The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-05-14
CORSICANA CAN
SAY She WORKED
: FOR THIS GAME
Three Homers Featured Vic
tory Game for Visiting
y Texans; Ninth Inning
NJ, Brought Sorrow.

The sky was full of raining spheres
over the Ardmore TO lot Saturday
afternoon with the Producers taking
the1cake for long-distance but the Cor
sicana swatsmen getting the quantity
which counted and which netted them
the opener by the score of 9 to 6. 1t
was great game at that, for the Pro.
dusees- died with their boots on and not
until the last out OF the last session did
they"throw up the sponge. And not
until then was it safer to prophesy the
outcome than to try to tell the future
OF Oklahoma weather.
But the boys got their batting optics
a little too late, the real fireworks
opening for Ardmore in the sixth in.
ming. Until. then Rainey was twirling
beautiful ball, holding the locals to but
one hit, single by Jones in the first
frame, and keeping the Ardmore bats.
men away from first for four innings.
And during this time,-in the second
and third innings-Rainey's teammates
had slammed Yeagers delivery all over
the park and hooked five runs on their
belts.
f'hree Home Runs.
The bats of To boys included echoes
of three homers all over the right field
woodwork, tipped through the atmos
phere by Jones with one man on, by
Behren on an open track and by Gle
ments Of Corsicana with nobody on.
Ardmore took the lead in the opening
frame when Clopp walked, went TO third
ON Jones single to center on the hit
and-run and came home when Rainey
made wild heaye to third in an effort
TO head off Cholley. But the Producers
lead was as small, as it is figured. A
barrage of three singles and pair of
tWo-bsggers in the. second off Yeager's
offerings, produced three tallies for the
visitors. Again in the third, two more
were donated to Corscana when Lefty
walked two in succession and Osborne
completed the circuit for the compli.
Ecntaries by slamming a roaring drive
down The right field foul line TO the
boards. Osborne's whacll spelled cur.
tains for Yeager. who was replaced by
ketchum. Gus finished the session
without. further. damage. 49,,
inrce Up; Inree Down.
There was nothing stirring for the
Producers between the first and sixth
frames, for it was three up and three
down withtRainey smiling on the dia.
mohd high spot. But in the sixth!
There's where the excitement which
turned lopsded affair into a fans
delight started. With two men down.
Payne singled to left Along came
Frank Jones and arched the pill over
the right field enclosure for two counts.
Young flied out TO center.
A quartet of singles in the seventh
gave the Producers two more. This
time Bogus led off with a single TO
center, and went to second on Lemast
ers grounded out Balllfant contribut
edrwith single TO the same place
Dutch Behren kept up the good work.
singing the pill likewise and Bogus
;ir Ballifant came home AZ this
1uncture Of the proceedings, Rainey
was dethroneu and Arguijo, lanky Gu.
ban was rushed in TO stem the Producer
attack. Wilson was detailed as pinch.
hitter for Ketchum and answered the
cail with repetition Of what had gone
berore-nainely q one.sacker to center.
Ciopp walked and the bases were filled.
WIN only one man down. it looked
Ike grapes for the Producers. but
Payne famed and was followed by
Jones grounded out, leaving three men
stranded.
\ h& Oh, That Ninth.
II WAS close race when the Corsi.
!. canans came TO bat in the ninth. the
board chalking 6-5 in favor OF the Wis.
itors But the Texans pulled away with
three more which they grabbed by
popnding Young's crossfire in varied
directions, Bugs had been sent 10 the
t"lrhng chair in the eighth. Bogus
taxing first and Wilson right garden.
Clements started the ninth with a cir,
cur clout over right field fence. Bechtol
singled TO left, and scored on Sengot.
ts's 2-bagger to the score board Grubb
sent Bechtol In with a single to right.
Behren hoped in FOR homerun hon.
ors In the last hal( Of the ninth when
he led off with a fourbase smack over
the right field circumference
Jones and Behren were the bows who
drove In Ardmores total runs. each OF
them being responsible for three.
Jones work IN left garden was spec.
tacular in flashes with several diff.
cult stops. For the visitors. Clements
T,shortstop pulled some neat plays lift.
ing a couple nasty grounders out OF the
DUST Cholley Clopp hooked an intri.
cate high fly out OF the sky in deep
center.