Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-12
TUO Defeats Cause
Bells to Lose Out
in National Event
Defense of Local Industrial
Champs FaIterS and CLeUe-
land AcmeS Triumph.

Dame fortune turned her back on the
Bells Saturday and the Acmes OF C1eve-
land took a double header from the
local industrial champs. 90 and To, win
ming the three game series and eliminate
ing the telephone outfit from further
play in the amateur championship series.
He who laughs last laughs best seems
to be a good old adage, for after the
Bells won a hard earned victory at Cleve-
land the Acmes came to the locals own
yard and grabbed the necessary two
games that caused clouds OF gloom TO
fall upon the Bell followers.
The first game at Washington Park
Saturday was a heartbreaker for the
Indianapolis champs. "A step in time
would have saved a whole nine" In the
final inning, Brown was on second with
two men out when Upton singled
clearly TO center Everybody said,
There goes the old ball game but
1t was not TO be. with the series
Kalal, in center field, made perfect
throw to the plate, mailing the Bells
catcher by the proverbsal eyelash and
sending the game into extra Innings.
Dawson pitched shut-out bail for the
Hello" team until the eleventh round,
and richly deserved TO win. The frst
two scores Of the visitors were gifts, err
rors allowing two runs in the second In
ming.
The BELLS broke into the run column at
the start when Upton was hit, went 70
third on Cards double To left and scored
on a passed bali by Fields. There was
no further scoring until the eighth. when,
after Gard was hit WanPler smacked
three Dagger to left field, scoring the
tying run.
The Cleveland outfit put the game
away in the eleventh with three hits
combined with a couple OF Bell miscues;
After the best bet OF the locals had
been beaten things looked dark and AFTER
I'd ~ he second game
things looked darker. More, who started
the last affair, was bombarded for seven
runs in the third and retired to let Hand
take uP the fading hopes OF the tele-
young Klelnhaus on the mound for the
AGNES was the widest OF wild men, when
he did get the ball I'm there, there was
too much on It to hit and the best the
Bells could do was to sneak TWO runs
across IN the seven innings before DARK,
ness settled down over the diamond ana
Ahe Bell rooters.
Gard ut second base for the Bells han
died twenty-one chances throughout the
afternoon without a bobble. He hed
thirteen assists and eight putouts. IN
the second game he pulled the most sen =
sational play Of the double Dill when ne
went back into right after Lees pa
for a hit and made a jumping, backI
handed stab for a wonderful eaten.
Wampler's triple that tlso the CVunS
in the first game was the hardest hit bali
Of the day and was as timely AS 1t was
hard hit.
After More was knocked out Of the
second game Hand went into the oox
and pitched g2od pan.
II was peculiar thing that both Bell
batsmen hit by Knight crossed the rub
Der In the first battle.
IF ever a pitcher deserved to win Rex
Dawson should have had that honor. At
every stage until the fatal eleventh kex
had the hard hitting Acmes bahled.
The Favorite Knits OF Cleveland (aliass
National Acmes) lost the hrst game OF
the Clnss AAA national Amatuer Fedora
zion series to the Youngstown semi-pro
champs Yesterday at Cleveland by score
Of & to 4 At Louisville the x. |. team
broke even with Akron winning the first,
4 to 8. and losing the second, to z. The
deciding game will be played today.
The st. Edwards team Of Youngstown,
ohio, was eliminated In the Class anna !.
teur title series by the White Motors Of
Cleveland.