South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-25
BADGERS FALL ON
FALYEY IN FOURTH
And SEW UP GAME
Combination of Walks and
Errors Nets Five Runs
Irish Held 10 ? Hits.

After pitching magnlLlcenL 'il-
for three innings during which time
he famed six Wisconsin batsmen,
Dick Falvey faltered ln the fourth
frame OF yesterdays game WIZ the
Badgers at Cartier Field. and a COM
binatlon OF walks. hits and errors
allowed five runners 20 score, giving
Wisconsin a lead which the irish
never threatened afterward and
causing Notre Dame 10 lose the first
game OF the home season. Q 20 1.
After the hectic fourth Falvey
settled down and pitched good ball
until the eighth when another bar
rage OF hits netted the Cardinal clan
three more counters and brought
"Red" .dagevCny 20 Falvey's relief.
The Badgers scored one more tally
off Red" in the final stanza.
During all this period. the irish
sIuEgers were able 20 do little or
nothing with the slauts OF Hotf-
man. the Badger moundsman, who
held them 20 two widely scattered
hits. Hoffman's control was also
good and his support halted several
near rallies by the Irish Hoffman
seemed 10 have plenty Of stuff on
the ball and had the Notre Dame
hitters hitting I'm the air. during
the entire game Bolue Williams
alone gathering in five long fly balls
i'm left field
That Falvey's two games on the
training trip. leaving him as 10 did
with but four days rest was fac
tor I'm hts weakening. was evident
as the big fellow seemed 20 tire
after the first three innings. During
that time the lone Irish run doomed
awfuly large. as Dick was setting
them down I'm order. never allowing
the Badgers a chance.
That all Of this was blasted tn
the fourth was not all due 20 an
inferior brand Of hurting by Fal-
vev. After Crombackcr the first
man up. had walked. Caesar at
tempted TO sacrifice. Instead, how
ever he popped straight TO Faivey.
who had an easy double play before
him. Dick hesitatcd moment and
threw hurriedly TO Prokop, the ball
going wild and allowins the Badger
runner 10 get back 10 first jim safety
The next two batters walked. filling
the bases. and Barry hit perfectly
placed smash 20 right for three
bases. cleaning up the sacks. Sew
eraI hard hits. another walk and an
error by "Micky" Kama and two
more runs were over. putting the
Irish on the small end of a TO 1
score.
Notre Danes lone run came in
the first inning as the result OF
"a scratch hit by SheeEan. a wild
throw by Elliot. and another wild
throw by williams on Kane's fly TO
left
After that they were helpless be
fore Hoffman although many hard
hit balls which looked like sure hits
were cut down by the Wisconsin in
field, Rudiger I'm particular pulling
several flasny plays. Barry was the
Badger hitting star. getting three
hits out OF five trips 90 the plate.
A large crowd attended the game.
the bleachers and grandstand being
packed while many students We're
lined up along the fence. The Irish
displayed plenty Of pepper az the
start and seemed confident of an
ueNng their elshth straight victory
OF the season. These hopes were in-
creased when Falvey breezed through
like million dollars i'm the early
innings Even after the fatal fourth
the old fight was still evident, but
Toffman's hurting and the stellar
support he received proved too much
Of an obstacle. Only I'm the fifth
and ninth did Halas' proteges come
within striking distance and both
rallies were short-lived