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PANHANDLES LOSE OPENING CONTEST TOiPIQDA SUNDAYFast Visitors' Outclassed by Play of City Team and Score of fi lo 0 is Result.1000 FANS OUTOpener AUracled Great Crowd and Success of the Season Seems In Oe Assured.AVIth Swart* pCdilnff Ufa. league baseball Pl-ma opened up tho lfM kcSicclulu nn Sunday afternoon hy .landing n decisive defeat lo f.ic fas;* Pnn Tlnr«)lta f;om ImVannpolls. C)Q30 lo a tlioiisand fans wore pms-ent lo r.ae the local loam hand ‘ho •goose egg’1 io the Invading I cam ami when fho smoke of baUlo had cUared ti|» at tliu eml of Urn ninth inning ilit: llnnl gcorc stood G lo o with Pkpia holding all or the runs. , Fans can bo .Jirally proud of Hie now bat; cry as they fully de man si rob cnI ihelr worth hi Sundays contest. Ass was predicted •‘.he local i on tors forgot all about Rthliliis ami Bunion, when they wore at '.heir bo.it, when lint I wo lath; from Middletown were work Ins: in perfect harmony mnj downing I be Pan Handles most of *U« Umo jn one, two, .three order. Swart/, bas fo strike outs to Ida ered-V «acl :i I lowed ?m( ouu Jdi rtnii:ig the contest. Only one player of the invu.iSDg team Tcceived u frco pa-m io lirsl base and I hot was when 0:10 of Swartz's fast earvi! balls hilled to break exactly • vSgbi mnl 7m iho luiL'.er cm the arm. At no I Inn* dir-tug tho gaTim did Swartz Ioojo hi.; porlect self control airrt lie demon, trilled to tho ran9 Umr ho has notonly speed but all of the o'.her necessary requirwnems for n good h wrier.l:'or a backstop Swa/tz was nhly ritiplCUeil by Ills Trdlow lowusimm T.Uniioft*. This bill Jilnyecl a line i;ume throughout ami helped niaiort-aily to win the roiT-CM. All of the rcrt of I ho learn were oil (be Job a* all limes and not an error was chuck-ed nn against them. They also backed up the pitcher with •‘.ho willow poling out 12 hits and making no overthrows. Tho on lire team was playing In mid-son sou form und gave Urn fans amide material for visioning .a great tcaiit fui'Lhcr an in the season.Tho game by inning was ns fallows;Fir5t Inning: phpia we at to thefield. Ray, the load off man for thevisitor.-; fanned the air three timesund ilieu hit the bench. The next mint up, Unreb, was a Jiff}o more successful ns lie managed to lap one ‘.o Frickc ami was thrown out ul flrtL O'Niel ranched first when l,nk-boff dropped t/io bull an tho third strike hut he died on Iho bu.ie ns Rose struck out.. Tor Plqna Cap-lain Suckslcddcr did not have Ids buying eye ;i i yet and struck out.Herman lapped the next ono to theBurch, O'iViol and Rota off fn easy ordor. Piqua, Babb tapped and lo I lie pitcher and was thrown out. -Wine beat ou; a biint down third base line nuil went to second on -PoU'h sacrifice. He stole third and died there when Lahhoir lapped a grounder to Short.Fifth Inning; Cannanghlori laid an easy one down io Wise ami was; thrown out n* first. Cmndngkim wns hit by a fast one, werrt to first arid second. White struck om «ml fluy polled an cusy ono to center flci.t and ended the Inning. Plqua. Swiirfv. decided (o do n little hailing as well as pitching ami hit a single through second. . He Look second on SacltHtndder sacrifice bunt. Herman sacrificed mid Swart/, advanced; 'n third and hero be died ns Trick* fmuie.l the air.Sfxtp Inning. One,, two, tlireo down they went. Ltmpna, Ray and Burch. 1'icjua. Munch slammed a (wo bagger to lert field and went (o third whan Held, sacrificed. Wise hit *.o third mui Munch was put out in nn a'lcmpt to steal home. Wise stolo H'cuml and Ihlrd mr.l them lietiled when Potts s'ruck oat.Seventh Inning: O'NIcl find Rose went down on easy ones while Con-riau/:h‘on hif Ibe only blngle that the Indianapolis team received, only to die on an attempt to steal second. Picpia. l.akhoff hit ones lo left tich] for o::e b.iso jmd scored on Swartz hemnifnl three bagger to left. Sank-ulcddor sacrificed to center scoriiy; SwmU. Herman and Frickc Mien dropped out on high flies.Eighth Inning; Down (hoy wont again. Connaiigblon, VVlitln and Huy. Throe mnro Hlrilie ows for Swartz, PUjiia. Mu rich wont to first when Hie short stop dropped his higgle to the infield. ilabb pushed ono over tho rlgft, fieldera head scoi*. mg Munch mnl scotod in turn when Habli knocked a tiot one lo short. Wire slide tujcowI and third. I'oMs received a base on JiuIIh and stole second. Both of these men died ny base an LaUhnff and Swartz struck out mid Suolugticlder bird out lo cciiler.Ninth Inning: l.iinpiis fanned ‘be aiv anil the naxi rwo bailors ended! (bo game by easy binglos ib Hie Held.Pan HandlesA.V.. It. 11. F.Ray, rr ................:i ij o ]Hindi, ws...............:i 0 u 1OWiol, 2lt;\ ..............:? ij a ohnse. Iks ............... ?, o 0 0Commughlon. rf.........fi fi :t 0(Jimniagbnm, c..........3 I) 0 0White. If...............;i ft 0 «Guy, 3rd ............... 3 ft ft I)Llittjni.;, p...............3 0 0 0PiguaA.ll.n.H. K.Saekglcdilur ...... Z 1 I t)Herman, Hrd ............ 1 I I ftFvlcUi', 2nd ............ r? 0 ft 0.Munch, If............... l 1 1 ftWild), if.*, .............. -I l 1 0Wise, ks................ 1 0 -1 [)wittif, if. ............i..n ft o ftLa kb off, e ........•......•! 1 I 0Swart/., ji............... I -1 2 0I 2 n 5 f, 7 * 0 T H BPi«pi;i ......ft ft 2 0 ft 0 2 2 X ft 12 0Pai)bandlr:.i 00000000 ft ft 12 Struck cut by Swartz, 15, by Limn-ii:s, 7, Base on hulls, off Swanz, none, off Ltmjnis, 2.!BA9EBALL
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Piqua Daily Call
Piqua, Ohio, US
Mon, May 03, 1920
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