, 1921-08-08

or enough frames TO ordinarily com
plete "a full games.
Opportune hitting by the Refiners
and a return Of the old fighting spirit
which never quits permitted the local
team to emerge from the series a
three-gBme winner.
The Saturday game broke league
records for extra innings when the
battle ragged for 16 full frames after
Casper tied the score in the ninth inn
ing. Casper COPIED this game by a
narrow margin OF 4 TO ..
The first game Sunday afternoon
with Dave Davenport in the box was
a waIkaway. the Refiners having ev-
erything their own way and taking
the long end OF a 10-to-O score. The
game was a question of 100 much
Davenport. Dave allowing the visi-
tors but four hits. two OF which were
secured by Mcknight. third baseman
for the visitors.
Loaded with Klleen In the box in
the second game. the Irrigators pre-
pared TO break even. Although Cas-
per secured five hits in tho first three
innings snappy fielding behind XII.
.een kept the Refiners away from the
scoring sack.
~scottsbluff pushed one tally across
in the second inning. Casper tied up
the score in tho sixth. The Irrigators
took the lead in the seventh with two
more runs. Legs home run following
Meningitis single. Casper showed
across two In the eighth. Both sides
were held scoreless in the ninth. ,
To open the game right in the tenth
Jack Roche hit n ball owe the center
field fence for n home run. He re-
ceived no assistance from his team
mates after that. IS tho one-two-three
order prevailed.
With one man down Donica tripled.
Flynn lined out to third. Slattery
waited for one TO his liking and sin.
gled to center scoring Donica. To
keep the ball rolling jackson doubled
to left and Slattery came across with
the winning run. The score was 5
to 4.
The games were replete with sen
sational baseball. especially in the two
games in which Casper fought from
behind to eventual victory In the two
extra inning contests.
Batting honorG for the series are di-
vided between Jake Pitler and Harry
Donica. with the clouts favoring Dom
lea During yesterdays games Harry
did everything with a ball that could
be done. In the first game he got a
homer besides one other hit and scored
three of Casper's runs. The second
game is where he showed in cham
pionship form. In the latter contest
he got n single. three doubles and a
triple in five times up.
incidentally his hit in the sixteenth
inning Saturday scored Pitler with
the winning run. and his triple in the
second game Sunday put him on third
so that he came across with the ty.
ing score. He hit 10 times in 16 trips
to the plate for a total of is bases.
Jake PLIERS showing with n stick
and his clever fielding has made him
popular with the local fans. All other
members of h club played a high
class brand OF baseball but these two
stars outshined their teammates.
In mentioning the victories of this
series. the pitchers playing a big part
Guy Hoffman was in form SATURDAY
and pitched nine full innings allow.
ing h visitors but five hits. Thu
duties were then taken by John Mape.
who allowed but three hits in seven
innings and struck out eight men
Dave Davenport won his own game
by allowing only four hits and strik
ing out IL. Bob Steele allowed but
eight hits in 10 innings and by ali
rules was entitled to win his game
yesterday. Brooks. Scottsbluff's sen.
sational lefthander. proved himself
I
saturday by pitching winning ball in
the thinning game against Casper
lie had one bad inning, the ninth
when Casper scored three runs with
nve hits. Up TO the ninth inning
Brooks allowed only ono blow.
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