Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-09-01
TIGHT PI7CRlNG
BLANKS C0LLHAu
CREW IN OPENER
Craig Gives Up Single
Hit While Valdez Is
/ slaughtered

Y.
Two homers, three doubles and
GO singles was the collection taken
6aA Senior Antonio Valdez, erstwhile
nePitching star, but now perform
wawith the Collegians, in the First
toe Of, the series here. The score
Ing in accord-10 to 0 for the Pals.
Slight pitching by Mr.. Red Craig
perplexed Mr. Bluie's athletes; only
once did he permit safe blow that
that by Mr.. CLANCY, the Collegians'
sprightly backatepper, with the cho-
rus legs. Independent of Mr.. Chan
cy's CLANCY blow one other ball was
bumped intosthe outfield, but not
quite in safe territory. Mr.. Chaplin
polled a rather tau thin one to Mr..
Quinn in right, Mr. Quinn disposing
of 1t with agility and sang froid.
Visioning the possible scantiness of
opportunity to score Mr., Chaplin
pulled daring stunt in the third aft I
err he had been passed and had reach
ed third on two infield outs. Strip
ping down to the thin veneer Of one
cotton undershirt Mr.. Chaplin carried
little weight when he planned his
daring dash for home. 1t was a for
torn hope and well did the sterling
athlete know it. The waiting multi
tude seemed to sense the impending.
The great MIR. Chaplin stood with d.
lated nostrils and tense muscles. His
eyes flashed. His fists clinched. He
dug his toes in the emerald sward, if
there was any near the third bag. He
spat upon his digits, and, as Mr.. Red !,
took long windup, he was off to
flying start. For a moment the
stands were breathless. Would he
make it? Would he outwing the fly
ing sphere HURTING through space
into Senior Larzos pad? Would he,
oh, would he? Nav!
AS the daring Mr. Chaplin flashed
along the home stretch he was seen
to weaken, to slow down the imper-
ceptible fraction of an inch per sec
ond, and just before he made his fin
al squirt the old pill thudded into the
open arms Of the famous Castillian, I
who tagged the great runner on the
big toe. Afterwards it was learned
that Mr.. Chaplin had set his ankle
pins back too far, making his heels
too digging. Tough luck.
Cally Prizes I'll Open.
Two perfectly good hits wasted in
the first two rounds it seemed that
Did Joe JinX was still hanging
but after Mr.. Callahan had
busted his first one the old cuss beat
It for the showers. Craig, first up,
nit slashing single to center. Thorn
rs put him down and Cally slapped
one over the parapet, scoring Red
ahead of him.
In the fifth the Pals opened up on
Valdez. With two down, Thomas
bounced one off Villariho's glove at
second and Callahan hit his second
homer. Kowalski doubled to right n
enter and Robinson hit single to I
he same place., scoring Kowalski. :
luinn's single sent Robinson to third II
rom where he scored when Villarino S
mored on Peters grounder. Quinn "
vas caught stealing. +
In the sixth Larzo opened with Il
ouble down the third base line and
vent to third when Villariho booted
lOnzalez's grounder Thomas dou- r
led to left, scoring both runners. D
'homas stole third and came home r
n Chaplin's error on t.alIahan's P
rounder -
In the eighth Gonzalez was given =
fe on Chaplin's bad throw to first. II
raig hit slow one to short and v
haplin tried to catch Gonzalez, but Y
as too slow Thomas flew out to r