The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-01
YOUNG CROSSES PLATE
ON PARIS ERRORS AND
SCORES WINNING RUN

/ N''N N'NA'N NNA'iNf i''fA AA' H'Nbid 'ntl~
test of the series for Paris Tuesday
afternoon, and the Peps were enabled
The mishaps for the visitors occurred
| in the third session. when oung
whizzed the pill to left for single,
stole second, went to third when Ing
gnbotham muffed Stagner's throw,
and came home when lrby threw wild
from center in an effort to head Young
off at the plate. Young's run broke
the A tie and also ended all scoring
during the balance of the game
During the first inning. dilemma
of hitting ana running by both teams,
made it appcol that the fans were
going to be treated to reproduction
of the track meets which the TO
teams have been conducting on Texas
diamonds recently. Healthy s%ats. a
couple Of scratches, and a sacrifice on
abled each team to roll up four .unS
in the first session. The visitors hdv-
ing time at bat first. naturally scored
their four talies neiore the Pers We're
enab bled to WELD the hickory stick and
also naturally, the ray of hope which
the Ardmore fans had kndled ,or
Tuesdays game began TO flickef. Rut
1t was suddenly embazened into a
cry for the run which Young scored
later, when the Peps duplicated the
visitors performance and evenei dp
affairs.
McCasland, who opened the game
for the locals, was knocked ont pf the |
box in the first inning before Il sin
gle opponent had been retired and a.
ter two runs had been scored and
three hits chalked up. Barham, who
relieved him, took position on the
mound with a man on first and third |
His delivery was tapped for a couple |
OF Texas leaguers which enabled Par |
is to tally two more runs. The Snap |
pers We're retired without doing fur
ther damage, however, in a rather !
spectacular manner. Byrne vas
caught off the bag between second |
and third. and he was tagged out by |
Belshaw after being run down by two
basemen. one Of whom hit Byrnc acci- |
IDENTIFY with the ball which glanced off .
and rolled within Beishaw's reach. .
The Pops snappy shortstop was alert
and Immediately after tagging Byrne,
snapped the pill to Naylor at first |
where Higgenbotham was caught off /
the bag and the double play retired the
opposing side.
The initial scoring Of the Pops COM
menced when with one man down
Bekhaw drove the ball behind second .
along the foul line, and mad three
bases before it was recovered after
rolling out Of the line to the fence
Reynolds made a safe hit out of an
attempted scratch play during which .
Belshaw scored. The ball that Rey-
nolds hit stopped foot in front OF
the plate, but Stagner was nol able
to pick il up in time To do any good.
Young was safe at first on an attempt
ed sacrifice along the third base line
when he beat the throw to the baI
Reynolds and Young advanced on Nay
lor's out at first. Behren walloped the
pill 10 deep left. along the foul line
for a 2-bagger. scoring Reynolds and
Young and going to third himself on
the throw in. Behrcn scored on a
passed ball. Jones walked and the in
ming ended when Pemberton flied out
TO Irby.
The Peps scored their winning run
after Paris had taken extreme precau-
ton 10 prevent It, With one man
down in the third, Phillips was re-
lieved Immediately after Young
grounded his single 10 left Hopkins
was sent In by Paris TO keep Young
on the first sack. But the visiting
pitcher was unable to do so. but not
through fault of his own, for It was
during this inning that Young stole
second and scored on Paris errors.
From the third inning on the game
resolved itself into an errorless con-
test and u pitchers duel between Hop
kins and Barham. Barhams control
was steady. During the nine innings
which he pitched. he allowed six hits
Two Of these arrived in the first and
were disastrous. But the remaining
four We're far and few between and
therefore non ineffective. Not man
on the Paris team reached third after
the first inning and but one reached
second.
Hopkins twirled we'll, holding the
locals TO single hit--a 2-bagger by
Reynolds in the fifth. After the third
inning only one Ardmore man reached
third, and that on q passed ball. Three
reached second.
At no time during the last six in
nlngs Of play was either pitcher in
danger.
Tho ccore.