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2000 Fans See Alex And House of David Defeat Standard, 6-W‘•Old Pete” Hurls Two Innings—Blackbeards Pound Chalk While Oilers Are Stopped By Alexander And Laufer in Game Played Under Lights Chalk's Wildness Hurts.Standard Oil i0) Plarer AB R H Gelti. as. ■. 4 0 1Jenkins, rf. 4 0 1 Parker., lh . 4 0 1 Gibson, rf * 0 0 Bennett. If. 4 0 0 Etter, 2b * O 2 Skundrlrb. Sb 3 0 0 Treeman. c. It 0 0 Cbalk. p .SOIBouse of David lt;* Player AB R H LaFleur. cf *3 a Williams. 2b 4 0 I Moore. If 6 0 2 Hirkman. lb 6 0 I Tollea, rf . . 6 1 S Harrison, Sb 6 0 I Faust, as .. 4 1 1Hardin, e . 3 2 1 Alexander, p 1 0 » Laufer. ...3 0 ITotal40 0 14House of David 00000123 0—0Standard Oil 00000000 0—0Summary:Error*: Cbalk. Williams. 2 Bate Hits—Williams. LaFleur. Cbalk. Home Run —Toilet. Sacrifice Hits—Williams. Dou-ble Plays—Williams to Hirkman; Faust to Williams: HIckman.Gelts to Etter to Parker. Wild Pitehes—Cbalk. 2. Base on Balia—Off Laufer, I: off Cbalk. 1. Struck Out—By Alexander. 2: b* Laufer. 6 by Cbalk. 6. Umpire*—Sackett, Reardon. Asb.Close to 2000 fans jammed their way through the gates at Sportsman’s Park and as many fans crowded the hilltop to the east to view Old Pete Alexander and his bewiskered House of David team last night in Alton’s first night game Standard Oil was beaten. 6 to 0. but defeat mattered little to the throng for satisfaction was had in the show of the visitors.Light streamed from six towera placed along foul lines of the playing field while the power was furnished from a generator mounted on a truck. The field was bright and light as day so that players and spectators alike found it easy to follow the course of the sphere, and only when it was batted out of the range of the lights was ifc lost to vision.Prom the average eye there was little defect in the lighting plaf ♦ * of the House of David team whit ,■ is transported from place to place by a battery of truck®. Alton fans stamped their approval on night baseball. Players of the Standard team worked well under the lights, but Buddy'’ Freeman voiced the sentiments of the entire team when in the dug-out after six innings of play he said. Well, if it is left to me. I would rather play in the sunlight than in the moonlight ’’Alex in BoxConsidering the fact that the skies did not clear yesterdav until late afternoon, the field was in fine shape. The infield had been dried by burning oil while the sun had done a lot towards taking the dampness out of the outfield grass.Orover Cleveland Alexander, one of the lmmort*:s of baseball and in his day one of the most colorful figures in the national pastime, started the game for the House of David team and hurled two innings Old Pete” was touched for two sharp singles and an infield hit. but handed the reins over to his successor without a run against, his record.For five innings the two teams battled on even terms and in that space of time each team was credited wit hthree hits. But in the last four Innings, the men with the whiskers combed Chalk for safeties and won in a walkThe visitors started scoring the sixth LaFleur singled ov*r the keystone bag and was advances to second on a sacrifice by Williams. Mcore singled to cented, scoring LaFleur with the first run of the game Heckman sent a one-baser to right field, LaFleur stopping at second, and Tolies also singled to right, filling the bases1Chalk TightensChalk displayed his real ability when he fanned Harrison and made Faust send a pop fly to Gelt* for the final out of the inning.In the seventh. Chalk’s wildneaa gave the enemy two runs. Hardin drew the only pass of the game and scooted to third on LeFleur'a double to right center With tha count three and two. Williams swung at a wild pitch and white he was going all the way to second. two runners were over the plate Moore and Heckman were retired to end the inningBatters of the Standard team were having their difficulty. They were unable to solve Alexander in the first when a hit would have meant a run. while the slow-curving Laufer had the locals literally eating out of his hands.Five hits and three more runs in the eighth sent Standard s hopes for victory down to rock bottom, but the spectators were given a thrill in this inning when Tollea sent a fast ball over the fence a right cented for a home run one was on the paths when TrfftsJ hit for the circuit but four hits Benton Harbor clan two additional runs.Trams Field WellDuke ’ Parker opened the ninth with a single to left but he was erased from the paths in a hurry when Gibson hit into a fast double play Chalk went down swinging for the final out of the game Both teams played fine ball in the field The visitors had two double plays, while the Standard infield pulled one twin killing and barely missed another Jim Bennett gave the House of David team a sample of his accurate throwing arm when he rifled a throw to Etter In the second inning getting Harrison who was out trying to stretch a single into an extra base hit At the end of the second inning, the House of David team staged it famous pepper act Applause resounded over the field aplenty when the quartet concluded its Juggling performance.%Meet Stars SundayE\en Robert Wadlow. the world’s tallest boy found a growth of whiskers in hu association with the House of David team WacLV served as mascot for Alexarn and hia teammatesSunday. Standard will meet Bob Fisher's All-St*rs for the second tune at Sportsmans Park. Manager Ash announced last night that Sam Harshany would be in tha lineup.Last night Standard sported a new second baseman in Etter who fWded his position brilliantly and collected two hits out of three trips to the plate
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Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Sat, Sep 26, 1931
Page 8
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