The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-20

Afumore 1anS are uckied 10 deatn
over the showing of the Producers in
he initial game of the season. The
opening game Wednesday demonstrate.
ID clearly that the team is going to be
contender in the league this season
md practically every one is predicting
that the team will line up one, two,
.hree at the end Of the season.
While the Cleburne visitors didn't
present a very formidable front yes
terday they served by contrast TO give
local bugs a fair estimate on the home
lnes.
The defensive work Of the Producers
was the bright particular feature Of
- game from an Ardmore STANDPOINT.
The infield was snug and showed ma.
chine like precision. In the outer gar
den Clopp, Jones and Payne We're as
reliable as of old
II was well known that the Ard
more team is a heavy hitting one de
spite the fact that the sluggers failed
to connect unusually well. With the
exception Of Young, who annexed Il cou-
yts, ne NIT record yesterday was moth
ing to brag about However. the play
ers themselves declare that it will be
only matter of a few days before they
have their batting orbs fully located,
Lefty Yeager's work in the box as
well as that of LcMasters behind the
bat was all that could be desired. The
battery not only used headwork but
showed class throughout.
Just who Manager Maloney would
shove in today to add another victory
to the spring string was problematical.
Probably Crowson would be chosen.
The team concludes its home stay to.
day then moves on to Clcburne for
couple of games
Yeager Did II
Yeager's pitching and the support Of
his teammates which fitted in excel
lently with the dimnutive hurlers Of
ferines, proved to be most satisfactory
criterion to be followed during the re-
mainder of the season and indicated
that the locals have as good a chance
as any to hook on for pennnt honors.
The Generals were a demoralized bunch
from the very start, displaying con
stellation of butter-fingers which would
have made a sand-lot aggregation look
like delicious hamburger 10 a hungry
fan. Their errors, which came in
lunches and at critical moments, were
more costly than were the Producers
hits. for more than half of the local
talles were spurred ON by the Gle.
burne jugglers. Overthrows We're prom.
inent in the distance estimates Of the
military titled team.
The tightly played game by the 10.
Gals offset to n great extent the imitG'
tion baseball of the visitors and thus
the fans really enjoyed the contest,
Only two Cleburne men reached sec
ond during the entire game. One OF
these was Johnson. second sacker. who
drove one of the prettiest line drives
over the right field boards for four
bases ir the third session, scoring the
only run of the visitors. The other man
who planted his spikes in the second
pillow was Wisrock. who got a walk
anu went ~ Sctonu Nll BtIHdUN !
grounded out Yeasor famed seven and
walked but two. lie allowed but four
hits. including the homer The other I.
three were singles. well scattered and .
Ineffective.
Good Team Work
Two double plays pulled off in snap /
py style hlstened the placing of the /
kibosh on the generals.
The first hit of the season was regis. |
tered by Clopp, leadoff man for the |
locals who burned a hot grouuder TO |
Tankersley which sizzlcd off the Gle. |
nurne pitchers mitt while Cholley es. .
,ablished himself at first.
Poor support ruined Tankersley from .
the start. and IN the seventh he made .
sad retreat to the bench after three .
successive singles had been bingled and |
the bases filled several times with the
aid Of couple Of walks. Lind relieved
him.
Eallanfant rlayed his position at short