The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-18
PEPPY ARDMORE TO
WALLOPS ELKS ON
LEAGUE FIELD ia

The Ardmore team Of the TO league
ruined the reputation Of the local Elks
baseballers Sunday afternoon. when it
defeated the antlered pill jugglers to
the tune of 1914. The leaguers swat
ted the ball for l3 safe hits However.
some Of them We're registered when
groups Of three of the Elk fielders all
attempted to intercept the same fly al
the same time. and finally decided to
pose as wooden Indians and watched
the ball hit the ground Williams
pitched q fairly good game yesterday
The TO boys staged comeback
and played good ball Although the
personnel was the same as heretofore.
nevertheless they looked like a new
team and were full Of pep from start
10 finish. They hit we'll, and with
few exceptions, fielded in fine shape.
Phillips, the new Elk third baseman,
hit four times out of four times at bat,
and fielded well Phillips is a find
in baseball circles, and if he keeps up
his present work, might land berth
on TO team.
The first run was scored by the Elks
in the first inning. Enloe walked, went
TO second when Young muffed Park.
er's throw, and came over the rubber
on Shorts hit TO left field
The score was tied in the second half
of the second, when Jones hit to right,
stole second, reached third on Behren's
out, and came home on Joseph's out.
The Elks threatened to score again
in the second Phillips hit TO right,
Boyd walked. Phillips and Boyd ad~
yanced 10 Ord and End respectively on
u passed ball. Williams hit to pitcher
and was thrown out at first. When
Williams hit the ball, Boyd pulled a
boner and headed for third, forcing
Phillips off. Young after putting the
out on Williams cut across the da~
mond. and threw out Phillips at home.
In the fifth inning the antlers scored
again, when Williams walked. Enloe
reached first on an error, Williams go
ing 10 third. and coming home by beat
ing in q throw from left field after
Short had flied out.
The sixth inning was disastrous for
the Elks, when the TO boys scored
four runs. The fireworks started when
Joseph reached first on an error by
Smith, who watched grounder roll by
him. Pemberton sacrificed, sending
Joseph TO second. Crow reached first
after Short muffed a throw from Phil
lips, Joseph going to third. Crow
stole second Payne hit 10 center field
and Joseph and Crow came in. Rey-
nolds reached first after Naylor drop
ped the third strike, but recovered and
threw TO Short, who juggled the ball
l1pt ;t Eutf
safely reached first when Phillips
threw high TO Short and pulled him
from the bag. Reynolds scored by beat
ing in a throw from center after Nay
lor had flied out
The eight inning marked two 9-bag-
gers and two runs for the Ellls. Short
drove liner 10 deep center for two
bases. Art Naylor flied out. Doc Lucas
hit another two-baggeT TO deep center
and brought Short in. Lucas scored on
Phillips hit 70 left.
The TO boys scored three runs in
the eighth. Nayor hit 10 center, and
was followed by Jones who repeated
MAYORS hit. Behren hit TO left, bring.
ing Naylor in Behrens hit should have
been flyout. 1t fell about five feet
DtIliHu tnuu udse' NulIt fll NdyIOif
Phillips and Smith stood nearby and
watched it drop. Jones and BehreD
came home on Joseph's hit TO center.
In the ninth inning, Pemberton and
Young thought they'd kid the Elk field
ers along little, so when Williams hit
a pop fly fair between home and first
they ran up 10 each other. and stopped
far enough apart TO permit the pill 10
drop gracefully between them.
In the fifth inning Williams and
Short had pulled the same stunt, with
the exception that both had touched the
ball before II dropped, after a head.
on collision.