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Large CrowdSees Noconat e iCO]PoMinoPlay W ichitaSpuds Allow OnlyOne Hit in Game;Final Score 23 to 0ex\vsTlcuat 1 in;\rlt;thFrdiiofreanhahefratci«in■ ilt;L« »•i a h, tlaieaBaseball patriots of this city late last Sunday took up a collection for Hock Phillips of the Nocona Allstars, who became famous adafternoon when he alone *»f theNocona crowd got a base hit oftthe Spudder pitching staff in the Wichita Falls team’s first exhibition game of the season.The Spudders, who came down | (,jhere under dhe watchful eye oftheir skipper, Garl Williams, got f jj real gay and whalloped the hall all over tliis end of Montague county. The final sagfe was 23to 0.The Spudders were not pai ticu-jar about what kind of hits to use and tormented the All-stars from Che very first inning with a deluge of base* slams, two and three baggers and Imme runs that ran theirfriendly rivals of the Texas .Oklahoma Triangle league unite ragged. Fuller, third baseman, Burrows, first, and Alhlay, second sackep, turned in home runs. Allday also connected for two three-base hits-Levey also went around to the♦third sack. So terrific were the Spudder clouts that one of the Nocona outfielders, after running hither and yon trying to get under the ball, had to be jerked in themiddle of the inning on account of) 'weariness.The All-starts didn’t knock butone ball into the outfield, and|'George Nehel, Spudder conteifielder got it.Phillips, who hails from St. Jo, drew down mighty cheers when he I 1 drove the ball *!o second base for,! Nocona’s only base hit of the game. The smash came in the last halt I 1 of the ninth inning. Gy Smith of | i the Spudders was in the box. Two men were down. Phillips came to the plate. Two strikes went by « with nothing ito show for* them.On the third ball pitched, Phillips connected and went to first. But the next man at bat housetopped to shortstop, and Phillips wasforced out at second.The Spudders’ rivals used four complete batteries, a new catcher being sent in every time a new pitcher went to the mound.1,500 See Game Attendance at .the opening game was hampered by unfavorable weather. but about! 1,500 people, most.lv from surrounding towns inMontague county, were present.iid• -:
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Nocona News
Nocona, Texas, US
Fri, Mar 21, 1930
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