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IN SEVEN HIE PERFORMANCEMike Also Slams One To Deep Center To Drive In Winning RunBEATRICE PLAYSFINE BASEBALLHeld helpless# by the powerful hook- and slants of Mike Poctask the House of Da'i I lost to the Blt; Airier I? • • 4 t 3 last night.To the more than 1.500 fan# who jortled thnr way tnto the Athletic park atanda expecting to see the vaunted visitors toy with the Be atrtcians. it was an astonishing iip--rt They saw instead an inspired State league club do that which more than 100 other teams this season have trie.! to do and failed efeat the David®With more than 100 victories to their credit, including triumph® over teams in far higher leagues than the State circuit, the David* have lost but twelveIt wa: sweet valedictory for a team that fought a losing fight during the seaaon against injuries and misfortune much of which was not understood by the rank and file of fan® who are not privileged to live close enough to a ball chib to learn it# inside life and who can judge onlv by looking at the aUndings of the game® won and lost It was a vindication of the attitude and ability of the Jinx-ridden BluesMike The Star But most of all it was a persona! triumph for Mike Poctask who asked to pitch against the Davids as ht last art on the Beatrice baseball stage It was Mike a sou vemr for every man and woman and boy and girl who have followed the Blue* the past three years —A glistening bit of memory to leave here while he campaign* at higher levels in the flannel# of the Saint Louis Cardinal*Mike not only pitched a great game but he iicored one of the Blue* runa and drove in the winDavid# delighted the standa with-a clever bail handling act.Score -v* isax * v*. ........great Grover Cleveland Alexander The Davids rocked Pociask but once during the affray It was in the firat A pair of ainglea and a double plu* a high fly that Gannon lost in the light# In right field gave the viirttor# their three run# (•mid Support After that Mike mowed down the Davids for eight successive in-in.the remainder to seven hits He wa* given itout aupporl by hi# team mates who played errorless ball after the first frame.Miller, a knuckle ball artiat, opened for the whisker# and had it all his own way until the third IirMay opened that frame living on an error at second The Mike shot a hot single down the first base line LeMay went to third but was called out for failing to touch secondWith two away. Filbert doubled aharp!v to left and then Gannon grounded aAfely over third scoring Mike and FilbertGannon Cornea Through Gannon delivered again in theHouseofabDarcidhpoae ]Conley, If41210o!Mullen, 2b4001011Holland, cf .411400 |Tolies, rf401000 I’ Joseph. 3b41123o 1Cross, lb402800 1Blakeney, a#4001611H40030IMiller p4003011Alexander, p00000o|Totals353724114Be* trice ab rhpoae jKeenoy, as400230 IFilbert, lb422700 IGannon, rf403101Geist. 2b400I40Brookhaus, 3b400310Joemdt, if .300200Swinger, cf411300I^Mav. c400800Pociask. p ......412000Totals354g2711Score by innings House of David300000 000-3Beatrice002000 llx-4Summary Three baa* hit Holland Two base hit Cross. Tolies. Filbert. Gannon (2*, Pooaak. Hit by pitched ball Joemdt. Double play Keenoy to Geist to Filbert. Struck out Pociask ?. Miller 3. Base on balls off Miller non*,# ACS 1 I * IVII mm - - • - —-- | ■ I * , * 1 « *** 4 , I * Ieventh doubling after Filbert had j Losing pitcher Alex-lt; i. j 4 Ik* 1 wHar hnma . ...angled to tend the latter home nth the tying run.Alexander went out to pitch in Jie eighth and the crowd gave him in ovation.ander Umpire* sham.Powell and Wor-
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Beatrice Daily Sun
Beatrice, Nebraska, US
Fri, Sep 07, 1934
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