The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-23
JONES' SPECTACULAR
CATCH IN SIXTH ENDS
BASE RUNNING SPREE

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patched-up lineup put in its ap-
rsarance "Wednesday afternoon when
III, Mineral Wells club took the
onening game of the series from the
Fels by the score of ST..
OF the eight TALES, six o,clrrcd in
the sixth inning when loose fielding
c uplei with thtea walks, ard SIN.
gle and double spelled curtains for two
Ardmore pitchers and made couple
Of innelders look like exhibits in ;he
mummy department, Of a museum.
The visitors got to Mcdonald during
the five and one-third innings which
he pitched for nine out OF the total
of ten hits which they chaIked up.
They also scored two runs during his
reign, which do not appear as a small
number in comparison with the nine
h-tsss because when Sweetie Smith re-
lieved Mac the bases were flied and
there was but one man down. rhe first
error of the game occurred after
Smiths debut when Quattleabum
;uggled Bogus bunt on an attempted
squeeze play permitting Lemasters 10
cross the rubber and again flung the
bases
Nokes, next man up, swatted the
pill on the nose and sent it via the
ground route along the foul line to
the right, field fence, and by the time
the ball was returned to the diamond
three Resorters had scored and NokeS
was safely established on second
Quattlebaum was caught asleep at the
switch when Nokes pushed out the .
bagger for the sphere whizzed between
him and the bag and was calling up
long distance before the Pep first
sacker saw it.
Smithy walked truth, next batter,
after permitting Nokes to reach third
on wild pitch, and Harding was
rushed in to relieve him on the mound
to keep q straight jacket on the run
ners.
Harding fared we'll and held the Wis
itors hitless during the remainder of
the game. Both runners who occu-
pied the bases when he entered the
contest scored. however, Nokes reach
ing home safely when Harding at
tempted to catch truth mapping when
the Mineral Wells runner made an at
tempt to steal second. While truth
.'as being run down between the bases
Nokes stole home, and during the
atiempt 10 catch Nokes truth reach
ed second. truth scored when Harding
stopped Kreigbaum's grounder and
chose to head OFF Fruth at third, but
the throw was wide.
The unexpected then happened when
the Mineral Wells side was retired
IN snappy fashion, ending their run
ming spree. For the second time during
the sixth inning Lemasters came to
Dat He caught the pill on the nose
and walloped it in a high line drive
TO left. Jones was playing in and as
the ball neared his position. it was
fully six feet over his head. In a su-
preme effort he made a flying leap
nigh into the air and pulled down the
sphere with his gloved hand outstretch-
ed far into the air Immediately upon
reganing his equilibrium, he shot the
pill TO Reynolds at second, completing
double play. Jrnes' spectacular per-
formance in inberception and perfect
throw to second prevented at least two
or more scores during the historic
sixth.
Macdonald played in hard luck dur
ing the time he twirled. He tried
hard TO master the men who faced him.
Twice he covered the plate as run
ners were on their way home from
third, and both times he succeeded in
putting the ont on the runners be-
fore they scored In the first session
ne received an assist from Jones.
catching Bogus en- route on the third
base line after truth had singled 10
left. and in the fifth he diminished the
scoring by one run when he allied in
running down Nokes between third and
the plate. At bat. Mac reached first
twice, one OF them being on a single
TO right. The first time he was forc,-l
out al second when Dee Payne nj.
tempted sacrifice and the second
time he was hit by q batted ball from
Dee Payne's hickory.
The longest hit that has Yet been
made on the local diamond and stayed
inside the fence was by Reynolds in
the third session. With Dee Payne on
second, Red sent the ball high into the
air to right center II looked like a
sure homer but grazed the ton OF the
boards and fell inside the fiell. Red
reached second on the hit and Payne
scored the sole tally OF the locals