The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-05
CONNERSvILLE Nine,
BACKED BY 100 FANS,
HANDS EAGLES DEFEAT


100 loyal fans, defeated the Richmond
Eagles at Exhibition park Sunday aft
ernoon, scoring four runs in the third
inning, three in the eighth and one in
the ninth, while Richmond was touch
ing Frantz, Connersville's pitcher, for
three hits in the month inning for three
runs thus avoiding shut-out
Final Score Was TO 3
Although Farrell, the Minute Mems
star pitcher, did not accompany the
crock ConnersVille team to Richmond,
Frantz filed the bill unusually well
and the result was that the Eagles
could garner but eight hits off his
hurting. FrantZ cracked out two hits
along with his excellent pitching
The sides were retired in order for
the first two innings, but the fatal
third proved the hard luck inning
for Harmon
Thompson opened the third inning
with grounder to Reddinghaus, who
made good the throw TO first. Hart
reached first on an error by Clements,
Miller hit a safety to left field and
Mckinney elouted out a two-bagger,
scoring Hart and Miller. Franz reached
first by another error by Clements.
Mckinney and Franz scored on RiIey's
fly over short. Hemphill hit into
double play for the side-retiring outs,
Minner to Clements to Byrkett.
Score In Eighth
Both teams stepped along on fairly
even terms during the next few min
utes, but in the eighth frame Con-
nersville solved Harmons offerings
again and pounded out three hits,
coupled with a base on balls and
scored three more runs. Franz was
safe on first by popping a fly over
short. Riley dropped one over the
Miller-Kemper sign in left field, which
went for home run, only after a heat
ed argument. Hemphill struck out.
Herman was safe on first after rolling
a neasy one to Harmon, which was
too slow to handle. Hemphill was out
stealing. Hubbard, Eagle catcher, had
the ball in Clements hands waiting
for the runner.
Maynard drew base on balls, went
to second on Thompson's grounder to
scored on tHart's two-bagger to lef
scored on Hats two-bagger to left
field He died" on second base, fol-
lowing Miller's strike-out.
Only three Richmond batters were
struck-out by the good hurting of
Frantz, but he kept their hits we'll
scattered and received excellent sup.
port. In several innings, the Eagles
failed to bat the ball out of the in
field.
But two Connersville runners at
tempted to pilfer base. These were
vanquished by the throws made by
Hubbard, who had the ball in the
hands of Clements, Eagle second base
man, waiting for the runner to adj
vance each time.
Frantz Heady Player.
Frantz, the little hurler for the
Minute-men, probably was the most
heady player on the field. Twice he
lobbed the ball over the pan for a
strike while an Eagle batter was
sleeping He returned the ball SO
quickly that the batter never had a
chance to see the ball, let alone strike
at it.
This same hurler also pulled an
eye-opener in the ninth inning, when
he stole home, following a catch of a
foul fly by the Eagle catcher. Harmon
should have covered home, instead
the brainy Connersville hurler came
y romping to the plate with nobody mo-
testing him, Immediately following the
catch made by Catcher Hubbard. The
fly drew Hubbard to the left field
fence. Frantz was standing on the
bag at third base at the time of the
catch. therefore his run was fair.
Richmond pulled one good doubl,
play in the third inning, Minner te
Clements to Byrkett. 1t was speedy
an deserved to tighten the situation
Another famous boner was pulled IL
the Sunday game. Frantz grounded te
d Byrkett, drawing the Eagle first base
man off first base fully 20 feet. No
body covered the base. Bvrkett wa
unable to get back to his position
with the ball. Frantz was safe. Har
mon arrived in time to scare up tbs
dust but he and Byrkett both arrived
too late to get the clever Minute-Me1
hurler.
Rally in Ninth.
The Eagle rally in the ninth wa
going too good to be true. Byrket
was safe on first by an error on TIL
center fielder. Clements advances
him to second by a single to left field
Eubanks popped to the second base
man for the first out MINER ground
ed TO Maynard, who muffed it, an
Byrkett and Clements came rompin
home. Hubbard got Texas league
over short, which scored Minner. )
Logan batted for Harmon, but the bes
which could be done was a grounde
IN MAYNARD at short which resulted i
double-play.
The largest crowd of the season wi
messed the game. The Eagles are sla
ed to meet the Connersville team a
the latter city next Sunday.