The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1921-08-17
IONA WINNERS
BY I TO | SCORE
IN TUESDAY GAME
LOCAL BOYS PUT UP FINE GAME
HOWEVER, AND SHOWED
THEIR POSSIBILITIES

The Ionia Central League club de-
feated Belding, Tuesday afternoon
on the local diamond by the score of
z to |.
The Prison City team started in
the first inning when they put one
run across and repeated in the sec
ond, in the third they annexed two
more and finished their scoring in
the seventh when they added three
more. Belding secured their lone
run in the seventh inning.
The local club played fine game
against great odds. The Ionia club
consists of PLAYERS who are highly
paid for their work, while the local
team possesses only one paid player.
A big crowd attended the game and
everybody seemed well pleased with
the exhibition.
Minney, Ionia's star box artist,
was selected for mound duty. and
pitched fine game, his support saw
ed him many times, however.
Sauer worked for Belding and
pitched his usual steady game. Sim
ons looked better than ever behind
the bat, and the whole local club
gave a good account of themselves,
and made fine impression of Mgr.
Hartwell, of Ionia. who intends to
give some Of the boys a tryout on
his club next spring.
The Ionia Club will play here
again in September and Belding will
play a return game at Ionia next
month. The dates will be announced
later.
Score of Tuesdays game.
IOnia 2 n n n n
Belding 0 90 OO01O O-1
Minney and Schultz; Sauer and
Simons; Umpire, Little.
Base ball luck which is great
factor in winning and losing games
broke against the locals and their
inability to hit when hits meant runs
were the chief reasons for the Z to 8
defeat which the Grand Rapids Moose
handed them last Sunday. Many
times during the game with runners
on the sacks the necessary hit was
not produced, and when an error was
made by the local boys it seemed to
be made just when it was of greatest
advantage to the visitors.
Perhaps we have won a game or
two under the same conditions. so we
will make no excuses. but really hope
w Sth OH CNtil DItdh DelOTt long.
1t was nice contest to watch, and
the fast fielding of both clubs was
generously applauded by the large
crowd in attendance.
Scores were made in only two in
nings, the Moose rung up four count
ers in the third and three in the sixth
Belding spoiled a perfect row of
aughts on the score board by pushing
over four runs in the sixth. They
looked very dangerous again in the
eighth, but as stated before, bit
could not be found at said time. and
the game ended with us only three
runs behind.
Belding 0 90 o 0 4 O 0 o.
Gundman and Clarke, Sauer and
Simons; Umorire. Little.
Next Sunday. August %. Jess Ell
ster will bring his Grand Rapids Col
ored Athletics to Belding. Jess has
a great bunch of negro players and
since playing here has strengthened
his club by signing two performers
from the Illinois Giants.
The Athletics will be accompanied
hv that famous Jazz band and the
Harmony Quartette. IL will be re-
membered that upon their first visit
here the band and ouartette made
a great hit as did the ball club. The
largest crowd of the season turned
out to that game and it will undoubt-
edly be larger Sunday. Help make it
SO. The game will be called at 800
o'clock. Admission will be 35 cents.