Great Falls tribune., 1921-07-18
AMERICANS V|CTORs
Over |NC0TS, 8-3
At EARl|NG PARK
Ragged Fielding Behind An
derson, Pitching for Losers,
Aids in Defeat.

Costly errors behind Anderson,
pitcher for the Ingots, enabled the
Great Falls Americans to win with
ease at Earring park Sunday afternoon
by a score Of S to B, in one Of the
best games played at ~the park this
season, The Americans hit the ball
freely but a number of swats went for
hits that should have been gathered
in by the Ingot players Three out
field flies were misjudged by the Ingot
outfielders and one of them went for
triple Anderson pitched steady ball
but the poor support Of his team
mates, coupled with number of good
hits by the Americans, put the Ingots
on the short end of the score.
George Scanda. pitching for the
Americans, twirled a nice game, held
the Ingot batsmen we'll in hand and
was in danger on but one or two occa
sions. Scanda was accorded steady
support and number of good catches
on the part of the outfield cut off
Ingot hits and kept the Americans out
of danger. The American infield staged
classy game of fielding and Short
stop Knight was the fielding star of
the afternoon. Knight accepted seven
chances and made one bobble. Hoff
man at first also played a good game
and accepted II chances without an
error Chuck Scanda, second, cut off
number of Ingot hits, fieldcd 10
chances and made one error
Strizich Nips Runners.
strizich, Ingot catcher, caught
was unable to stem the tide Of battle.
(tniy n1arnr nhln
to steal second on the Ingot backstop
and time and again he nipped the
American runnerssas they attempted to
pilfer the second sack The Ingot
outfield errors were responsible for
couple of the American runs. Ander
son struck out eight of the Americans
and gave three bases on balls. Sean
da refused to give a pass and struck
out four of the Ingot basemen.
The Americans started out with one
tally in the opening frame, when
knights long flv was misjudged and
went for three bases The American
shortstop scored on Rowe's sacrifice
hit. The third inning proved a lucky
one for the Americans. Knight again
started the scoring with single. He
scored when Martinich misjudged Dills
long fly. Rowe was walked and both
he and Dill scored when Hoffman's
grounder took bad bounce and jump
ed over Martins head.
Two More in Sixth.
The Americans made two more runs
IN the sixth with two down, when the
Ingot third baseman missed knights
drive. Dill followed with a single.
sending Knight to third and both scor-
ed on Hoffman's single. Another
counter was put across in the seventh
on c. Scandals single, who scored
when Bross's grounder took bad
bounce over ID. Grassiski's head. The
final tally was scored in the eighth
on singles by Rowe and Hoffman.
The 1ngots batsmen failed to hit at
opportune times and towards the latter
part of the game were unable to touch
the American moundsman. They took
the lead in their half of the third in
ming scoring two runs on singles bv
Luini and ID. Grassiski and Martinich's !
sacrifice. Their third tally came in
the fourth inning when Kerr and Ware
liza singled and Anderson's drive went
through Knight They started rally
in the fifth with one down when Mar
tinich singled but the hope died out
when the American infield pulled a
speedy double play retiring the side.
viii Meet Again.
This was the first game between the
two teams and the Ingots are anxious
to sign for another game with the
The game will probably
be played in the next few weeks. A
large crowd witnessed the contest.