carlin certainly
appreciated her victory and celebrated
the occasion to its fullest capacity.
The best team won, say the Elko
players, and while they felt keenly
their first defeat, they had no excuses
to offer except that Carlin got the
breaks at the critical times. A return
game will be played here at Elko in
about two weeks.
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First prize, Waterman's fountain pen
Krenkel & Bosch.
Entrants-Uren (leade. }. Rose. La
Vote. Organ. Percival Pidge. Watt
Moore. Lewis, Ried. SoRelle. Rossier
Diehl, Murray and Giroux.
Winners-Rose, first; Uren. second
Special race for girls, so feet. fancy
swimming-Prize SIS cash donated b,
a spectator.
Winner-Miss Merle Trousdale.
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