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then, 2; E. Tucker, j; O'Grady, 1; Miller, 1; Koenig, 3; Skarbuez, 1. Umpires—Joe and “Dutch” Blair.Coming Home GamesAkron plays itte next Tri-State League game here “With the Remsen Hawks this (Thursday) evening, and its next home game (non-league) with Aurelia next Wednesday evening, June 14.AKRON DEFEATS KINGSLEY IN ONE-SIDED CONTESTrA game scheduled here .last Thursday evening between the Kingsley and Akron baseball teams did not materialize on accbunt of a downpour of rain at about the usual game starting time, A small crowd of hopeful fans was in the stands and both ball teams were on hand, but a light drizzle soon developed into a thunderstorm and they had to call the whole thing off. However, the managers of the clubs got together and arranged to play here the following evening (Friday). Upon this occasion the weather supervisor was more kindly. The previous night’s rain had been just right to put the diamond in goodn ~ 1 ta i playing condition. The air was a tri-Connors and Froats were erased “ J * ■ this did not deter a fair-grounders, short to first Blanchard f turn, 0(jtgot on with a walk and the bases were treated dchoked hen grounders by Skarbacz ^ sparkling plays and some and Rausch werf erroredj but Lou- * *especially on the part ofthen bore down and fanned Green to h ^ » which gave furtherBASEBALLAKRON VS. .VERMILLION (Continued from first page)notice that their power at bat is gore tire the side.Akron's 2 to 1 lead looked pretty, be something. opposing teamsgood as the play went into the ninth, I* , ® 1*but the Eagles had different ideas. Awill have to reckon with this season. Working on the mound for Akronsafe hit put Horning on but he was I. one QUr new j charley erased at second on Toft’s smack to Jer ^ N j apitcher. A “fat-'pitch was just what I p h-andel. H receiyed a ratherthe veteran Koenig was wishingc and..welcome, as a starter when waiting for, and he didn t do a thing Greemvood Kingsley's fast little col-but crash out his second homer, ttav ± fie]der, socked the firsttime over the rtght field fence, scor- hed for a clean two-baggering Toft ahead of him. The big Ver- J However, Pipher mademillion delegation present went wild himaell' «solid.. with lt)(;al fans byat seeing them team go into a one- w c „ Stevens and ,W.ru. lead' ^en Co°rS/0 lOWed March in quick succession showing with a hit, Manager O’Grady turned J “something on thethe pitching over to Egon Feuker in ... „ J place of Louthen, who had twirledswell bail and held Vermillion to six.„y , . , ,____ .... ... ,... , ,, , . . . West, a colored boy, who did goodhits up to that time. Froats elected! . « . . J, Tt, \ ” “ , , work for that team last season. Heto bunt oft Feuker and was out from , ,, „ ~ *__,,. , . , « . , . walked Cliff. Miller, leading off forthird to first, Connors taking second A, mu i ~ *■ u,.*.. .J. , j . Akron. Don Thompson skied out, buton the sacrifice. Blanchard was is- « .^ • i._„i.: , ,i . , . Manager O’Grady sent Miller to sec-sued an intentional walk to get at , , . % , . , « .Skarbacz but he crossed ’em ud bv or on hls Eroundout second to first-bkarbacz, but he crossed cm up by | } jn Jth .ni(.ial scoreGreenwood was best for Kingsley,having two for three.Following is a summary of the game and score by innings:Akron— AB R H EMiller, .......... 5 3 2 1Thompson, 2b ...... 6 2 2 00'Grady, 3b ; .....4 3 1 0B. Tucker, lb ....... 5, ’ 3 1 0Louthen, If........,6 1 3 0Swift, rf...........4 0 1 0Coscia, cf..........4 1 2 1Carlson, c..........5 0 1 0Pipher,1 p........... 3 0 0 0Feuker, p ....1 1 1 0E. Tucker, 2b 0 0 0 0Totals . •..... 42 14 14 2Kingsley— AB R H EGreenwood, cf ...... 3 0 2 0Collopy, If........ 4 0 0 0Stevens, lb......... 3 0 0 0Wy. MaTch, 3b 4 0 0 TLewis, ss .......... 3 1 0 3Camarigg, 2b.......4 1 1 2V. March, rf........4 0 1 0Harder, c ......4 1 1 1West, p............2 .0 0 0Berens *p.......... 2 0 0 0Totals ..... .33 3 5 7Akron . ------1 0 1 1 0 4 0 7 *—14Kingsley . ...0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0— 3Earned runs—Akron, 9; Kingsley, 8. Left on bases—Akron, 11; Kingsley, 10. Home runs—O'Grady, Louthen, Harder. Two base hits—Miller, Louthen, Greenwood, Camarigg, V. March. Struck out—By Pipher, 11; by West, 3; by Berens, 2. Bases .on balls—Off Pifer, 3; off Feuker, 1; off West, 3; off Berens, 2. Hit by pitched ball—By Pipher, 1. passed ball— Carlson. Innings pitched—By Pipher, 7 1-3; by Feuker, 1 2-3; by West, 5; by Berens, 3. Runs batted in—Louthen, 4; O’Grady, 3; B. Tucker, 2; Swift, 1; Coscia, 1; Carlson, 1. Double pi ay—Coscia to B. Tucker. Umpires—Joe and “Dutch Blair.Try a Want Ad—get results!Kingsley’s starting pitcher was OlliewasTwo strikeouts and an infield outdriving a sizzling hit down the third , ~t i m i » v , i Abase line, scoring Connors. Rausch when *°b hot boundergrounded out to Retire the side. 1 elTored at thlrd base’The complexion of the game was, ... -thus entirely changed, with a two-run p^lck1/ d‘sPosed °{ Kingsley m theVermillion lead stariig the locals in “d- Akron «ob two °n ! ftben'-the face in the last of the ninth Af- ha“ on a error and afwrf’ bat tw°ter Coscia and Carlson had gotten on and a ffoundout als0 turned•z-i.___ I the trick on them.with walks, the Vermillion manager went into action and jerked Froats off the mound and replaced him with Jim Stille, a veteran pitcher from over Sehaller way. He looked like “theAkron added another in the third frame on a walk to B. Tucker and singles by Louthen, Swift and Coscia. Akron’s third tally came in theworks” when he sent Louthen down f°urth staaza wbe’ w'th tw“ away' swinging. Things looked somewhat M^ager Vmce O Grady parked onebrightei-when Ellis Tucker bashed out °\a. bee;1,ne °var fthf n*fbt *eld his third hit of the fray, scorin, Joe ,.Kln^ley retaliated m the top of theCoscia with one of the much-needed W‘\when Harde^ *\aMedthree tallies. Stille mowed Thomp- a. hl?h °e °ver the light field bar-son down on strikes. O’Giady then rlc.1., °f ^^emt.slugged out a clean hit, scoring Carl-1 ,W!lwa ke,d *wo Akron batters inson to tie the count. Bob Tucker was tbe;, but 3harP fleldlnS and agiven his third walk of the game and ?}r,keout 3topPed a sc°nn? t^' the bases w rre populated vith .kron 'H°wever the loculs really started torunners, E. Tucker with the “poten- rork *on‘ W®st,to a: ‘he 31Jfth-andtial” on third. It was then squarely he was, yanked and replaced by Ber-up to Cliff. Miller to deliver the/de- ens a ulefty afte,r filler bad doubledciding punch. With two strikes igin i and TbomPao,?1 bad «*'led- Bares him, Cliff, sent the next pitch soaring Prudently walked O Grady. B. 1 jck-into short right and well within the er grounded to second baseman, whofoul line. It was a safe hit that no «rrored;and ^dlerT sc^ed' Wltb ‘he one could possibly reach, and Tucker base® fltiU loaded,’ J°Utben smacked a scampered home with the winning run tw^-sacker, sending Thompson and in as exciting a finish as anybody ^ Grady aci ss the platter. Louthencould wish* to see, with Akron on the long end of a 5 to 4 count Ellis Tucker held batting honorscame in from third after the catch of Coscia's fly ball in right garden. Kingsley put on a little rally of itsfor Akron, with three for four, and 0%!n *n eighth inning. W. MarchVince O'Grady was runner-up, with akl*d °ut ^ shorJ* JLewis, .w»lted and two fo four. Koenig led Vermillion's I wflUcad and perched on third alter ahitting, with two for four, both home! two-bagger by Camarigg. V. Marchruns. E. Tucker accepted five errorless chances at second base.clouted another two-sacker, scoring Lewis and Camarigg. Pipher, whoFollowing is a summary of the kad hurled a swell game up to thatgame and score by innings:point, appeared to be tiring a bit, andAkron-AB R *H E ^anager O'Grady sent Egon Feuker,E. Tucker, 2b . ...... 4Thompson, 3b , ..... 2O’Grady, If...... ...4B. Tucker, lb .......2; Miller, ss . ...... 5Swift, rf . ......... 3Coscia, cf.......... 3Carlson, e......... . 3Louthen, p-rf.......4Feuker, rf-p.......0Totals . ‘......584Vermillion—‘ ABRHEBlanchard, rf ..... 8000Skarbacz, If . ....... 5010Rausch, ss . ^...0;10Green, cf . .......... 4010Horning, 2b . ...010Toft, 3b........Koenig, c . ......... 4100...... 4220Connors, lb . ....... 4110Froats, p . ....... ■, . 4003J Stille, p ......■000i .» mTotals...........37473,1 3 o another new player from New Jersey,q q q into the box to relieve him. Feukerq 2 o caused Harder to foul out to third andq q q Berens grounded out, retiring the side.0 1 3 With the count 7 to 3, Akron pro-q q q I ceeded to take out some “game insur-1 0 0 ance, in eighth, land-2 1 0 xng kard on hetiy BereiiS' Tucker1 1 1 ^ved on an en*or short and scoredq q q ahead of Louthen's lusty home-runsmack. Swift went down swinging. Coscia came through with a hit and was safe at second on shortstop’s error. Carlson cracked out another hit and Coscia counted. Feuker singled and Carlson, trying to make it to third, was ran down between bases. Pipher, Miller and Thompson singled in succession filling the sacks. A . walk to O'Grady forced in Feuker. 1:1 Miller dashed home on an infield er-2*or. Bob Tucker’s slashing hit scored J | Thompson and O'Grady with runs six and seven for the inning. Seven safe hits, including Louthen's homer, wereAkron.......00000020 3—5 Louthen's long fly, taken in center,Vermillion . ..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J 8—41 ended this lurid inning.Earned runs—Akron, 5; Vermillion, Kingsley got short shrift in their 4. Left on bases—Akron, 7; Vermil- last time at bat. Greenwood clippedlion, 8, Home runs—Louthen, Koenig, 2. Innings pitched—Louthen, 8 1-8; Feuker, 2-3; Froats, 8; Stille, 1, Struck out---By Louthen, 9; by Froats, 9; by Stille, 2. Base on balls— Off Louthen, 1; off Feuker, 1; off Froats, 7; off Stille, 1. Hits—Off Louthen, C; off Feuker, 1; off Froats, t\ off Stille 3. -Wild pitches—Louthen, 1; Froats, 3;' Hit by pit#her— By Froats, 3. Runs batted in—Lou-Feuker for a ringing single. Collopy's fly to short center was taken on the run by Coscia, who fired back to first in time to double Greenwood, who was scramming back to that base. It was a fast and pretty play. Stevens drew a walk. W. March ended the fray by grounding out, third to first.Ray Louthen led in batting for Akron with three for five, which included a single, a double and a home run.
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