The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1922-06-13
Newark Lodge No. 13 Easy
For Mt. Vernon Players
Saturday Afternoon
Mills Had Busy Afternoon
Afield; Other Features Of
The Contest
(By Fred Hayes)

wherefore they speak, that pitching
constitutes seventy-ive percent of
baseball teams strength.
And those fans who witnessed the
E second episode between the fast step.
ping local Timon lodge crew and the
X. of p. team of Newark, lodge No
13, at White field, Newark last Sat.
urday afternoon, need no further EN-.
phasis laid upon this point to convince
them of the foregoing.
You'll recall that little over
week ago these same two rival clubs
battled tooth and claw of twelve
rounds before either one or the other
could cart home the verdict Mt. Yer.
non finally edging out the visitors by
one point, margin. In that game
both had pitching.
But now back to Saturdays scuf.
file. With the exception of the hurl-
ing job, Newark presented practical.
ly the same lineup as had done bat.
tie with the home clan before. But
the proceedings was as different as
night from day, compared with their
previous meeting. This time Newark
did not have pitching; in other words
they were minus about ee-fourths
of their usual punch.
The result was that the neighboring
county aggregation took the worst and
most humiliating drubbing that had
ever been handed them. The skirm.
ish was converted into such com.
plete rout that the Newarkers were
willing to concede the victory to the
home clubbers before the full string
OF frames had been played out 1t last
ed just five innings and in that time
MT. Vernon chalked up enough count
ers to win three or four ball games.
The local Pythian brothers registered
16 lusty wallOps for total of IS runs
during the abbreviated affair, while
holding the opposing forces to taps
and tallies.
Drives Have Power
In all the local knights five straight
wins this season. their heavy hitting
has stood prominently. A team that
can hammer 65 runs across the reg.
istering station in five tilts for an av.
erage of 13 runs to the game can't ex.
actly be set down as a slouch with the
stick. That has been the accomplish.
ment of the home nine.
The Mount whaling brigade was
sure there with the socking punch in
the Newark rOmp, for nine of the
home hits We're for extra bases Mt.
Vernon Connected for six doubles, two
triples, one home-run, to say nothing
Of seven one base blows; total of
29 bases.
The circuit clout came in the midst
of the massacre. The fourth inning
to be exact. With Mills and Porter on
the bags at the time, Sullivan slam.
med dropping liner to deep left and
logged around the highways for
homer with time to spare.
A Merry.Go-Round
Three FINGERS ornamented the hill
for Newark. Mt. Vernon pounced on
the first hurler, Olson. for five runs
in the opening round Olson, seem.
ingly oblivious to the beating he was
taking, came back and tired to endure
another inning, but he was sent sour
fying to cover, before a single man
had been set down.
Mcknight then asked waivers on
the center field job and ascended the
hillock in an effort to subdue the
slugging Mounts. He got by fairly
well until the fourth, but after that
he had nothing but smile, and that
can't be accounted for The uncouth
way in which the local wrecking crew
assaled Mcknight in the fourth ses-
sion was an outrage.
After Sullivans home.run, Mcknight
was delivered from further punish
ment and Gather McCaulsky was ush-
cred to the mound. His efforts to re- !
tard the run-making proved futile and |
before the fourth ended Mt Vernon
had showed nine runs across boosting
her total to II. Another run was ad- |
ded in the fifth and then Newark de.
c!ded to call the party off as they
were hopelessly whipped.
No Chance After First
Newark's only markers of the car.
mage were annexed in the first frame, |
on base on errors, triple, a gift,
followed bya two bagger.
After the first, not Newark foot |
tramped home plate. In fact only one
man reached as far as second over the
remaining chapters, SO battling was