Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-09-21

first up in the first inning connect
ed for two bags. That is it went
for that with StoWell facing the
sun on the drive. On the next
down Stowell dropped the pill col
Letting a juicy error and Arm
strong with timely aid got the next
three and the blows went for
naught. Three down in a row in
the second and third innings. In
the fourth, Larry Adrian received
a present. Army put over two
strikes on Elliott. lie was going
good and grew over confident. He
shot drop over the platter but it
grooved just where the big Dutch
man likes them and he connected
on some slow fielding for a three
Dagger. Adrian scored and the
Lancaster bugs suffered a delirium
Fof JOY. Hyde, another Iowa man,
went out second to first; Frank
Adrian who was putty in Arm.
strong hands went out pitcher to
first; Pickett connected and Skip
per made pretty pickup and
slammed the pill to first in oddles
of time but Eberhardt dropped the
cookie and Rowdy was over with
the other score. Two runs, on one
hit. Hereafter it will not be nee
essary for the fans TO hear repeated
Bell or Delaney of Iowa, but we
will refer to the club as the Ian.
caster = Iowa, team.
Had Army followed instructions
Elliott would never have been CIV
en- a chance to connect. He rolled
out the first time up Thomas to
Eberhardt. He went out another
time catcher to third and was guy
ed by his own cronies for being fast
on bases. Gaylord has Rowdy's
number but the big hurler will
speculate and the result is not al
ways most cheerful or desirable.
After that fourth session was
seen some classy baseball. 1t is the
second or third time this season
Lancaster has fallen into roses and
,geraniums in one inning and that
with enough to win. The Platte
willie gang was fighting all the way.
We had collected no international
celebrities to carry the banner for
Platteville. Home boys were fight
ing men the stamp of Rowdy Eli
oft, Hyde, Bell, Delaney, Nixon and
Pickett. And they made that out
fit go to keep them fIQm coming
over in spite of Delaney's alright
pitching. One good hitter on the
Platteville team would have chang
ed the course Of battle. In the six
Eh, Army raced over for ball and
went to the ground with it. He rolIs
ed over in time to switch it to first
and ahead Of the fleet Pickett get
ting the out while stretched on the
ground. Even the mad Lancaster
bugs gave him the glad hand.
} There were more errors but Arm
strong was stingy and air-tight
. himself. He gave four hits in the
: game, Slim Lewis said after the
: game, with proper fielding Arm
: strong would have emerged from
= the game with but two hits chalk
ed up against him. orion was
| caught off Of the first sack in the
: seventh. He took a fair lead but
] was slow getting back. 1t does nj
/ pay to wander very far from the
old freside, it never pays to ramblt
e or to roam. The final score was. & d
0, Lancaster deriving the tIq0 On
[ just the same it was a game and tn
: outfit over in the county seat know
t they can have little battle any oil
I time they want it and the scor,
wor t be Is to 0 even if they spenC
g $4,000 for baseball team. W.
I have the home kids here in Platte.
| vile unsalaried that give the
t people just as much for their mon
ey as the loaded base ball alliance
. Of Allies. - =. '~~'v
: j. H. Lewis