The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-06-23
Standing OF Clubs
CAMBRIDGE WINS
Home Boys Play Big Part In Win
ming Game. Large scores run
Up BY Winners.

1t was glorious, great, wonderful
marvellous, superb, magnificent and
everything else, that means AL TO
the mustard" The way those Cam
bridge boys shook their old wal
club was caution to pitchers all
over the circuit. Base hits literally
-ained all over the diamond. The
ONLY pity is that the awakening could
net have taken place in Cambridge,
SO that our local KNOCKERS" migth
b" surprised.
The Laurel fans were glum, when
Two out in the first inning, the
yourig men be-stirred themselves
and waved their wands majesticaily.
sending seven counters across the
plate, two big, juicy homeruns play
ing the biggest part in the scoring.
Our own local boys played big
par: in winning this ball game,
Jake" Flowers was world-beater
at short, while Johnny" Clayton
went to the mound and held the
Blue Hens" safe after the first in
inning.
Bush" Wright started the game
or Cambridge, and retired the first
two to face Lin Armstrong and
Flowers making dandy stops. Hitch
cock, who had hit to Flowers, who
threw the second runner AT second,
was on first, when Grassick was hit
by q pitched ball. Slaughter then
sent long drive over center field
scoring all before him. Doremua
followed with hit straight down
the lefr field line. and Manager
Armstrong called Clayton to the
mound. After walking the tirsE
batter, Clayton famed the next. and
from then on, his opponents were
i-heid safe. =. -.
TT he-r5aI lnbrid e.e team looked fike9'
tfesss: :paFt 2 eflIff, Playing Wit -hthe
spirit. the dash and pepper exhibited
on the field yesterday, there is not a
club in the league to compare with
them. Not only did they hir the
bail on the nose, but fielding spark
lers were plentiful.
Bob" Brown probably made the
most spectacular catch of the day,
when he backed up against right
field fence and caught pincn-hitter
Jones long fly with one hand. ARM
strong stopped a Lot one in the first
inning, but Folwars was. the star Of
the infeld. He snapped ona- up in
the first. and again in the eighth,
when he robbed Doremus of hit,
Dolan on the short first-hop. Doc"
was on the job, however, and grabb-
ed the ball, completing a beautiful
and hair-raisinS play. '..
By taking glance at the box
score you can see how the boys hit
the. old pill. better than You can he
told. Manager Armstrong lead in
the quantity OF safe blows, with four
to his credit, but Flowers with two
homer. ard double marked up to
HIM, leads the heavy artillery.
Wright, who is credited with only
one time al bat, made that time
count for a four ply wallop for him.
Homo runs accounted for ten Of
the Cambridge runs. Nine runs
er& alone. His home run in the
were scored by the efforts Of Flow
first scored himself and two others,
his double in the fifth drove in two,
his second homer in the ninth. came
with the bases filled and brought
over four mere counters.
This game was q revelation to the
few Cambridge fans who saw it.
They had not been looking for any
such explosion. The thing thew are
hoping for now. is that the losing
streak is broken and the team i /; on
the winning Path. Perhaps it is tool
early Yet to think of first place, but
i''st a couple oil wins vii put Cam
bride'- ~ there on ar even f.oting
With q he\ Ast of them. Then watch
HI: ::llnke! The score.