Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-08
BASEBALL
BOWLING
TENNIS

Douglas turned on the Fort Bayard
Veterans for the second time in three
days Sunday afternoon and winning
by the decisive score of to 4, cap
tured the series and sent the visitors
scuttling back to second place.
The game Sunday was well-played
from every. angle and interesting
throughout, although the four-run
bombardment which the Blues made
on Althaus in the first frame prac-
tically decided the contest right there,
Gomez was in good form and al
though touched for nine hits, had
things all his own way except for the
sixth inning.
Once again, local fans were inn
pressed with the fact that when q
good pitcher is on the mound for the
Blues, they can pretty generally win
the ball game Also it was quite
evident Sunday that when the locals
want to play they can, for they took
a nice lead in the first, held it
throughout and pounded out ii nice,
clean hits Fort Bayard seemed a
trifle weary after the four-run lead
the Blues turned in and both Gandil
and O'Connell had light days at the.
bat. The best playing for the Vets
was done by Manager Roy Johnson
who took the mound when Althans
was blowing up to the skies in the
fifth and hurled the remainder of the
game in excellent style, holding the
Blues to one hit.
Althaus was no puzzle to, the Blues
and they started right off in the first
stanza to nick him good and plenty.
He managed to squeeze along until
the fifth, however, but met his down
fall then when the locals walloped
his offerings for a trio of markers
Storey showed up we'll at the bat
Sunday and hammered out both a
double and a triple, while Chester
continued his heavy batting with
three nice singles out of four at
tenpts.
Storey sent the local fans into an
uproar in the first when he clouted
a double. Lindsay followed with
single and Storey dashed down to.
third Things were looking bad for
Althaus and he grooved one for Buci0
who hammered it for another single
and Storey came across with the first
run. Had things stopped here, the
but "Prince" Hal laid his bat against
one of AIthaus' speedy shoots and be-.
fore O'Conne1l, in center for the Vets
and Cohen in right quite knew what
had happened, the old ball travelled
into center over Jinlmys head and
rolled to the fence, Chase dashed
around the bases at a 1O0-yard clip
with Lindsay and Weaver ahead Of
him. The scorers checked him up
with homer and gave the Blues four
runs.
Chester Arefused to be left out Of
the fun and singled, but the damage
was done and Althaus, tightening up
bit, managed to get the next three
men.
Things looked bad for the Blues in
the third when a single, base on
balls and a hit batsman filled the
bases with none out. Gomez tight
ened up, however, and with the aid
of some excellent fielding, pulled out
of the tight hole with only one run
for the Vets, Menaor coming in on a.
sacrifice fly to left by Shannon
The Blues nearly cap1e back in the
fourth and with Chesters single, an
other one base smash by Pereya and
a walk for Griffith filled the bases
with but one down. Gomez cracked
the ball to Menaor who doubled Co
mez and Griffith, ending the Blues
hopes.
This temporary setback did not dis
courage the locals for they pouEccd
on Althaus again in the fifth ami
drove him to the dugout. Storey
opened with a triple and Lindsay fol- !
lowed with another, bringing Storeyl
home. Weaver came through within
his second single and Lindsay tailed. |
Chase went out, Weaver taking sec
ond on the play and then Buck came
home on Chester's single, giving theI
locals three more scores. Herbstreith
and Pereya ended the frame with outs.
Fort Bayard made their final bid
for honors in the sixth when Shan
non singled and came home on Gan
dil's ripping double. Chick scored on