The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-07-15

! double header at Pocomoke City
! yesterday, dropping both games b,
one run. "Augie" Schroll, the dash
ing young gentleman from Balti
! more. went back into the Iine-ul
and pitched his head off. He work
| ed both games and struck out fiftee1
! men, walked three, hit two and al
| lowed only seventeen safe hits dur
| ing both games. "Augie' stated af
| ter the games that he was good fol
! 1T least seven innings more and in
| push could make it a full set (nine)
In the first game, which Wen
| eleven innings he allowed only ter
! hits, struck out ten and walked one
man, but lost. In the second game
! he allowed only seven hits. struck
out five, walked two and hit two, but
lost Schroll also collected three
hits during the day, one of these be
ing a double over Hornsberger's
sending him home minute later
With a single TO center.
The Cambridge club outhit the
Pocomoke team in both contests,
collecting a total of twenty-fou1 base
hits for the day. This is the first
time this team has made so many
base hits with SO few runs resulting
Usually the number of hits is small
with each hit accounting for a run.
Thirteen good solid base-bloWS rams
from Cambridge bats while Gordy,
the Pocomoke ace, was on the
mound i'll the first game. ThHugh
losing this contest, the bats conunu-
ed to ring while Bussey was on the
firing line during the nightcap.
Jake" Flowers lead in the attack
o nthe Pocomoke nurlers, getting
i've safe blows in ten trips to the
plate Hank" Griggs collected
three in ven attempts, while Duffy
and Arms. rong each got three out of
lrine AND let us not forget Gil
Melvin. who hit three safe blows on
six appearances. SWingler and
get ahit Wright, pinchhittipg for
TO bat more than twice and did not
get a hit Wright, .pinchbitting Tor
Bunting in the eleventh inning OF
;ho first game, almost broke up the
contest by lining one out to right
field with Melvin on third. but two
were out, and Hornsberger went over
and caught Wright's drive. Whitley
Swingler was hit on the head by a
pitched ball, on his first trip to the
plate.
Hank" Griggs surely had his
eye on the ball yesterday. He col
lected a single, double and homes
run. in the first game, and hit the
ball hard in the second, although go
ing with a hit, while his fielding in
center was all that could be asked.
Hornsberger saved the first game
for Pocomoke when he robbed Herb
Armstrong of an extra base blow by
going against the fence and eatehsnsss.
his line drive. ]. Griggs was on
second at the time, with one out and
one run just across. This was the
sixth inning and things looked bad
for Gordy, but Wilson stopped
Bunting's sharp grounder and the in
ming was over.
In the ninth inning of the second
game, the "Warriors" demonstrated
their gameness, and put up a rally
ing fight that almost won the game.
Swingler and Schroll began the in
ming by striking out. With two
down, Johnson Walked, Gil" Mel
vim then went in to pinch-hit for
Duffy, and cracked out a two base
hit to left field. With men on sec
ond and third Doc" Dolan hit
hard one to Yap, who picked the ball
up, but threw wildly to first, john
son scoring and Melvin taking third.
With the tying run on third and
al To 1yn
his hardest hit ball of the day to
left field, but Decker caught it in his
stomach and the day was over.
The consensus of opinion of the
many Cambridge and Snow Hill peo-
pie who saw the contest is that Po-
owes the two games to UNI
pire Shriver, Shriver was altogether
too friendly with the Pocomoke play
ers. and seemed to have their inter-
ests greatly at heart.
On one occasion in the first in
ming of the first game, Bussey threw
to third to catch Dolan on Flowers
single. Mcknight tagged Dolan,
but dropped the ball, but Shriver
called the runner out. On another
occasion, in the second game, with
Schrou. Dolan then hit
toward right field and Duffy started
for second. Just as he came Op-
posite Wilson, the second-baseman
dived in after the ball hitting Duffy
below the knees and throwing him
over his shoulder. Shriver ruled
that Duffy interfered with Wilson in
fielding the ball, and called him out
1t is also said by those who pur-
port to be eye-witnesses that ShrlVer
patted Pocomoke players on the
back, and fraterniZed with them I'M
other ways. and that when one OF
them hit to right field, and was in
doubt as to whether to run or not,
he shouted to him TO run, that it was
fair
w. r. Sibbett, president of the
local club who saw the games
stopped in Salisbury to consult
President Miller, but being unable to-
find him, spoke to secretary Ruark.
He protested violently against
Shriyer being retained and advised
Ruark that it would be best not to
send Shriyer to Cambridge on any
occasion.
POCOMOKE
ALB R H PO A F.
Wilson, 2b 4 l .
Norris. /. b5 0 p l 0
Hormsberger, CT. y
zap, IS. l
Gordy, p. D
McKni2Et 3b. 5 L 4
Davis, e.