The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-30
SLEEPING RUNNERS
LOSE CLOSE GAME
Chiokasaws Win From Ryanites to G
in Hard Fought Battle at
Maxent.s

| It's an old adage In baseball that
many game is lost on the bases
and the axiom was proved twice yes
terday when the locals had a chance
to tie the score with the Chjckasaws
but the runners We're asleep. The
Chicks won, 6 to s. Ryan proved again
that he can hit by lifting the pill over
the right field wall for home run
and again in the seventh when he sim
gled to right center on a hit and run
signal, sending Sanchez from first to
third.
Bombay started for the locals but in
four innings the Chicks had garnercd
eight healthy ciouts off his delivery
and scored six runs-enough to win.
Ryan took up the hurting duty in the
fifth and thereafter allowed but two
hits, one of them being due to a bad
bound over Villar's head in the ninth,
For the Chicks the first and second
frames were valucless. In Pensacola's
half Of the second Villar flied to left.
| McVoy then singled past second.
Turnbull singled to left and Sanchez's
grounder was badly handled by Gray
| at second and McVoy scored standing
UP. Ryan then pasted the first ball
pitched over the right field fence. scor-
ing three runs. This ended the scor-
| ing, the next two runners going out
| in order.
| The Chicks held their major rally in
| the third. Burch and Tacon singled
to right. Ryan made a good try to
| get Tacon's drive, knocking it down,
but in pegging to third to hold Burch
L h. kA
/ Villar then messed up Touart's blow
and Tacon counted. Gray singled to
center, Touart scoring. Kelly ground
ed to short and Gray was forced at
second. Rushing then tripled to CEN
ter, scoring Kelly. Rushing was run
down between third and home. Gill
reath flied to center.
The locals made one run in the fifth
fourth. In their half Of the fourth the
| Chicks scored twice. Hammond
whitfield. Eakin singled to right and
Burch followed with drive to right
| center. Tacon grounded to Roche
Touart then smashed a screaming bin
gle over second base. Eakin and Bu"ch
scoring. Gray flied to center.
The locals made on run in the fifth
Bombay flied to right. H. Scarritt
was given a life on Gray's bobble and
took third when Touart juggled Ham
mond's throw of Roche's groundsr.
Roche also being safe. : (Hammond
and Gray had snapped positions).
Roche was caught stealing. Harry
then scored on a passed ball. Russell
closed the frame by tanning.
Neither team scored for the remain
der of the game. Ryan replaced Bon
ifay who went to right field and only
one Chickasaw player reached second
after Ryan started pitching. In the
seventh the locals had an easy chance |
to score. Sanchez drew a walk. He
almost missed Ryan's signal for the
hit-an-run bat reached third by hair !
when the Irishman clouted the ball
into right center for single on the
play. Bombay was asleep at the
switch on the next play. making no
offer at the ball when Sanchez came |
down from third on the signal. AS a
result Sanchez was an easy out, Burch
to Kelley. Bombay then flied to right
and II. Scarritt grounded to Hammond
and forced Ryan at second.
Again in the ninth the locals started
a possible rally. McVoy flied to short,
Turnbull drew walk and was forced
when Sanchez grounded to Hammond
Ryan waited two balls and a. strike
when Sanchez decided to run wild and
was easily caught, Burch to Gilreath, !
closing the matinee.
Tacon used rosin on the ball
throughout the game but Ryan offered
no objection. admitting that he could
hit that kind Of ball as well as any
Someone told Manager Moriarty Of the
Chicks that Ryan, must be roughing
the bali" and when Moriarty examined
the pill and found it o. K, he claimed
that Ryan had thrown the rough one
away. The fact was that Ryan wasn't
using any unfair stuff but some OF the
local ants thought he was and tipped
Moriarty to make kick. When Mo-
riarty found the ball in play was all
right he figured there must be some
one on the bench collaborating with
Jack but even with new balls Ryan
famed three and allowed only one hit
that a fluke which hit an obstruction
and hopped over Sticks Villar's head
and otherwise would have been an