Show FALLS INTO CREEK HANGS ON TO SALL BALL right fielder saves game for his team in the ninth inning st louis mo blo although he fell into a creek while attempting to stop a line drive in a game between the orvllle orville st louis county tribunes and the creve colura coeurs clarence hackmann m ann son of assessor 1 PI 11 1 H hackmann and right fielder on the crevo crever coeur team held on an to tho the ball and caved saved the gamo game for his team in the ninth inning the teams were playing at orvllle orville where the gro grounds emdy are partly surrounded by a deep ravine the ravine runs run s near the right field A batter on the orvalle team knocked a swift grounder through second base and toward young hackmann clarence Qua etham second baseman missed the ball and ran after it in N but he held the ball bail the meantime hackmann caught it and was leaning over the edge of the ravine Qua etham could not stop running and collided with Hack hackmann marin knocking him over the five foot embankment ban banh kment ment to the water which Is about five feet deep Ra hackmann ckmann was submerged and became stuck in the mud but held the ball when he gained his feet he threw the ball to Qua etham who in turn threw it to the catcher and the batter was put out at the home plate the creve coeurs conurs game by a score of 4 to 3 |