Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-15
Ninth INNING i.
RALLY WINS
Webster City Team Comes
From Behind and Ties
COunt.-Wins in
Tenth.
FINAL SCORE S TO 4
Johnson, Pitching for Web
ster City, Hurls Good
! Game.

After passing up several promising
opportunities to score. OccaSiOncd by
the wildncSS of Mr.. Johns, the Webster
City team fell upon the visiting pitcher
heavily in the ninth inning Yesterday.
tied tie score and then. in the tenth
registered another run beating Schultz
team. of Fort Dodge. ) to /, in the
opening game of the season at River
side park in this city yesterday after
noon.
The exhibition drew fair-sizcd
crowd Some of these, who left after
the seventh inning, IA hard-luck period
for the home team, missed ont on the
ball game.
The home team demonstrated its
ability to fight until the last man was
out and clalked up IL victory that was
wrll-earncd.
Johns Was Wild. 4
Pitcher Johns, of Fort Dodge. had
rather fortunate afternoon. With
an even dozen bases OH balls on his ac-
count. he had held the locals scoreless
for eight innings. partly because he
frightened in the pinchcs and partly
through capable assistance OH the part
of his support. In the third and fifth
innings Webster City filled the bases
with nobody out and in the first, fourth
and eighth, got men on third. only TO
have the attempt wither scOrclcss. 1t
was largely his wildness which caused
the blow-,p in the ninth, rs JOhnson's
two base blow with the bases full was
the only hit recorded by Webster City
in that period.
Johnson, who threw for Webster City
al! afternoon with his left hand, allow
ed six hits and walked four men.
Umpire Burton. whose adjudication
during the first few innings was dis
tasteful to Lisy. Fort Dodge manager.
was removed to make way for Baker
and the afternoon passed quietly until
the barragc was let down in the ninth,
when LSy booked another complaint
but without success.
Fort Dodge earned one in the second
when Hindley hit to right and scored
OF Johns three base hit to the same
garden. These two hits were the only
ones recorded for the visitors until the
seventh.
The Seventh Inning.
Turner opened this chapter with a
single to left. Anderson hit through
second base territory while Pcyton had
gone 10 the bag to stop Turner's steal
Johns lived OH COrbin's error, which
allowed Turner to score. but the Web
ster CITY third baseman redeemed the
bohbr when he took OlmSfead $
srounder and forced Anderson ut thlrd.
Fox got Il ,iinkv hit past first. filling
the bases. LSy flew out to Black
whose return peg went a-mnck ana
everybody scored while the intic!d was
ciucking the ball around. Sawyer
famed and the misery was over.
Webster City Gets Four.
Johns ftOundcrcd in the ninth. walk
ing f. latham and Corbin to start the
inning He frightened and famed Pep
per bat walked Moose, examining the
bases. f. latham lusged i'll the first
home tally ON Blacks sacrifice fly to
Sawyer and Corhin came in when on-
stead threw bad 10 first TO catch Wood
all. Johns hit Linahan. filling the
sacks again and johnson rendered il
two base hit to right, scoring Moose
and Woodall Pcytun hit 10 Olmstcad
and was ont at first.
Fort Dodge Tries.
With one ont. Sawyer hit safe to LETT
in the Fort Dodge half of the tenth
hut was caught at second 10y +. Tat
hams perfect peg when hc tricd 10
stretch the blow to Il double. That was
the extent of the Fort Dodge threat III
that session.
In the Webster City half, L. latham,
who had opened the rally in the n'h'l.
donated Il single to center. lie went
to second on Curbim's sacrifice ana rode
home ON Peppers hit to the fence III
right center for two bases. Although
Pepper mate the circuit OF The bases.
the scoring rules allow him only as
many bases on his hit as he advanced
the man who brought in the winning