Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-11
PONTIAC AIDED BY
JUMPS PUTS CR!Mp
IN i'm AND MATES.
REFoRMAToRY CITY LADS HUN
BE OTTAWA INVADERS BY SO
SCORE -- AR8lTER'S MlSCUES
FORCE IN TWO RUNS, ENOUGH
TO WIN.

approximately 25O Ottawa baseball
fans, who reigued supreme at the
! dinky Pontiac baseball arena yeater.
! day afternoon were forced to dis,
appointment when they watched Man
ager Dunns star charges forced to
defeat, rs tho result OF poor decis
ions by Umpire Dick CorCoran of
Joliet. The game ended in a
close score, 10 ,. in favor of the
Livingston county seater8, and was
a great surprise to almost every
Pontiac fan. who admitted that the
locals were deprived OF justly earn,
ed victory
COrcOran's decisions were not ia.
vored by the fans at any time and
seemed to be all messed up through.
out the game, He not only acted
against the local players in calling
balls ana strikes, but he also pulled
some raw ones on the Pontiac play
ers.
In the second frame Pontiac scor
ed two forced runs when Lynch walk. !
ed two men and hit three Only one
Of the men hit by a pitched ball. |
should have been allowed to go to I,
first base The others deliberately /
walked into Lynch's offerings in or
der that they might reach the first |
milestone A regular umpire would |
have called a strike or at least q |
ball
Another thing that featured yes.
terday's game was the grade Of
sportsmanship displayed by Pitcher
Romine. ANY time he had the chance
he would slip in a dead" ball which
could by no means have been batted
out of the infeld. In the ninth frame
when the locals showed signs of
evening things up and probably send
ing the game over into extra innings.
Romine tore new ball with his
finger nails in order that an old
one might be thrown ont to him to
pitch to Dunns men. Throughout
the game he kept the new balls OUT
of the AFFAIR as much as possible.
because he knew that the ottawa
players would knock him out of the
lot. q .rtf .#-r. ... .a i
Ottawa scored their first run I'M
the first frame of the game Will
meroth was walked while Roth also
walked. Afugeles crashed double
o left field scoring Wilmeroth.
Sheldon flied out to third.
In the sixth frame of the game they
scored their other tally. Edmunds
was first up and popped out to sec
md base Roth crashed the longest
lrive Of the day into crowd of auto-
mobiles, but was only given two bases. /
Muggles followed with a single Shell.
Ton poled one to third base and Mug |
,les was thrown out at second. Brun- {
iage followed with a single, scoring /
Roth, while Sheldon was caught at
bird sliding
Pontiac scored two runs in tho sec. I
md stanza. Two men were walked {
while three We're hit by pitched balls. t
only one man shouId have deserved t
permit to first The others should
AVE by no means been given the
nance Two Of the men hit by {
lynch deliberately walked into his c
'fferings, after the bases had been I
He'd, scoring the two runs. Corcor.
VI. lnSlcdu Oh SHOWING real justice, :
flowed them to go to first base.
Their other run was scored in the I
fifth frame. Doyle walked in the /
fay of Lynch's offering and was al. v
owed first base. Renigale was
brown out at first. GuinnocChio sue.
eeded in reaching first on an error |
y Brnndage, while Doyle scored. !,
was caught stealing to !
econd while McGraw struck out. u
In the ninth frame the locals II
threatened to even the game I'D. II
sheldon was thrown Que at first
lille Brundage crashed a hot single D..
'omine then tore Il new ball with his :,
niger nails and was given one of .
he old pumpkins" Pontiac then :,
ulled double play, retiring the OF
ava players and winning the game
oliowing is the scores and the line G
ps;
OTTAWA alb h DO q
ri ....,3 l / 0 0 o. =
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