Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-07-19
POOR HITTING
CAUSES LOCALS
LOSE z GAMES
BRILLIANT MOUND WORK
NOT BACKED UP AT BAT
WIN TWO, LOSE TWO.
Dodgers Split Even With stoughtOn.

Dodgers Split Even With StoughtOn.
Jimmy Dodge and Steve" Orig
gett were the features of a ten inning
battle between Lancaster and Slough
ton at Mineral Point on Tuesday.
Dodge pitched a wonderful game, his
best of the season. Two hits, both on
the scratch order, were all the Dodger
pilot allowed the heavy hitting
StOughton crew Breckenridge, the
Stoughton leader, got credit for a
blow on an infield scratch and Hollo-
way, Beloit Fairies second baseman,
who was on the Stoughton pay roll
for the day, connected for a huky one
just out of Van Roofs reach. BUS
ter" Keene, Lathrop and Falk Slough
toms 300 hitters, went hitless for the
day and Murphy, Fairies catcher,
was in the same boat.
Murphy gave Driggett a chance to
shine in the seventh when he hit one
on line to right field which Steve
pulled down with a leaping catch. The
little fellow went three feet in the air
after the ball and probably saved the
game right there. Driggett made his
main contribution to the thrills in the
tenth when he won the game by a
piece of daring base running. Steve
opened the inning with single down
the third base line. Schacht advanced
him with a sacrifice. Otis hit one be-
tween first and second. With left
hand hitter up it would seem that
Keene should have covered the bag
and left the play to Holloway but
Buster" went after the ball and when
no one covered the bag the big first
h. No II i'm
self. The play was close and Keene
and Otis both slid into first. Driggett
was we'll on his way to third when the
ball was hit and when he saw Keene
making the play unassisted he kept
right on for the plate. Keene's throw
was not too good, couldn't be from the
position he was in, and "Steve" slid
in safely with the only score OF the
game. 1t was swell piece OF base
running and a great finish to a great
game.
Lathrop was just a shade behind
Dodge in pitching. The Dodgers col
lected five hits but the big fellow kept
them we'll scattered and was in
danger only twice before the tenth.
Bill had able assistance from Murphy,
the Beloit Fairies catch, who is in a
class with Wagner.
Stoughton threatened first in the
third when Dodge walked Bromley
and Spies. Breckenridge advanced
both runners with a sacrifice. Dodge
set Meinert down on strikes and
Keene came up to knock the ball out
of the lot but rolled one to Van Roo
instead and Bromley and Spies died
on the sacks.
LoI ~ fnIIpth Van Roo
cot the first hit of the game. Kappel
moved Van up with neat sacrifice.
Elliott hit long fly to right and Van
stole third after the catch. Lathrop
famed Schultz for the third out. In
the fifth Schacht singled with one
down and O&s come through with
another single. Both runners moved
I'D notch on Dodge's fly to Brecken-
ridge but Lathrop put on the brakes
by tanning Bell After this it was
one. two, three, except in the eighth.
With one down Dodge singled over
second in the eighth but was forced at
second on Bells rap to Spies.
Stoughton's seventh looked a bit
bad but nothing came of it. Driggett
spoiled Murphy's chance to win the
rame when he made the catch refer
(.
1iott's error. Bromley hit to Dodge
and Falk was forced at second. Ell
Iiott's throw to complete a double
killing went to the stands and Brom-
lev took second but Spies was an easy
out. Dodge to Schultz. In the eighth
Breckenridge scratched a hit to short
and advanced on Meinert's sacrlhce'
Van Roo tossed Keene out at first
breckenridge taking third on the play
Holloway hit to Van Roo and was an
easy out at first.
Our tenth was the big noise as re-
lated above. Stoughton showed in two
pinch hitters in their half but Dodge
was too tough. Andrews, hitting fol
Spies, was retired on three pltcneu
balls. Breckenridge famed on three
more. Harrop hit one in front OF the
plate and Otis got him at first to end
the battle.
The score: