Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-30
PONTIAC OTTAWA
TO SETTLE DISPUTE
OF LONG STANDING
TWO TEAMS WILL THRESH OUT
OLD DIFFERENCES AT FINAL
GAME or SERIES TOMORROW
ON NORTH SIDE DIAMOND
FEELING RUNS HIGH BOTH
WAYS.

With the hour OF the Pontiac.Otta-
wa game not more than twenty-four
distant. local devotees of the great
national sport game, are anxiously
awaiting tomorrow afternoon when
the two teams will thresh out dis
pute which has caused very much UNI
easiness and excitement in surround
ing baseball circles The game, no
doubt, has caused more baseball Cos
sip and formation of opinion than any
other game ever staged on the local
lot, and is expected to draw record
breaking crowd to the north side lot,
to get an eye full of those players
who cheated the locals out of fair
game In their own city several weeks
ago.
The fact that Pontiac, luckily, put
over a win on the locals at Pontiac
several weeks ago, through some
bum decision of the umpires and poor
sportsmanship of Pitcher Moose
Romine, who tore the covers OF
brand new balls with pop bottle COW
ers and his fngernals, has aroused
that old fighting spirit in the veins
of every true local fan. Hundreds
probably many who never saw
game this year. will turn out en- mas
Sc at the local diamond tomorrow to
watch one of the bitterest OF baseball
disputes settled.
Both Ottawa and Pontiac Athletics
have one game to their credit and
each team boasts of being the super
Tor aggregation. Ottawa Cubs, are
known throughout the entire state as
being a real baseball club with a
fighting spirit, and the users OF
heavy hitting tbarrages. while Pontiac
is rated only in the second class.
Nevertheless they judge themselves
q better team than Dunn's team and
are confident of winning the deciding
game of the series.
Romine and his teammates will
come to this city tomorrow armed
with various plans, tricks and even
loaded in order that they might win
the game. Smoke screens, Accent
meter cannons and shrapnel are bar
red in this battle tomorrow, although
1t is a cnch that il they were al
lowed in baseball games, Pontiac
would bring enough to clean up the
greater portion of Europe. They sure
gave the locals rotten deal in their
home town, winning the game despite
the fact that they were out hit and
putplayed at every stage Of the game.
,~I1 I1u tr1flxr
sides the, handful of their hackers
who gathered at the Pontiac diamond,
thought the game was on the square.
Tomorrow the same two teams will
battle again for a supremacy, but the
outcome will be entirely different.
Two umpires Alb Rich. former Three
Eye league arbitrator, and II. Pres
ton of Marseilles, an imp with
good reputation, who are said to be
the best in the state, will reign SUI
preme tomorrow and will offer de-
csions to the best of their knowledge.
Every play of the game and every
ball pitched will be closely observed
by the Ottawa jumps and you can
bet your last red cent that the locals
will win the game on the square.
Besides, one thing for Mr. Romine,
there will be no pop bottle tops close
enough to the battle field, that he
might get hold of one and tear
new ball Just to cheat another team
out of game. Big league rules will
be used, and woe be unto the re-
formatory city lads, when Ottawa's
leadoff man, cracks "Moose's" first
offering, the rest will follow.
In the last game with Pontiac,
Lynch only allowed one hit, and had
one of the local players been on his
toes, Lynch would have had credit
of pitching no hit game, Tomorrow
he will go even stronger and at the
present time is reported as being In
the best Of condition for the game
Charley Roth and Jimmy, the Ottawa
idols, have been making a few plans
by themselves and in case of need.
will trim the Athletics all by them
selves. Following are the lineups of
the two teams: