Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
Sports
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OAK HILL HUMBLED. As
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The Abilene baseball team can
show some Of their slickest work
when hard pressed. Rivals get them
into a corner sometimes, but the hard
part is to keep them there. They
won yesterday, A to 8, from Oak Hill,
and timely singles by Buchanan,
Sampson and Alglre. the base pilfer-
ing of Algire, and gritty, cool and
clever pitching by six" Mcdonnell
contributed most forcibly to the VIC
tory. Those three bingles were all
the locals made off Shupe's offerings,
but, coupled with two costly errors
by his teammates, gave the home club
the victory.
The invaders put over their first
run In the initial session on a hit
and an error. But right there u
where they stopped. six" took a
better grip on the spheroid and his
mates sunk their spikes deeper into
the soil. For seven innings they
played brilliantly, and the big port
slider was invincible.
1t was in the fifth epoch that the
home crew scored their first run.
With one gone Algire slapped one Of
Shupe's fast ones to left for the
first Abilene safety of the day. Think
ing he should have had double in
stead, he decided that there would be
no more oppOrtune time than then to
stretch it. So when the ball was
floating toward the batter he stepped
ton in record time. The backstop's
throw was a trifle wild, too, and
instead Of the pill being Gagged in the
infield 1t bounded ont into the sun
garden, allowing him to continue to
third. Then the bacKstOp let fast
one get away from him and the lanky
first sacker drove his spikes into the
plate. Then Maxwell took three
healthies and Medley, after getting a
pass to first, was thrown out trying
to steal second.
In the sixth Sampson, first up,
was safe at first on an overthrow
by the shOrtstOp, Taylor flied to left
for the first out, Starkey was safe
at first when the left gardener let
fly drop after making beautiful run |
for it, Mcdonnell grounded to the Sec
ond baseman, who tagged Starkey
out was slow on the throw to first |
Tor a possible double. Starkey, run
hing for Mcdonnell, took second on
he next pitch. After Shupe had
worked the count to two and three
IN Buck, the midget shOrtstOp pasted
he scanned apple down the third
,ase line for single, scoring Samp-
on and Starkey. Buck stole second
tut died there, Meade being retired
IN a grounder, short to first, for the
bird out.
The locals made what proved to be
he winning tally in the seventh.
llgire hit to short, who made bad
brow to first. Then the elongated
ne promptly stole second and third
ust to prove that his fifth inning
heft wasn't merely luck. Maxwell
ook his third set Of swings for the
irst out and Neeley hit to the pitcher
Who tossed him out at first. Samp-
on stepped to the plate, seemingly
onscious that the tally in embryo
t third would be quite useful. He
oosted the ball high into the air
yer second base. Three enemy
thletes went after it, but instead Of
ne Of them trapping it they pulled an
.lphonso and CASTOR act, the ball
ghting safely on the turf, allowing
lgire to score. Then Taylor flied to
1T for the third out.
The visitors staged a ninth inning ,
ally that looked quite dangerous for
while. Two hits, two errors and a
,olen base Melted them two tallies,
ut an over-zealous runner was
abbed at third, ending the game. =
Tho acOro.