Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-05-02
1900 FANS BRAVE:
COLD WEATHER TO
SEE CUBS WIN 6-4
LOCAL BASEBALL BUGS WAX EN-.
THuSIASTlc OVER TEAMS
PROSPECTS AFTER DEFEAT OF
FAST CHICAGO CLUB AT OPEN
ING GAME OF SEASON.

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the ottawa Cubs hand the Chicag
Gunthers a 6 to 4 trouucing in tn
opening game Of the local baseba
season The game was marked We
W. feature and excitement, and 70
an opener there n,yer was a bette
one played, BY its excellent cloutin
the Ottawa aggregation estabishe
themselves as being among the hea'
'sbf hitting semipro clubs in the state
Long before the game was ready t
start throngs of fans, defyinc tn
turnstiles TO watch the Cubs rails,
the 1921 curtain. In spirit and tigh
the Cubs are off to a start that re
minds us Of their good playing TOWARD
the last part OF the 1920 season. an.
the fans have caught the swing of /
already. Grabbing and few raw de
cisions on the part Of Umpire Barn
hardt made 1t all the more interest
ing, and in general the Ottawa fans
were satisfied that the Cubs got theil
revenge for being defeated last sea
son on two different occasions by the
Gunthers.
The victory was due mostly TO tbs
two mighty swats made by Polly
Wolfe and shorty" Sheldon. aided b.
the consistent pitching Of JIMMY
Lynch, the star catching by Charles
Roth and the wonderful fielding OF
other members Of the club 1t may
be said that the long drive by Sheldon
really won the game for the local
club, after the Gunthers had taken
the lead away from the Cubs in the
eighth inning. Polly recorded his
first big hit In the first inning. with
two men on the sacks. In the first
stanza, after Wilmeroth had flied out
to Henry and Clark had been thrown
out at first, Edmonds, who featured
with the Pontiac club last year ciout-
ed the globulefor a single. BY means
Of an error on the part of the catcher
he succeeded in reached the keystone
corner Roth, cleanup man, was walk
ed Then came the mighty Polly"
and he nailed the first one over The
sphere scared high into the air, pass
ing over the heads Of both the center
and right fielders of the Gunther club.
Wolfe reached third before the ball
was returned to the infield while Ed
monds and Roth scored. Sheldon
poled a long drive to center field,
retiring the local side.
The Gunthers made their first score
In the fourth, aided by a lot of luck
Starting with Meinke. the first three
men secured singles from Lynch The
bases filed and no outs made it loon
bad KERN, the fourth man up fOl
the Gunthers. was thrown out at first
Then came Miller, Gunther pitcher
The first two handed to him were
clean strikes and fans were sure ht
would never see the first milestone
but Lynch lost control of himself 70,
few minutes and walked him. fore
ing Meinke to cross home plate. II
this way the Gunthers were allOwet
their first run, but after that tally ha(
been scored Lynch knuCkled dow
end two strikeOuts followed, retirini
the side and pulling out of hole yer,
handily.
The game went on for a stretch o
three innings before another run wa
counted, when the locals scored in tn
seventh In this stanZa Wilmeroth
clever hitting right fielder, polCd tn
longest drive of the game in the RICH
field section with one man on. Tn
Peru lad CirCled the milestOnca for
three Dagger, The swat was a might
one and never will be forgotten b. lC
cal fans. Brundage was the first ma
up that inning and was thrown out a
first. kutz popped to short, Will
Jimmy Lynch secured a single. Wi
meroth, trying to start the seaso
right. ciouted the first offering of Mi
Ter and the old pill passed over tn
right fielder's head. Had the la
been little faster on his feet h
would have easily made a homer OF
of it.
In the next inning the Gunthel
came back strong. In this stanz
they took the lead with some cas-
breaks in their favor. Big Mike he
ly, famous first baseman for the Oh
CagO club, was first up and tapped tn
pill for single. Meinke pOled
hot one to short and Brundage fun
blcd It, allowing the Chicago bate
to reach first Henry then pooled
hot one to Lynch, who blocked it an
threw him out at first. Callen nel
shot one at Brundage. who again fun
bled, quickly recovered and sucCee
ed in getting Kelly in a pickle b
tween third base and home plate. +
monds and Roth proceeded to clio,
in on the Chicago first baseman, whe
Drundage interrupted and tumble
the pill He quickly recovered al
shot it to Edmonds, who by that tin
had succeeded In getting betwe'
Kelly and home plate, Edmonds vi
forced to dive at Kelly who besid
sliding home ran away off the ba
line A yell went up from the graz
stand. the fans thinking that Kel
was put out, but they were like
band OF sayages the next minute.
cause Barnhart had called the CT
cago man safe at home. Then.
make things worse. KERN. with ty
men on base. poled long drive for
triple between center and left field
He vas out sliding home after q
runs had been scord The score nc
stood 20 in favor of Chicago.
But In the same inning the loo