Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-06-08
CRITTENDEN'S HURLING GIVES
ALMA INTERCOLLEGIATE TITLE,
ALSO THE ELIMINATION SERIES

hurler, in the Saturday fray, the
man who had defeated Alma in an
extra inning game ten days previous,
and this time Alma demonstrated
most clearly her ability. The Maroon
and Cream should have won over this
star / to 0 in regulation frames, an
error giving the Methodists the ty-
ing run in the eighth. 1t was only
errors also that allowed Albion to
tie in the tenth after Alma had grab
bed off two more.
Alma started with a rush and in
four of the first five innings put men
on the sacks, but could not chase them
around, Smith Tightening up each
time.
In the sixth the ice was broken.
With one down Shaver singled. He
went to second when Smith hit Crit
tenden. Johnson smashed out
single and Shaver scored.
In the eighth Axiom tied it, With
one down Tamblyn was safe on Kir
ker's error. Robertson singled to
eft, and Tamblyn chased home with
the run that knlt.eo the count.
Both teams put one man on the
sacks in the ninth, but neither could
solve the delivery of the crack hur-
lers, with men waiting on the sacks,
who could have won title by cross
ing the plate.
In the tenth Ryan singled Kicker
son singled, Ryan going to third.
Carly was hit by pitched ball, fill
ing the sacks. Smith frightened up
and struckout Shaver Crittenden
delivered a single in the attempt to
win his own game, and Ryan and
Hickerson scored. Johnson tried TO
add to the runs, but flied to center.
Smith rallied and struckout Will
Jams. Albion staged rally with
two down in her half of the tenth,
Kirker's error giving Robertson
life after Tamblyn had walked.
Shields singled, and Tamblyn scored.
On "Crit's" error Robertson scor-
ed, again tying the count. Barnes
fouled one that Ryan nailed, ending
the inning.
Beckton singled with one down in
the eleventh, but was stranded. Al
bion died in order in this inning.
Alma went down one, two, three
in the twelfth. Tamblyn singled for
Albion with one away, but died on
second.
In the thirteenth Alma went down
in order. Kresge opened for Albion
with a triple. Barnes drove a hot one
to Beckton, who grabbed the ball,
made a perfect peg to the plate, and
cut down Kresge. Phillips grounded
to short and Wilson flied out to
Carly.
With one down in the fourteenth
Ryan doubled. Hickerson struckout.
Carly, with all of his Irish rose to the
occasion, and smashed a double down
the foul line, Ryan crossing the plate
with the run that won Shaver flied out
Albion came within ace of again
knotting the count, after two were
killed Tamblyn hit for two sacks.
Robertson drove one down the first
base line, which hit a stone, as Carly
reached for the ball, and the horse
hide bounded up and hit him in the
face, binding him momentarily. Hick-
erson sensed the danger in an in
slant, tore across the diamond grab
bed the ball and shot it to the plate
all in a single motion, and when
Tamblyn reached the counting sta
ton Ryan was waiting with the ball
to tag him for the final out. By a
hair Hickerson had saved the game
for Crittenden, or at least kept AL
bion from forcing it still farther into
over time.
Every man played his very best
during the two days, and while cogs
in the near Frosh aggregation slip
ped a few times Saturday and sent
the game into the overtime periods,
the entire team was fighting with q
vim that could not be denied.
In both games Alma hit in punches,
and out hit her opponents, with whom
Crittenden was mighty stingy.