The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-06-28
Big Stone Gap Positions

ChalkleN j ID. faWDuSh
Campbell re Callahan
Hurt p. Tate
On toss, the Big Stone Gap team
went to the bat, and Barr and lay
lor, T. each did little tanning, Just
for fun. Cochran made base hit
and reached first, but Guy Taylor's
high-hyer was scooped in. When
Stonega came to the bat and Faw-
bush, Joe, and Wentz got in runs,
while Callahan, Pickering and Tate
furnished the requisite number Of
goose eggs to put the side out.
Knight got to second.
Big Stone Gap again went to the
bat and Goodloe sent the ball into
the air and he died. Wentz got to
third and went no further and Chalk
ley got basket OF goose eggs. No
score yet.
In their half the Stonegas made
one run and left Callahan on base.
Fawbush, Joe, Cornell, and Duffy
put the side out.
The home team was shut out in
third and fourth, though in the third
Campbell got out on third base.
Hurt reached third and Barr was left
Oh second. In the fifth inning the
boys walked up and Chalkley and
Campbell each got in run. The
b. s. G. boys failed to score in the
sixth.
In the third, fourth and fifth,
Stonega was shut out, and in the
sixth they made one run, thus gain
ing score double that of the home
team. This put a serious aspect up
on matters and the b. S. G's came to
the bat with grim determination to
do or die. They didn't die but
Chalklcy again csossed the home
plate and Campbell loped in after
him. This tied the score and the
Stonegas bit the dust in their half,
before a score could be made. Now
everybody held his breath and that
little band of rooters from across
Stone mountain ceased to root and
put their hands on their hearts.
Now, this was no practice game. 1t
was real base ball, and no mistake.
1t was full grown, decent base ball,
base ball to be proud of. When Ed.
Taylor came to the bat i'll the sew
enth, he chased home, and the game
was in favor of Big Stone Gap. In
the Stonega's half Of the eighth, they
made three runs through errors Of
our boys. and the game stood seven
to five IN favor Of Stonega, and there
was no change made by the home
team in their inning The game
stood:
, 3 / ; & 50
St0nega , u u q y ) ~
Big Stone Gap 90 OO202 %
At bat, Barr 3, and every other
member of the team 4; for Stonega,
Callahan, Fawbush, Joe, Wentz,
Pickering, each 5, and the other men
Of the team, each t.
Runs: home team, Chalklcy 2,
and Taylor, f., Wentz, and Camp
bell, each /; visiting team, Fawbush,
Jack, =, and Fawbush, Joe, Wentz.
Pickerining, Tate, and Duffy, each l.
Base hits; home team, Wentz,
Campbell, and Hurt 2 each, and
Barr. Chalkley, and Cochran, each |.
Visiting team, Wentz, Cornell, Faw-
bush, Joe, and Callahan, each /.
About the same number of errors, G, |
were made on both sides. Left on
bases, Big Stone Gap 4, Stonega 8.
Tate struck out seven and Hurt
struck out five. No base was given
on balls, but Fawbush, Jack and Joe,
were both hit. Hurt made Tate fan
out three times, but Tate failed to
get Hurt. There were two double
plays, one by Barr assisted by Guy
Taylor, and one by the visiting team.
Barr made two base hits. Tavenor
Goodloe caught clean game and let
no balls pass him, neither did he get
an error.
Mr.. lialtmacher is good umpire
and announces his decisions so that
they can be heard To him is due
the credit of a quick game to a great
time was less than two
hours.
During the whole game there was
not kick or squabble. How pleas
ant 1t is to play with gentlemen.
Judging from Thursdays game,
there is high probability of these
two teams having to play before the