The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-20
LOSES
TOUGH GAME
To GARY

i'm Dalton pitched a whale q .
game against Gary yesterday after
noon. only 70 have his mates sick II
away IN b pinches-
Gary eoored 2 runs II each 81 the
second. third and seventh innings.
when on every ono Of these occasions
tie side should have been retired
without a score. Ii seems SIS though
Hammond made their errors right at
che most critical times and the fact
that Gary did not earn q single run IS
evidences that Gary did not beat Dalton
but hat the Hammond team beat
themselves.
Although tho anal score stood 8 TO
In Garys favor. the K. Of C.'s out
biz cary 10 7. IN the field Ham
uond made 6 errors as against tor
Gary. IN the way II stTIkeouts
karnahan had the edge, setting down
II by the Whit route, while Dalton
struck out four.
Tommy Harle led Hammond at bat
with -four cafe wallops out OF four
times Up giving him a perfect average
FOR the day. Buddy McLoughlin also
had on his hitting clothes and was
right behind Harle with three healthy
slams out OF four chances. Danny
Bofle n Dalton divided the other
two blows with one apiece.
Gary scored their first two runs
after two out IN the sccond inning on
errors By O'Rourke IND Mclaughlin
followed with a two-base hit by
Karnahan- Dalton wound up the
round BIZ striking out Rhode and incl
dental1y he retired the side on stTlEes
In this inning.
IN the third frame Dalton went a BIT
Wild and passed Knight with one
down. After getting the mex man
out Of the way on q ay p Handy.
knight s@ out 70 steal second and
would have been an easy out on a
good peg but Harle's throw was a
tribe low and when the ball rolled
out to center field knight kept on TO
third Conway then worked Dalton
for another pass and after he stole
second without any attempt to stop
him, Smith anne through with a two
base CLAM TO right center. good for two
runs. Young wound up the inning
with a g~rounder to Chandler.
Gary scored their last two rms IN
the se~enth. Hathaway led of with
. single and Conway followed with a
slam back at Dalton that was made to
order for a doubl play. Jim whirled
around and made a lightning peg 20
second but ORourke intercepted the
throw TO Mclaughlin and in his hurry
70 get n ball and complete the double
XIII he ran past second base before ne
caught the ball and both men we're
eafe with none down Smith follow
ed UP this break in Gary's favor with
another one Of his tWo-base slams
scoring 2 more runs and putting the
game on ice. Young went out on
the next play. Dalton to first and when
Smith tried to score all the way from
second on the out. he was an easy vic
tim OF a double play. Murphy to Harle
Tree wound up the inning with a hot
one to Chandler.
Hammond scored their arst run after
ono out In the third inning on a hit BY
McLoughltr, who went to second on a
passed ball and kept on 70 third on
the catcher's wild peg and then scored
on a ouble steal with Dalton who had
walked. ORourke also worked Kerna-
Ian for a pass. but Boyle was called
out on strikes and Flynn flied out 10
rE~,-
The x. Of C.'s second and final run
came IN the ninth when they started a
belated rally after two out. Harle
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hot one through the Gary shortstop for
his fourth hit Of the afternoon and
when Chuck Rhode fumbled the ball |
for an instant in left field. Tommy kept
on going to second from where he
scored on Buddy McLoughlin's line
single to center. This was Buddy's +
third clean blow and between him and
Harle they had a sort of monopoly on
HamEnond's blngles, getting 7 out Of
Q hits between the two. Jim Dalton
followed Mclaughlin with a corking
base hit over third and with two men
on Prendergast went to bat for
O'Rourke and after foullng of one he
drove a hot liner down to the second
baseman who tossed to the shortstop
forcing Dalton al second and the game
was over.
Smith. Kernahan and Rhode were
Garys leading men with the stick.
getting two blows apiece. Both Of
Smiths wallops wore doubles and
Kernahan's first blow was also good
Tor two bases but his second hit and
both OF Rhodes were singles, Z be-