Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-08-08
N|ERD BATTLE WON
DESPITE.
6AIL:A J! OF Walks
JOLIET TuMBLEp BY FANS TEAM
IN FANTASTIC SCRAMBLE FOR
| RuNs--FINAL SCORE IL TO 10
/ J. LYNCH ISSUED ELEVEN COMPS.

walked eleven visiting batsmen, II
OTTAWA Cubs easily outhit the Joli'
Standards and handed Zines team
sc to 10 defeat in their game yeste
day afternoon at the North Side 10
The game was a loose affair frol
start to finish and was by no mean
acinch victory for the locals until tn
last frame was over, although IN
Cubs had scored nine runs in the frs
three innings.
Had Lynch been in his old'tim'
pitching form, Joliet probably woulC
have been let off with only two scores
and probably il 1t hadn't been for TIL
scores made In the first three frames
the locals might have lost.
Lynch's widness and errors on The
part of Edmunds and Kutz were re
sponsible for the runs made by the
visiting aggregation, which made the
game look bad.
The Cubs stepped right in the first
inning, found Mcclure the way they
wanted to and slammed him all over
the lot for five hits and scored four
runs. Then came a tumble over the
ball, which Jacobs claimed was lop.
sided. This took up considerable
time. but he didn't get another sphere.
Then came the third innings. which
put crimp In Mcclure and the Stand
ards. Two home runs, one by Whine
roth and the other by Brundage, were
responsible for the five runs scored In
that frame. Mcclure was helpless
and seemed to almost beg the local
heavies to strike out or fly out Bruno
age made the first circuit drive while
Roth was resting on first base, and
Wilmeroth made the second one with
two men on bases, making total of
five runs
The locals then slumped along to
the seventh inning, when they slam
med MCGUIRE for four more hits and
scored three runs, making their tinal
total for the game an even dozen.
Joliet's scores were mado In the |
second. fourth, fifth and ninth frames. |
In the first inning Wilmeroth, for
the locals. started off with snappy |
single over the shortstop's head. |
Smykal attempted to sacrifice. but was
thrown out at first. Edmunds. was
also thrown out at first, while Roth |
followed with single. Muggles |
cracked a hot one over second base,
while 'Wilmeroth scored tho first run |
OF the game. Sheldon was walked.
Brundage then poled two.bagger,
through shortstop, scoring Roth, Mug
giles and Sheldon. Kutz singled while
Lynch was thrown out at first. Every
man on the local team faced Mcclure
insthe first frame.
In the third stanza Roth started
things going with single. Muggles
struck out and Sheldon flied out to
right field. Brundage, with two
strikes on him. nailed straight ball
and sent 1t into the race track oppo-
ute the stand for a circuit drive and
scoring Roth. Kutz followed a single,
as did Lynch. Wilmeroth then al !
most knocked the cover off the pill
when he sent 1t into left right field
for the second homer of the inning,
scoring Kutz and Lynch. Smykal was
thrown out at first
3 In the seventh round Roth singled
Muggles followed with line drive
through shortstop. Sheldon popped |
out to catcher, while Brun6&ge flied |
out to second Kutz poled another |
long drive for single, scoring Roth |
and Muggles Lynch singled, scoring
Kutz, while Wilmcroth flied out to
right field.
4 Joliet's first runs We're made in the
;,,vxt Do E.,
: fpt the visitors, was walked while
Schmeitz was also given base. |
Wright struck out, while G. Jacobs
singled, scoring Padcrni and Schmeitz,
but was caught at second In an at
tempt to make the drive a twobagger |
Fox was also walked, while Herman
: flied out to first.
In the fourth frame they. gathered !
two more runs. G, Jacobs was thrown
out at first, Mcclure singled, while
FOX tanned. Herman singled, scoring
Jacobs, while Swanson followed with
a walk Catcher Jacobs singled. scof
i Ing Herman, while Paderni was thrown
\ cut at first
~ In the fifth Lynch and Edmunds
went wild, which resulted in four runs
for the Standards. Schmeitz was first
man up. He poled an easy one to Ed. |
munds, who fumbled and missed the |
man at first. Wright was walked |
while G. Jacobs singled. Mcclure was |
then walked, filling the bases. Fox
Manned, while Herman was given a |
walk, forcing Schmeitz to score.
Swanson struck out Jacobs slammed
ono to Edmunds who again erred.
allowing three runs to be scored. !
Paderni was thrown out at first.
Their remaining two rams were |
made In the final frame. G. Jacobs
singled while MCGUIRE was pegged |
out at first. Fox flied to right while |
Herman was walked. Baker, sent in I
10 bat for Swanson, was also walked.
Jacobs. next man up, popped measly
dy just beyond first base. With the
odds at 100 to | that he was out and
the Joliet side retired, G.. Jacobs ana
Herman darted toward home and pass.
ed over the plate just as kutg missed
the ny. Paderni was then thrown out
at first. ending the game.
Lynch was off form most of the
game. Besides walking eleven men,
Z he struck out seven and only allowed
eight hits. Mcclure was slammed for
sixteen clean hits, walked two men
and struck out three:
Two interesting facts of the game
yesterday were that Ottawa scored
sheir runs in three different innings
after two outs had been made. and