The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-29
EAGLES SHOW SPEED
TO SHIRLEY CROWD
SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Hurting one OF his best games this
Independent baseball team to three
lonely hits while the Eagles were col
lecting IL off the visiting pitcher, and
the Eagles COPIED the game by 10
TO / count, Sunday afternoon at
Exhibition park.
Russ pitched the best game he has
worked in this season, and the Shirley
batters found his curves battling. Al
though he was bit wild, hitting two
batsmen, the following batters could
do nothing with his slants, so his
wildness did not prove disastrous.
After the first inning he was not in
danger of being scored on. This frame
saw the only Shirley run across the
pan, two of the three hits obtained by
the visitors came in this stanza.
Knocks EN- Down.
The remainder of the game he set
them back in one, two, three order.
with the exception of the seventh
frame, when the visitors got men on
first and second, as the result of a
hit batter and single. The next bat
ters could do nothing with RUSS
slants.
The Shirley batters were not hitting
well, getting only three singles, slow
loopers over the infield The major
ity Of the batters hit slow rollers to
the infield or famed, Russ getting II
of them via the strike out route.
Both teams started playing fast ball,
each scoring one run in the first frame.
McDaniels started the game by being
hit by the first ball pitched, went to
second on a passed ball, here Russ
caught him asleep and pitched him of
with throw to ]. Logan. Hastings
singled to right and went to third
when Fitzgibbons threw wild to sec.
ond. He scored on r. Thompson
single.
The Eagles started in the first
frame as if they were going to sew
up the game in the first. H. Logan
singled over short went to second or
Fitsgibbons' sacrifice, and scored or
MINERS double down the left field
foul line. Byrkett singled to center
but Minner was held on third. Ions
famed after driving one over the lef
field fence that went foul, and Red
dinghaus ended it with a fly to third
The teams battled evenly for foul
rounds with the locals threatening Il
score but could not get the men acros:
the pan. In the fifth frame seven bat
tiers faced Sullivan, the Shirley hurler
and only one run crossed the pan.
Fast Work in Sixth
In the sixth stanZa the fireworks
began. Four runs crossed the pan OF
four hits and an error. Rockingham
was given a life on R. Thompson
wobble and was forced at second b.
knight. He reached second on will
pitch and was thrown out at III
plate when he tried to score OF
]. Logan's single. Hawekotte single
and both runners scored on Fitzgit
bons' hit to left center. MINER scoret
Fitz with another safety to left.
Four more runs crossed the pan il
the seventh frame when the first fou
men to face Sullivan hit safely Lon.
singled and Reddinghaus doubled
Knight scored both men with a singh
to right center He scored a minut
later on ]. Logan's triple to center
Logan scored after Hawekotte hat
been thrown out at first.
Next Sunday the Eagles will battl
the Cambridge City Grays at Exh
bition park for nine rounds and Labo
Day the Eagles will play their frs
out of town game when they journe
to Cambridge for return game
Tho caora.