Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-04-07
$1,000 Fans See
Browns in Game

than $4,000 people witnessed The
game< In letter to The Enterprise
Willis johnson, secretary of the club
states that there was not a single
mlX-up and that he had sixteen gates
opened to handle the crowds. Pho.
tographs showing plays in the game
accompanied Mr.. Johnson's letter
He states that all the Browns are
anxiously looking forward to next
spring when they come here to trim
agtin. Following is Martin Haley's
story of the game:
(By Martin J. HaIey)
Similar to the Cardinals OF old
who delighted in snatching victories
out. of the .smoldering embers, the
1921 Knotholers staged a brilliant
ninth-inning rally to nose the Browns
to the wire, to 2, before approx
mately $4,000 fans at Sportsman's
Park yesterday afternoon. It was a
Brownie triumph until the last ses-
sion, when, with runners on second
and third, Tubby Clemens poked a
pretty single, to cenyer field, on which
Hornsby and McHenry rode into the
plate with the knotting and winning
markers. The second straight tri-
umph, it places the Cards in a COM
manding position to regain the city
championship they relinquished in the
spring of 1918.
The ninth inning was opened by
Hornsby, who grounded to Gerber.
Wallie delayed a trifle on the play
and Roger was credited with a hit,
his first and last for the day. Nc
Henry singled to left, Hornsby stop
ping at second. Lavan sacrificed,
Smith TO Gleason. Had he picked the
ball up cleanly, Smith would have
had a chance to force Hornsby at
third. Clemens got a ball and
called strike. He swung at the third,
his effort resulting in a clean single
through the box to center, Hornsby
and McHenry scoring. Verne was
forced at second, followinV Tobin'sI
grand catch of Heathcote's snort foul
fly.
1t was no slipshod ball game or vic
tory for that mattec, of the variety
characterizing the Saturday encoun-
ter, but a grand pitching duel be-
tween Jackie May, the portside pitch
er, and Urban Shocker, right-handed
spit-ban hurler de luxe. Both fling
ers toiled the route. Shocker hold
ing the edge over his left-hand rival
Cor eight innings, looked like a sure
winner after Walter Gerber TANNED
a mighty triple to left center in the
seventh to score Smith with the run
that gave the Browns a 2-to-1 mar
gin.
Clemens Doubles in Third
In eight innings Shocker had but |
one bad inning, the third, in which |
Clemens double as a lead was the
foundation for the Cards first run. |
Urb's flinging was of such high-class !
caliber that in the first, second, fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth only eigh- {
teen Cardinals, three per inning, bat
ted against him. Fur this reason the
final outcome carries greater glory
into the Cardinal camp. The Cards |
won on their merits and to Jake May
goes a major portion of the credit
Tor the victory.
jake May was rrifle wilder, par
,icularly at the beginning of various
innings than good pitchers should be,
)ut twas that wildness which per-
nitted the stout southpaw to show
lis resources when the Browns
Indeed the pitching of
lake for the greater part was in
triking contrast to that Of Shocker,
or while Orb was keeping the bags
cleared in the majority Of the chap
ers. Nav was flinging out Of holes
reated by Cardinal errors, and his
,wn philanthropy.
He proved his mettle in the ninth. III
The Cards had a 3-to-2 advantage,
,ut the Browns yet had to be retired
n their final session When Johnny
TobiE paced the ninth with single
o left and Earl Smith sacrificed, af-
airs we're not so roseate for the
Worth Carolinian, especially with two
ight-handed sluggers, SEVERED and
etzel, coming up in succession. But
axle never wilted under this strain,
ather grew stronger, for SEVERED
ed on an easy fly to Heathcote and
Yctzel struck out. Wetzel was
uinging for Shocker.
Brownies Always Threatening
The Cards had by far the less oD-
ortunities TO win. While at least
ne Brownie, more often two, were
n the bases in every inning and al
Tough in six sta zas the leading bat
n Of the Fohld reached first safely,
le Cards had only four frames in
hich they got man or men on the
,cks. And just twice, in the third
nd ninth, did the leading Cardinal
after get on. This point alone is
roof enough of the Cardinal su-
sriority, since they followed up this
lvantage and worked both those
aiding batters around to theIrubber.
The Browns resembled slow-footed
rooklyn in the seventh, when a
ouble, single and triple produced
1t one run. This was their best bat
ng session-in facs, the only one in
hich they produced more than one
can . hop. Lefty Leifield, coach
g at third, was unduly censured in
is inning when he held Smith, who
ID led off with a double, on third
/ Severeid's sharp Dingle to left.
AS the play eventually PANIED out
sfty did look like the goat, but Al
as in the saddle at the moment, not