Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-08-01
PONTIAC, LOADED
FOR BEAR, HANGS UP
WIN OVER OTTAWA
PADS LINE UP WITH A LOT OF
LEAGUE MATERIAL AND ISSUES
,EM UNIFORMS FOR CONFLICT
YESTERDAY WITH LOCAL AG.
GREGATioN - SCORE 8 TO 4.

Before more than 1000 excited base.
ball fans who had gathered at the am.
phitheater to see one of the bitterest
of diamond feuds brought TO an end
the Ottawa Cubs were handed their
fourth defeat of the season yesterday
afternoon when the Pontiac Athletics,
loaded for bear, won s to T. Murch.
ison.. former Cleveland pitcher now
of Peoria was hired by the Livingston
county seaters to oppose Lynch on the
mound. He famed fourteen Ottawa
batters and holding them to only four
hits. Although the Pontiac team hit
Lynch hard, the hits were pretty well
scattered. Errors were responsible
for four Pontiac scores.
Lynch was way off form, Through
out the game he was hit for an even
dozen clean hits by the reformatory
city lads, two Of which were three base
drives. Besides which Lynch was
given poor support throughout the bat
tie. At critical moments players
would 60 wild and make errors.
either allowing one or two runs to be
scored or make conditions such that
one would be tailed.
Pontiac scored their first runs in
the escond inning. Corey, first
man up, was walked. GRADER bungled
one to Brundage who pegged to second
catching Corey at the sack. Bodie
singled while Luivisi was thrown out
at first Dempsey singled scoring
GRADER and Bodie while Murchson
field out to right field
In the fourth inning through an err
ror on the part of Edmunds at second,
Pontiac was enabled to score two
more runs after two outs had been re-
corded. GRADER struck out. Bodie
flied out to center field. Luvisi
Knocked an easy one to Edmunds who
pegged the apple way over Kutz's
head at first. Dempsey singled
Murchison also singled scoring Luvisi
and Dempsey. Doule reached first
Edmunds. Renigale was thrown out
at first.
In this inning Ottawa scored their
only runs when they evened up the.
count. Fans went historical and ev-
cry bag would have bet their last red
cent that the old ball game was Otta-
was. Murchison went up in the air,
walking three men straight, while hits
on the part of Brundage and Kutz
brought in the TALES. Smykal, first
man up in that frame for the locals,
struck out. Edmunds also stuck out
while Roth was allowed first base on
a walk. Muggles and Sheldon were
also given walks. filling the bases to
capacity. Brundage then popped a
pretty single over the shortstop's head
scoring Roth and Muggles. kutz
singled scoring Sheldon and Brundage,
thereby tying the score at four. Lynch
struck out Never before in the his
tory of local games was there such ex-
element over game as there was in
that inning Fans went wild and
were throwing straw hats in every d.
rection The amphitheater rocked
and their yells and shouts Of JOY
could be heard at practically all parts
of town. But their rejoicing didn't
last very long.
In the sixth frame Pontiac went
out and grabbed off two more talles
after they had slammed Jimmy for
three hits. An error on the part Of
Roch enabled the Pontiac players also
In scoring the two runs. In the sew
enth and eigth frames two more runs
were scored bringing the Pontiac
total to eight while the locals we're
held scoreless and practically hitless
Throughout the remainder of the con-
test.
Every member of the local team
struck out at least once in the game
yesterday. Roth, Muggles. Wilmer.
9th and all the heavies took three
healthies at least one time and were
retired by Murchison. Murchison al
though he appeared apparently not to
have a thing on the ball. bent them
across In such manner that the To-
calls were unable to connect with the
pill. The ringer. allowed only four
hits through out the contest, struck
out fourteen local batters and walked
four men.
Y Lynch was hit hard and had a good
team been against him he would no
doubt have been knocked out of the
lot. Twelve hits were recorded by
the Pontiac men while Lynch only
walked two At times the Local
mounder proved sensation and of
fered the Livingston county seaters
some wicked ones to strike at Bu
when in pinch and when they should
have knuckled down the locals blew
UP. Everything seemed to breal
against them although they lost the
game fair and square,
Only at three stages of the game ex
cept the inning when they scorer
their runs. did the Ottawans success
In getting a man on base, while their
was only one inning that the visitini
aggregation didn't have man o.
base Such were the conditions of tn
game. ~rS
Muggles. sensational center fielde
for the locals, got two of the four O
tawa hits. recording a single and
double. Besides in the fourth innin
Bodie. Pontiac second baseman, pole
line drive into right center felt
Muggles was forced to run a long di
lance for the pill and made beaut
full catch. Kutz and Brundage eae
got hit.
On the Pontiac side, Dempsey pro-
ed the bad man for the Ottawan
Twice he sent the ball past Lynch lik