. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 46 The Florists^ Review July 27, 1922. liini, they said. So the Retailers put Esslinger in the box. He did well; so did the team. The score in seven innings stood: Retailers 13, Niessen 4. Then came a change; Esslinger weakened. Nine innings is too long until you get used to it. Niessen batted him at will; there were eight runs scored, two men on bases, no one out. Then the Retailers' captain made a master stroke. He called the "great unknown" in from the side lines to the box. The Niessen captain protested weakly this time. He saw victor
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 46 The Florists^ Review July 27, 1922. liini, they said. So the Retailers put Esslinger in the box. He did well; so did the team. The score in seven innings stood: Retailers 13, Niessen 4. Then came a change; Esslinger weakened. Nine innings is too long until you get used to it. Niessen batted him at will; there were eight runs scored, two men on bases, no one out. Then the Retailers' captain made a master stroke. He called the "great unknown" in from the side lines to the box. The Niessen captain protested weakly this time. He saw victory in sight. Just one little hit meant a victory. The game went on. The unknown struck out five of the next six men who faced him and threw the others out at first; score: Retailers 13, Niessen 12. John Claus caught extreme- ly well. The game broke the tie for first place in the league race. A serious accident befell the Craig team on its way to play the Independ- ents. The tail board of the truck flew out at Fifty-fourth street and hurled some of the players to the ground. Many were rushed to the hospital. Mathews, pitcher, Kennedy, left field, cousinj of the market manager, and Albert Ersiner had their injuries treated; the last-named is quite badly hurt. The team then pluckily wont to Belmont and offered to play the game. The Independents chivalrously declined, saying they would gladly play another time. Speaking for the team, Robert A. Craig said that the team would play their games even if he had to pitch himself. The standing of the teams is as fol- lows: Won Til IS t Bickmore •"' " N iosst'ii ?* ' Cm if? ^' I; Uetiiilcrs - Independonls 1 2 Bnycrsdorfor - 3 Drecr - j; I'ennock 0 r> Various Notes. Four members of the Independent team come from Edward Reid 's. They are Bonner, Bragg, Opitz and L. Reid. FLORISTS' BOXES 5^c DISCOUNT yv wkaa —ty b C^' witk tka mim. The AuU Bros. Co.^ Dayton, O. ESTABLISHED 1890 Mad* of IiMiTy, higb-cmd* matorial •triTc for du
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