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JAY BURNETT BESTSJASPER ANKENEY INHURLING ARGUMENTFormer Mate SolvedFor 4 To 2 Win AtWashington ParkAJasper Ankeney. former hurler for the Xenia Merchants, pitching , for the City Service Oil Co. nine, of Dayton, was unequal to the task of beating his one-time teammates Sunday afternoon on the Washing ton Park diamond.Jay Fhirnett had the better of a mound argument with Ankeney, and the Merchants triumphed, 4 to 2.Ankeney struck out nine hatters i' and must have done his best to puthis pitching rival out of business, for he twice hit Jay with pitchedballs.Fanning seven batters. Burnett parted with only eight hits while Xenia team combed Jasper fornine safe drives.The Merchants got away to a onerun lead in the first stanza when Lee Ruse doubled after two were out and came home on wildpitches. Dayton drew up on even terms in the second when J Wentz hit a two-bagger. B Wentz walked and Third Baseman Clark threw wildly to second in attempting a force play on N’olfe’s grounder. J. Wentz scored, but Rurnett boredown and picked off the next twobatsmen on strikes.Johnson’s single, his theft of seo-! end, and a one bagger contributed by Pete Blake chased another Merchant tally over the plate In the third. In the fifth Xenia scored again on successive hits by Ruse and Pete Blake, and a passed ball which permitted the former toscore. The fourth and last Xeniarun in the eighth was the result.;I of a single by Dick Murrell, a hitbatsman, force out and a scratch hit by Snell, who is more arcus tomed to playing softball for An derson’s Abattoirs. !Burnett weathered a trying situation in the sixth inning whenDayton tallied its second and finalrun. Scarpeill was safe on an er ror hv p, Blake and Rlemingersingled. The next two hatters popped out, hut J, Wentz delivered another single and Scarpeill scored B, Wentz drew a pass, filling thebases, but Jay again put something extra on the ball and struck out the next batter.Two hit* were wasted by the Dayton nine 1n the fifth, owing toan intricate double play executed 1 by the Merchants. Nolfe singled, Meyers fanned and when Ankeney ! also singled to right, the hall elud ] ed Jolley. The outfielder retrieved it and threw to Pete Blake, whose 1relay to the plate cut down Nolfe. lt;Meanwhile, Ankeney had rounded » second and was trapped between lt;tossed to Clark, who threw to Tom? second and third, Catcher Murrell lt;Blake, and Ankeney was tagged lt;out. ' 1The visiting team played error * ,les* ball in the field. J. Wentz,,I center fielder, got three of Day- ; I ton's eight hits, one a double. 11 Ruse, P. Blake and Murrell each * hit safely twice for the Merchants Ruse had a field day at shortsop. : accepting ten chances without aslip The Merchants also swiped | five bases.— ■ .......... m — . mDEFEAT OLU MATEDayton AB R H PO A ERleminger, If Cunningham,Stagg, 2b* * * «4I0§41#1040110011400110400ft00fwV411100I•010003010104019104011I0n10010ft -A—ytals .........14 2 8 24 7 0AB R H PO A Eison. If ..... 4 1110ft(lake, 2b .... 4 0 0 2 0 fts, ss ....... 4 2 2 4 8 0Hake, lb .... 4 0 2 8 1 1 «lurrell, c ... 4 0 2 7 1 0 |tett, p ...... 2 1 1 2 2 0 Ik, 1b ...... 2 0 ft 1 1 1 I, cf 40 1 0 0 0 by. rf ..4 0 0 1 1 0 lt;*****tals .......12 4 9 27 14 2I by innings:on ............010 001 000 2f*nla .............101 010 Olx 4Two-base hits—-Ruse, J Wentz „ haets—Johnson, Snell, P.*, Burnett, Clark .Sacrifice hit rk Double play—Jolley to P.» to D. Murrell to Clark to T g * I.*ft on base*--Xenia, 8;■ „ mt . —. ra. w -Dayton. 7. Struck out —by Ankeney by Burnett, 7. Base on balls- -off Ankeney, I. Hit by pitcher by NAnkeney i Burnett 2). Passed balls 1 - Meyers, 2. Wild pitches — An lt;vJD14
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Xenia Evening Gazette
Xenia, Ohio, US
Mon, Aug 08, 1932
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