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MONARGHS, DAVIDS PUY TEN FRAMESTO 8-S DEADLOCKTaylor, Dwight Score Tying Ron in Ninth With Two I Out; Bobby Moore StanThe Kansas City Monarch* remained three games up on their traveling playmates, Grover Cleve-i land Alexander’s disciples of the ■ House of David, after ten fruitless innings at Tronick park Thursday.| The colored team and the bearded lads each scored eight runs.A crowd that occupied every seat in the grandstand and nearly all available space in the bleaeners turned out for the contest. Players and fans were half frozen as n raw. wet wind blew down out of the north. A few die-hards booed as the game was called, but the teams would have been Justified in halting play after the seventh, so foot-ballish the weather.Moore Scores ThreeBobby Moore, Troubadour mana ger, filled in at left field for Alexander’s team, and not only collected two hits but drove ir. three runs.The House of David scored twice in each of the first and third, but the Monarch* tied it with four in the third. Back came the Davids with four in the fourth, but ‘Shanty” Freeman was relieved from then on by Lefty Beverley, who twirled some elegant ball and gave no runs.In the meantime, the Monarchs kept working on the Southpaw John Lucas, until at the end of the eighth the score was 8 to 7 in favor of the Davids. In their half cf the ninth, the last, the Monarchs had two out when ducky Taylor, center fielder, lined to right, stole second, and came in on Dwight’s double to center, Young grounded out to send the game into an extra inning, in which neither team got a man on base.Double Steal Works The real damage off Lucas was In the eighth, when Young and Davis singled, worked a double steel with Giles up, and Giles doubled.Fielding was featured by a beautifully timed play at first base 111 the second, with Davis the victim. Bosse. Davide* first sacker. scooped up Davis* grounder far off first and his perfectly timed throw reached Lucas just a step before the pitcher reached first.Moulder’s two doubles and a triple, the latter wasted in the eighth, topped the batting, but the real offensive feature was a perfect bunt by Walsh of the bearded team in the fifth. He tapped a third strike so expertly he reached first on a hit.The Kansas City tenm had won the first three of the seven game series. 6-5. 3-1 and 4-1. The teams were to play at Ru^hford Friday . . . Alexander and Farl (Oil) Smith contented themselves with coaching . . . Smith likes Detroit’s chances but thinks Huhhell is good for twovictories Poncho Traynor, kidbrother of the Pirates’ manager, is a favorite among the Davids. . . . The Davids filled the bases with none out in the fifth but didn't score, after Williams forced Lucas at home in a double play.The Be* So»r» MONARCH* lt;g»ABIIHPOAt:Allen, ss .......... 5a214oTaylor, cf.......... ft321ftnDwight. 3b ....... ft121ft2Young, c .......I2810Davis, rf .......... ft11212Giles, lb .......0116ftftMothell. 2b ........ 4ftftft22Donaldson. If .... . . 411100Freeman, p .....11ft2ftxRogan ......... . . 1ft0ftftftBeverly, p ......ftftft50Totals ...........42 8DAVIDS 18111! 30136ABRHPOAEWilliams. 2b60016ftMouler. ss ......23261Bosse. lb .......... 532191ftTraynor. Ib .....1113ftMoore. If .......ftft2ftft0Jacobs, cf .......n1300Lucas, p ........ft2I4ftMcDougal. c ....1131ftWalsh, rf ......12000Totals .......4681430211xBattcd for Freeman In fourth. Score bv innings:House of David .....20? 400 000 0—8Monarchs ..........004 010 021 ORuns hatted -n: Allen. Dwight 3.Donaldson. Giles 2. Bo;»:e, Moore 3. Traynor. Moulder 2. 1 wo has- hits.Giles, Dwight. Moulder 2. Bosse Three bare hit. Moulder. Bases on balls, off Lucas 1. Struck out. Lucas 4. Freeman 3, Beverly 2. Double plays Beverly to Young to Giles: Davis to Allen; Williams to Moulder to Bosse. Hits and runs. 9 and 8 off Freeman In 4 innings. Stolen bases. Young 2. Davis. Umpires, Larson and Glasbrenner.
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La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Sep 21, 1934
Page 10
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