The Mena weekly star., 1921-05-12
FINE GAME, l3 10 Il.
.sodv Slammed the Ball Around 4eu Innings and Fans Were De- .kted-Gigantic Rallies and
 Hair-Raising Stunts.

one of the old-fashioned slam sbees, in which everybody hit hu, Mena high school lost the tame to the Heavener team on esday afternoon, going 10 in- to a final score of 13 to II.
 Vas a game that delighted the For there were hits galore, rang rom bunts to homers, with a ful sprinkling of two baggers ,iples in between. It was also ne filled with thrills for the 3ads were badly beaten until the As frame. In the eighth they nore staged a gigantic rally and he lead for the first time by
 q half a dozen runs. In the
 they lost the lead and then tied .ore. The tenth and final round he victors clinch the game.
 e home lads played fine ball in but made one exhibition of poor |ent which likely cost them the s In the ninth Heavener had the Filled with two out. The score It time was g to 8 in Mena's 4 Norris had a pair of strikes rrett and was playing the game Ilng all his attention to the bat fhe baserunners kept leading off sfhat Norris was finally tempted | the ball to third. The attempt 1 down the Heayener player have succeeded, but Morrow nd the ball on the throw home. s it could be recovered another ad come in, tieing up the game. Iute later the visitors put across n that gave them the lead. De beginning of the seventh it mighty gloomy for the locals. | her had five to the home lads Norris was pitching good ball, | |as getting fairly good support, | he high schoolers lacked the .at the bat. This inning saw the | $ bunting play revived. |ey got on by getting hit with all. Townsend was safe on 1 t at Second and Morrow filled |fs with a slam at short. Lace |unted and Hudson muffed the X two runs coming home and M getting caught at home be- of poor coaching at third.
 eighth was the hair raiser. Af- |avener had increased their score s against our 3, the locals siam nt total of six runs and took |ad for the first, last and only l hiring the game. Watkins N one off of the shortstop's 'went to second on a passed ball l Bored on Norris clean hit to |
 Bolivar" made second cn the l q stole third, scoring on Ford's kgger to left garden. May and had both famed when Town @me to bat. Waffle slammed U pretty one to left and Beans" & Morrow hit hot one down 5rd base line, which let Town 1 D third, from which point he | Eafter a bum peg to catch him | Nbag. 6feld then hit the mightiest 1 M the day, when he lifted one |1dley's shoots far into center x Before Bianco could chaseit | Ind get it home, Lacefield was
 R the plate with the sixth run, 1 >ng close after Morrow. |ener introduced another pitch
 is point, Young Mir. Blackwell. 1
 er Mena lad. He famed Wood
 ded the inning. |6e ninth it was a mighty swat Fans" Ford that tied the score.
 1s was safe on a tumble at i
 Norris hit safely to left field. | 3nned again. Ford socked one Ht to the left field fence and "a and Norris came home, | H purposely drawing the throw Ind to let Oliver score.
 he tenth, after Heavener had
 | pair, mainly due to a three
 by Blackwell, Mena got Wood
 atkins on, thru safe hits, but He gone and when Norris lifted Fly back of second, the resultant x ended all hopes of winning the | |ane.
 Summary of the game from Scorekeeper Robertson, shows Rowing: seouts. Norris 6, Bradley 7;i
 bn balls, Norris 3, Bradley 2; A&e hits, Ford, Townsend, Fol Apd Blackwell; three-base hits, |
 II; home run, Lacefeld; base | Mena &, Heavener Il; errors,
 Heavener 16; stolen bases, 4 Heavener 2.
 llneup was the same as in N,s game save that Norris q for Mena while Ford played
 nd for Heavener Bradley re-
 Big Alex in the pitchers box 7elieved by Blackwell.
 score by innings: 1er ... .000 113 O33 2-13
 GOO 100 162 0-11 |