The mirror., 1921-08-18


Kelley was the first to face Thorn and he
was placed on the runway by being hit
with a pitched ball. but moment later
he got bottled up between first and second
and was finally put out by Iver. Merkley
drew pass on balls, and pilfered second
and third base, while Armstrong was
striking out. Maley hit a grounder to
Iver that was fumbled, allowing Merk-
ley to score and Maley to get safely on
the runway. J. Duncan struck out, retir-
ing the side.
The Elks scored no more off Thorn until
the opening of the eighth round and then
they got real busy and connected for one
well earned run. Crabtree led off with
two-bagger and went to third on B. Dun
cans out, Thorn to Hic. Spriggs got a
single that scored Crabtree, but Nicholson
hit bounding grounder forcing out
Spriggs at second, and moment later,
Nicholson was caught mapping at first and
was an easy out, Thorn to Hic.
Crabtree who was on the mound for
the Elks pitched sterling ball and especial
ly so in pinches. In consequence thereof
he went all the way with telling results.
liver was the first man up and he very
the right field for home run. ON
struck out, but Hic was passed on balls,
and Bon struck out, retiring the side.
During the three following frames the
locals went out in rapid succession, but
in the fifth it looked as though they
might break through the Elks' armour
and stage rally but the necessary hits to
do so failed to materialize. Yves led off
with double between left and center.
Lob got on the runway when B. Duncan
dropped his pop fly. Mye got single to
left, scoring Yves. Thorn struck out but
Gels was hit with pitched ball, loading
the bases. Bur struck out, and ON went
out on fly to Nicholson, retiring the side,
and letting Crabtree down pretty easy.
He was safely pulled out of the same pre-
dicament in the seventh by getting sub
stantial support from his teammates. Lob
led off with single to right. Mye hit
grounder to Crabtree, who in turn made
a wild throw to second, allowing both
ways. Thorn grounded out to Kelley, but
both runners advanced safely on the out.
Gels was thrown out, ]. Duncan to Kelley.
Bur got two-base smash, scoring Lob
and Mye. ON went out by the aerial
route to Spriggs.
In the closing of the eighth chapter it
was completed in a record breaking time.
Only five balls were pitched to complete
the three outs. Hic took one, but on the
second, he went out on line drive to B.
Duncan. Bon took one, and the second
one he laid down to Crabtree, who easily
tossed Bon out to Kelley, and on the first
ball to Yves, he went out on the same
route as Bon, Crabtree to Kelley.
In the last of the ninth the locals tried
hard to stage out of their famous ninth
inning rallys and two-bagger was all
that was needed to tie up the score with
possible chance of yet winning the game.
Lob was thrown out, Nicholson to Kelley.
Mye was hit with pitched ball giving
him free transportation. Peulen, who
batted for Thorn, was thrown out, Crab
tree to Kelley, but Mye advanced to third
on the out. Gels was passed on balls,
and Bur was hit with pitched ball, load
ing the bases. ON picked out fast one
and he met it square on the nose with
such force as to break his bat in two,
part of it following in the wake of the
ball nearly to third base. However, with
the breaking of the bat, the ball was re-
tarded in its course, making it easy to
handle, forcing out Bur at second, and
ending the game.
The local baseball team and the fans
were yery fortunate in having Mr.. D.