Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-08-26
BASEBALL At MARION.
Marion and TaZeWell Again
Meet.
MARION WON TWO GAMES.
But Tazewell Wins Third Game and Holds
Championship.

"Our boys" went over to Marion last
Thursday and crossed bats with the Ma
rion club in three of the hardest fought
games of baseball we have ever seen played.
The editor happened to have business
over that way and went on the field to
witness the playing and "root" for our
boys.
The Marion team had put itself in fine
condition and seemed resolved to win back
the laurels they had lost here two weeks
previous. They relied greatly on their
battery, o. E. Francis and H. H. Rosen-
baum, and they were justified in doing so,
for it is exceptionally strong, in fact we be-
lieve it is the best amateur battery in the
State. The Tazewell team proved to be
vastly superior as felders and base runners
and equal in batting to the Marion boys.
The first game began On Friday morning
at 10 O'Clock. Tazewell's nine was COM
posed of James O'Keeffe, Z. NJ. Kilby,
Felix O'Keefe, Joe Harman, ,Ashby Henry,
Herbert Dodd, Wallace Huford, James
Kelly and Jake Gillespie, with James Kelly
and Ashby Henry as the battery and Mar
vim Kelly and Oscar George as substitutes.
The following composed the Marion
nine: O. E. Francis, H. H. Rosenbaum,
w. E. Francis, r. S. Sprinkle, H. q. Fran
els, ]. T. Hull, F. P. Moore, Bud Howren
and D. T. Mckee, with 0. E. Francis and
Rosenbaum as the battery and Smith as
substitute.
1t took about two hours to play the game
and the score stood Is to 13 in favor Of
Marion. On the beginning of the second
inning Jake Gillespie, who was playing left
field, in attempting to field very high
fly, had his hand badly lacerated and had
to be substituted by Marvin Kelly, whose
fine fielding was one Of the features of the
game. The game was a fine one, hard
fought and finely played by both sides.
The result gave great encouragement to
the Marion boys, especially the "rootes."
At o'clock p. II. the second game be-
gan. Tazewell played the same team with
Kilby and Henry as battery. Marion
played the same team with the exception
of Howren, who was substituted by Smith,
and with same battery as in the morning.
1t was much finer game than the first
one, and at the close the score stood II to
10 in favor of Marion. The Tazewell boys
played with hard luck, Henry and Kilby
being badly hurt during this game by be-
ing struck by the ball. After being hurt
they continued to play the game through.
When the result was known the "rooters"
went wild, and the Tazewell boys looked
about like the Marion boys did after the
second game at Tazewell.
The Marion team insisted upon the
Tazewell team remaining and playing an
other game with them. The Tazewell boys
at first were reluctant to do so, but at last
consented. 1t was unfortunate for Marion
that the game was played. It began Sat
urday morning with the sane teams, Kelly
and Henry as battery for Tazewell and
Smith and Rosenbaum as battery for Ma.
rion. In the third inning Henry was badly
injured by having one of the fingers on his
left hand dislocated. Kilby took his place
behind the bat and Henry went into the
right field and caught the only fly ball that
came within his reach. Al the ending of
the 9th inning the Marion boys found that
Tazewell was batting Smiths balls all over
the field and put 0. E. Francis back in the
box. 1t was too late, the game had al
ready been won by Tazewell. "Our boys"
had played well throughout the game,
while the Marion team had done very in
different work. When the Marion boys,
who had gone first to the bat, had COM
pleted the ninth inning the score stood IA
to in favor of Tazewell. The Tazewell
team declined to go to the bat on the ninth
as they had won the game by such nice
score and did not wish to labor any more.
The features of the last game were foul
fly caught by Kilby and several fys caught
by Jim O'Ceefe.
Tazewell has beaten Marion three games
out of FIVE and claims the championship
of the Southwest
"Our boys" were most Hospitality enter
tanned at Marion, and made q favorable
impression in social circles.