Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-08
LEGION TEAMS COP
DOUBLE VICTORY At.
ARM0RY LAST EVE.
LEGION NINE DEFEATS STRONG
oGLES5Y TEAM, rs TO 7 IN CUR
TAIN RAISER. HlTTER'S Tos.
sERs COP RETURN BATTLE
WITH LA SALE EAGLES 81 to %.

American Legion teams scored q
triumphant double victory last night
when Manager r. c. Woodward's in.
door baseball club trounced the much
touted Oglesby Tigers lG to z in the
curtain raiser of very interesting
card at the Armory and when Hitters
legion basketball tossers won a re-.
turn game from the La Sale Eagles
81 to %. The games although both
were easy for the Ottawa clubs were
very interesting. The usual host of
rams including number from Oglesby
and La Sale who accompanied the in
yading teams to this city. attended the
card and were very much pleased with
the battles.
Indoor Game.
WoodWards band of mahogany wiel.
ders and the Oglesby Tigers put on
the first skirmish of the evening. Up
until last evening Ottawa devotees of
the great indoor pastime were of the
opinion that the Tigers were in rather
an unbeatable class and that Ottawa's
nine would have tough time with
them. However, today their opinions
are much changed and the fact thar
Woodward is the manager of one of
the fastest indoor teams ever organ.
lied around this neck of the woods
occupies their thoughts.
Tigers First To Score.
In the first inning it looked as tho
the Tigers were going 10 live UP to
their reputation, when they clouted
Cliff Hodgins for three clean hits,
scoring three runs. Woods was first {
up and sent single through the in
field. However Tadsher was thrown
out at the initial sack and Macchi
singled scoring Woods. c. Macchi
followed and struck out while j. Tau.
sher singled into the outfeld scoring
r. Macchi. Taucher scored on pas.
sed ball, Lindsay flied out to Hennes. |
sey. {
The three runs in the first frame
by the Bengals didn't seem to phase t
the Woodward gang at all because =
they came back just as strong altho II
they only scored TWO runs. "Jerkey" Il
Fiesel was the first man to the stick r.
for the Ottawa club and he took three
healthy swings at the old pill How. g
ever big Dan Riordan connected with l.
one of Tausher's bender and sent it 9
sailing for a single Morrell struck p
out while Hulse doubled scoring Rior.
dan. Two consecutive errors on the G
part of Gallo and Woods allowed Hulse /,
10 score while Buckner also struck o.
1ut.
In the next frame both teams were fr
leld without a score and things be- tr
IAN to brighten up little for Wood Ia
Yards gang. Fans became uneasy as m
9th teams were retired in a jiffy.
lfter that it was curtains for the or
tigers. Woodwards men frightened hi
p and Hodgin started to send them n,
cross the pan in fashion which
azzled his opponents. re
In the third frame of the game ~,
Tausher was slammed for four clean
Its and the service lads succeeded n
n gathering six runs, jumping into o,
he lead by four point margin Dan n
ti0rdan started things a poppin' a,
When he connected with the first pitch n
d ball of Tausher in that inning, 10
ending it out into the poppy fields HI
or the only home run of the game. 40
Ifter that the Ottawans hit the pill IN
t will and together with the errors -,
n the part of the Oglesby players ~
hey succeeded in gathering their
unch OF runs. Oglesby was held r.,
'ithout a score. ~
In the following frame the legion
len repeated their performance of
he inning before. Five more runs
rere scored by them. Taucher was -
damned for five more hits and was ~
ent to the showers, being relieved by
fellow named Yates. The game was n
ION right then and there although
he fans nor the players knew it at
hat time.
Yates then toed the mound, stepped
1to the box and only allowed tha ~