The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-28
Suggest Features Seasons Baseball
Opener: Visitors Hammer cven'
uros from Mound In
ADCOCK WEATHERS STORM
BUT WALLOPED HARD
Tight Game Turns Into marathon'
Two Homers Poled by Crit
tendn's Men; Final Score
Is 70 to 4

baseball fans who gathered to usher
in the 1921 baseball season here.
Richard crittenden's Hens yesterday
afternoon ut University park. re-
venged one Of the three Chickasha
victories at llenfyetia and defeated
tle locals. u to T.
Mike Cvengroe. who held the
Henrys to : hits In II innings and
won to 0 In one Of the recent
games in the coal mining district
was slaughtered by the visitors. lie
was sent TO the showers in the
seventh inning when he was re.
placed by Adcock. The relief pitcher
had little success in stopping the
smuggling Hens.
Slunfest in Seventh
The seventh inning was slugfest
by tie visitors, who made nine
hits and a sacrifice fly net nine
scores in this frame. Cassidy poled
out single and home run. Thomas
a two bagger. Robinson sacrifice
fly and Harris. kitterman, Daniels,
Corseglia, LeMaster and Adkins,
doubles.
Cassidy, first man to face AdNock,
greeted the recruit with a powerful
drive into left field which proved
good for home run. scoring Adkins.
In the next inning. Thomas drove
the ball over the center field fence
for the second home run of the
game. Crittenden's men garnered 10
safeties off Cvengros in six and two,
third innings and four off Adcock in
two and one-third innings.
Fast Fielding Features.
Fast fielding on the part of both
teams and the free hitting were the
features of the game. The Chicks
gathered II hits, four of which were
OF the scratch variety. Both pitchers
were given excellent support The
locals made one error, while three
hobbies charged up against Dick
Crittenden's men.
Every inning, save the seventh
was a wonderful exhibition of base
ball Cvengros was hit freely in the
early innings but he tightened il
pinches. Adkins also tightened wher
in the hole.
Open Festivities
The festivities were opened a
2:30 o'clock Wien fans and player
staged a parade which got unde
way at the corner of Second stree
and Chickasha avenue.
The Chickasha band swung dow
the avenue at 2.30 from the, cit
hall .and took. position near the COZ
ner of Third and ChickasFla. Imme
diately in the rear of the band wa
the two baseball teams Followin
city officials. Riding therein wef
Mayor S. G. Durbin and his SUI
cessor, 0. Coffman, w. W. Clark
city treasurer, j. r. Wellborn, cit
clerk and Hy DuBose, councilman.
Fans All There
The fans had : iammed the par
before the. arrival Of the parade B
fore . o'clock cars began to pal
inside the ball field and they kel
coming in drovesa until after Il
game had started at 4 o'clock, b
fore the game was called, all ava
able space. in grandstand and bleac
ers was taken and the overflow h;
been turned onto the field. TIT
swarmed along the foul lines
both left and right field and filter
out around the centerfield wall
In addition, cars were packed in
all available space from the we
end oil DleacnerS W tne liSHt liz
wall and on around the center fit
fence, joining the string of cars
tending from the old dancing pay
lion to the left field wall. So lar
was the crowd that ground rul
were made necessary, a two base
being given for a drive into the ca
or the crowds in the field.
Preachers Start Things.
The opening of the afternoo
pastiming was marked by the Sc