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GAME 42 - Thursday, May 16th - Radio Broadcast

Owen hunder at 3 and 1 is up against the Centurions Adolf Rusie and his 4 and 0 record.

The visiting FOFCer will trot out the following lineup...

A.Tucker CF
J.Nights SS
P.Pflaggstettler RF
J.Potpie 1B
D.Palmer 3B
B.Bullock C
K.Ton LF
S.Treacy 2B
O.Hunter P

While the Centurions will use...

J.Burkett LF
W.Keeler RF
J.Kelley 3B
N.Lajoie 2B
H.Wagner SS
J.Beckley 1B
H.Duffy CF
R.Bresnahan C
A.Rusie P


Sinking fastball...
Tucker swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Kelley...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step

Nights hits a three hopper
towards Honus Wagner
Wagner scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
Two down
Rusie retires two in a row

Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Ground ball to third
Taken by Kelley
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
After one-half inning
It's FOFC nothing, the
Centurions coming up

Sinking fastball...
Burkett swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One gone for Turn of Century
in the bottom of the 1st

Keeler lays down a bunt!
Palmer has it and throws to first
Just in time!

Fastball... just outside
Kelley will take first on the walk
Joe knows how to get on base
His OBP of .440 is among
the league leaders

Kelley takes a walking lead
Hunter holds the runner

Lajoie drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dode Criss will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Lajoie

Great change up...
Wagner out in front...
Gets a piece of it...
It's a shallow fly towards Tucker
Tucker charges, dives for it...
He has it...
Fine catch by the center fielder
That's it for Turn of Century
Here at Yellowstone Park, After 1 inning,
Turn of Century has one run,
one hit and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and no errors
Turn of Century has left 1 on base
FOFC has stranded 1

Palmer hits a screamer at Joe Kelley
Kelley picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Beckley off the bag
Beckley swipes with the glove

Palmer is out!
Nice play by Beckley
One down for FOFC
Billy Bullock is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Bullock swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Rusie strikes out Billy Bullock
Two up, two down for FOFC

Drilled on the ground to short
Wagner comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 1 and a half innings,

Turn of Century ahead 1 to 0

There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker
Tucker circles under it...
He makes the play
One away in the bottom of the
2nd for Turn of Century

Swung on...
High fly ball into left
Not hit well
Ton is under it...
He's got it
Easy chance for K. A.
Two gone for Turn of Century

It's wide... he missed with a slider
Bresnahan will stroll down to first
He continues to get on
base with regularity
He has a .413 OBP this year

A slider by Hunter
Rusie gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
By the way, Turn of Century is 4
and 6 in their last ten games

Smashed to short
Taken by Wagner
Over to Beckley
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
One down for FOFC
Owen Hunter is still in the on-deck circle
and A. J. Tucker is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Hunter drives one into right
Wee Willie Keeler sprints
over to make the play
Two down
Bresnahan asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bresnahan and Rusie

Shallow fly ball
Burkett charging
HE DIVES...
HE CAN'T GET IT!
Tucker stops at first
That's a single

It is a high hard one...
Nights goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Nights couldn't hold back
FOFC comes up empty here
in the top of the 3rd
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 2 and a half innings,
Turn of Century still out in front, 1-0

There's a drive to right by Burkett
Pflaggstettler scoops it up
Fires it to second
Burkett turns back and
settles for a single
Terrific play by Pflaggstettler

The runner is off with the pitch
Hit and run!
Keeler rips a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined right at first
Potpie just got his glove up in time
That's one away

Burkett takes his lead from first...
He's challenging Hunter's pickoff move
Slider, taken by Kelley
Burkett is on his way!
He couldn't resist
After getting a very nice lead
Here's the peg down...
Burkett sliding to the outside...
Avoids the tag...
He's safe
Good throw by Bullock

Curve in the dirt... and Kelley holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Kelley will take first on the walk
Number 2 today for Kelley

Off speed pitch on the way...
And Lajoie watches it go by
for the third strike
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Old Timers is edging Japanese
League 1 to 0
Left Outs leads Negro League II 2 to 1
Goslin has hit his 6th homerun
for Left Outs
AL Post WWII slipping by
AL Pre WWII 2 to 0
Newhouser battling Mays
Dead Ball Era is edging
Negro League I 4 to 3
Dihigo has hit his 3rd homerun
for Negro League I
NL Pre WWII is on top of Caribbean 2 to 0
Rixey battling Luque
Late 20th clipping NL Post WWII 4 to 0
Glavine comfortably ahead for Late 20th
And right here in Turn of Century
Turn of Century on top 1 to 0

Base hit to left for Wagner
Dode Criss is windmilling
the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by
Turn of Century...
It's cut-off
The run scores
Here's the play on the trail runner...
All runners are safe!

It's a high bouncer to second
Treacy waits for it to come down
Snap throw to first...OUT!
Jake leaves the Turn of Century
faithful disappointed
Turn of Century is out of here
in the bottom of the 3rd
This game is coming to you from Yellowstone
Park in Turn of Century
After 3 innings
Turn of Century has 2 runs,
3 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
2 hits and no errors

Pflaggstettler hits one on the
ground to the left side
Persimmon, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Wagner wings it quickly to Beckley...
OUT by a step

The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Potpie swung, that's strike three
Potpie isn't happy at all with that call
That's two away

Palmer swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Rusie strikes out Deacon Palmer
That ends the inning
After 3 and a half innings, Turn
of Century leads by 2

Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Duffy was frozen on that
fastball by Hunter
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
With one down, up next is Roger Bresnahan
To be followed by Amos Rusie

Big bender, low and inside...
Swung on...
Line single to Ton in left...
Picking it up in a hurry is Ton...
Bresnahan takes a wide turn...
But stays at first base
as the throw comes in

Rusie raps a hard grass
cutter toward short
Nights takes two steps to his left
Scoops it up
Over to second for one
Back to first for the deuce!
That'll do it in the bottom of the 4th
No runs, one hit and no errors
Turn of Century ahead 2 to 0
And now we'll pause for station
identification
This is your Strat-O-Matic
Broadcast System...

Fastball, up at the letters...
Bullock swings...
Skies on to deep right
Keeler racing back...
Back...
At the wall...
HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT!
The ump is signaling no out
Bullock motors easily into second
As Keeler throws the ball in
That'll be a two base error on him
That should have been an easy catch
Score It: E9
Bullock to second

There's a ball in front of the plate...
Bresnahan gets in front to block it...
But it's off his mitt to his left
Bullock is off for third base...
Bresnahan picks up the ball
and from his knees
Whips it to Kelley...
Bullock slides...
SAFE!!
Score it a wild pitch on Amos Rusie

Ton flies out to center
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runner holds.

Treacy rolls one toward Nap Lajoie
He scoops it and fires to
first...close play
OUT, says the first base umpire
Joe Adcock throws his hands up
in disbelief
Turn of Century on top 2 to 1
with two away this inning

Good slider, inside part of the plate
Hunter gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Lajoie grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 4 and a half innings
Turn of Century has 2 runs,
4 hits and one error
While FOFC has one run,
2 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 2 stranded
Turn of Century has failed to bring home 4

There's a ground ball into the hole
Palmer and Nights converge on it
It's picked by Nights who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!
One gone for Turn of Century

Keeler tries to hold up, but can't
He pops one into short right
Pflaggstettler is coming in hard...
Treacy is racing with his
back to the infield
And neither is going to get it!
Keeler is on with the "excuse me" single!

The Centurions try the hit and run!
Hunter's fastball is ripped toward short
Nights can't get to it!
It is into the outfield...
Keeler was off and running with
the crack of the bat
He is on his way to third...
They'll have a chance to get him...
Here's the throw...
SAFE!
A nice shot by Kelley
and a nice piece of baserunning as well
So there are runners on the
corners for Nap Lajoie
Kelley makes Connie Mack
look like a genius!

Kelley watches Hunter as he
inches away from the base
Hunter holds the runner

Looping fly to center
A. J. Tucker charges the ball
It falls in front of him
Turn of Century adds to their lead
Turn of Century ahead 3 to 1

Lajoie takes his lead
Lajoie is going on the pitch!
It's a fastball at the knees...
Bullock comes up from his stance firing...
Lajoie is in there under the tag!
No, wait a minute...
Yes, he is safe
The umpire was not too
decisive on that one

And Wagner will be trotting to first
They have walked him intentionally
Makes sense considering Wagner's numbers
He carries a .557 slugging average!

Fastball, down and in...
Swung on...
It's a dribbler toward first...
Potpie up with it...
Throws to the plate...
In plenty of time for the force play...
The throw to first...
Beckley is safe at first...
They are unable to turn the double play
But FOFC did get the lead runner
The bases are still loaded
for Hugh Duffy up next
Two gone here in the bottom of the 5th
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Duffy swings and lifts one toward left
Ton drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That ends the inning for Turn of Century
Turn of Century has 3 runs,
7 hits and one error
While FOFC has one run,
2 hits and no errors
Turn of Century has now stranded
7 baserunners

Hit right back to Rusie
On to first and Tucker is gone
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Did he check his swing?
YES!
It's a walk

Pflaggstettler drives one into center
Hugh Duffy sprints over to make the play
Turn of Century on top
3 to 1 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Japanese League is edging
Old Timers 3 to 2
Left Outs and Negro League
II are tied at 2
AL Post WWII and AL Pre WWII are tied at 2
Mantle has hit his 14th homerun
for AL Post WWII
Dead Ball Era leads Negro League I 4 to 3
NL Pre WWII slipping by Caribbean 4 to 2
Late 20th is beating NL Post WWII 4 to 0
Glavine comfortably ahead for Late 20th

It's in the dirt and bounces away
Nights heads to second
And he'll make it on the wild pitch

Potpie swings and hits a
towering shot to left
Back... back...
Way back...
Burkett reaches up...
And takes it in at the warning track
Looked like it was going out of here
So FOFC leaves a runner down at second
Turn of Century leads by 2
We will be right back...

Swung on and a drive to left-center
Tucker is after it, but he
won't catch this one
It one hops off the fence
Tucker has a bit of trouble
That's enough for Bresnahan
He's heading for third
The throw is right on line...
But Roger Bresnahan slides in safely!
BOOM!
A nice start here in the bottom of
the 6th for Turn of Century
It's scored a triple
Number 1 on the season

Amos Rusie hits a medium deep fly ball
Persimmon Pflaggstettler lines
up his throw to the plate
He makes the catch
Appears to lose his balance
and his throw goes wide
Rusie gets an RBI on the sac fly

Excellent sinker pitch, outside...
Burkett gets good wood on it anyway
There's no doubt, that one is outta here!!
Burkett circles the bases
As Hunter asks for a new
ball from the umpire
Now Turn of Century on top 5 to 1

Fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is under it
He makes the grab
Two away now for Turn of Century
They're ahead by 4
The Centurions have 9 hits on the evening

Kelley starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Hunter walks him

Kelley inches slowly away from the bag
Kelley is running!
The slider is low...
Bullock blocks the pitch
The throw from Bullock...
Super throw by Bullock
Kelley is a dead duck!
Bullock has a rifle for an arm

Fastball... down and away...
Rusie just misses the corner... ball four
That's 2 walks given up by Rusie today

Fastball down low...
Bullock swings and hits one out to left
Jesse Burkett is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Rusie
Palmer trots back to first
Turn of Century gets the first
out of the inning

It's a rainbow shot toward left
Burkett reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
Two gone for FOFC
Time is running out for them

And Treacy will sit down...
strike three called
After 6 and a half innings
Turn of Century on top 5 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Lajoie
No chance for either Nights or Gunner
That one had base hit written all over it
(Ballpark Double Effect)

Wagner swings and misses
Strike three
Wagner didn't have a good
cut at that pitch
And there's one away

Beckley sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Tucker
Tucker gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium center
Two down

Duffy watches a roundhouse
curve all the way in
Strike Three called!
That one started out right at Hugh,
In fact, he started to bend back
out of the way
Fozborg just delivered a sweeping curve
that just caught
the inside corner of the plate
That is the third out for
Turn of Century here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 48465

There's a shot off the bat of Stan Gunner
But it's right at Lajoie
who makes the catch of the line drive
Gunner throws his bat into
the dirt in disgust
While we wait for A. J. Tucker
to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

Old Timers besting Japanese League 9 to 4
Left Outs and Negro League
II are all knotted at 2
Goslin has hit his 6th homerun
for Left Outs
AL Post WWII and AL Pre WWII are tied at 2
Mantle has hit his 14th homerun
for AL Post WWII
Dead Ball Era leads Negro League I 6 to 5
NL Pre WWII is edging Caribbean 4 to 3
Klein has hit his 4th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Late 20th is beating NL Post WWII 4 to 0
And in our contest Turn of
Century leads 5 to 1
OK, let's see if FOFC can get
back in this ballgame
Currently down by 4

Changeup down low...
Tucker makes contact and
hits one out to center
Hugh Duffy is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Rusie
Two away for FOFC
They trail Turn of Century by 4
They have only 4 outs to score 4 runs
Never a good sign when
those two numbers are equal

It's a routine fly into right
Keeler ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 8th

Bresnahan pounds a grounder
toward Palmer at third
Deacon moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Palmer stayed with it
Over to first and Bresnahan is retired
Nice play by the FOFC third baseman
So one up and one gone

Struck him out on a fastball
Rusie goes down swinging
Two up, two down

A hot shot on the ground to Palmer
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Collins is out
That's all for the Centurions
No runs, no hits and no errors...
At the end of eight full innings...
Turn of Century ahead 5 to 1

Slow ground ball
Wagner is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One up, one down

Potpie waves half-heartedly at the curve
Strike Three!
Jeeberoni looked fooled on that one
2 strike outs on the night
And that is 6 for Rusie
That's the second out of the inning

Palmer gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Wagner into the outfield...
Base hit for Palmer

A curve over the outside corner
No, wait a second...
The umpire is now signalling ball four!
At first he seemed to be
indicating a strike
Listen to those boos
Rusie takes a few steps toward
home; now turns back
Well, as the "great sage"
`Chief' Bender said
"Do not find too much fault
with the umpires
You cannot expect them to be
as perfect as you are"

There's a drive to straight away center
Duffy is running back...
At the warning track...
It might be...
No... a great leaping grab by Hugh Duffy!
Almost out of here
And that will do it for FOFC
Turn of Century wins 5 to 1
Rusie gets credit for the win
Hunter takes the loss
The hitting star for Turn of Century
was Jesse Burkett
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from Turn of Century.