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mm smash CINCHES VICTORY BY 4 TO 0 SCOREFans Get Big Thrill Out of Peppe r Game*'—Oshkosh Indians Held to Three SinglesNever once obhged to “:um on the steam/ the House of David baseball team bad a playfesz Friday *- the local ball park, adaiizuszering a 4-0 whitewash zo the Oshkosh In-di?_ns in a twilight game.Oshkosh never had a chance to because the visuors were juat “too good.”Dacus. said :o be the property of the Detroit Tigers. was on the sncund for the bearded :eam. and. be limited Oshkosh to three hits, only om of which was a clear-cut drive.Oshkosh players admiringly ad-nn'ted that the lanky hurler for the visitors had everything—fast ones, r.oaters, curves, all served up with the same sort of motion. One time the ball would just whiz across the* pan, and the nest pitch would be sc :e a singly slow that it was almost possible to read the printing on the ball cover. ;The House of David team provided all the excitement and entertain-: rr.ent for the fans, and as crowd pleasers'* the visitors bad the world teat.PEPPER GAME PLEASESEefore game time. Harrison. Williams and Deal pur on the -pepper £ztpa in front Qt the stand- Juggling: the ball back and forth between them, they had the fans in an uproar of approval. In short, the ■ * pepper game” was all it was advertised to bel and it was something ihst fans around here have not seen for a Johg. long time.The visitors scored a run in the firs: mum. on a walk and two sin-: g!es. and the game went along 1-0 for four innings. There were inklings : of hope that Oshkosh might bust ■ loose with a score or two. but that never happened.The dynamite of the visitors ex-: picded with a purpose only once, sr.d that was in the fifth inning when Fin: on. clean-up hitter.1 smacked a home run into left field . with two on.It was the longest hit. made in the 1 local park this season, and veteran; fans were trying to recall what. other hits, if any. Traveled like tha;. one did. Zinth. Oshkosh left fielder.; craned his neck to watch the pellet; streak by. high overhead, and then' he did a -sprint crying to catch up ' with the ball as it rolled towards the fence :THROWS LIKE LIGHTNING 1Brannon, the House of David! shortstop. was plenty sweet as a ; p’ayer. His ' pegs across the dia- J mond' to first were with bullet speed. * in tune to catch the runners who. appesred to be “almost there*’ by the | t:me he started his pee.Xu- the later innings, the. visitors' downed a little bit. Deal. :he club comedian, whacked a ground ball in J the ninth, and astonished everybody . hv rlashins: toward third bas*.
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Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Jul 21, 1934
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Michael W.
NA, 28 Jul 2023
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