The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1921-08-26
KadOka Q
Murd0 4
Locals Win By Decisive
Score On The MurdO
Diamond


ball team again demonstrated
their ability to play the National
game second best when they tang
led with the Kadoka pill busters,
our lads taking the long end of .
8 to 4 argument. The game was
played on the Murdo grounds be-
fole fair sized crowd of hackers
of that team who had turned out
to see their pets make the Jack
son County lads bite the dust o!
defeat, and while for one SHIRT
half inning hey had the opportIn-
ity Of hoping for victory, that waa
all for from then on the Murdo
lad were at all times sadly in the
rear and fighting hard to catch up
but whenever they became threat
cning in their efforts the kadoka
artists tightened up and cut off
their rallies.
Curtis was on the mound for the
kadoka team and threw his usual
steady brand of ball, keeping the
seven hits made off his delivery
well scattered, and struck out ten
of the Murdo sluggers, giving no
bases on balls and hitting none Of
the batters. Law did the mound
duty for the Murdoites and threw
n fine brand of ball, but was un
able to stem the hitting Of the Ka
doka lads. He was touched up fo
ten hits, and credited with sever
strike outs. He also made a DIES
perate effort to win his own game
in the fifth inning when he poke,
the pill over in the residence sect
ion of the gumbo village and hi,
the ball away in tin can layinl
about the door yard, and made
complete circle of the diamond
scoring a runner ahead of him
Law gave no bases on balls and hi,
none of the Kadoka batters.
Billy Norton starred for the loc
ais in welding the willow, getting
two doubles and single in five
trips to the plate and doc" Hen
rings tapped the pill twice for
three sacks, once in. the second and
repeated again in the seventh fra
me. Ted Gilchrist raped out two
nice singles and Maytum hit for
two bases, Barndt three bagger
and Curtis secured dandy single
For Murdo Law home run and 2
single. II. Lange triple, Horkey
a single. Grigg single and a dou-
BILE and Edlotf singled.
The game started off just like
the real old time battles between
these two teams and for four fra
mes was nothing doing exhibit
ion, but in the last Of the fifth
Murdo put two counters across,
but later wished that they had
not as the Kadoka boys felt pee
we'd about it and settled down to
real the business of winning the
game, and tied up the count in
the first of the sixth, taking the
lead in the seventh when they put
four runners over and added three
more in the next frame. Murdo
secured two more runs in the sew
enth.
In the first b. Solon went out
pitcher to first, Norton tapped the
pill for two bags, Maytum fouled
out to the catcher. Ted Gilchrist
singled sending Norton to third,
but the stuff was all off when Bar
ndt went out second to first. In
Murdo's half it was one, two, three
II. Lange retired third to first, +.
Lange whitfield and Horkey was
thrown out second to first. In the
second frame F. Solon cOulden't
connect. Freemole flew out to third
Hennings connected for three
bags. but Curtis diden't see three
of them. For Murdo Osburn re-
tired via the third to first route,
Grigg doubled. ]. Solon struck at
three fast ones, and Law sent an
infeld fly to short. In the third
B. Scion went out pitcher to first.