The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-05-25
ARDMORE ELKS TAKE
GAME OF ERRORS FROM
CHICKASHA SCORE 9-S

The Ardmcre Elks took another
game from brother lodge in the last
half of the ninth inning Tuesday when
they defeated the Chickasha aggrega-
ton by the score of 9-S. Up to the last
session the locals We're leading. but
the visitors staged a rally in the first
half Of the ninth and tied the score.
1t looked very much like extra innings
until the last half Of the ninth when
Naylor burned a hot one over second
for a 2-bagger and scored Enloe.
Byrd, twirling for the Ardmore Elks,
pitched great bail, but the effect of it
was marred by ten errors on the part
of his teammates. most oc which were
costly, and could easily have been
avoided had the Ardmoreites played
baseball Byrd famed nine oppon-
ents, registered four assists, and hit
twice and scored once out of four times
at bat.
In the first session, all three outs
against the visitors were made by as
sists by Byrd to Short.
In the second inning all three outs
against Chickasha were made by as
sists by Phillips to Short.
The first hit and run of the game
was made by Arbuckle Ardmore, who
slammed the pill over the left field
fence for a homer. In the second in
ming Lucas reached first when Tyrell
made a wonderful stop Of his hot
grounder but spoiled it when he threw
wild to Campbell. Phillips walked.
Boyd laid down a neat sacrifice, ad-
vancing Lucas and Phillips to third
and second respectively. Byrd bunted
safely down the third base line and
Lucas scored.
The Ardmore Elks went wild with
the bat in the third and made it look
like a walkaway for the locals. Enloe
singled through third. Short sacrificed
him to second. Naylor drove ground
er for a single between second and
third scoring Enloe. Lucas forced out
Naylor at second on a grounder to
Tyrell, and went to second when Lind.
say threw wild to first in an attempt
to complete a double play. Phillips
walked. Boyd hit a Texas Lacquer to
right scoring Lucas, and Phillips and
Boyd advanced a base on the attempt
to nab Lucas at the plate. Byrd drove
one to Tyrell too hot for the Chickasha
shortstop to handle, and Phillips and
Boyd crossed the rubber when Gard
ner muffed Tyrell's throw to first.
Smith slammed a Texas Lacquer to
right and Byrd scored. Smith was
thrown out at second on an attempted
steal.
The visitors commenced their scor-
ing spree in the fourth. Campbell got
a single when he grounded down the
third base line and the ball took
freak bound just about the time Phil
lips made the attempt to stop it, hit
ting Phillips on the lower lip with
grea force. Pollard grounded to Phil
lips who threw to Smith at second in
at attempt to head off Campbell, but
Smith muffed the throw and Campbell
and Pollard were safe at second and
first respectively. Crawford was safe
at first and the bases were filled with
nobody down when Smith fumbled his
grounder, which the Ardmore short
stop failed to see in the dust. Jacobs
reached first when Boyd let a third
strike glance off his mitt and roll to
the grandstand. forcing in Campbell
for the visitors first run. Goss groun-
ded to Enloe, who threw out Pollard
al the plate.
Steinberger drove 2-bagger to right
with the bases full and three men
scored, Stelnberger going to third when
Enloe made a bad throw to Boyd in an
attempt to head off the third OF the
Chickasha scorers. Steinberger scored
by beating in the throw after Lindsay
filed out TO Arbuckle.