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FLEMING WILD AS LOCALS ARE WHIPPED, 10-2By FRED SLATER(Times Sports Writer)Hammond's Her chants, the 2 oca entry in the Northern Indiana Base' hall league, yesterday tost In a non-league tilt with the powerfu Berghoff nine from Gary at Turaei Field.For four innings It seemed tha-the Merchants would stretch theii late winning streak to four straight but then one sorrowful htppeninf after another, such as four costl] errors, a pitcher's wildness, fall, ure to hit m ike pinches, and others contributed laTgely In affixing at ignominous 10*2 defeat on the localsAnyhow, tho setback permlttei the Merchants to rid themselves cl a lot of bad baseball before the} again perform m their official capacity of a league member. Thej will cupose the Valparaiso entry a: the latter'a home Sunday and a victory will send them home In a tie for the league lead. Right now Chesterton is setting the pace witl eight wins against three losses, bur Hammond is only a game out oi first place with s seven to foui status.PLAT HERE THURSDAYLocal fans will get their n«xl glimpse of the squad when the popular House of David nine, witl their usual array of bearded stars. Invade Turner Field next Thursday for a twilight tussle with the MerchantsFor awhile yesterday, it looked as though the Merchants were tc '■ achieve revenge for a tough 7-fi re-verse handed them by these same Berghoffs on June 7. They -expert* enced no particular difficulty in solving the delayed offerings of Lefty Myers, Gary twirier, except when runners were on all the bases. Three times In the first four Innings they loaded the sacks anl could score only twice, once In he second and again In the fourth Exactly eleven Merchants were left on the bases.FLEMING WILTSThe heat got to Flemfrtg In the fifth and the Hammond star promptly displayed traces of wildness. This is how the winning runs were scored in the fifth on only one hit. Massa reached first when Fleming kicked his bunt and went to second on a passed ball Magrettl popped to Dotllch and Myers sacrificed Then McGuire, Watson and Sum worked the weakening Fleming far passes to force in a run, and leaving the bases loaded, J. Myers was hit by a pitched ball forcing in the second tally of the inning _ and Watson's single to deep short, the only hit of the inning, scored the third run. Sum was caught at the plate In an atempted steal of home to retire the sideGary scored again in the sixth on a single by S. Myers and a double to left by the pitcher, and then marked up three more in the seventh on four bits. White relieved Fleming in this frame and then yielded a pair of scores himself in the eighth. Umpire Collins then stopped the drawn out slaughter at the end of the eighth wl'en darkness intervened. The box score;Hammond—-R HKoehis, 2b 0 1Martin, 3b 0 1 Mettler, ss 0 Blaemire, c 0 1 Shabi, rf 11Gary—McGuire, 2b 3 1 M W’son, 2b 3 3 F. Sum, cl 0 1 J. Mycis, ss 1 1 F. Wsoii, rf l 2Damscak, If 0 liS Myers, if 1 1Huston, cf 0 0 Masse, lb 11Dotlich. lb 0 OMagnetti. c 0 0Fleming p 1 llL Myers, p 0 lWhite, c-p 0 1|Wente, c 9 0Total ... 2 71 Total Scoro by innings-Berghoffs ..........001 031 32—16Merchants .....019 100 00— 2Errors—(Martin, Mettler, Danis -cak. Fleming; M. Watson, J. Myers, F. Watson, Massa. Two Base Hits— Daniscak, L Myers. Three Base Hits—Shabi. Fleming. Home Run— M Watson. Struck Out—L. Myers 4, Fleming 3. White 1. Bases on Balls —L. Myeis 6. Fleming S. Losing Pitcher—Fleming,
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Hammond Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Fri, Jul 20, 1934
Page 87
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