Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-02
LORRAINE NINE TAKES
FAST BALL CONTEST
BEFORE 5000 FANS
Defiance Drops Best Session OF
Season at Second and du
Pont Streets.
WINNING TALLY IN NINTH
By Harris SamonIsky.
Sports Editor of Every Evening.


over six thousand fans last night
mw Lorraine defeat Defiance, FL, IN
one of the finest ball games OF the
season at the Second and du Pont
streets grounds. The early part OF
the contest was very fast and several
innings passed before either side Sc
cured a hit. The first run of the con-
test was scored by Defiance in the
eighth. while Lorraine duplicated this
i'm their half of this session and came
back i'm the next frame with the
winning tally.
The four sides of the field bounded
by second, Third. du Pont and Ciay-
ton streets were packed with ians'
five and six deep. The terraces on
the Third street side of the heia
farued an imnromtu bleacher section
while some of the roofs over on du
pont street were used as bleachefs,
The crowd were so great that
ground rules had To be used as the
spcctators in the outfield swarmed onto
,he field TO see the action on,the dia-
mond.
Roth teams worked well on the de-
fepso Lorraine nipped rally IN the
hud i'm the first when quinn W'iiheu
and clarke flied TO Tobin. who threw
to Lang at first and caught oulnh'
Cillospie of Defiance drove out the
orst safe swat of the game IN 1he
fourth, when he hit solid arlVe "
center field.
Al the end of the fourth inning,
Councilman Jimmy" Taylor relieved
Kerrigan in the pitchers box. Inc
member from the Fourth Ward heaVeo
over four pitched balls in his hrst
session ON the mound. Morgan MT 'he
first one TO third and was retired at
first. on the second ball pltcneo 70
Weaver. he flied out TO lett hela'
Lang. the third batter up, went out
on a drive to second base.
Defiance opened up matters IN the
eighth. when Flynn cut loose Win
solid drive to center. Lang, at hfsa
for Lorraine. fumbled Taylor's tap
which enabled Flynn TO move to thiro
and the Councilman TO go 70 tne
lxevstone sack. Shiel.s drove hot
une 10 second. Coyle caught tins ana
drove ii home TO Masten to eaten
lr,vnn. but Masten after he had tag
p,ed the runner, dropped the pan.
s-laru the next man walked Joe
pov'. Tobin frightened up and with
,braa on base, pulled himself out OF
a fine hole.
Rrand. the first batter up for Lor-
r.,p., in their half Of this period went
- s-s, on a missed third strike. lie
- sssconi on a steal when Flynn |
,,y,,,,ed the ball. The Lorraine sec
,-.,s seeker was not content TO stay al
,,s own station, but went on the thira
ON the next pitched bali. Masees,
smaoked a safe one and Brana erossen
the pan. Defiance called hais -
~ lorraine rally at this stage OF tne
yame and when Morgan hit TO oouncli-
man TAYLOR, he threw 10 fiynn, WHY
caught Masten at second, while lynn
threw to Lutz and caught the RUNNER
at first completing fast double
The Defiance swatters faiiea 10 20
much in the ninth. Lorraine came -
hat determined TO win. With Two out
Tobin cracked out a safe one ana Went
10 second on the passed BAN on tiie
throw. jess" Coyle, the yonnsstei
<iver workout by Connie Mack re-
Gently. was the next batter UP anu
proved his class when he drove our
a safe one, that brought Topin nome
with the winning tally.
"Joe Boy Tobin. pitched hne
~ap,e Councilman Taylor displayed
lots of speed behind his shoots 1oI
Defance. Shields and Masten worked
their best behind the bat. Getzenbers
s.arred in center field. Walter Scotts
st,clxworlz was missed by Lorraine as
the outfielder left yesterday for Eas-
TON. Md. TO play with the team OF tnat
place Aside from boot, Lang covered
H. 1rst station for Lorraine IN speedy
.. sbion. I.utz. who held down the
initial sack for Defiance had eight
,,,,t oi,ts TO his credit and handled
three syats without an error. Weaver,
~ Lorraine doubled in the sixth, after
rwo were out, but it was too late IN
th- session to amount to much. The
score: