The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-07
UNION VS.. ATLANTA,

The Fourth of July has come and
gone, so has the Atlanta team, and
Willie went with 'em. Union did them
| up to turn. A nice shower had fallen
Oh the night of the }rd and everything
was in apple pie order for tho great
game that verybody's mouth was water
ing to see. Atlanta had beat the game
played Monday evening, the score stand
! ing s tot. At the beginning Of the
ninth inninG the score stood Z TOT, Un-
ion was at the bat. She was shut out i'm
one, two, three order, and Atlanta
stepped III with the determination to do
something They finally got man home,
then they walked in saying they were sat-
isiied. a large crowd witnessed the
early morning game, and at tho after
noon game the grand stand, bleachers.
| and every available space for standing
was crowded to it's utmost capacity.
No such crowd has ever before been
seen in Union witnessing d ball game.
The crowd was estimated at 500, one
fourth Of whom were ladies' who were
about as enthusiastic as the men, and
did not fail to applaud an eXcellant play
made by either side. Union went i'm to
win from the jump the second day, and
What She did for Atlanta was almost
enough if nota plenty" AT the winde
mp OF tne morning game the score stool
q t. y in favor of Union, and the crowd
cheered the home team as they had not
been cheered since--well since before
Piedmont" arrived. The Atlanta
boys are chock full of nerve, and they
left the ground with determined faces,
and many thought they would do us up
i'll the evening. They put in their tim-
practicing in the yard at the FIix House,
and when the game was called at 4 30
sharp, they sprang nimbly to thei. places
amid great cheering from the over
crowded grand stand. The boys are all
uniforms looked like a hard team to
whip. We succeeded in getting in one
run when our lights went out, one. two
three This began to look squally right
at the start, but our New Mani stepped
in the box, felt his men with few balls.
gave his arm an extra swing and like a
cannon ball the white message flew over
the plate. The message was one single
word, that word was strike" Well,
they just dropped their candy until it
rounded up into a goose egg, second i'll
ming another little round ring, third in
ming one rnn, fourth same goose laid.
hfth inning some rotten playing allowed
three runs to be made in lump. Our
boys could not stand any of that sort. so
the next four innings was just like they
hadn't played. Total, four runs. 1t was
very pretty playing, taken as n whole,
and we were glad to see that the visiting
team received liberal applause for every
brilliant play they made. They are Il
clever set of boys, if they did strike a
snag in the Union nIne, and we hope to
have the pleasure OF crossing bats with
them again. Barring ''Nillie's" faint
ing spells, about the only casualties of the
games were the right fielder in the morn
ing game ran too far backward and went
Il back summersault into the ditch, tried
to catch the ball with his feet, muffed it
and let two men in, then they brought
him lii for repairs. He was soon O X
and ready to go out on his Irregular
run" The next and little more serious
accident was during the sixth inning
Atlanta's catcher received very hard
ball on the back of his head, which came
near knocking him senseless. With
medical attention, and regular railroad
grit, however, lie was ready for business
when his side went out. Several fine
plays aud some rotten ones were made,
but we refer you to the official record for
them. 1t was a glorious Fourth for
Union.