South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-13
SID BENTON MAKES
DEBUT ON HILL BY
CHECKING ELKHART
Iolds Beuscher Nine to One
Solitary Run While Lo-
\ Gals Tally Eight.

Sidney Benton made his debut in
ise box for the Singer team Sunday
afternoon by turning IN an S 20
Victory over the Elkhart Beuscher
team in a game which would have
Abeen a closely contesed fracas had
not been for the seven misplays
- havked up against the visitors all
Of which played a important factor
in the scoring OF the locals.
Benton twirled a steady game and
. had the visitors well In check dur
s ing the entire game with the ex-
ception Of the sixth inning when
1 three consecutive singles resulted in
J the lone Elkhart tally. The Buesch-
ers got but seven hits Benton had
perfect control. not walking single
| man and tanning eleven. The new
.hurler's chief asset is a hopping fast
ball and a sharp breaking curve,
(Which combined with his control as
ksure the sewing machine aggregation
Zof being we'll fortified IN the box.
2Benton will make an ideal running
mate for Halas.
Although the game was none too
4 bitterly contested the fans were wild
repaid with the CLASSY exhibition put
up by several idividual stars who
turned into fashy bits OF fielding and
base running.
Touhcy Gets Freak Homer.
Tommy Touhey. Singer third sack
Aer. exhibited plenty OF speed whom
The cavorted around the sacks a Ia
Bill Hays after smacdng a hit
3throush the inheld which the
4 Beuscher left gardener muffed by
kIettin@ il slip through his legs and
Sommy scored. as did Aftowsli and
Connors who were or second and
Fhrst respectively.
l Casey Sullivan who played short
for the visitors was the bright light
in the Elkhart team play. Casey
got one clean wallop and SCORED
Athe Elkhart run. After two were
Yout in the sixth ne beat out hit 10
short. advanced 10 second on
single. and scored from the keystone
sack on a short single TO right, just
beating Phillion's perfect peg TO the
pplate by pulling a hook slide. Tie
also pulled the star fielding feature
OF the day by going far back Of
second base TO fed a fast grass
cutter OH dONl-tN III the StNfiikAA Ailb
threw him out at first.
Buck Connors and Aftowski came
through with the long clOuting Of the
day. In the fsst inning 'Sneuter'
banged one in left which Scott failed
10 field properly and made a triple
kaut Of IT, Buck slammed one far in
eep center which rolled 10 the fence
three sacker and scored when
yeti was safe at first on an error.
n Cassidy essayed To- do the
ling for the visiting aggregation
|vut was of form. His pitching was
ali right but he threw away a couple
% balls after fielding them and after
/ the locals got TO him for three hits
land three runs in the fourth he re-
Itired from the mound.
Jimmy O'Connor who succeeded
\ Cassidy pitched a great game. the
locals obtaining not one clean blow
OF his delivery for the four and one
third innings ne worked. His bat
Atery mate. Bauerline caught Baker
md Phulion fat footed when they
Eattempted TO pilfer second, by per-
feet pegs.
Locals Get Early start.
ALAt- tie 4Gk1Ar AaAANA ~ NNNA~ az
the first they came back at Cassidy
in the second and scored one when
Touhey led of WITH a double, which
should have been nabbed by the
third baseman and Tommy scored on
an error. In the third frame cas-
s.dy walked two men which. COM
bined with two errors and Touhey's
single which resulted in homer
four runs had crossed the plate Re
fore the dust was cleared.
Not content with their i've run
cad ne locals staged another orgy
in the fourth when three hits and
two errors resp.sed in three more
runs
--,te-s ....... 600 OO1 o00-1
Singers ........ Ola 500 0O'-S { ,
.y. O'Connor and Bauerline;
benton and Baker.
Three basehits - Aftowski and
Connors. Bases an balls-On Cas-
sidv @. Sacrifice hit-Moffeu.
struck out-By Cassidy by O'Con-
nor /: by Benton II. Umpire-Goat
Anderson.
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