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ADDED SEATS TO BE lt;READY FOR FANS v-F - TONIGHT. •Manager Gsorge Bulla left Lee Dantiy: on the • mound too long anti then went .into tho game. without Lyaimlhg- up.• • sufficiently and the Road1-Runners dropped a 14 to r ofcntesfr,. to the House iV David beauties at Road Runner .park last night. More than 2.000 fans parked every available space in grand si ant1 and bleachers. The same t:.anr play again tonight.Daney got- by the first four in nings with only two runs bom-r cooled against him. but in the fifth he contributed to his own downfar when he made two errors, walked a batter, and grooved ohe to Atwell who lifted it over the fence tf score.two runs ahead of. him. Fivlt; runs crossed the .plate in.the fifth Pour more runs had beeii made ir the sixth before Bulla. went • to' tlu mound. He allowed three more runs before retiring the side. lie held the Davids scorless the rest of the game, Nusser, the big right hnncler who defeated the Road Runners in a garh'e' early tn the season, was again on ;the; mbund for the Davids. He pitched great ball until the. sixth inning, whbh he injured an ankle sliding int6;third base. He continued ;on the' mound until the eighth whfen ' he - had tt retire in favor of Speis'maru Thicker, elongated first baseman for; thO'bearded boys, led the batting attack with four singles and- a double.on six trips to the plate. He kept'.his percentage at the peak by walking the other time. Clift, center (fielder, followed the big fellow with three singles. Atwell' did the distance hitting with a double and hofne'-run. 'The bearded bpys rattled the boards for six doubles.Bulla' was.the Road Runner hitter1 after lie entered the game. He was .credited with being at bat twice, scoring- two runs, and getting two hM.-a dcpble and triple. He walked !his-Other time to the plate. Benn and Daney each got doubles, Tho catching department led in strikeouts,' Behn fanned twice after getting his double and Sain, who relived Benn in the seventh, also fanned twice. Wells got his first hit in Six games .when he connected for a single in the seventh inning.The fielding of Atwoll, David shortstOD, was sensational' nt Limes. He roamed far and wide to pick up almost impopisbie chances and make perfect pegs;-■ 'Hanson at second base, and 5 Tucker;''' first base, also played greali'games,Aaron -Ward led the Road Runner defense with some of Iris old time sparkling play. He raced behind first base to make a one handed stab of a. hard grounder for a putout. He handled six chances without a bobble. Brickell got the only putout in the Road Runner outfield. *The same two clubs will meet again tonight nt 8:15 o’clock. Additional bleacher seats will be installed for the game, and for the three games with the Fort Worth Cats, .here Friday and. Saturday nights and Sunday afternoon.Manager Bulla will send either Bill’Hardin, formerly a member of t^e House of David team, or Pete Stegman, to the mound tonight, Either Doc Talley of Sp?Usman will tukff./thc mound for the bearded team'.
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Pampa Daily News
Pampa, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 20, 1934
Page 6
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Michael W.
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