The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-21
EAGLES BATTLE FOR
VICTORY over GRAYS
But GAME IS CALLED

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Aug. 21-The
score stood 10 to in favor of the
Richmond Eagles In the game here
with the Grays. Sunday afternoon, and
it was the opening of the Cambridge
half of the twelfth inning. Offender
grounded out to Byrkett for the first
out of the last half of the inning,
when the umpire called the game at
six o'clock Sunday closing law
Then the result of the game had to-
stand tie to s, the score reYerting
back to that of the ninth inning.
This is the second consecutive game
which the Cambridge team has play
ed into extra innings. The same kind
of game was played at Farmland two
Sundays ago.
AS indicated by the box score, the
Eagles were playing real baseball and
their exhibition was hard to beat.
Schultz started on the mound for the
birdmen, but was touched fairly hard
and so hard in the seventh that
Manager Ashenfelter sent Harmon to
the mound. Lefty" went through
several innings of tense play, but
pulled out each time.
FiIZ9IDDOnS walks
On the strength of walk to Fftz-
gibbons in the first inning, the Eagles
were enabled to score after a sacri.
flee hit by Logan and Winters error
on MINERS grounder. Cy scored on
Byrkett's fly to short center.
Cambridge took it back in the
second inning when Reddinghause
tripled to right. The Eagle fielders
were playing for short blow and did
not look for the former Eagle player
TO hit so far. Runnels flied out to
Eubanks, Hunt singled, scoring Redo
), inhaus, Stricken forced Hunt at third
! and Battson famed.
Once again the Eagles took the lead
by a one-run margin in the third.
Fitzgibbons lead off with perfect
walk, Logan flied to Diffenderfer,
Minner singled and the run was in.
Byrkett and Ranges let strikes go by
and famed.
Eagles Score Two
Two more Eagles tailed in the
fourth inning making the situation
look bad for Cambridge, Knight sin
gled to center and Eubanks sacrificed
him along to second, Hewitt singled
knight scoring, Schultz was safe on
an error by Knott, Fitzgibbons let
strikes go by and was out. Logan
singled scoring Hewitt, Schultz was
out at third by neat throw from Diff
fenderfer from left field.
But, Cambridge tied it up in their
half of the fourth with four tallies on
a safe bunt by Reddinhause, q walk
to Runnels, an error on Byrkett and
a triple by Stickler, Battson famed
for the first out, Diffenderfer singled
scoring Stickler. The four tallies tied
the score up and sent Cambridge one
run to the good.
Eagles Add Four More
The Eagles added quartette of ta.'
lies in the sixth on single by Fitz'
gibbons, and knight, coupled with four
errors by Cambridge players. This
gave the Eagles a lead of three runs
and the score was 8 to 5. But, in
the next inning. the Grays took a
clean single to center, two bases on
balls and advantage of two errors,
giving them three TALES to tie the
score
Each team had men on bases during
the succeeding innings, but with Har
mon in the box for the Eagles after
the seventh inning and Battson tight
= ening up for the remainder of tbs
game, the runners died on base.
It was in the twelfth inning thai
two Eagles tallies crossed the plate
and it was just 13 minutes of o'clocE
the limit for ball games on Sunday
At this time Cambridge installed the
o'clock element and by the time DIFF
fenderfer was put out on a grounde1
for the first out in the Grays half o
the twelfth inning, the jumps declared
it quitting time and the whole thin!
was over.
Knight Connects.
knight led off with his third hit o
the game by getting clean single t
center in the twelfth inning. The
Eagle catcher was scored on an unex
pected single by Harmon. Previously
Hewitt had reached base and Har-
mons blow landed him on third
Logan was safe at first on an erro
by Caldwell at short ard Hewitt wa
in with the second tally of the game
At this time, the Grays raised a BIZ
Tumpus over a decision at third base
which put another Eagle runner OIL
the third sack. Seemingly the rune
was out, but the jumps declared hin
safe.
The time taken UP by the Cambridg
players made it three minutes to 81,
when Diffenderfer took his place a
the plate. He let three or four deliv
cries go by and finally swung on on
of Harmon's offerings, but was out a
first on an unassisted play by Byrkett
Hubbard Absent.
Catcher Hubbard failed TO show u
at Cambridge for the game Sunda,
and Knight had to take the harness
Hewitt Richmond player, filled i
r-.at center field in great style. He az
cepted two fielding chances without
wobble and connected timely at bal
Knight and Minner were the heav
clouters for the Eagles with three hit
each and Diffenderger and Reddins
haus were the stellar performers 70
the Grays with three safeties each.
However, the fans were given
treat of batting and they appreciate
the chance to see some heavy hitting
The Eagles came near taking tn
whole matinee away when they too
their three run lead, for it looked ba