The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-08-04

Herb" Armstrong; Warriors put
| in a full day yesterday. In the
morning the Salisbury White Clouds
were entertained at Community
Park, the entertainment being much
| to the liking of the Cambridge fans.
In the afternoon, the club made the
| trip to Crisfield and there engaged
in an extra inning battle which was
| halted because of darkness, with the
I score a tie.
| The morning game was won from
| Salisbury by a to 2 score, while
| the afternoon fracas resulted In a
| 2 to draw after ten innings OF
play. An overcast sky, trees sur
| rounding the park and late start.
| owing to the morning game at Cam
| bridge, all combined to cause the
stopping of the game. While most
of the spectators howled when unl~
pire Kelly said called" it really was
dangerous to play in shadows such
as prevailed Even on a sunshiny
J day. batter stands chance OF be-
| ing cut down by a fast one, but on
cloudy and dark days, he may be hit
without seeing the ball.
In the morning game Bush
| Wright silenceG the Salisbury bats
very effectively. holding them score
| less for eight innings and until two
were out in the ninth. Here. a Shut
out for Salisbury was ayerteds by
Lefty" Hearne, who put one over
left field fence with a runner on
| first and two out Bush" allowed
Salisbury nine hits but kept them
widely scattered, and frightened up
with men on base whenever they
were in scoring. position.
billie" Johnson had poor day
with the bat. In four trips to the
plate in the morning game, he walk
ed, got two Dagger. three Dagger
and home run, while in the after
noon game, he got in single, walk
ed twice, sacrificed and hit long
fly to right field. Johnson accounted
for three of the four Cambridge
runs.
Fielding of the very fastest kind
marked both contests. In the
morning. Jake" Flowers, Army"
and Doe Dolan featured. Jake"
made several fine stops and throws
from bad positions. while doc"
Dolan gathered in throws from every
direction and of every variety.
Army" saved a Salisbury tally, and
perhaps more than one at that, BY
grabbing grounder over second
and tossing the ball to Flowers. |
forcing a runner at second for the !
third out.
Jack" Schiefer, the Salisbury
third sacker also made fine play. |
catching Jake" Flowers at third in
his attempt to go from first to third |
on a sacrifice Schiefer fielded the
bunt, and was in close to pitchers
box. so Jake" started for third |
Schiefer hurried back to his post |
however. and Thompson's peg and
everything else turning out per
fectly, Caught Jake" by hair.
"Augie" Schroll again demon ,
strated his nerve under fire. in the !
afternoon contest. Schroll's face was
badly cut when a windshield Jared
out and broke upon him Wednesday
evening, but this did not deter him
from taking his turn in tn eboN, ara
his pitching was of ace high quality.
,Schroll allowed but nine hits and
in only one inning were two of these
hits punched. One run was earned
in the first on walk, sacrifice, sin
gle to right, and a hit and run. |
where zap pulled Flowers out fof
position and Hammer put one
through were Flowers had been the
moment before. The second run
came in the fourth on Nuth's homer
over left field fence,
Cambridge took the lead in the
second on J. Griggs' walk, Arm
strong's single, passed ball and
Staylor's two Dagger. This was the
only inning in which Cambridge
scored. and was the only good cnance
to do so until the eighth and ninth
innings In these innings, "Army's
pets threatened seriously but. fast
fielding by Crisfield saved McVey.
Crisfield had more chances to take
the lead than did Cambridge but
Schroll frightened up in the pincnes.
and the side was retired on every oc-
casion. Fast fielding was again the
feature of the game both sides put
ting up an unbeatable brand of base
ball Hank Griggs, Dolan, Dit
mar, Flowers and Armstrong again
came through with good plays at
crucial moments. Dittmar saved the
game for Crisfield by robbing Dolan
of hit over second in the ninth,
with runners on second and third
and two out. Two faster ball games
than yesterdays contests will be
hard to find in this leagues and any
club that can keep on with the kind
of ball Cambridge has played so far
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