The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-05-30
BENEDICT HERO
Of GREAT BLOW
IN. LAST FRAME
Third Stacker Lifts Game
from Lost Column Sum
day with Home Run;
Score 7-6.

Once in four hundred years does a
homerun with men on in the last half
OF the ninth turn seeming certain de-
feat into a thrilling baseball victory.
But that is exactly what happened
here Sunday. And Benny" Bene-
dict, third sacker for the locals, was
the hero. With Caldwell on the short
end of GA count in the last half of
the very last frame, with Stewart and
Ansell on the sacks, Benedict lifted
one over the left field fence for what
was unquestionably the hardest hit
ball that has sailed out of the home
lot in many moons. And 1000 wild
fans poured out on the diamond when
the hit landed outside the fence until
Benedict had difficulty circling the
paths, and Caldwell had beaten Parma
10.
1t was a heart-breaking game for
George Pensen, Parma twirler, to lose.
Pensen had everything, his blazing
speed, lots of zip on the pellet and
the Caldwell team was eating from his
hand early in the game. Playing list
less baseball, the Caldwell club almost
gave Parma every one of its runs.
Fisk, at short, had a particularly bad
day with six boots in nine chances to
handle the pellet. Every one of
Parmas runs came after two men
were down and not a single baserun-
ner of the sacks except in the sixth
inning when Penson and OMAHA
negotiated a perfect double steal.
But two down and no one on SEEM
ed to be Parmas starting signal. In
the third, after OMAHA and Glennon
had famed, Stockton got hit, his
brother walked and OMAHA scored
them both with single after Stock
ton was presented with second base
when Stewart pulled real bush lea
que balk.
The same sort of a performance re-
suited in another run for Parma in
the fifth. After two were fone, Stock
ton beat one out, OMAHA landed safe
ly into left field and Fisk bobbled
Bybee's grounder as Stockton crossed
the pan.
| Not content with this, Parma staged
another rally in the seventh after two
were down and with nobody on base.
Bybee got life when Fisk contributed
one of his assists, Beall, new and
capable Parma backstop, hit double
: into center field and Pensen, after two
Intellectual attempts to bunt, scored
both baserunners thru cooperation of
Fisk again, who booted Pensen's
eacy fly.
Stewart, pitching for Caldwell, was
by no means so effectivxe as he was
against Weiser. Parma swatsmiths
touched him for 10 safeties. Stewart
has capable arm and real hitting
ability but he lacks a great deal of
being finished pitcher. Experience
and coaching will make him hard
man to beat after some of the rough
edges have been worn off, however.
! Caldwell scored first in the third
frame. Ansell got a neat single thru
second, Fisk walked and Benedict
scored the second baseman with a
blow into right field. The play at
the plate was close. With two on
and two gone, the best Nelson could
do was a pop fly to Stockton.
Again in the fifth, with Parma once
more two runs to the good, Caldwell
Melted score. Stewart got hit in
to center field, went to second when
the ball rolled thru Stockton's legs
and trotted to third on Anselrs sec
ond safety. With none down, Ansell
pilfered the second sack and Stewart
dashed for home. A short peg and
Stewards slow start got the ball back
to Beall with Stewart four feet off the
home plate but Beall dropped the
pellet in the mixup and the score was
checked up. Fisk, Benedict and Nell
son went out in turn on easy chances.
From the fifth inning on, Pensen was
in hot water almost every frame. He
worked himself out of holes in the
fifth and sixth. But Caldwell ever
lastingly walloped the ball in the
eighth. Benedict. Nelson and Corn
ell, first three men up. connected for
two bagers each and two runs clatter-
ed across the pan. Framback, HURT