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June 27, 2009 (ST.CHARLES MO)- Some timely hitting along with some Lions mishaps aided the Capitals with their historic first Vintage Base Ball win. With the heat predicted to be well over 100 degrees heat index, the two clubs decided to play one nine inning match. Batters on both sides were stymied as the fielders just followed the bouncing ball and converted them to hands down.
The Lions got on the board early as Chatterbox drove in a pair with a 1st inning hit.
Lefty led off the 3rd with a hit and was brought around to talley as Buttermilk singled. That was all the Lions could bring across as the the top two batters account for 5 of teams 11 hits. Both sides had a hard time moving runners. The Capitals had a lead off triple in the 8th, only to strand the runner. The Lions had the tying leadoff runner on in the bottom of the 9th.
But quick work of the next three strikers resulted in a Capitals victory.

Lions Notes: Lefty was a bright spot going 3 for 4, scoring two tallies. Knapsack retired the Capitals in the 4th on 3 pitches. 19 of the Lions 27 outs where bound outs caught on the bounce.
Photos in this slide show can be seen in the PHOTO SECTION.

 

Lions Sweep Past Clarkes
New additions spark wins

June 13, 2009 (UNIVERSITY CITY)--A new home field, a couple new players and now a new winning attitude for the Lions, as they stretched their winning streak to four wins in a row. The Murphysboro Clarkes were the latest victims of this Lions revival. The moist dirt infield at Millar Park had not yet completely baked in the sun. This was evident early on as fielders were not given much of bounce.
aaaa Both sides adjusted and made some fine outfield plays to steal hits. Introductions were in order as "Tank" joined the team. He proved to be a chip off the rock, ("Rock" is his big sister) as he ran down Clarke flyballs and even grab one out of the air as if he was picking it off a shelf.

"Thunder" arrived to the match in street clothes and was enlisted to play after the Lions went down one player. Along with "Little Egypt" the two put new meaning to "Girl Power" as together they reached base 8 times and scored 3 runs.


Sticks rounds second.

MATCH 1
Lions 8a Clarkes 5

Sticks plays the drums when he's not swinging a bat. It was his bat this day that made the sweet music as he drummed out 4 hits in game one. It was part of his 7 hit day. He led the Lions charge in the 3rd as they tallied 4 runs to tie the match at 5-5. Sticks later scored two more runs which were part of the winning margin. Third Tender Smokey had a stand out match collecting 3 hits as he reinvented his swing. Knapsack pitched the whole 7 frames aided by the fine catching of Slug who made many a foul tip catch. The last one for the final out.

Tank debuts with 4 hits & 2 runs.

MATCH 2
Lions 8a Clarkes 5

In the second match it was the Clarkes who played catch up ball scoring 4 in the 3rd to tie the contest 4-4. Murphysboro's lead was short lived.
Enter Memphis Carter. The local crank stopped by and helped energize the Big Cats with his friendly comments to the oppositions. "You can't do this here in Ucity! We starting a rally! But we are gentlemen, we won't run up the score on you."
New Lion Thunder helped out too. She led off the 5th frame with a hit. It was part of a 5 hit barrage that aced 4 runs. Lead off man, Sticks scored his 7th run, scoring each time he reached base this day.

Pops completed his 5 hit day and Buffalo pitched them all. The fine sportsmanship and excellent play by the Clarkes helped make the home opener exciting and enjoyable.
A special thanks also goes to our arbiter Soxs Tyler, who besides doing an excellent job, collected at least 75 cents in fines.

Clarke Lf is just out of reach.


Lions 1st Tender Pop.

 
Pictures in this video can be seen at the Photos page.
 

This video features the Lions vs. Clarkes Match
 
Spilling the Beans on Vintage Base Ball
Dave "Beans" Heim, currently with the Unions, was interviewed on News 20 in May. Beans was a loaned player to the Lions in the past. The 29 minute interview is a excellent introduction to the great game of Vintage Base Ball. Great work Beans!