The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-07
TRAVELLERS TAKE
 PAIR FROM CADDO
Montgomery County Champions No Match for Mena's Crack Team With oklahoma's Battery Wis
 itors Do We'll.

Mena's Travellers took pair of games from Caddo Gap, champions Of Montgomery county on the Fourth and gave the home fans reason to believe that the word glorious was not wrongfully used in connection with the day and date.
 The morning contest was a runaway for the Travellers, the home lads amassing total of 10 to the Gap boys I. The afternoon game started out to be the same sort of affair, but the timely arrival of Oklahoma battery,
 made the last 6ls innings a sure enough ball game.
 Manager Ivan Rowe had sent an $. o. s. to Smithville for Messrs. Wilson and Weaver, but there was 2
 nixup somewhere in the message and the clever Indian and his partner did not get on the grounds until few minutes before o'clock. The game had started and Caddo was { runs behind. Wilson did not wait to change his blue overal.s and Weaver simply took off his broad trimmed hat and was ready to play. While the inning was being played uniforms were being made ready for the visitors, but the boys didn't need 'em, they played good enough ball in their regular clothes.
 After Wilson and Weaver came in the Travellers didn't score again. The Caddo Gap lads made pair and when the ninth frame was reached the vis- hahfpH Wilson pitched pretty game and was given excellent support.
 The hurling of Fleteher was con- sistent and there was no time the vis- itors had a chance to beat him. For the first five innings Caddo went cut in i, 2. 3 order, thanks to the fast work of the Traveller infeld, who pulled off in that time two fast doubles. Only two balls were hit safely in these five frames of! Fletch- CT.
 In the sixth with two gone Wilkins poled one to center that got lost in the weeds, letting the runner go to third. Thompson followed with an extra hot one thru second and Will kins came home. This was the only run Caddo earned during the ?. M. session.
 c. Thompson started the seventh with a Texas leaguer back of short. He advanced on Woods tumble of Weaver's bingle. Wilson poled an- other one to Wood, who doubled Weaver at second but Thompson beat the throw home for Caddo's second and last score during the afternoon. A total of six safe hits were made off Fletcher, and there were pair of strikeouts and no passes.
 The Travellers got all theirs in the second, and it was a good thing they did for when Willie Wilson started there was no more run getting Will son held the swatting Travellers to a pair of safe ones, gave two passes and struck out four. Fletcher and Burtch were the only ones to hit the Indian fairly.
 With Wilkins hurling the Mena batters murdered his fast ones in the second frame. King started it with a two bagger down the third base line, Nelson sent him to third with 8 sac rifice to short and Fletcher scored with sacrifice fly to right Cornelius hit to Mclean and beat out the throw Burtch slammed ore to right and the little left fielder scored from first. Wood banged one to center and Burtch came home. Lynch hit safely to left and while the bewild- cred Caddoans were throwing the ball away Woods scored the fourth one Townsend ended the agony by hitting an easy one to Wilkins
 Mena started the third inning fac ing Chief Wilson. They went out 1, 2, 3. Fletcher and Cornelius got on ia the fourth with none out but died on bases. It was l, and again for Mena in the fifth. In the sixth Nelson was safe on a tumble at short, but was forced at second by Fletcher, who in turn was forced at the same point by Cornelius Burtch hit a safe one to right, but fast handling of the ball kept the little fielder from scoring. The Travellers only man to ge. on after that was Nelson who drew a pass in the eighth.
 The work of Nelson behind the bat and Cornelius at left were pleasing features of the afternoon game. King played first and did well