The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-05-30
GREAT BALL GAME,
The Gallant McCoricmks OF the
College downed by the Noun
tainers by score Otter
to reVen.

game of this year was that played last
Friday between the Mountain Grays
and the College team. The Grays
are all hard working fellows, but
when it comes to playing ball they
are strictly in it. They are gentle
manly and courteous set Of boys and
are the best ball team which has ever
faced our boys. All of them deserve
special mention as good batters and
the fielding Of most of them was
guilt edged. But the work Of their
pitcher, Wiley Davis, deserves special
mention. He is by far the best pitch
er the generally heavy sluggers of the
college team ever stood up before and
in our opinion has swifter delivery
and better control of the ball, than
any amature pitcher we have ever
seen in the box. He has great va
riety of curves and throws just as
swift in the last inning as he does in
the first. Besides this he is shure
and hard hitter knocking the only
ball which went over the fence in
Fridays game. John McCulloch.
catcher, who last year covered
first base for the college team catches
the wonderfully swift delivery of
Davis in first class style. The only
thing which seemed to bother John in
the least was the cup shoots" We
have had enough experience behind
the bat to know what hard matter
it is to handle that kind of ball.
However only two or three Of these
got away and only one of these was
costly. The first man comming to
bat for Maryville was fairly "chop-
ped" out, but the third strike was a
vicious cup shoot which got out of
Johns paws and in hurry to get it
and throw it to first the ball went
high over 'Jumbo's" head giving the
runner two bases and good start to
third but the ball which was throwcd
to cut him also being wild let w. Bart
leu score without lick being struck.
But after this John settled down and
did good steady throwing and catch
ing proving himself truly the right
man in the right place. First base
man "Jumbo" McTeer, as he is call
ed, played his usual good game,
which is saying great deal. In left
field Ed Walker eat everything COM
ming his way spelling many two
and three baser. In center garden,
Billy McClain, who has played the
same position for Maryville, covered
himself with glory playing a most re-
markably brilliant game. One hard
drive that looked like good safe hit
was caught by him with one baud af
ter long run. This was the play o.
the game, but whether flies, gras:
cutters, Founders, or chained light
ening came his way it stopped shor
and safe in his hands ard was at once
placed where it would do the mos
good. Not an error was placed to. hi
credit. The others played good
steady game, and are especially
strong with the stick.
The scors were made in this way
In the first Maryville made one a
related above. In their half tn,
Greys were BANKED. in the second
both drew blank. In the third
Maryville AIDED anothersgo egg anc
the Greys pushed one man around
Three innings. tot. This looked
! like ball playing. In the fourtl
blank for Maryville, one for tn,
Greys. Two to one. In the fiftl
Maryvile again failed to score, bu
) when the Greys took hold Of the sticl
; they pounded out six earned runs
Things looked blue indeed for tn,
home team as the score stood eigh
to one. in the sixth each team ad
ded one mere apiece making 9 to ?
In this inning Macy Bartlett, on
usually puzzling pitcher (but who ha'
been foxhunting all the night before
was taken out and put in right helc
and Glenn Wilson put in the box
Seventh inning Maryyille agail
BANKED, Greys one score ten to two
it loked as though our boys wer
badly beaten but their opponent
began to feel too confident and u