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SHERTzER AGAIN IS
STlNCY With BASE HITS
Blanks Laurel 3 To o, Allowing On
" Four Hits. Fast Fielding BY
Players OF Both Sides Features.
Hinkle Makes Great Catch.


Let the merry bells ring out. and
ring them loud and long. The fast
| flying Blue Hens from Delaware
were stopped by one Oscar Shertzer,
who inhabits a Cambridge uniform
during the afternoons of these balmy
days, and sometimes is called upon
by manager Herb Armstrong to de-
liver the goods with his old right
arm.
Yesterday, the goods were of Al
order, the hard hitting, Chicks. get
ting only four hits, two of these
coming in the last inning, and one
of them being an infield hit Only
two invaders reached second Dase'
and one of these was caught mapping
off that bag by lightning throw
from Tony Staylor. from behind the
bat This is one Of Stayior
favorite tricks, and he has caugnt
more unwary runners in this man
ner than any other catcher in the
league.
More Laurel fans than have visit
ed these regions since the opening
game of the season attended yester
DAYS game The reason for this is
the winning streak exhibited by the
DelaWares, under the management
of Dick Early, who was appointed 10
succeed Sam Frock, when that pilot
was dropped by the Laurel directors
Early has put pep and fight into his
teammates, and they are putting up
a great game for him, being only
half-g game behind second place. yes
terday's defeat allowing Crisfeld
once more to slip into this position.
No doubt many of the visiting
fans were sorely disappointed. but
they at least saw a good ball game.
Few better ones have been seen on
the local diamond this season. The
hurting of both pitchers was OF
high order, the Cambridge batsmen
getting only seven hits off Cox. but
Shertzer held his opponents to even
less than this, and the three runs
given him by his teammates proved
to be enough.
Not only was the pitching OF first
water quality but fielding features
abounded For the visitors, Nye,
the shortstop, put up nice game, as
did Slaughter, at first base. For
Cambridge practically every man on
the team let himself shine forth a.
one time or another. Johnson, al
third, pulled a couple of fine stops, |
Flowers, at short, put up his Gus
tomary fine game. Flowers is now
putting up a fine game every day.
and has done SO for SO long that the
fans are not approaching just no"
good he really is. Everywhere in !
league, with the exception of Cam
bridge, Jake is reckoned as the best
shortstop in the league but the boy
never gets such a recommendation
from his fellow tOwnsmen.
Reynolds, the second sacker, did
most of his spectacular work at the
bat and upon the bases. He stole !,
second under the very nose of Mar
vii twice during the day. Robinson
in right, and Unglaub. in center,
fielded their positions well, each
making hard chances look easy by
the way they handled them, while
Herb Armstrong looked good on
first base
The catch that brought the fans
to their feet, however, was pulled by
Hinkle in left field, in the ninth in
ming. with two out and runners on
first and second. Predecessor got a
good swing behind the ball and it
scared over shortstop for what seem
ed to be sure two base blow, scor
ing both runners then upon the
sacks Hinkle got off to flying
start at the crack of the bat, how
ever, and pulled down the soaring
horsehide for the last out of the at
ternoon. Just what would have
happened should this ball have
fallen safe is matter of guesswork,
but as long as it did not do so. We
are content to let the matter rest.
By winning today, the boys have
a chance to climb out of the cellar,
but it is almost too much to expect.
for every time the club gets in
position to mount the ladder, some
freak of chance butts in and spoils
the party The only thing for the
fans to do is too sit idly by and hope
for the best while Herb Armstrong
will have his followers out there do
ing their stuff to the very best Of
their ability.
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