Things tightened up at the bottom of the Herson Division as the Southern California Hornets had a pair of walk-off victories to win two out of three against the visiting Carolina Swamp Foxes. With three games to play in the season, the Hornets are one game back of the Foxes. And, at least for the moment, SoCal doesn’t have the worst winning percentage in the league.
Fred Tenney and Roger Bresnahan had walk-off RBI singles in the ninth innings of games two and three, respectively. Fred Clarke batted .500 (6-for-12) to lead the squad.
Herson Division Standings: Ocala 24-17 (.585), Asheville 24-20 (.545), Guests 18-17 (.514), Carolina 17-24 (.415), SoCal 16-25 (.390)
Game #39 — Carolina 3, SoCal 0
Joe McGinnity outdueled Eddie Plank (5-8) with a four-hit shutout as the Swamp Foxes won the opener. It was scoreless until the sixth when Carolina scored an unearned run, and they added two more in the eighth to put the game away. Fred Clarke and Fred Crolius (making his Hornets debut) had two hits apiece to account for all of the SoCal hitting. The Hornets got runners to third base twice but couldn’t bring them home.
CAROLINA SWAMP FOXES AB R H BI SOCAL HORNETS AB R H BI
Roy Thomas 5 0 1 0 Fred Tenney 4 0 0 0
Tommy Leach 3 1 1 0 Roger Bresnahan 4 0 0 0
Ollie Pickering 2 1 1 1 Fred Clarke 4 0 2 0
Frank Chance 4 0 1 1 Harry Steinfeldt 2 0 0 0
Deacon McGuire 3 0 0 1 Tommy Dowd 2 0 0 0
Sam Mertes 3 0 1 0 Algie McBride 4 0 0 0
Jimmy Slagle 4 0 0 0 Fred Crolius 3 0 2 0
Pete Childs 2 0 1 0 Dick Padden 3 0 0 0
Joe McGinnity BZ 4 1 0 0 Herman Long 3 0 0 0
Eddie Plank BZ 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 3 6 3 TOTALS 32 0 4 0
CAROLINA SWAMP FOXES 000 001 020 -- 3
SOCAL HORNETS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--CAROLINA SWAMP FOXES 7, SOCAL HORNETS 5. ERR--Pete
Childs, Joe McGinnity BZ, Fred Tenney, Herman Long.
2B--Ollie Pickering. 3B--Tommy Leach. SACF--Ollie Pickering,
Deacon McGuire. SB--Sam Mertes, Fred Crolius.
CAROLINA SWAMP FOXES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Joe McGinnity BZ [W] 9.00 4 0 0 0 1 0
SOCAL HORNETS
Eddie Plank BZ [L] 9.00 6 3 2 5 1 0
Game #40 — SoCal 8, Carolina 7
Bill Reidy couldn’t collect his third straight shutout, and a ninth-inning collapse cost him the win. Carolina scored four runs in the top of the ninth to tie the game at seven. Trailing by three with two outs, the Swamp Foxes went double-triple-triple to tie it. In the bottom of the ninth, Dick Padden led off with a single and went to second on a groundout. After the second out was made, Fred Tenney came through with a walk-off single. After blowing a save opportunity in the top of the ninth, Harry Howell (4-7) earned the win.
CAROLINA SWAMP FOXES AB R H BI SOCAL HORNETS AB R H BI
Roy Thomas 4 1 2 0 Fred Tenney 5 2 2 1
Tommy Leach 4 0 1 2 Roger Bresnahan 5 2 2 2
Ollie Pickering 5 1 1 1 Fred Clarke 4 0 2 1
Frank Chance 5 2 3 1 Harry Steinfeldt 4 1 3 1
Deacon McGuire 4 0 0 0 Algie McBride 4 1 1 1
Billy Milligan D 1 0 1 1 Fred Crolius 4 1 1 1
Sam Mertes 4 1 1 1 Dick Padden 4 1 1 1
Jimmy Slagle 4 0 2 1 Herman Long 3 0 0 0
Pete Childs 4 0 1 0 Bill Reidy CZ 4 0 0 0
Sam Leever CZ 3 0 1 0 Joe Sugden 1 0 0 0
John Dobbs 1 1 1 0
*Larry McLean 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 39 7 14 7 TOTALS 38 8 12 8
CAROLINA SWAMP FOXES 100 002 004 -- 7
SOCAL HORNETS 000 212 021 -- 8
LOB--CAROLINA SWAMP FOXES 8, SOCAL HORNETS 12. ERR--Pete
Childs, Tommy Leach, Herman Long, Fred Crolius, Dick Padden.
2B--Ollie Pickering, Frank Chance, Sam Leever CZ, Roger
Bresnahan, Algie McBride. 3B--Billy Milligan D, Frank
Chance, Tommy Leach, Roger Bresnahan, Fred Crolius.
SACF--Tommy Leach, Dick Padden. SB--Sam Mertes, Jimmy
Slagle.
CAROLINA SWAMP FOXES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sam Leever CZ 8.00 10 7 5 7 1 0
Billy Milligan D [L] 0.67 2 1 1 0 0 0
SOCAL HORNETS
Bill Reidy CZ 8.67 13 7 7 2 2 0
Harry Howell CZ [W] 0.33 1 0 0 0 0 0
Game #41 — SoCal 4, Carolina 3
SoCal scored first this time, getting a leadoff double from Fred Tenney and an RBI single by Fred Clarke. But Carolina scored the next three runs and took a 3-1 lead to the bottom of the ninth. The first four batters resulted in two walks and two outs. Down to the Hornets’ last chance, pinch-hitter Joe Sugden came through with a two-run single to tie the game. Tenney followed with a single, and then Roger Bresnahan provided a walk-off RBI single to end it. Bill Bernard (3-6) got the win.
CAROLINA SWAMP FOXES AB R H BI SOCAL HORNETS AB R H BI
Roy Thomas 3 1 1 0 Fred Tenney 5 1 3 0
Frank Chance 4 0 1 0 Roger Bresnahan 5 0 1 1
Ollie Pickering 4 1 2 0 Fred Clarke 4 0 2 1
Tommy Leach 4 1 1 0 Harry Steinfeldt 4 0 1 0
Sam Mertes 3 0 2 2 Algie McBride 3 0 0 0
Jimmy Slagle 3 0 0 0 Fred Crolius 4 0 0 0
Tully Sparks C 1 0 0 0 Dick Padden 2 1 0 0
Pete Childs 3 0 0 0 Herman Long 4 0 1 0
Joe Connor 3 0 0 0 Bill Bernhard CZ 2 0 0 0
Ed High DZ 2 0 0 0 Joe Sugden 1 1 1 2
John Dobbs 1 0 0 0 *Tommy Dowd 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 31 3 7 2 TOTALS 34 4 9 4
CAROLINA SWAMP FOXES 001 002 000 -- 3
SOCAL HORNETS 100 000 003 -- 4
LOB--CAROLINA SWAMP FOXES 3, SOCAL HORNETS 8. ERR--Tommy
Leach. 2B--Harry Steinfeldt, Fred Tenney. 3B--Sam Mertes.
SACB--Bill Bernhard CZ. SB--Fred Clarke.
CAROLINA SWAMP FOXES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed High DZ 5.00 3 1 1 0 2 0
Tully Sparks C [L] 3.67 6 3 3 3 1 0
SOCAL HORNETS
Bill Bernhard CZ [W] 9.00 7 3 3 2 2 0
