The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-05
MINUTE men TRIMMED
BY EAGLES; KNIGHT
AND HAWEKOTTE STAR
Bv r. r. REID

by n. n. hEiO
After Rus" Hawekotte had deliv- |
cred the Eagles out of terrible sit
uation in the ninth inning of Mondays
game with the Connersville Minute
Men, Claude knight delivered with a
terrific two base hit. and sent Don
Byrkett home with the winning run,
making the score 2 to 1.
Franz threw the game away when
he made a Wild throw past third base
in an effort to get Byrkett. Byrkett
caused considerable agony on the part
of the fans when he failed to grasp
the situation. He arose from his slide
into the bag, began to brush his
clothes off, when it suddenly dawned
on him that he was wanted at the
home plate The Eagle first sacker
looked like he had the wings of mer-
curry when he hit the trail for home,
for he previously had been tagged out
at the plate on a close play. His
speed was not needed, however, as the
overthrow was a bad one and the
run was across before the Minute-Men
third basemen could recover the ball.
1t Was Real Baseball.
Such games of baseball are seldom
" seen in this city Fans were loud
in their praise of the victorious
Eagles, and they were more than jul
bilant with the prospect of some real
exhibitions of the national pastime
in the future.
Consideration was shown for the
entire team in it's big fight to down
the fast travelling Minute-Men team,
representing the organization which ID
does, which supports a ball club to
the limit Not only does Hawekotte
deserve credit for pitching the Eagles
out of hole after hole, but Knight, Lo-
gan and the entire roster now hold the
deepest respect of the fans.
Schwartz Singles.
The first inning was a bad one for
the Eagles, or Hawekotte would have
shut-out the Connersville aggregation.
After Hart had been thrown out, Lo-
gan to Byrkett, Creager was safe
when Byrkett dropped Henges' throw,
which was bit high. The runner
made a clean steal. Franz flied out
to Byrkett, but Schwartz singled to
right, scoring Creager. Fitzgibbons'
throw to the plate was missed by HUB
bard and the run was in.
Both teams went out in order for
the next three rounds. In the fourth
frame, Hawekotte put all'he had into
his hurting and famed three straight
batters. Schwartz, who drove IN the
tally Tor Connersville was the first
victim. George and Herman then fol-
lowed.
Visitors Threaten
Michaels led off in the fifth for the
Minute Men, arriving safe at first on
an error by Henges. He was thrown
out by Hubbard in an attempt to steal
second. Peters doubled, Hays famed
and Hart fled-out to left. Thus, Have
kotte got himself out of bad hole.
In the Eagle half of the fifth frame,
Knight led off with a single to right,
but he was picked off first base by
Hayes with lightning throw. This
proved to be q misplay in one way and
in another not so bad. J. Logan was
up to sacrifice him along to second on
one and reached third base easily.
Fubanks was ordered to bunt on his
second strike, but he failed. Logan
then told Eubanks to hit one hard on
the ground. which the latter did and
the former beat the throw to the
plate. Things were more comfortable
with the score tied.
Hawekotte Tightens
ConnersviIle threatened to score one
or more runs in their half of the ninth,
but the stellar twirling of Hawekotte
held them scoreless. Schwartz led
off with the third of his hits into right
field territory. George sacrificed him
along. Herman walked but Peters hit
to MINER who threw Herman out at
second Peters. who had hit safely in
the fifth, grounded to Hawekotte who
made it an easy out.
Then in the ninth, the fans started
to root for a rally, and their desire
was fulfilled Henges grounded to
short and was out at first. MinneT
flied-out TO Hart, who made a bare
hand catch of the stars bid for hit
This almost took the heart out of the
situation. but Byrkett was safe after
HAYS had muffed his roller down the
right line. The fans cried for knight
TO smash the ball He failed in his
first attempt, but the second raised the
ball Just the right height over short
into left, good for two bases. Byrkett
went on TO third, then made home with
the winning tally after Franz had made
a bad throw to third.
Cambridge City Grays play at Exhi
bition park against the Eagles mex
Sunday and the Eagles declare thai
they can trim the visitors.