The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-16
HAMMOND
LOSES GAME
To PULLMAN

tn. Hammond X. or c!s lost q
tough game to Pullman yesterday
afternoon when they went down to.
defeat BY the score Of Z to 5. after a.
hard uphill fight.
AZ the end Of the fifth inning the
count stood to l in favor OF Fu"
man. but Hammond kept on hshbHs
adding one run in each Of tae ias'
f.nr rounds and almost knotting the
core in the ninth. Hammond went
~ ba+ IN the last inning with a spirit
mat was not to be denied and ohty
the TOUCHES kind Of a break, having
the umpire call a bad one agalhs1
them at a critical moment. was what
enoiled their chances Of tying the
score. Understand. Hammond IS not
Offering any alibt on account of thg
umns but as stated above he happened
10 make a bad guess at a time wheh
a. ala most damage and It took the
heart right out of the Hammond
team, OF course this is just one Oh
The breaks of the game and II was
unfortunate that Il occurred in enc
midst Of Hammond's final rally, when
they were making their last attempt
10 stave off defeat.
Hammond opened UP the game with
run right off the reel. In the mrs
ming o'Rourke walked. was s~aerihe-
"A 20 second by Boyle and scored on
r5dia Nurphy's clean single to text
n,1lman came back in their half win
III home runs, both Of which might
20 been held to singles at HARRISON
rk II was evident that Hammond .
e.4dars were nov used to the nara
lay outfeld at Palmer park as e0fh
+eesA home run drives evaded Sug
uandv and rolled rar away. when ON
an ordinary diamond he would have
hold them to doubles at the most.
Hammond went down IN order m
he second but Pullman added three
runs in this round on three nits' d
base on balls. a sacrifice ana three
errors. Hilbrich, who seemed to pc
having a hard day Of it on account OF
a lot Of mfsplays being mixed in WIN
a few scattered hits. retired at me
end Of the second inning to let Dal-
tom take up the burden where he Ieft
of. That Big Jim" was equal TO the
occasion is evidenced by the fact that
he struck out seven men and Jet
pullman down with 4 measly hits the
rest Of the game. Pullman would not
nave ELQAE1 0A NA~
three errors behind a base hit and a
d~elder's choice. good for two runs In
the last half Of the fourth This was
al for Pullman but Hammond scored
one in the sixth on p long home run
to left by Eddie Flynn and another in
the seventh on a hit by Prendergast.
followed by a stolen base. a passed
bail and Harle's long sacrifice fly
After two down in the eighth EDDIE
Murphy walked and went to third on
Flynn's single. Flynn kept on going
and drew a wild throw to second. all
lowing Murphy to score
That fatetul ninth inning went
something lik this. Prendergast
started off with "a single. Chandler
followed suit and then after Harle
worked the count to 3 and ., our
friend the Jump called the third strike
that was low and outside. and then
the fun began. In a minute the whole
Hammond team crowded around the
plate and squawked loud and long but
10 no avail. The umpire realized that
he had made a mistake as was also
admitted by Pullman's catcher after
the game but then the bail game was
gone and il was too late to right tine
wrong. This decision certainly dis
heartened the Hammond team ana
while it took some of the pep out ol
the players, they managed to squeeze
across another run before the side
was retired. They died hard. but
were still game and fighting at thu
finish.
Eddie Flynn was the star Of the
day for Hammond getting three hits.
including a home run, triple and a
single. Aside from his good work al
bat, Flynn also andle himself well
in left field getting three putouts and
an assist. incidentally making the
only double play Of the game i'm the
eighth inning. when he speared a long
nv in left and doubled a runner on
first with a nice throw to Murphy.
The score by innings;
Hammond IL o o 0 o i L I Is r 6
Pullman ....2 3 o . o O. @ o o. g
Summary-Three base hits-Flypn.
Home runs-EeIy. Cassidy FLYNN.
Sacrifice hits-Boyle. Flynn. Hsrle.
Brown. Stolen bases - ORourze.
Prendergast (e). Sodetz. Culitnan
Brown. Double plav-FIynn to Mar
ply. Struck out-By HiIbrioh 3D.:
by Dalton, &; by Roger. Z. Bases on
Hihrich, /; off Dalton. L..
RN~A- l. Passed balI-Cullinan.