The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-05-13
THREE HOMERS GO TO
WASTE; OVERCOME
DENT PEPS LOST 81

Somebody iried to pre- diet Oklahoma
Ncather Thursday afternoon and as
suit an aggregation of Texas ball
ayers gavo the Arimore Pops the
n. ha! ha' and took the game away
om the locals by the score of 81. Bad
ebail OF the part of the local play.
:, and ne1ithy swattirg by the visit
IS spelled defeat for the Pops. In
u first two innings three home runs
y Ardmore players and sacrifice
netted the locals total OF seven runs
and a lead Of five runs over Bonham
\ couple of dark clouds began to gather
overhead, and somebody connected
with the local team was afraid that old
man pluvius was going to shed tears
in sympathy with Bonham and stop tho
game before five innings would be play
ed, thus preventing a victory for Ard
more, so the somebody" was RESPONSE
Bile for the members of the Ardmorc
team putting on a couple Of innings Of
loafing. But Bonham refused to loaf and
played baseball, with the result thai
they knocked both Werntz and Grow
urt of the box and even picked on
Ghette-running up enough runs TO
make somebody" feel foolish that he
.ai ever looked up at the sky. A homo
an by Sudderth in the seventh with
iwo men on not only tied the score but
Placed Bonham in the lead. When the
lcps finally did decide to try TO hh
the bail. they found it was too late.
The scoring commenced In the first
session. With one man down Waller
reached first when Behren threw his
srounder too high TO Young. Grant
grounded to Behren and was out at
first. Waller scored on Pittman's sin
gle to center Williams was safe at first
when Reynolds booted his grounder.
but was later caught by Reynolds when
he was forced out by Sudderth's groin
dor.
In the second half Of the first ses-
sion with one man down, Behren slam
med out a three-bagger which bounced
off Grants knee. Behren scored on Rey-
nolds' sacrifice hit. Jones singled to
right and stole second. With two men
down and two on base, Holtz acquired
two strikes and three balls, and then
slammed the pill over the right field
fence for homer.
Bonham scored another run in the
second. Henderson slammed a drive for
two bases TO deep left. Moore reached
first on Joseph's choice to Behren,
throwing Henderson out at third Zapp-
lac walloped for three bases to center
scoring More. Bonham was retired with
cut further damage during the inning
and the score stood Az favor of Pops.
The second half OF the second session
added three more runs for Ardmore,
Joseph walked Werntz flied out, Payne
hit a circuit drive over the left field
fence, scoring Joseph and himself.
Behren grounded to Zapalac and was
thrown out ut first. Reynolds slammed
the second homer of the inning over
right field fence. Jones singled to righ,
and stole second, but died there when
Young grounded to Zapalac and was
caught at first.
In the fifth session Bonham sprung
surprise and with three clean hits
In the stzth they chalked up two more
bingles and another run. which resulted
after wild throw by Reynolds to the
plate. after he had held the ball en-
tirely too long for anybody's good, bnt
the Bonham runner. Grow relieved
Werntz in the sixth, but he lasted only
one inning, and was relieved by Gillette
after Sudderth slammed a homer over
the right field fence with two men on
In the ninth inning Bonham gave a
display OF some very neat baseball when
they slipped runner over the plate by
the aid OF two successive sacrifices
Pittman hit 2-bagger to center. VIII.
liams sacrificed him to third. Sudderth
sacrificed him home.
After the second session Ardmore did
not score another run, and only chalked
up three hits-two singles and one dou-
bic. To make sure of victory Bonham
rushed in Blankenship as relief pitche,
in the eighth.
A final effort to stage a comebacl,
was attempted by the Peps in the last
half OF the ninth. Joseph flied out tc
Delmasso who made great running
catch. Helms was rushed in as pinch
hitter for Gillette, and came across In
fine manner with \ 2-bagger to center
Payne famed. Behren grounded tc
Blankenship and was thrown out al
first.