The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-08-26
PEPS PLAY AIRTIGHT
BALL WHILE HARDING
TWIRLS TO VICTORY

Consistent hitting and perfect base.
running, netted the Peps enough tallies
in the first four innings of Thursdays
game versus the Cleburne Generals
to clamp the victory by the score Of
6-3 Alright fielding also contributed
To the win and held the Generals from
creeping close
Tommy Harding. on the mound for
the Peps, was in his usual fine form
and engineered a contest with the aid
/ Of his rapid fielding teammates that
| placed another feather in his cap
Tommy handled himself well, fielding
| his position fine and also contributing
with a hit while at bat that aided in
/ the ArdmCre scoring. In the pinches
| he proved capable of squeezing out
/ with very little damage. Up to the
seventh Harding held the military
/ Texans to two hits and one run. The
/ lone tally was resultant Of a home
run which Wisrock slammed in the
| third over the right field fence The
/ other hit was a single by Wilemon in
| the sixth. The seventh was the first
scene Of danger, but the suspense was
/ lifted without Cleburne man cross
/ ine the platter. free pass to Fruth
/ followed by successive singles by Ellis
and Johnson filled the bases with no.
body down. Lacy failed to come across
and famed at the mysterious curves
that Harding threw down the alley.
Lind, Cleburne pitcher, followed with
q grounder 10 Harding who pegged to
I
truth, and the out was Immediately
doubled and the side retired when the
Pep backstop threw out Lind at first.
The ninth was the scene of an at
tempted rally by the visitors, which
ended after three hits and two runs
had been registered. Clopp, Pops cen
tcrfiolder, and Jones, guardian Of the
the three necessary putouts with spec
tacular catches, Clopp taking two Of
them and Jones the third.
Clopp started the scoring for Ard
more in the first when he reached
the bag on a single. stole second and
came home on Kizziar's single. Behren
singled in the second inning. went to
second on Jones sacrifice to third on
Lemasters' grounded out, and home on
| q wild pitch. Clopp got another in
The third when he secured a free pass,
reached the next bag when Tate also
walked TO third on Oglvics sacrifice
and over the plate on KiZZiar's sacri-
flee fly TO left. Three more We're piled
on in the fourth Jones starting the
fireworks with a zippy 2-base slam to
left on a line drive that hit one foot
inside the foul line and rolled to the
boards. Harding contributed with a
single that scored Joncsy. Clopp walk
ed Joe Tate came across with a line
drive TO tine right center field fence
for two bags while Harding and Clopp
| scurried over the platter.
| Lind held Ardmore after the fourth
the locals being unable 10 secure but
two bingles, and but one Of the Ard
l more runners reaching second.
1 Clopp and Lovelacc put on the fea
I ture plays in the field. Clopp robbet
: the visitors Of several might-have
been hits with spectacular catches. III
went after everything that came hi
way and intercepted everything L
y which his lanky legs could carry him
y Lovelace whistling keeper # the righ
garden, contributed his daily sensation
al interccption by coming in on the rul
=. and hitting Wilemon's liner at hi
q knees.